Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 20 August, 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

Taliban: Afghanistan footballer falls from US plane, dies

Man threatens to detonate bomb on U.S Capitol

Prosecute arrested bandits, insurgents, Baptist Convention tells FG

Alleged assault: ALGON asks Immigration to quit Oyo councils

Repentant terrorists deserve iron hand, not slap on the wrist

PDP will defeat APC, Uzodinma in 2023 -Ex-Imo deputy speaker

Nigerias unity negotiable, says Atiku

How Shagari stopped lawmakers from joining NASS service commission -Clerk

Jemibewon, Kogi West elders advocate power rotation

Airports concession will fail, legal tussle imminent -Labour

Has insecurity in Nigeria become endemic

Policemen detain, enslave ESN members girlfriend, IGP orders probe

Employ trustworthy Nigerians as security agents NUT

Court rejects adding Buni in suit against Ubas candidacy

Reps tackle MDAs, seek reduction in N5.62tn deficit borrowing

879 foreign-trained doctors, dentists join medical practice in Nigeria

Underage herders threaten 70-year-old Ondo farmer with cutlass

879 foreign-trained doctors, dentists join medical practice in Nigeria

Nigeria, others benefitted from $2.69bn guarantees World Bank

Army warns El-Zakzakys IMN against protests in Plateau

Don blames urban challenges on faulty leadership structure

Review hazard allowance using existing template, JOHESU tells FG

Rivers to refund UTME registration fees

INEC releases Anambra poll final list October 7

How millennials are driving cryptocurrencies investment Report

UNILORIN student murder: Suspects withdrew N50,000 from victims account, says witness

Child marriages, female genital mutilation on increase, say experts

IOCs owe NDDC $4bn, agency debt to contractors, N3tn -FG

Anambra: INEC almost destroyed democracy by excluding Soludo APGA

Stock market hits four-month high, investors gain N65bn

Gunmen storm Ogun farm, abduct ex-NMA secretarys son, demand N20m

Airlines $963m trapped in Nigeria, others, says IATA

2023: How APC can defeat PDP, others after Buhari -Senate President

Hoodlums rob PoS operator of N4m, burn corpse, kill Uber driver

Jimoh Ibrahim owes govt N70bn, we retain NICON, others – AMCON

KuPS 0-4 Union: Awoniyi grabs brace, assist in Conference League win

17 suspected Internet fraudsters nabbed in Rivers, Enugu

Teachers dumping teaching for other jobs, says FG

Naira sinks to 520/$ as foreign reserves slide further

Its better to have fewer banks complying with law Bawa

Oil price tumbles to $65, lowest in three months

PIA: You are no longer welcome to Niger Delta, Ijaw youths tell Buhari, Sylva

Buhari approves review of grazing reserves in 25 states

I wont exit govt as a failure, Buhari vows

Six more Tucano jets to arrive Nigeria September -US envoy

Prices of cooking gas, kerosene increased in July NBS

Afghan refugees in Greece protest Taliban takeover

THISDAY 

Stock Market Reveres Negative Investors Sentiment, Gains 0.32%

Experts: Ground Handling Companies Lose N14bn Annually to Poor Cost of Services

Covid-19: Custom Agents Threatens Legal Action against Shipping Companies, Terminal Operators over N1.5bn Waiver Granted by FG

Stakeholders Call for Effective Implementation of Nigerias Local Content Policy in ICT sector

FG Urged to Provide Investments Platform for Indigenous Iron, Steel Manufacturers

Absence of Translator Stalls Trial of Five Guineans Involved in Elephant Tusk Smuggling

Amotekun Arrests Herder, Underaged Sons, 49 cows,

PSC Raises Panel to Probe Allegations against Kyari

Delta: Police Deny Kidnap of Ijaw Chief, 26 Community Leaders

Buhari Ratifies Nigeria’s Membership of International Coffee Organisation

17 People Killed by Arm Invaders in Benue

In New List, INEC Excludes APC, PDP Candidates, Enlists Soludo for…

Ehanire: Health Sector Package Plan to Lift Nigerians Out of Poverty

Hushpuppi: Court Refuses to Stop Abba Kari’s Extradition to US

Police Commission Raises Panel to Probe Allegations against Kyari

Unijos SUG Protests as Hoodlums Kill Another Student

Kyari Lists Benefits of PIA, Says Law Will Make Nigeria Business…

CNA: How Shagari Prevented Second Republic Lawmakers from Hijacking N’Assembly Bureaucracy

