Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Saturday, 4 September, 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

US-based Nigerians fret as raging floods submerge states, kill over 50

Ortom sues Akume for libel, demands N60bn

How doctors frustrated moves to avert strike FG

US-based Nigerian jailed for cyber fraud, loses $561,125

Gunmen kidnap Katsina SSGs brother in Kano, father, son in Abuja

States consider no-work-no-pay, may stop doctors salaries

Lekki, Lagos posh neighbourhood, now haven for crypto fraudsters, dating scammers EFCC

How we got #NotTooYoungToRun Bill to trend, become law Mbamalu, Yiaga Africa co-founder

PDP crisis has potential of tearing party apart, says Kwankwaso

I felt peace on arrival in US, knowing there wont be banditry, kidnapping Nworie, first-class UNN graduate who got PhD scholarship

How to prevent repentant Boko Haram members from returning to jungle -Experts

Banditry: Months after no fly order, FG shuts down telecom sites in Zamfara

DSS frees two more Igbohos aides, holds female detainee, another

Lawmakers who vote to legalise cannabis wont be able to return to constituencies Marwa

Illegal mining: Senate summons minister over revenue losses

Ohanaeze, PDP flay Uzodinma over inaction on anti-open grazing law

Insecurity: Kaduna electoral commission suspends poll in four LGAs

NDDC report: Sack Akpabio, publish names of indicted contractors, IYC tells Buhari

Anambra: PDP jubilates, as court affirms Ozigbos candidacy, slams N10m fine against Uba

Nigerians battle extreme poverty amid many FGs alleviation schemes

NNPC earned N4.61tn, spent N4.52tn in 2020 BudgIT

Include revenue sources in budget proposals, FG tells MDAs

DPR seals 59 illegal gas plants in Lagos

Govt plans to cut gas price for power producers

Social media rescues siblings who lost legs same day to motorcycle accident

IPOB sit-at-home continues despite suspension, South-East traders, others lament huge losses to protest

Amotekun arrests herdsmen, seizes 40 cows over farm destruction in Ondo

Kidnappers abduct businessman, kill two vigilantes in Plateau

Yoruba Nation agitators want fairness, concerned about insecurity -Ooni of Ife

Newlywed undergoes brain surgery after police torture, remains unstable

How one chance bus landed me in kidnappers den for two days -ICT expert

2022 budget: No allocation for agencies without revenue projection, says Senate

FG did everything possible to stop doctors strike -Ngige

Why I wanted to drop my fathers name Yul Edochie

2Babas baby mama shuns Annies infidelity claims

BBN housemates dont have to act immorally to succeed Maryam Charles

ASUU heads to court as DSS smashes professors car windscreen

2023: APC has run out of ideas, says pro-Atiku group

Akeredolu gives workers two-week ultimatum to receive COVID-19 vaccine

My respect for Mustapha has grown, Buhari praises SGF at 65

Three abducted persons regain freedom after N3m ransom in Ekiti

THISDAY

IG Vows to Leave Legacy of ‘Professionalised’ Police

Amaechi Inspects Proposed Site for Bonny Deep Seaport

Masari: I Didn’t Pass Vote of No Confidence on IG …

Sale: I Didn’t Faint after Being Sacked by Buhari

Akeredolu Gives Workers Two-week Ultimatum to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Senate Summons Minister Over Alleged Loss of Mining Revenue

Ayade Assents to Legislative, Judiciary Autonomy Bills

EFCC: Lekki is Epicentre of Cyber Crime, 402 Suspects Arrested

Fintech Firm Urges CBN to Strengthen Enforcement of Open Banking

World Remit Releases New Report on Cost of Education

SUN

PDP crisis: National interest must come first Oyovbaire admonishes members

Insecurity: KADSIECOM suspends election in 4 LGAs

Plateau killings: Its alien to drag dead bodies on the streets of Jos Plateau -APC elders

With the way its going, APC may implode before 2023 Fouad Oki, Lagos APC chieftain

Buba Galadima: North safer under Jonathan

2023: Why South-East should produce president, Osita Okechukwu, DG, VON

VID-19: Prove your worth, Sanwo-Olu tasks trado-medicine practitioners

No more govt appointment for Ebonyi warring community Umahi

Nigeria, Brazil navies promise to end piracy in Gulf of Guinea

Oginigba slaughter market demolition not targeted against ethnic, religious groups Wike

Labour Party scribe, family escape death, as two storey building collapses

Miyetti Allah leader: Why we wont obey El-Rufais ban on livestock movement in Kaduna

Marwa urges NASS members to reject legalization of cannabis, briefs Buhari on NDLEA personnel, recruitment

