Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Sunday,22 August, 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

GUARDIAN

Ex-FIFA boss Blatter says ‘not afraid’ of going to trial

Anambra has potential to be best-run state

Residents agonise as crater-like potholes adorn Old Ojo Road

Ex-UK leader Blair blasts Western ‘abandonment’ of Afghanistan

Stronger families key to achieving stability, sustainable growth, says Sanwo-Olu

Afghanistan: Return of Taliban to power and lessons for Nigeria

Sultan urges end to insurgency, banditry

Army nab Boko Haram bomb-making materials’ supplier

Akinterinwa: re-strategising vital for Nigeria to defeat Boko Haram Insurgents

The new PIB act: Robbing Peter to pay Paul

Abba Kyari and festival of a thousand knives

PUNCH

Taliban takeover: Over 7,000 evacuated to Qatar from Afghanistan

Nigeria needs to stop importing dirty fuels

Voter apathy to LGA polls heightens councils struggle for survival

World Athletics U-20 Championships: I knew my son will win gold ‘Onwuzurike’s dad

Osun bank robberies: Victims relatives in agony, police allege indigenes connivance

Delayed ransom: Baptist pupils abductors threatens to start charging interest, says source

Dare rewards Kenya 2021 gold medallist’s with $5,000

Activists worry, urge hesitant states to domesticate law against gender-based violence

Tolling: FG plans concession for more federal roads

Lawyers decry nonstop mutilation, hawking of naira despite CBN Act against abuse

Huawei climbs to 44 on Fortune Global 500 list

We lost seven indigenes, recovered five corpses, says Modakeke group

Rising food prices, poor sales threaten our livelihoods, feeding now hard Traders, families

PIA expands fuel imports beyond Dangote, other refiners

Open defecation: Public health crisis looms in Lagos, Ogun communities

Why PDP hasnt won Lagos governorship election since 1999 -Bode George

Eight banks lose N1.9bn to fraud in one year

Promoters once rejected me, saying my dad died with Apala music Musiliu Haruna Ishola

COVID-19 mutation, poor adherence to safety measures fuelling breakthrough infections, experts warn

Man kidnaps neighbours son in Lagos, demands N2.5m ransom

Firm invests $5m to expand Internet access

How some women mistake bleeding in early pregnancy for menses Gynaecologists

Obasanjo decries Nigerias rising debts, low FDI

Nigerian e-commerce firm raises $10.5m funding

CBN N756.5bn farmers loan programme suffers repayment delay

We wont sign agreement, end strike until demands are met Resident doctors

Commuters spend night in traffic as floods submerge vehicles in Ondo

Male patients with chronic liver disease, others may be infertile Expert

How gunmen killed Zamfara councillor while praying Uncle

Petroleum Industry Act: Military threatens tough actions as Niger Delta youths plan fresh hostilities

Knocks as Buharis aide mocks Igbohos continued detention in Cotonou

Wanted kidnapper arrested with 53 AK-47 magazines in Nasarawa Police

2023: Northern youths lament Buharis leadership, seek support for Tambuwal

Plateau unrest: Gombe, Kogi evacuate indigenes from UNIJOS

Why medicated, antiseptic, liquid soaps are bad for skin Dermatologist

SANs warn FG over planned amnesty for repentant Boko Haram militants

Osinbajo, Obaseki, others honour Okowa at dads burial

Two killed in Ogun police, kidnappers gun duel

21st Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, bestows new titles on mother, wife

Kenya 2021: Nigeria third on medals table with three gold, two bronze

Repentant insurgents can be prosecuted, says Lai Mohammed

THISDAY

Nigeria Fast Descending into Dictatorship, Afenifere warns

Ex-NBA President Canvasses Restructuring to End Reign of Cabal

Stakeholders Canvass Time Limit for Budget Passage, Fiscal Act Amendment

God’ll Determine My Successor, A’Ibom Gov. Tells Clerics

Shun Divisive Entity, Unite Citizenry, Buhari Tells Nigeria’s Future Leaders

Plateau Killings: Fix Security Challenges or Resign, CAN Tells Buhari

Soludo: My Opponents Can’t Govern Anambra with Only WAEC Certificate

US: Second Batch of Six Super Tucano Fighter Jets Due in Nigeria by September

Insecurity: Matawalle Meets Zulum , Says Situation Needs Kwowledge Sharing

Insecurity: Tambuwal Says Army Needs More Personnel, Equipment

FAAC Shares N760.7bn July Allocation to FG, States, LGs

Nine Bandits Killed in Rival Fight Over Sharing of Ransom in…

FG: We’re Not Prosecuting Repentant Terrorists in Line with Global Practices

VANGUARD

OLU OF WARRI: Atuwatse III will bring peace, development ‘Adjogbe

Minority Reps pledge tougher oversight in energy sector

State of the nation: Nigeria fast descending into tyranny, dictatorship ‘ Afenifere

2023: Youths drums support for Gbagi

Nigeria’s Misery Index, worst in Africa ‘ Gana

OTC 2021: Minority Reps vow to intensify oversight function in oil, gas sector over PIA, says Elumelu

2023: Abia North wants Ikpeazu to uphold rotation of gov seat on senatorial zones

Doctors Strike: FG commences implementation of MOU with NMA on Monday

Gun battle: Imo Police kill ‘Bugatti’, recover pistol allegedly stolen during #EndSARS protests

Bokoharamism is rudimentary Talibanism

Insecurity: NIS urges traditional rulers to monitor unregistered migrants in Imo

FG taking measures to address security challenges ‘ Defence Minister

Land Crises: Bauchi Gov places embargo on sale, dev’t of land

Anambra: Politics of selfishness, greed could be PDP’s undoing come Nov 6, warns Oligbo

