Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 1 September, 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

US evacuation from Afghanistan extraordinary success Biden

Out-of-school children: FG not responsible says Osinbajo

Compulsory vaccination: NMA, JOHESU kick as FG threatens sanction

Plateau: Farmer killed, several escape in fresh attack

Open grazing: Lagos, Delta, Cross River bill pending as deadline ends today

LCDAs creation sparks supremacy battle among Ekiti communities as residents disagree over hqtrs

PDP crisis: Mark committee to present interim report Sept 9

E-registration: Nobody can rig Anambra poll, says Obaseki, Makinde

Striking doctors salaries withheld, says NARD

Again, Kanus lawyer alleges maltreatment by DSS, service kicks

Fix your cut-off marks, JAMB tells varsities, others

We owe salaries due to paucity of funds Akeredolu

Well invest in traditional medicine, Sanwo-Olu tells practitioners

EFCCs Gestapo raids on hotels, residences

Six million electricity customers still unmetered amid FGs schemes

Nigerias economy recovering stronger, says Adebayo

Reps summon Customs CG over alleged ports extortion, dwindling revenue

External reserves gain $500m in one week, near $34bn

FG disburses N56.8bn to one million MSMEs

OPEC, others meet to decide on production increase

Stock market loses N56bn as 27 equities decline

FIFA ranks ’81m Osimhen world’s 18th most expensive player

Court orders interim forfeiture of Abiodun aides bank accounts, house

Housewife remanded for forcing maid to drink peppered hot water

Students sit exams on bare floor in Amaechis alma mater

Two poly students, varsity worker kidnapped in Kogi church

Gunmen attack Bayelsa hospital, rob doctor, patients

Four men gang-raped me for 21 days Nasarawa teenager

Fulani youths, police, others kill kidnapper in Ogun forest

Qatar urges Taliban to combat terrorism after US Afghan pullout

Bandits sack troops, occupy Rann in Borno for several hours

South-West NMA issues ultimatum, threatens solidarity strike with NARD

THISDAY

Buhari Unveils Job Creation Initiative, to Employ 20,000 Graduates Annually

CBN Moves against Violators of New FX Policy

Abia’s $56m W’Bank Loan Not Misappropriated, Projects Ongoing, Says Government

FCT, Ogun, Imo, Others Secure $520m SAPZ Grant

Nigeria is Not Only Country with Human Rights Challenges, Says UN

PIA: NNPC Will No Longer Render Free Service to Government, Says Kyari

Gunmen Raid Hospital in Bayelsa, Cart Away Cash, Valuables

Obaseki, Makinde, Ikpeazu Flag off PDP e-registration Exercise in Anambra

Port Congestion: Lawmakers Say NPA, Customs, Others Frustrating Ease of Doing…

Wike: Our Cancer Center Will Reduce Death Rate in Nigeria

Benue Killings: Investigate Akume, PDP Tells DSS

FG Disburses N56.84bn to MSMEs Under Survival Fund Scheme

Passenger Traffic Remains at 40% One Year after Nigeria Reopened Airspace

Seven Southern States Fail to Meet Sept. 1 Deadline to Outlaw…

Insecurity: US in Talks with Nigeria to Contain Terror…

24 Persons Arrested in Lagos for Reclaiming Wetland

Borno Confirms 43 Killed by Suspected Cholera Outbreak

PDP Has Not Zoned Presidency to North, Says former National Legal…

GUARDIAN

FG set to sanction Nigerians refusing COVID-19 vaccination

One dies from COVID-19 third wave in Edo as death toll hits 12

Uba gets Buhari’s endorsement in Aso Villa

Telecoms sector attracts $3.9 billion foreign investments in five years

Malnutrition threatens child survival in North East, says UNICEF

UN moves to save women from COVID-19

Groups oppose increased electricity tariff as BEDC loses spokesperson

Fayemi unveils multiple indicator cluster survey to aid development plan

Stakeholders kick as maritime sector fails to impact GDP growth

‘Postal reforms bill hostile, might collapse logistics industry’

NPA unveils e-document records centre to improve operations

Buhari’s obnoxious open grazing routes

Lagos police task citizens on security as church donates gadgets

Again, police killed kidnapper in Ogun bloody encounter

Visually-impaired boxer appeals to Enugu government, others for support

Biden declares end to ‘forever wars’ in Afghan exit

Tight security as Tanzania opposition leader appears in court

India reports record quarterly growth after pandemic slump

States, not FG should be blamed for nation’s education woes – Osinbajo

Three months after DR Congo volcano eruption, thousands seeking aid

Japan defence ministry seeks $50 billion budget

Hate crimes rose against Black, Asian Americans in 2020: FBI

FG distributes debit cards for payment of monthly stipend to 15,562 poor people in Osun