PIA will address marginalisation in SEast, SSouth OMPALAN

GUARDIAN

Tension as U.S. moves to name Boko Haram sponsors

Move to legalise cannabis is money versus life, Marwa warns

Ijaw Youths urge Buhari to sack Akpabio over NDDC audit report

CSOs query N195b COVID-19 spending shortfall in four states

Secondus denies alleged refusal to pay party dues

Akume’s corruption allegations against Ortom laughable, says group

Anambra Guber: Appeal Court declares Ozigbo PDP candidate

Lagos Taskforce offers to educate commercial bus drivers

Pregnant woman, four others die in Enugu auto crash

EFCC arrests five for supplying adulterated petroleum products to firm

EFCC declares Lekki Nigeria’s Hotbed of cyber crime

At least 44 dead as flash floods hit US northeast

Indian Kashmir lockdown extended after separatist icon’s death

Customs, NDLEA, DSS say Captagon pills dismantled from machine weigh 74.119kg

Report on recruitment of 400,000 policemen, fake news ‘ Minister

Alibaba shares slide after $15 bn ‘prosperity’ pledge

Japan PM Suga to step down after year in office

COVID-19: NCDC records 8 more deaths, 631 new cases in 19 states, FCT

VANGUARD

NPA partners with UK Border Force on port security

UNICEF expresses worry over rise in female genital mutilation in Oyo

Benue Govt asks residents to relocate from flood-prone areas

APC charges members on peaceful Local Govt Congresses

FG pledges to end doctors’ strike

Call for emergency rule condemnable, unacceptable, Akume’s kinsmen tackle Minister

Construction of Bonny Deep Seaport to commence soon ‘ Amaechi

Enugu APC receives 7-man local government congress committee

Kaduna postpones LG polls due to insecurity

Kaduna LG poll: Police restrict movement from midnight Friday

Anambra: PDP savours Appeal Court judgment on Ozigbo, optimistic of victory

2023: PDP to raise zoning committee September 9

Shettima is one of Nigeria’s democracy success stories ‘ Buhari

2023 presidency: Diaspora group urges collective support for Tinubu

2023: Atiku most prepared, experienced to rescue Nigeria from APC ‘ Support Group

BREAKING: Unknown gunmen abduct father, son in Abuja; police launch manhunt

We spent N203bn on doctors’ welfare, did everything humanly possible to stop strike ‘FG

Nigeria’s investment in oil palm not matching population growth, POFON insists

Bandits are looking for God’s anger ‘ Islamic cleric

Ugwuanyi hands over two rebuilt mosques to Muslim community in Nsukka

Admissions: 179,330 spaces lie fallow in universities as 225,926 waste at polytechnics, colleges

COVID-19: Edo records 4 deaths, 28 new cases within 24 hours ‘ Official

LASUTH doctors warn of prolonged strike

Don’t let me die from kidney failure, journalist appeals to Kalu, Ikpeazu, others

Joint security operatives repel bandits’ attack on Shinkafi town in Zamfara

Flood destroys 4 houses, church in Akwa Ibom

Trader docked for allegedly biting off woman’s nipple

Delta APC LG Congress holds Saturday

Banditry/Criminality: Police arrest 1,503 high profile suspects; rescue 393 kidnapped victims in Katsina

Breaking: Nigerian ‘hacker’ bags 5yrs imprisonment in US

FG advocates smart technology for efficient housing

LEADERSHIP

How Character Commission Bill Stirs Hornet Nest In Niger Assembly

LG Polls: As Kaduna Blazes The Trail With Electronic Voting

Bandits Are Looking For God’s Anger ‘ Islamic Cleric

Those Seeking My Removal Are Frustrated’-Secondus

U.S.President Biden Visits Wounded Soldiers In Hospital

COVID-19: African Countries To Miss Crucial Sept Vaccination Goal ‘ WHO official

Severe Flood Hits U.S. East Coast, 36 Reported Dead

4,000 Returning IDPs To Benefit From NALDA’S Farm Estate In Borno

APC Group Commends Buhari Over Recovered N1trn Stolen Funds

2023: APC Can’t Afford To Experiment With Buni’s Successor ‘ Gambo

TRIBUNE

JUST IN: Appeal Court declares Valentine Ozigbo PDP candidate for Anambra guber election

Gunmen strike in Abuja, abduct father, son

APC LG congress: Gov Buni tasks members on peaceful conduct

Ekiti 2022: PDP begins sale of forms September 13

Plateau APC set for LG congresses as gov calls for peaceful conduct

Former minister of health, Adewole, others urge funding, decentralisation of health sector

Ortom institutes N60bn suit against Akume

Upsurge in FGM in children below 1 year in Oyo worries UNICEF

Revenue target: Senate threatens MDAs with zero allocation

Police arrest 2 NDLEA officers over alleged killing of drug suspect in Delta

NATION

How DSS blocked American lawyer from seeing Nnamdi Kanu — Counsel

Tuface’s wife, family fight dirty over infidelity claims

Ekiti 2022: PDP begins sale of gov election forms Sept

Lagos COVID-19 cases surpass 73, 000

Drugs linked to terrorists hidden in machines, cylinders uncovered in Lagos Port

Disquiet in South-South over NDDC audit report

EFCC arrests 402 Lekki cybercrime suspects in three months

Ortom sues Akume for N60b over alleged libel

Governors, lawmakers, others share 774,000 jobs

Mining: Senate panel summons Minister over alleged revenue loss

AU member-states need sensitisation on African Human Rights Court – Osinbajo

Demolished Rivers popular market haven for kidnappers, others – Wike

DSS releases two more Igboho’s aides as lawyer threatens legal action

Lawyer threatens legal action as DSS releases two Igboho’s aides

COVID-19 third wave: 320 deaths in August alone – NCDC Report

Nasarawa Assembly to appeal judgment nullifying indictment of former SSG

Buhari under fire over directive on grazing sites

Farmers-Herders Crisis: Buhari has not provided adequate leadership, says Delta govt