LEADERSHIP

New USAID Activity To Benefit 15,000 Conflict-affected Farmers in Adamawa

We Have Not Made Definite Pronouncement On Surrendered Boko Haram Fighters ‘ FG

Afghanistan: Nigeria Must Wake Up To Dangers Of Taliban ‘ Don

Forensic Professionals Task Buhari On Assent To Forensic and Investigative Bill

Buhari Charges Leaders To Rid Nation Of Divisiveness

Wanted Suspect, Bugatti, Gunned Down In Imo

TRIBUNE

Politicians who attended Buhari’s son’s wedding with hired jets are not different from bandits ‘ Gumi

Gunmen kidnap two Abia State University professors, others

INEC not aware NASS rejected electronic transmission of results ‘Okoye

I married two wives to have free access to my conjugal rights ‘Isoko farmer

Soothsayers said I won’t live to be 40, but here I am at 80 ‘Olubukanla Okusanya

Saraki, Orji, Kwankwaso, Dickson: APC using EFCC to harass opposition over 2023, says PDP

Use cultural events to market Yoruba tradition, culture ‘ Gani Adams

Miyetti Allah to hold cow identification workshop to curb cattle rustling in Nigeria

CBN bans Microfinance banks from forex dealings

NATION

CBN pegs microfinance banks loan per transaction at N1m

Jubilation in Warri as Prince Emiko is crowned Ogiame Atuwase III

PDP: Secondus raises fresh hurdles over convention

Strike: FG, resident doctors reach new agreements

Plateau killings: States, NANS evacuate stranded students from Jos

Cult members clash as birthday turns bloody

Shops, cars razed as fire engulfs roadside petrol shop

Five killed in Bayelsa road accident

Panic over killing of vigilante leader in Delta

Kwara North stakeholders hold consultative meeting with Saraki

Stakeholders demand constitutional timelines for budget, fiscal act amendment

LASU VC: Remain focused, Lagos group urges selection panel

Buhari, Ganduje charge new Emir of Bichi to work for Nigeria’s peace, security

Firm launches technology to track lost containers on sea

DAILY TRUST

2023: Buhari, Tinubu pact not binding on APC members – Kogi governor

How govs, others blew millions on 50 jets to Buhari’s son’s wedding

Nigeria records revenue shortage as FG, states share N760.7 bn for July

Buhari to leaders: Rid Nigeria of disunity, promote peace

‘Lack of support for Quranic teachers compels almajiri to street begging’

Act now before Afghanistan emboldens Boko Haram, politician tells FG

‘Edo to reduce human trafficking, irregular migration through sport’

DSS DG, first-class kings attend coronation of Emir of Bichi

Evacuation from Afghanistan ‘largest airlift of people in history’ – Biden

CAN condemns Plateau killings

I didn’t ask DSS to invade Igboho’s residence – Malami

Joda assisted me in running my office – Buhari

Kano procures 5 bulls for artificial insemination, targets 25,000 cattle annually

APC spends N2.5bn on secretariat building

How 21 people died in culvert collapse

BUSINESSDAY

Insecurity: Nigeria’s gambit with ‘repentant’ Boko Haram

How Purple is leveraging Sukuk Bond to redefine property devt dynamics

Stop borrowing dollars, borrow sense

Naira ends the week with 0.97% loss against dollar

We have numerical strength to own APC in Lagos- Lagos4Lagos

COVID-19: Stakeholders call for investment in Nigeria’s health sector

FG to restart cash transfer payment to beneficiaries Aug. 23

Nigeria’s 3 tiers of government share N760.7bn for July

CBN to sanction microfinance banks over forex transactions

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Inegbeniki Urges, Buhari, NASS Not To Allow Akpabio Manage PIA Funds

EFCC Nabs Two Suspected Fraudsters In Ondo

We’re Making Bayelsa Investment Friendly ‘ Duba

I Have No Tears For Abba Kyari ‘ Elebute

Time To Reform The Political Party System

Conflicting Policies, Funding, FX Undermining Growth Of Nigeria’s Domestic Gas Market ‘ Nuhu Yakubu, NLGPA President

NCC Investigates Officials’ Over Claim On Electronic Transmission of Results After Group’s Petition

FG, Striking Doctors Meet In Abuja

Shiite Petitions EU, UN Over FG Refusal To Release El-Zakzaky, Wife’s Travelling Documents

Thousands Rally In London Decrying Taliban Takeover

NEW TELEGRAPH

Return of Taliban’ll worsen global security ‘Prof Ojo

Anambra 2023: Plot against Andy Uba thickens

Islamiya 136: Angry parents accuse govt of insensitivity

Nigeria fast descending into tyranny, dictatorship, says Afenifere

AfCFTA: Africa’s GDP to hit $3.4 trillion ‘ECA

Ikpeazu: Infrastructural development must have socio-economic relevance

PIA: NNPC commercialisation divides lawyers

Oil caps week with longest losing streak since 2019

Kidnappers, bandits rake in N20bn in 500 attacks ‘investigation

Ohanaeze to FG: Count Ndigbo out of 368 grazing reserves

Korea seeks expansion of $500m trade volume to Nigeria

Delta 2023: The big-fight between Urhobo, Ijaw

Insecurity: Nigerians’re now undertakers, burying loved ones daily ‘Rep’s Dep. Minority Leader, Okechukwu

Insistence on open grazing retrogressive, historically incorrect ‘Prof. Adejo

2023: Equity, justice to sustain APC presidency ‘Nwosu

Prof Ojo: Talibans’ return will embolden terror groups

Nairobi 2021: Gold rush for Team Nigeria as Nse-Uko, Onwuzurike win 400m, 200m

I want to be one of Nigeria’s finest strikers, says Mbata

How other artistes help Wizkid, Burna Boy win Grammy awards ‘NTDC

 

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