Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 16 July 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

Court issues criminal summons against Charles Soludo

To accommodate fresh loans, FG raises new borrowing limit to N61tn

APC suspends 11 Lai Mohammeds followers, stops offenders registration

Nigeria wants small-scale fishers exempted from WTOs subsidy ban

Akwa Ibom APC alleges plot to destabilise party

Customs release seized Tokyo 2020 kits

Herbalist found with human head on Osun highway remanded

Local solar cell production’ll trigger 60% price drop Minister

Alakija launches N1bn fund to promote female entrepreneurship

AfCFTA can raise Africas spending to $6.7tn Adebayo

Woman locks up five-year-old for six months in Lagos

Bread-seeking suspected kidnappers arrested in Kogi

Bayelsa Assembly reinstates clerk eight months after suspension

Gunmen invade Bonny Island event centre, kidnap two fun seekers

Gunmen invade Ondo bank, kill policeman, journalist, motorcyclist

Electronic results transmission: Southern senators turn against govs, National Assembly members clash

DPR resolves 48 industry disputes in three months

Army goes after soldier for allegedly killing Bayelsa girlfriend

Electronic payments rise to N126.39tn in six months

Fake developer defrauds 100 prospective Lagos tenants of N500m

Britain, firm seek Kanus consent to take over case

Lagos records 100 coronavirus cases daily, cries out commissioner

Stock trading volume falls by 19%

PIB passage deadlocked, Reps suspend consideration indefinitely

Court remands 21-year-old woman over theft, attempted murder

FG decries dumping of plastic wastes in oceans

Katsina water project inaugurated by Buhari requires N4bn for completion

Court jails Internet fraudster, two employment scammers

COVID-19: WBank mobilises $100bn support fund for Nigeria, others

800 road contracts awarded under Buhari, says Fashola

Returning bride price to grooms family during customary marriage invalidates such union -Lawyer

Senate approves conditional electronic transmission of election results

Your photoll be displayed at NYSC museum, DG tells corps anthem composer Oluwole Adetiran

NCC to auction 5G spectrum by Q4 of 2021 Danbatta

Electoral bill passage deadlocked, Reps summon INEC, NCC

203.8km Kano-Kaduna rail line will be linked to Tin Can Island port -Buhari

THISDAY

Truckers Ignorance Fuelling Gridlock on Port Access Roads

House, DPR Disagree over Oilfield Revocation, Awards

FG Distributes Engagement Letters, Devices to Independent Monitors

Amaechi Expresses Satisfaction with Pace of Construction at Lekki Port

Tackle Extortionists at Onitsha Head Bridge, Obi Appeals to Obiano

FG Declares Tuesday, Wednesday as Public Holidays to Mark Eid-El-Kabir

IG Squad Arrests Suspected Kidnappers of Ex-Plateau Gov’s Father

DHQ: We Lost Soldiers in Recent Battles

Nigeria to Host International Conference on Safe Schools

Families of Victims of Kebbi Boat Mishap Get NIMASA’s Relief Items

WHO: 23m Children Missed Routine Immunisation in 2020

Scores Dislodged, Property Destroyed as Flood Wreaks Havoc in Ekiti

‘Renewable Energy to Contribute 22% of Africa’s Energy Consumption by 2030’

House Rejects Motion to Declare Bauchi Oil Producing State

Senate Proceeds on 2-Month Vacation, Resumes Plenary Sept 14

NCC to Auction 5G Spectrum in Q4 2021

PDP Tackles Keyamo, Insists on Matawalle’s Sack

EFCC Launches Online App for Easy Reporting of Financial Crimes

Senate Asks NPA, BPE, 57 Others to Refund N300bn

UNILAG Directs Students to Vacate Hostels over COVID-19 Wave

SUN

APC suspends 11 Mohammed loyalists for taking party to court

Finally, Senate makes electronic result transmission decision of INEC, NCC

Bayelsa Assembly recalls suspended clerk

Deliver best ever congresses, national convention, APC group charges Buni

Ekiti FA boss, five others jailed for contempt of court

Foreign loan: We’ve not signed away our sovereignty to China ‘FG

FG unveils new policy on toll gates soon

FG, Japan unveil study to end plastic waste pollution

Capital market-mining industry partnership’ll boost economic diversification ‘Ahmed

