Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Monday,16 August, 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Afghan President Ghani Says He Left Country In Order To Avoid Bloodshed

Biden To Increase Food Stamp Benefits By Most In Program History

Delta 2023: Ijaws, Itsekiris Are Inseparable ‘ DESOPADEC Boss

Ogun Seeks More Investors, Assures Of Flawless Synergy

2023: We Have Advised Ijaw Aspirants Not To Work Against The System ‘ Ijaw Traditional Rulers

IBB, A Major Issue In Nigeria’s Political, Developmental Discourse ‘ Afegbua

Abia Govt Tasks Town Planners On Need To Make Towns, Cities In State Amongst Africa’s Best

Covid 19: Presidency Confirms Buhari Under Quarantine After Returning From UK Trip

Ohaneze Ndigbo Urges Southeast Governors Forum to Step Up In Nigeria’s Polity

Governors Condemn Killings In Jos

Rehabilitation Of Refineries Will Reduce Overdependence On Importation Of Petroleum Products Into Nigeria ‘ IPMAN

WHO Urge Countries To Strengthen Preparedness For Potential Ebola Cases, As Cote d’Ivoire Declares First Ebola Outbreak

Accidental Gunshot By NSCDC Officer Hits Teenager In Uyo

Continuous Investment In Youths Dev Through Technology, Panacea To Economic Reposition ‘ Sunday Dare

PUNCH

Outrage trails Plateau killings, NSCIA, CAN react as tension rises

Increasing menace of road traffic crashes

Buni, APC leaders meet Ladoja over party fortunes

Recover N17.69bn from tax evaders, N32.45m from staff, Senate tells FIRS

South-West PDP faults Fayemi over creation of Ekiti LCDAs

PenOp pledges support for pension firms, workers

PDP alleges APC plotting to rig 2023 polls

Developing countries to benefit from UNCTAD, IATA extended partnership

NGF condemns Jos killings, appeals for calm

Firm plans backward integration, youth training for expansion

UK-based Nigerian accuses brother-in-law of killing sister, alleges police frustrating probe

Report ranks Nigeria 5th in property money laundering

Nigerians trade $24.87m worth of bitcoin in three weeks

RIMAN urges banks to increase investment in technology

E-payment firm gets ISO/IEC certifications

PCR test before camp will reduce infections among corpers

Freed ex-FERMA engineer dies day after N4.5m payment to kidnappers

Aisha Buhari Cup: Fans await Oshoala, teams’ arrival

Northern groups petition US over Kyari, express concerns

Nigeria recorded $85.21bn net foreign liabilities IMF

I would prefer to still have Messi,’ says Barcelona coach Koeman

JAMB, VCs, others meet on UTME cut-off marks August 31

Foreign reserves resume decline after rising to $33.59bn

High commission infections: Buhari, Aso Rock aides take COVID-19 tests after UK trip

Reps summon Customs CG, Katsina, Oyo, Osun comptrollers over killings

BREAKING: Barcelona win first La Liga game without Lionel Messi

PSC prepares fresh list of COVID-19 travel protocol violators

Don advocates continuous training for media practitioners

Minister advocates skill acquisition, indigene builds centre in community

One feared killed, two injured as police van crushes Delta motorcyclists, passengers

Lagos stops estate development on Ojota-Maryland wetland

Delta octogenarian, others accuse church of blocking access road

Infrastructural failures: Deregister defaulters regularly, FG tells COREN

Bandits kill five, burn nine houses in fresh Kaduna attack

21 die in Jigawa road mishap

Why FG placed embargo on employment Ngige

Problem in North perpetrated by elite who hate Nigeria -Mailafia

THISDAY

As Kabul Falls, Buhari Says Africa is New Frontline of Global Militancy

VAT Collection: FIRS Appeals Federal Court’s Historic Judgement

FIRS: Over N17bn Tax Remittances Owed By Companies, Addresses of Affected Firms not Traceable