JAMB abolishes UTME cut off marks

VANGUARD

CJN summons 6 chief judges over conflicting orders to political parties

Anambra commences second phase of COVID-19 vaccination

Our senior members abusing judicial process for politicians ‘ NBA cries out

NBC defends action against Channels Television

Electoral laws alone won’t guarantee credible elections, says Omo-Agege

Youth group says killers are enemies of Nigeria

Maina to remain in prison as court refuses fresh bail application

Organised labour appeals to FG against electricity, petrol price hike

FG’s social, entrepreneurial programmes targeted at women, says Osinbajo

Borno PDP faults exclusion from stakeholders’ meeting on repentant Boko Haram members

BBNaija: Tega’s husband admits cheating on her as he begs for forgiveness

Court remands two men who robbed American of $3,600 at gunpoint

Your’re 7 years late, court tells Abia community over 39-htr land suit against govt

Corpse of missing 13-year-old mentally challenged boy recovered from well ‘ Police

Police arrest 6 students for forcefully barbing a man in Jigawa

Again, strike looms as ASUU waits till midnight for FG to meet demands

BREAKING: Olu of Warri dissolves Council of Chiefs

Court jails 10 internet fraudsters in Abuja

ICPC begins tracking of 1,251 constituency, executive projects in 17 states

Maina to remain in prison as court refuses fresh bail application

Police debunk allege assassination attempt on ex-aide of Aregbesola

Online verification: PenCom releases list of eligible intending retirees

LEADERSHIP

Schistosomiasis: Poverty, Ignorance Fueling Parasitic Diseases In Nigeria

380,000 Affected By Heavy Flooding In South Sudan, Says UN

Court Orders Initial Forfeiture Of Suspended Abiodun’s Aide’s Bank Accounts, Properties

LG Congress: Ondo APC Opts For Consensus

Federal Govt To Announce Herbal COVID-19 Cure Soon

Ooni Hails PMB For Granting Approval Of Alternative Medicine Bill

Local Content Suffers As NCDMD’s $50m Research Fund Lies Fallow

Investors Lose N56bn As Equities Market Sustains Bearish Performance

Federal Govt Begins Digitised Cash Transfer To 2,143 Beneficiaries In Kwara

Borno Govt Confirms 559 Cholera Cases, 43 Deaths

Nigeria Records 460 New COVID-19 Case

TRIBUNE

Former minister blames foreign assailants for recent Plateau attacks

I’m anxious for your success during Anambra guber poll, Buhari tells APC candidate, Andy Uba

DSO: N10bn was never housed in any private account ‘ NBC DG

Court declines to hear Maina’s fresh bail application

Ondo coastal community commemorates abolition of killing of twins

Era of operating in hospital at night without electricity in Delta is over

Niger govt announces measures against insecurity, suspends cattle markets, bans sale of fuel in jerrycans

Channels interview: Commodore Olawunmi finally reports self at Defence Intelligence Agency

Court freezes Rufai, suspended Abiodun’s aide bank accounts, seizes Lekki home

Olu of Warri dissolves all traditional councils, committees, sub-committees

WHO says Africa stabilizes COVID-19 third wave

Court freezes N20bn Kogi’s salary bailout account

Anambra 2021: Obaseki, Makinde, Ikpeazu, others launch PDP membership e-registration

Insecurity: Nigeria fast moving into precipice ‘ Afenifere

Insecurity: Kaduna bans logging of trees for commercial use in seven LGs

NATION

$350k fraud: Abiodun’s aide’s accounts frozen, Lekki home seized

Herbal remedies: WHO expecting trial results from Nigeria, 11 others

‘DSS didn’t manhandle Kanu’s lawyers’