3 killed, vehicles, property destroyed in Enugu tanker crash

Journalist, policeman, Okada rider shot dead in Ondo bank robbery

6 Super Tucano fighter jets coming NAF

SCOAN confirms TB Joshuas widow as leader

Court stops Police from arresting Lagos monarch, Elegushi, 2 others

Kalus bill on hunger reduction, others scale first reading

Insecurity: Military bans night grazing in Plateau

FG targets Nigerias dominance of West African oil, gas market

Insecurity: Concerns over government’s inability to rein in bandits

PDP Governors defecting to APC to avoid prosecution ‘Ortom

GUARDIAN

Extreme’ wildfires and heavy smoke grip western US and Canada

Group seeks election in Lagos constitutionally recognised 20 councils

Eid-el Kabir: Kano residents groan over ram price hike

Flood wreaks havoc in Ekiti

2023 in jeopardy as Electoral Act amendment splits National Assembly

Senate approves Buhari’s fresh $8.325b, €490m external loans request

Nigerians are starving, Kano Emir tells Buhari

Residents get relief as Lagos clears canal

Group seeks election in Lagos constitutionally recognised 20 councils

Eid-el Kabir: Kano residents groan over ram price hike

Igbo lawyers fault Kanu’s detention, vow to ensure justice

ECOWAS TPO to deepen intra-Africa exports beyond 16 per cent

Only 1,300 of 7,000 oil wells active, as DPR optimises production

HIV infection increases risk of critical COVID-19, WHO warns

‘Why defective babies in poor countries have low survival rate’

FG declares Tuesday, Wednesday public holidays

Builders, contractors jostle for ready-mix concrete as cement price rises

Army dismisses report of release of ex-Boko Haram fighters

VANGUARD

Amendment Bill: Senate divided over electronic voting, transmission of results

NCC to auction 5G Spectrum by Q4 of 2021 ‘ Danbatta

Imo FA boss wants Heartland FC sold to overcome funds shortages

[Breaking] Electoral Act: 52 senators for electronic transmission of results; 28 against, 28 absent

6 Ekiti FA members jailed 2 weeks for court contempt

Senate gives condition for e-transmission of results by INEC

Army Provost Marshal killed by bandits along Lokoja-Abuja highway

Reps step down consideration of PIB conference committee report

Young people in Nigeria, Ghana rally to end open defecation in West, Central Africa

COVID-19: FG dismisses magnetic theory on vaccine, says it’s fake news

Marriage: Stop returning bride price, lawyer cautions

Our wards not filled with COVID-19 patients ‘ LUTH

Journalist, policeman, Okada rider killed in Ondo bank robbery

Africa witnessing fastest COVID-19 surge ever ‘ WHO

Give Buhari accurate information on Nigerians’ welfare, Emir of Kano begs presidential aides

Agribusiness: Buhari set to commission NALDA’s maiden Integrated Farm Estate July 19

3rd wave: Nigeria at high risk of surge in COVID cases ‘ NCDC

Nigeria of many empty buildings can’t be in 17m housing deficit, says Fashola

23 million children missed out on basic vaccines in 2020 ‘ WHO, UNICEF

Court remands man for alleged possession of human skull

Eid El Kabir: Borno civil servants jubilate as Gov Zulum pays July salary

Electronic transmission: You’re on a mission to truncate our democracy, PDP blasts APC Senators