Breaking: Buhari Okays Review of Grazing Reserves in 25 States

EFCC Arrests Ex-Gov Theodore Orji, Son

Buhari: Nigeria Will Be Well Secured Before I Leave Office

Communications Ministry, Agencies Generate N1.05trn in Two Years

Fayemi: Govs Will Work with PIA Implementation Committee

PTAD: We won”t Allow any Pensioner to Suffer Deprivation

GUARDIAN

INEC lists Soludo despite court’s affirmation of Umeoji’s APGA faction

Amotekun arrests 49 cows, herders in Ondo

APC deserves 100m registered members, says Lawan

Police nab killers of Uber, POS operators in Ogun

Experts task Nigeria, others on local production of COVID-19 vaccines

NPA seeks support against piracy, others

Niger, RMAFC stress equitable revenue sharing formula for development

Wike signs open grazing prohibition, VAT collection bills, others into law

CSO seeks review of Petroleum Industry Act

IPOB denies killing oil workers in Imo

NGE hails ex-president’s appointment as GGM of NNPC

Hushpuppi: How extradition treaty between Nigeria and the US may affect Abba Kyari’s FBI indictment

‘Lack of converted gas vehicles might undermine NGEP’

‘Fintechs need clarity on regulation to increase contributions to economy’

Nigeria projects about 40,000bpd from Total’s Ikike field in Q4

Two Nigerians escape from custody after arrest for expired visas

Buhari approves review of Grazing Reserves in 25 states

Outrage trails purported coronation of Sultan Shuwa Arab in Edo

Former Abia governor, son in EFCC custody over alleged fraud

Afghan people chose the Taliban, get over it – Part 2

Nigeria can’t go Afghanistan way ‘ Lai Mohammed

20 years on: Telcos attain 297m phone lines, fail on financial inclusion, security

VANGUARD

Emiko: Benin monarch tasks kingmakers on adherence to customs, tradition

Absence of translator stalls trial of smugglers of N22.3bn pangolin scales, elephant tusk

PWDs in Lagos excluded from COVID-19 vaccine ‘ Group survey reveals

Climate change: 2m IDPs in Borno, Adamawa,Yobe feeling the heat-Osinbajo

PSC sets up panel to investigate FBI’s indictment of DCP Abba Kyari

Peter Obi urges FG to invest borrowed funds

PIB has shortchanged Cross River, says Ayade

Breaking: INEC reinstates Soludo as APGA candidate

Hushpuppi: Court declines ex-parte motion to stop Abba Kyari’s extradition

Edo govt, Oba aware of Sultan of Shuwa Arab

Soludo: APGA hails INEC, says you’ve done the needful

FG partners Korea on maritime security

NARD strike: Why I invoked ‘no work, no pay’, Ngige tells Buhari -As NMA intervenes

Health sector: JOHESU calls for flat pay hazard allowance across board

FG downplaying crisis in Nigeria ‘ PANDEF

LEADERSHIP

No Personal Interest Will Destabilise APC In Ogun

Ekiti Varsity To Sanction Staff Linked With Portal Fraud

Lagos Assembly Blames Banditry On Drug Abuse

Mohammed Fawehinmi Died From COVID-19 Related Complications ‘ Family

Court Stops Rabiu From Parading Self As AFAN President

NYSC Vows To Prosecute Fake Graduates

Pandemonium In Rivers Varsity As Suspected Cultist Kills Final Year Student

PIB Has Shortchanged Cross River, Gov Ayade Cries Out

Police Trust Fund Donates N11bn Vehicles, Medical Equipment To NPF

Federal Govt Bemoans Massive Migration Of Teachers

Allow Local Investors To Run Ajaokuta Steel, Federal Govt Urged

TRIBUNE

Nigerian Army to increase security awareness at barracks nationwide

NGE hails its ex-president on appointment as NNPC’s spokesman

APC group blames PDP for deteriorating insecurity

We have agreed on seven out of 10 requests made to Twitter, says Lai Mohammed

Stakeholders appeal to FG to indigenise iron, steel industries

Court refuses to stop Police, AGF from arresting, extraditing DCP Abba Kyari

Reps unhappy over N5.62trn budget deficit, tackle MDAs over concealed revenue generation

Anambra govt distributes 500,000 cocoa seedlings to farmers

No ethnic or religious bias in FUHSO ‘ VC

Buhari moves to retrieve 368 grazing reserves in 25 states

EFCC quizzes ex-Abia Gov Theodore Orji, son over alleged misappropriation, money laundering

Let’s prioritise Nigeria’s unity, progress, Obasanjo urges political class

Remove us from contributory pension scheme, police retirees cry out in protest in Ibadan

Minister suggests broadening of financial system for sustainable economic growth

NATION

Police Service Commission awaits Abba Kyari’s report

Woman killed during Yoruba Nation rally for burial Friday

Buhari okays review of grazing reserves in 25 states

Nation building: Atiku faults Buhari Administration

IOCs owing NDDC over $4b, says Akpabio

‘Nigeria is winning war on insurgency’

Obasanjo: situation bad but redeemable

Insecurity: Buhari threatens removal of military chiefs

Banks’ forex dealings under close EFCC watch

Sylva describes vaccine discovery as game-changer

PIA Frontier Basin’s Fund to cover Cross River, Anambra

12 killed, many injured in Irigwe farmer/herders clashes

APC rejects tribunal’s ruling on Tambuwal

Kogi West elders’ forum demands governorship slot in 2023

Teachers beg states, school owners to abide by protocols

‘We will not support another competency test, says Kaduna NUT

Task force has ‘no access to donated fund’