FG Earmarks N59b for Rural Roads Development, Says Budget Minister

Access Bank to Reward Customers N600m

AuGF Tasks Tax Administrators on Nigerias Fiscal Challenges

50 Students Get BUA Cement Company Scholarship

Citing Escalating Insecurity, Lalong Extends Curfew to 24hrs

Zulum: We’re in ‘Catch-22 Situation’ With Boko Haram’s Surrender

FG to Commence Second Phase of COVID-19 Vaccination Today

COVID-19: Buhari, Top Govt Officials May Self-Isolate This Week

Secondus: We Met a Traumatised PDP Struggling With Opposition Life

2023: Stopping INEC from Procuring e-Voting Materials, Part of Rigging…

Osinbajo: With God’s Backing, Nigeria Will Overcome its Challenges

Taliban Captures Kabul, Seizes Presidential Palace as Ghani Flees

Special Task Force Gives Update on Rescues, Arrests

Defection: Three APC Govs Meet Ladoja in Ibadan

SERAP Urges Buhari to Pay Doctors with N4.8bn Earmarked for WhatsApp…

Hushpuppi: Group Petitions US, Alleges Lapses in Kyari’s Investigation

FG Scales Up Post-COVID-19 Interventions for Women, Girls

Bilateral Trade Volume Between India, Nigeria Hits $14bn

Senate Spokesman Backs Signing of PIB

Toll Gates: Stop Imposing More Hardship on Nigerians, PDP Tells APC

Sports Minister Names Toyin Ibitoye SA Multimedia

Rewane: How Nigeria Can Attract More Foreign Direct Investments

Nigerian, Spanish Navy Strengthen Partnership on Maritime Security in Gulf of…

MAN Blames FG’s Polices for Manufacturing Sector Poor Performance, Says Sector…

FBH Holdings, Sterling Bank, Four Other Tier-2 Banks Generates N59.7bn from…

Third Party Motor Insurance: Insurers Lose N530 billion Revenue As Accident…

All Kidnapped Victims in Kwara Released, Say Police

Catholic Bishops Urge Northern Govs to be Fair to All Religions

FIRS Appeals Court Judgment on VAT Collection

US Embassy in Kabul Warns of Worsening Security at Airport Amid…

COVID-19: FG Flags off Second Phase of Vaccination Monday

GUARDIAN

Death toll in massive Haiti quake jumps to over 1,200

Govt places Jos on 24-hour indefinite curfew

Lagos adopts shipping containers in modular building designs for schools

How Ayade’s defection may reshape political space of Cross River

Five die in fresh Kaduna attack, homes, vehicle torched

FG drags striking doctors to industrial court today

Nigeria begins second phase of COVID-19 vaccination today

Reintegrating repented Boko Haram terrorists disastrous to Borno, says Governor Zulum

Yoruba elders, HURIWA warn FG against proscribing IPOB, Afenifere

Parents of abducted Niger children decry govt’s seeming inaction

Averting an implosion of hunger and anger

‘Inflation, COVID-19 pandemic deny 4.4m people access to food’

Prof. Soludo, best person to succeed me, says Obiano

Touts: Untamed monsters that rule Lagos roads

VANGUARD

Governors Forum condemns killings in Jos

Aggrieved Benue APC stakeholders petition Ward Congresses Appeal Panel, call for cancellation

Ataga: Family hires Ozekhome, seek Justice in their son’s brutal murder

Breaking: Princess ‘taxi driver’ evicted from BBNaija ‘Shine Ya Eye

Wife accuses estranged husband of alleged kidnap of their six-year-old daughter for rituals

Five killed in Kaduna community, Acting Governor condemns violence, appeals for calm

Italy-bound woman conceals 100 wraps of heroin in hair relaxer

On the Duties of Government and the Obligations of the New Prince

ACF condemns renewed violence in Plateau

Cholera resurfaces in Adamawa as 6 LGAs record 70 cases

Lalong declares 24-hour curfew in Jos North, as troops locate 7 survivors of Plateau massacre

Plateau Massacre: Police arrest 20 suspects, deploy tactical units

NDDC BOARD: OMPALAN does not speak for the Niger Delta

COVID-19: Buhari, others commence isolation after UK trip

Declassify security votes after 4 years, Reps tell Buhari

Aviation roadmap : FG to upgrade country’s airports

FIRS files appeals court judgment on Rivers VAT collection

Just in: Arin evicted from BBNaija ‘Shine Ya Eye

Marketers protest DPR’s new charges for retail outlets

S.H.O.C.K.E.R: Man caught trafficking girlfriend to Mali for prostitution

LEADERSHIP

Catholic Bishops Condemn Killings, Begin Prayer, Fasting

Group Asks FG To Dialogue With Striking Doctors

CNG Petitions US Over Abba Kyari’s Trial

2023: Northern Group Endorses Jega For President

AANI Plans National Dialogue On Insecurity, Unity

5 Killed In Kaduna Attack

Mother Petitions Police Over Daughter’s Sudden Death In Ondo

Flood: Kwara Warns Residents Against Dumping Refuse In Drainages

Nigeria To Generate N3b Annually From Plant Variety Protection Law ‘ NASC

Attack On Diplomat: Timi Frank Seeks Tough Sanctions Against Indonesia

Another 4 Housemates Evicted From Nigeria’s Teachers Reality TV Show

JUST-IN: Plateau Govt Orders 24-Hour Curfew In Jos North LGA

Many Feared Dead As Bus Plunges Into Pit In Ebonyi

Why We Must Revive Sports Culture In Nigeria- Akindoju

Minister Sets Up Committee To Investigate 10 Disqualified Tokyo 2020 Athletes

TRIBUNE

LG donates air conditioners worth N3m to Lagos hospital

Give unity a trial, Mailafia urges Nigerians

Petitions from two LG withdrawn over forged signatures ‘ Osun APC Ward Congress Appeal Committee