Matters Arising: Electronic transmission of election results now

Buhari flags off $1.2bn Kaduna-Kano rail line

1,977 candidates to write Ogun School of Nursing entrance exam

Eidel-Kabir: FG declares Tuesday, Wednesday Public Holidays

Anambra 2021: Court summons Soludo over asset declaration failure

LEADERSHIP

Northern Lawmakers Insist Region Must Retain Presidency In 2023

2 Policemen, 8 Others Killed By Cultists, Assassins In Anambra

5G Will Transform, Grow Nigeria’s Digital Economy ‘ NCC Boss

NAFDAC Approves Moderna, Gives Conditional Nod For Sputnik V

Eid-el-Kabir: Federal Govt Declares Tuesday, Wednesday Public Holidays

IVF: Ighodalo Foundation To Empower 40 Childless Couples

Federal Govt Accuses Governors Of Hijacking Vice Chancellors’ Appointments

Deaths In Africa Surge 40% Over Previous Week ‘ WHO

Eid-el-Kabir: Federal Govt Declares July 20, 21 As Public Holidays

Insecurity: 6 A-29 Tucano Jets Depart US For Nigeria

Electoral Bill: Senate Denies Opposing e-Transmission Of Election Results

Youth, Women Education Key To Nigeria’s Economic Devt ‘ Tallen

Senate Approves Buhari’s Request For $8.325m, ‘490m External Loans

BREAKING: After Rowdy Session, Reps Suspend Consideration Of Electoral Bill

Buhari Approves N6.25bn For Cattle Ranch Development In Katsina

TRIBUNE

NIPR stresses need for citizens-derived solutions to regalvanize Nigeria’s nationhood

Oyo APC chairman reiterates commitment to peaceful congresses, receives award from ex-councillors

No govt is subordinate to the other, agitations are effects of insecurity ‘ NBA president

Wealthy Muslims have neglected zakat, ZSF laments

Electronic transmission: APC senators preparing grounds for mass vote rigging ‘ PDP

Oyetola releases N909m to offset retired officers pension arrears in Osun

Kaduna closes school for three weeks

Tinubu, Ajibola, Bamidele, others vote against electronic transmission of results

Kaduna speaker condole with NUJ

Abductions: FG charges security agencies to protect schools, farmers

CJ orders courts to remain open as Oyo judiciary commences annual vacation

Northern lawmakers kick against zoning presidency to south

NATION

Kwara crisis: APC NEC suspends 11 Lai Mohammeds men

Why 774,000 jobs participants havent been paid, by Fed Govt

Supreme Court dismisses ex-NNPC GMDs appeal over seizure of $9.7m, 74,000

Fed Govt hailed over 8,000 hectare-cluster farm in Jigawa

Nine die in two road crashes in Yobe

Insecurity, unemployment dominate NEPAD/APRM summit

Delta women protest alleged attacks by Fulani herdsmen

Traders protest relocation from market

NAFDAC approves Russian vaccine, others for emergency use

COVID-19 deaths in Africa surge more than 40%

Kanu chained for eight days, held incommunicado in Kenya, lawyer alleges

Sunday Igboho, Akintoye, others drag Buhari, Malami others to ICC

FG appoints Jega, Udoma, Emenike, others as Governing Council Chairs

BREAKING: FG declares Tuesday, Wednesday public holidays

36 years after, Tonto Dikeh reunites with lost sister

Police confirm three dead in Ondo bank robbery

DAILY TRUST

Southern leaders should learn from North East experience

Muslim council kicks as EU court allows employers to ban hijab

S/Arabia assigns 135 imams to provide hajj guidance

Our concerns on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill

Army general gunned down in Abuja, wife abducted

Flood wreaks havoc in Ekiti, scores displaced, properties destroyed

Insecurity: 2019 presidential candidates urge Buhari to convoke reconciliation summit

Flood wreaks havoc in Ekiti, scores displaced, properties destroyed

Insecurity: 2019 presidential candidates urge Buhari to convoke reconciliation summit

Buhari asks lawmakers to pass water bill

FG to auction 5G spectrum by December

Economic council moves to endorse new petrol price, complete deregulation

Ganduje is not a wicked leader, says Buhari

Returning bride price invalidates marriage, warns family lawyer

NEC urges strict adherence to COVID-19 response guidelines during Sallah festivities

Nigeria rebuilds committee with Russia for atomic energy use

FG declares Tuesday, Wednesday holiday for Eid-el-Kabir

Credit facilities skewed against women farmers – ActionAid

Alakija targets 2,500 women-owned businesses with N1bn fund

Soldiers killed as bandits abduct many in Sokoto

Bank security staff arrested for planned kidnap of manager

Journalist shot dead as robbers break into Ondo Bank

Senate passes electoral bill, empowers NCC to determine e-transmission of results

UDUTH suspends nurse who ‘pierced newborn baby’s eye’ to avenge carryover

Senate approves Buhari’s request for $8.325m, €490m external loans

Nigeria wants small scale fishers out of WTO subsidies discipline

Bukayo Saka: Twitter, Facebook, IG not doing enough to stop racism

HERALD

BREAKING: Seven Feared Dead As Soldiers Open Fire On Protesting Staff Of Dangote Sugar Company In Adamawa