Enugu parleys with visually impaired Commonwealth Gold Medallist

Commodore Olawunmi honours DIA invitation 5:16

Stakeholders predict end to hostilities in Niger Delta with PIA

‘Vaccination now compulsory for pilgrims

Herbal remedies: WHO expecting trial results from Nigeria, 11 others

DSS parades ‘fake doctor’ for killing 15 patients

IYC, others urge Niger Delta governors to diversify economy

Stakeholders predict end to hostilities in Niger Delta with PIA

Olu of Warri dissolves traditional council, committees

Relocation call: Miyetti Allah, others disown northern elders

Why Southwest ban on open/night grazing may not work – Expert

ASUU criticises Buhari’s appointment of UNIABUJA VC

Hold govt responsible for our next action, says ASUU

Six Super Tucano aircraft expected mid-July – Presidency

Council poll: Rivers orders restriction of movement

PDP elders in talks with Wike on party crisis

Tough times await illegal arms bearers, Buhari vows

JAMB scraps uniform cut-off marks

Explore business side of your job, Dangote, Basiru, others tell journalists

DAILY TIMES

CJN summons 6 Chief Judges over conflicting Court orders

Police recover missing teenager in Delta

Police rescue 8 kidnapped persons in Zamfara

Self defense ‘ll escalate crisis Military taskforce warns

CVR: INEC receives 3.3m applications in 9 weeks

Kidnappers welcomes new Kogi varsity, abduct 3 students, lecturer

Nigerias infrastructure gap is now $3trn, says experts

Child Molestation: ISDEVCOM organizes workshop for police personnel

Kachikwu refutes smuggling allegation, demands retraction, compensation

DAILY TRUST 

Poor ports operations holding Nigeria down, Reps tell Customs, NPA, others

MSME Survival Fund: FG disburses N56.84bn to 1m beneficiaries

Worry over wreckage of critical equipment at airports

CBN directs banks to publish names of fraudulent forex buyersSeptember 1, 2021 3:54 am

Olu of Warri Dissolves Traditional Council, Others

FG Reviewing Revenue Allocation Formula to Correct Imbalances, Says RMAFC

NACCIMA Seeks Improved Partnership with Diplomatic Community

Nigeria paid $500m for new Tucano jets – U.S

Gunmen invade Bayelsa Hospital, attack patients, doctors

Court bars Obaseki from enforcing compulsory COVID-19 vaccination order

Niger Gov’t bans cattle markets, restricts movement of motorcycles

‘PIA, Water Bill Tantamount to Internal Colonisation of N’Delta’

Osinbajo: FG Will Ensure No Nigerian Child is Denied Basic Education

Borno gov’t probes hotel shooting practice in Maiduguri

NANS honours pioneer president, holds national summit

Police deploy 11000 personnel across for Kaduna LG Polls

JAMB cancels UTME cut-off marks

Journalists barred as military inducts six A-29 Super Tucano

Nine things you need to Know About e-Naira

Nigeria is sinking, Mbaka speaks on rising insecurity

Lawyer asks court to stop SSS from using the name ‘DSS’

3 killed as security agencies smash car-snatching gang in Imo

‘Nigeria records 22,000 missing persons, highest in Africa’

BUSINESSDAY

Sack of divers from Bonga renews calls to regulate Nigerian divers

Shippers Council partners FRSC to harp on quality of trucks

Agric growth lowest since 2018 as insecurity takes toll on farming

Financial sector contracted by 4.5% in Q2 despite banks resilience

NIMASA seeks to end higher risk insurance on Nigerian cargo

Flight for safety: Nigerian refugee figure hits 5-year high

Nigeria attracts $10bn foreign investments in 6 months ‘ Minister

Price of cooking gas rises above 100%

Nigerian government anticipates sustained 5% GDP growth in 2021

Nigerian Banks are Africa’s cheapest stocks and here is why

16 companies ride on low interest rate to raise N362bn commercial paper

Increased dollar demand triggers new Naira fall

Investors in Nigeria’s stocks gained over N320bn in August

Buhari courts trouble in renewed push for grazing routes

Insecurity, low patronage highlighted as luxury bus owners elect Ubajaka President

Transport fares still high as petrol price decreases, diesel increases in July

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Anambra 2021: PDP Leaders Storm Anambra, Flag-Off E-Registration For Ozigbo

Gunmen Steal Cash, Other Valuables At Bayelsa Hospital

Tension As Labour Unions, CSOs, Kick Ahead Planned Tariff Increase For Electricity

How Bandits Killed Abducted Pregnant Woman In Kaduna For Saying She Could Not Walk ‘ Shehu Sani

Enugu: Give Us 30 Days To Deliberate On The Open Grazing Bill ‘ Miyetti Allah

LOlu Of Warri Dissolves Traditional Council, Committee, Says Revalidation For Chieftaincy To Commence September 1st

NEW TELEGRAPH

$350,000 fraud: Ogun gov’s aide loses property, fund to FG

Anambra Guber: Buhari receives, endorses APC’s candidate, Andy Uba

Akeredolu signs Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law

ASUU’s ultimatum expires, to reconvene NEC meeting

COVID-19: FG to apply basic laws on Nigerians rejecting vaccine

Terrorism: US ready to assist FG identify B’Haram sponsors ‘Envoy

Forex: OPS backs CBN on naming fraudulent customers

Study links salt substitute to reduced stroke risks

ICPC: We’re tracking 1,251 constituency, executive projects in 17 states, FCT

2023: PDP has not zoned presidential ticket

NPA mandates barge operators to pay tariff under new regulations

Nigeria imports N34.7bn frozen fish from Japan

Top dealing firms transact N581bn shares in 7 months

Financial institutions’ contribution to GDP shrinks further in Q2

Nigeria needs foreign intervention to tackle insecurity ‘Hassan

 

 

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