NGF condemns horrible, senseless killings in Jos

Strengthen CBN disbursement funds to solve its economic crisis, experts urge FG

Govt committed to having functional, optimised airports, says Sirika

21 army recruits die in Jigawa road accident

FMDQ lists Dangote Cement’s N50bn bonds

Nigerian professionals ready for nation-building task ‘APBN boss

Ughelli: Octogenarian seeks Okowa’s intervention as church blocks road

Anambra 2021: Ekwunufe identifies Uba as part of PDP winning factors

Toll gate reintroduction’ll impose more hardship on Nigerians ‘ PDP

If you’re not rich, to enjoy life have more wives, husband of two wives says

CJN swears in Justice Baba-Yusuf as Acting FCT High Court Chief Judge

Otedola reveals how IBB asked Jonathan to take over from Yar’Adua

Insecurity: Abiodun, Alake, Ayo Adebanjo, Gani Adams, others to meet Thursday

Reps deputy speaker, Kano municipal chairman condemn Jos attack

NATION

JAMB, heads of institutions to decide cut-off marks August 31

Buni leads APC governors to woo Ladoja in Ibadan

Nigerians shouldn’t compromise unity, says Olawepo-Hashim

Tension over killing of Ondo-bound travellers in Jos

COVID-19 exposure in UK: Buhari goes into isolation

Using technology to drive port efficiency in Nigeria

JAMB, heads of institutions to decide cut-off marks August 31

Taliban takes Afghan capital Kabul

NCDC Report: COVID-19 killed 38 in one week

Otedola: IBB sent me to Jonathan during Yar’Adua’s illness, political logjam

North’s elders seek solution to region’s insecurity

Buhari to deliver 2,000 digital projects by December, says Pantami

Plateau crisis claims another seven lives

FG leveraging fintech innovation to tackle agric, energy challenges – Osinbajo

Nigeria’ll rise above security, socioeconomic challenges — Osinbajo

Atiku: How long shall we continue to lose precious souls?

Atiku condemns killings in Plateau, others

NAF kills many bandits, destroys camp in Birnin-Gwari

Five killed, nine houses burnt, one vehicle vandalised in fresh Kaduna attack

NGF condemns killing of 23 travellers in Jos

B’Haram: New Super Tucano jets awaiting induction

Why FG placed embargo on employment, by Ngige

PANDEF, others demand publication of NDDC forensic report

DAILY TRUST

Ebonyi pit accident: No person rescued after two days

EXCLUSIVE: 3 Yauri schoolgirls, expatriate released by bandits

Nigeria, India trade volume hits $14bn in 2021 Q1

10 disqualified army applicants, others killed in Jigawa road crash

Toll Gates re-introduction: PDP tells APC to stop imposing more hardship on Nigerians

‘200 female doctors not enough for over 10m people in Kano’

Kwara kidnap victim dies after release

Remains of Jigawa liaison officer, driver recovered in Kaduna, Badaru mourns

21 killed in Jigawa bridge collapse

Insecurity: Gani Adams convenes South-West security meeting

Senator Ubah in Turkey, seeks investors’ support for Anambra development roadmap

NYSC to deploy 2,000 corpers for Anambra 2021 guber polls

BUSINESSDAY

Nigerians’ persistent pension withdrawal mirrors rising unemployment

Jaiz Bank defied COVID-19 to grow revenue, profit ‘ Usman, MD

Knotty pipelines cost oil companies $325m in 1 month

MAN expresses concerns over sector performance, dwindling GDP contribution

Whisper it quietly: Poverty is sometimes a choice

NEW TELEGRAPH

e-transmission: INEC doesn’t need NASS’ approval ‘PDP

Why FG placed embargo on employment ‘Ngige

Police: Tragedy as 21 die in Jigawa road mishap

Lalong declares 24-hour curfew in Jos North LGA

Reps want 6 devt commissions, training for 40,000 policemen

Analysts: Inflation to sustain downtrend in July

COVID-19: Buhari, London delegation members, go into isolation

iThings: Apple lists Nigeria in third-party repairer programme

Again, Five killed, houses burnt in Southern Kaduna

Local content: Indigenous telcos seek 5 years tax holiday

Anambra guber: Reserve your votes for PDP, Ekwunife urges electorate

Wema Bank supports stage plays on Awolowo, Obasanjo

VAT Collection: FIRS files appeal against court judgment

Sterling Bank partners Nexford for global talent pipeline

APC will remain the peoples’ choice come 2023 and beyond ‘ Musa

28 vessels depart Nigeria with N633.6bn natural gas

Owunmi to youths: Don’t be intimidated by old politicians

APGA’s foreboding fate in the 2021 guber poll

PDP congress a sham, says ex-gov, Aliyu

Food security: CBN disburses N791bn to 3m farmers

Buhari, too weak to solve Nigeria’s problems ‘Sen. Tofowomo

Raising revenue generation in Nigerian betting industry

Controversy trails ‘death’ of 6 year old girl

BLUEPRINT

2023: I didn’t rule out Atiku, Tinubu ‘ IBB

Nigerians clamour for return of Kida as NBBF president

VC condemns high fees in church-owned varsities, advocates scholarships for members

Explore research grant opportunities, UniAbuja VC tells students

5 killed, 9 houses, 3 vehicles burnt in fresh Kaduna attack

Market capitalisation of Zenith, GTbank, 3 others hit N2.44trn

 

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