How 6 Finalists Will Emerge from FirstBank’s Sponsored The Voice Nigeria Season 3 Second Live Show

BREAKING: FG Declares Tuesday, Wednesday Eid-El-Kabir Holiday

We didn’t release 1009 ex-Boko Haram fighters to Borno govt ‘ Army

Senate confirms Sani Adam as INEC National commissioner after mild controversy

Reps reject motion to designate Bauchi as oil producing state

Hippos attacking our community farmlands ‘ Gombe village head cries out

Kwara: APC Suspends 11 Party Members Loyal To Lai Muhammed

Nigeria Is A Country With Many Empty Houses’ ‘ Fashola Says No Housing Crisis In The Nation

BUSINESSDAY

Europe’s electric car embrace dims Nigeria’s oil dependence

Deploying modular healthcare facilities can accelerate Nigeria’s universal healthcare coverage

Practitioner praises industry contribution to economy as World marks PR Day

Bayelsa expresses concern over high inflation, falling allocations

Commodity price movement likely to spike June’s headline inflation

Rising cost of Jollof shows increasing misery among Nigerians

CBN pumps N1.5tn into power sector in 7 years ‘ Report

Exchange rate closes flat across markets as liquidity drops 42%

Reps stop bill seeking establishment of seaports by states

FEC approves N309bn road contracts to Dangote

Stakeholders see need to unlock investment opportunities in Nigeria

CBN’s liquidity mgt drives yields in fixed income market ‘ FSDH

DAILY INDEPENDENT

NASS In Rowdy Session Over Electronic Transmission Of Results

Reps Step Down PIB After Chaotic Session

External Forces Not Responsible For Insecurity In Nigeria ‘ Ishaku

Oil Workers Advocate Removal Of Import Restriction Clause From PIB

Senate Passes PIB, Retains 3% For Host Communities

IPOB: FG Has Enormous Evidence To Nail Nnamdi Kanu ‘ Igbokwe

Yoruba Elders Not Ready For Self Determination ‘ Adegoke

First Batch Of Fighter Jet Super Tucano Coming ‘NAF

PEOPLESDAILY

Stakeholders at Shinkafi security summit advocate access to food, quality education

Aregbesola advocates women rights in work places

COVID -19: NAFDAC approves Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines

Vandalism: Troops intercept trailer load of railway clips, tracks in Kaduna

VIO intensifies clampdown on unpainted taxis, illegal parks

Iddo Sarki: Again, FCTA demolishes 473 ‘illegal’ structures near Uni-Abuja

NEW TELEGRAPH

NAFDAC approves Moderna, AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines

We’ll prioritise railway infrastructure dev’t, Buhari pledges

WHO: Africa records 43% increase in COVID-19 deaths in one week

S’Court dismisses ex-NNPC GMD, Yakubu’s appeal against forfeiture of $9.7m, 74,000

Electoral Act: Drama as Senate ‘murders’ electronic transmission of results

Exchange rate: ‘Unification insufficient to attract inflows

H1: Financial transactions across e-platforms hit N123trn

House, DPR on collision course over oil field revocation

COVID-19: UNILAG extends deadline for students to vacate halls of residence

Tax: Labour hails FIRS over N650bn collection in June

WTO: Nigeria seeks exemption from fishery subsidies discipline

COVID-19: ILO boosts capacity for migrant workers’ welfare

TUC deplores planned restriction of fuel import

Kwara explains why youths shun public sector

IFAD raises $5m loan for Nigerian small scale farmers

Southern govs yet to micro-zone 2023 presidency ‘ Shaibu

Concerns over public debts mischievous, says Buhari group

APC suspends 11 Kwara State members for dragging party to court

BLUEPRINT

3 whistle blowers jailed for false information

Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder trilogy gets new date

Senate approves President Buhari’s request for $8.325billion, ‘490m external loans

Senate confirms Prof. Sani Adam as INEC Commissioner

Schick strike against Scotland voted goal of Euro 2020

COVID-19: Lagos lawmaker accuses immigration officers of negligence

2023: It’s autocratic, undemocratic to install a successor- ADC chair

2023: Akwa Ibom deputy gov tasks PDP chieftains on unity

 

 

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