COVID-19: Fake vaccines in circulation, NAFDAC warns

COVID-19 aggravates menace of substandard PPEs – NAFDAC DG

DAILY TRUST

Kinsmen at war over Akume’s outburst against Ortom

Residents groan over govs’ ‘bitter pill’ against banditry

IG: How Police Destroyed Weapons Supply Chain to Bandits in Katsina

BAP’s ‘Fela and the Kalakuta Queens’ For S’African Cinemas

Ndume: Insurgents who surrendered will be useful to security agencies

Alleged Assault: ASUU threatens legal action against DSS

Marwa: 1,630 jailed for drug crimes in 8 months

Lekki Now Hotbed of Cyber Crime – EFCC

‘God brought us together’, Kwankwaso speaks on recent encounter with Ganduje

BUSINESSDAY

Finance for pharmacies shouldn’t come at a cost to patients

BUA, MMM ERBA of Turkey sign agreement to construct 2,000tons/day Plaster (Gypsum Powder) Manufacturing Plant

Defend yourself, a call to complete chaos

Nigeria’s stock investors lose N118bn in week ended Sept. 3

The volume of fuel consumed in Nigeria is unknown ‘ NNPC

AUTHORITY

Northern group welcomes CDS visit to Plateau, urges warring factions to embrace peace

Ezza-Ezza Effium Crisis: Ebonyi govt talks tough, withdraws N100m rehabilitation fund

Osinbajo lists policies to drive industrialisation through continental free trade

SEC risks liquidation as Commission records N12.37 bn budget deficit in three years

DAILY INDEPENDENT

NASS Member Who Votes To Legalise Cannabis Dare Not Return To Constituency ‘ Marwa

NDDC Audit Report: Ijaw Youths Want Buhari To Sack Akpabio, Publish Defaulters’ Names

DSS Releases 2 More Sunday Igboho Aides As Lawyer Threatens Legal Action

Enugu Guber: Ensure Power Rotates Among 3 Senatorial Districts, Methodist Prelate Tells Ugwuanyi

APC Inaugurates Parallel Ward Excos In Ogun

LG Congress: Committee Chair Urges Unity As Oyo APC Holds Stakeholders’ Parley

Amaechi Inspects Proposed Site For Bonny Deep Seaport

Edo Raises Alarm Over Increased Covid-19 Casualties, Records 4 Deaths In 24hrs

EFCC Cites 9 Hotspots In Lekki For Internet Fraud

PEOPLESDAILY

LG polls: Ensure your votes are counted, SOKAPU tells Kaduna residents

El Rufai calls for peaceful LG Elections in Kaduna state

NNDC to ventures into power generation, gas processing ‘ Official

Association seeks law to regulate importation of fairly used vehicles

ICT will revamp export supply chains ‘ NEPC

Secondus dismisses suspension by ward, says only NEC of PDP can discipline him

NEW TELEGRAPH

EFCC: Lekki now hotbed of cyber crime, as 402 suspects arrested in 3 months

Why Uwaifo once rejected N24m to perform at burial ceremony, by manager

Anambra Guber: Appeal Court declares Ozigbo as PDP Candidate

APC holds LG congresses amid uncertainty

PDP crisis: Allegations against me false ‘Secondus

OZEKHOME, UBANI, OTHERS TO NJC: Severely sanction judges issuing conflicting orders

NBA president threatens to punish erring members

Experts put Nigeria’s infrastructure gap at $3trn

Buhari’s legacy of failure already sealed ‘Adebanjo

War of the Idibias: Annie drags husband 2Face on social media

FX: Foreign Investment in Nigeria’s Stock Market shrinks 45% on yoy in July

ICT, untapped goldmine for youths -Expert

Insecurity: Nigeria already on edge of the cliff, may crash

2023: Buhari to meet with S’East APC stakeholders next week

How move to U.S. deprived Usiyan of AFCON 1980 medal, BY Felix Owolabi

BLUEPRINT

We’ve constructed, commissioned over 350 injection substations since inception ‘ NDPHC

Nigeria’s rising debt: DMO’s failure

Insecurity: KADSIECOM suspends election in 4 councils ‘Police vow to strictly enforce vehicular ban

Mining: Senate summons minister, threatens zero budget for non-performing agencies

2 killed as gunmen kidnap bizman in Plateau

1,630 jailed for Drug crimes in 8 months ‘ Marwa

Insecurity: Kaduna suspends weekly market, bans livestock transportation

 

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