‘Elders’ parliament will help in conflict resolution’

Obasanjo: Arrest and imprisonment ruined my crayfish business

FG suspends employment in NDDC

IOCs owing NDDC over $4b, says Akpabio

DAILY TRUST

Anambra PWDs demand inclusion in electoral process

NSCDC arrest 4 for adulteration of petroleum products in Anambra

Over 170,000 pupils benefit from school feeding program in Abia

COVID-19: ACPN to train 200 Community Pharmacists on Administration of vaccines

Buhari sends delegation to Kano for son’s wedding

Policeman shot dead as gunmen abduct customs officer in Taraba

Cholera kills 132 in Kaduna in 5 months

Buhari approves review of 368 grazing reserves in 25 States

BUSINESSDAY

Nigerian firms’ Q2 earnings mirror recovery from coronavirus

Nigeria’s fiscal deficit hits highest in 21yrs as revenues flop

Who will save Ethiopia from a needless war

Managing and treating Covid-19 cases at home

Nigeria loses $28m annually to flawed aviation handling rates ‘ Experts

Unending troubles in Nigeria’s health sector

Jamaica shows Nigeria how to retain star athletes

How the society is affecting our youth’s desire to learn

Naira falls to N517 per dollar after one week

AUTHORITY

Ananbra 2021: PDP missing as seven political parties substitute governorship candidates

Court Stops Farouk From Parading As President of AFAN

Editors congratulate its ex-President on his appointment as NNPC spokesman

Ananbra 2021: PDP missing as seven political parties substitute governorship candidates

RATTAWU members, stakeholders call for Tsanni-led CWC removal

Minister endorses legislation to empower traditional rulers

War against terror: Tide now against Boko Haram, ISWAP, says APC group

Buhari ratifies international coffee agreement

DAILY INDEPENDENT

How Nigeria can remain united, economically developed, by Atiku

FEC okays N21.11Bn for Aviation, Education, others

PIB: Nigeria lost estimated $50bn worth of investments in 10 years ‘ Buhari

FIRS targets N10.1 trn revenue in 2022, fears drop in petroleum profit tax

We’re not against having professional, competent teachers in classroom -NUT

N/Delta Fishermen applaud Buhari on assent to PIB

Judge available to release Igboho’s aides ‘ Court

Insecurity: I Don’t Want To Leave Office A Failure, Buhari Tells Service Chiefs

IATA Raises Alarm Over Airlines $1bn Blocked Funds In Nigeria, Others

Lagosians Shouldn’t Expect Anything Good From New Council Chairmen ‘ Oki

Air Peace Commences Abuja-Ibadan Route As Oyo Govt Pledges Support

Why FIRS Wants Law To Introduce Road Tax

BEDC Raises Alarm Over Spate Of Vandalism On Facilities By Vandals

Buhari Ratifies International Coffee Agreement 2007

Nigeria To Review Relations With South Korea By October

Patience Jonathan Charges Business Leaders To Support Sustainable Development

Varsity Don Laments Dearth Of Pharmacists In Nigeria Health Sector

NIGERIAN PILOT

No ethnic or religious bias in FUHSO -VC

EFCC arrests Orji at Abuja Airport

R&D: Researchers advocate policy on industry, academia partnership

PDPs embezzlement of security funds responsible for worsened insecurity APC group

Shagari prevented lawmakers from hijacking NASS bureaucracy -CNA

Court declares Umeoji APGA candidate again, strikes out Soludo/Victor Oye court action

Foreign companies owe Nigeria $4bn- Akpabio

FG assures on welfare of civil servants

NEW TELEGRAPH

Food security: FG begins empowerment programme for farmers

Akpabio: NDDC owing contractors over N3trn

100 APC members drag Buni-led caretaker c’ttee, others to court

Investors in stocks gain N512bn in six days

IATA slams Nigeria over airlines’ trapped $143.8m

Farmers proffer way out of food security crisis

Livestock: Illegal taxation dampens FG’s N33trn revenue target

Anambra guber: APC’s acceptability test in S’East

I’m the candidate of choice in Anambra ‘Soludo

Protests: Mouka restates commitment to staff welfare

We’ve forgiven those who left PDP ‘ Diri

Alleged N2bn fraud: EFCC quizzes ex-Abia gov, Theodore Orji, son

How Shagari stopped NASS members from hijacking NASC ‘CNA

Insecurity: S’West paid over N3bn ransom to kidnappers ‘Gani Adams

2022: Reps flay FG’s move to borrow N5.6trn to finance budget

Incentivising agribusiness investments via PVP

Insurgency: Nigeria can’t be compared with Afghanistan ‘Lai Mohammed

 

 

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