Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 7th October 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

500 Nigerians lose jobs as UAE declines renewal of work visas

Court summons Fani-Kayodes ex-wife over alleged document falsification

Abaribe lied on PIA comments, says Lawan, warns against press interviews

Dont harm our future, experts warn govt, FG plans more loans

Umahi not speaking for Ndigbo, says MASSOB

Doctors resume work, NARD meets FG on no-work no-pay rule, others

Buhari, Jonathan meet behind closed doors in Villa, ex-president shuns journalists

Gov poll: Killings, arson raise tension as parties forgo public campaigns

Africa Magic considers making film about Aisha Buhari

Pilgrimage sponsorship places undue burden on state resources Bello

Everywhere I go, Im asked to contest 2023 presidential seat -Kalu

Wike faults revenue sharing formula, demands increased allocation to states

Group seeks postponement of Plateau LG election to avert violence

Congresses: Faulty consensus may push APC into extinction, stakeholders warn

Obiano unperturbed about insecurity in Anambra, PDP alleges

Again, Diri gets Bayelsa Assemblys approval to renegotiate loans

Banks start integrating e-Naira app

SIM: Minor disqualification constitutional, says NCC

Google set to invest $1bn in Nigeria, others

Production slows down as crude prices soar, experts lament

Nigeria lost N221.64bn in July to oil production stoppages NNPC

Nigerias economy to grow by 2.4% in 2021 World Bank

Lagos decries illegal sand dredging, declares clampdown on sites

E-payments rose by 6.37% to N24tn in September NIBSS

FG removes import duty on ships, spare parts

Nigerias payment system attracted $500m investment in five years CBN

NIMASA appoints three directors, promotes 295 others

Abuja primary health care centres unending battles with age-long challenges amid COVID-19 fear

Nigeria is bleeding from a defective constitution

Is CBN on right path concerning forex policy

Female ex-NIS officer arrested for scamming jobseekers, collecting N34m

Man, 23, arrested for planning to sell kidnapped four-year-old boy for N200,000

Suspected mentally-deranged Ebonyi man kills wife, six-year-old son, attacks others

Gunmen kidnap BUK female student in Kano, demand N100m ransom

Lagos-Abeokuta highway: Protesters threaten to ground Ogun, issue 21-day ultimatum

Two randy Ekiti men remanded for scaling fence, raping 16-year-old in mothers room

Pay N5m to torture victim, appeal court orders three army officers

UNILAG announces date for 2021-2022 post-UTME exercise

Its outrageous for Malami to threaten declaration of State of Emergency in Anambra when Kaduna, Zamfara have higher killings Commissioner

Migrating students, skilled workers to take IELTS tests at home

THISDAY 

History, as WHO Approves World’s First Malaria Vaccine

FG: We’ll Borrow to Finance N6.258trn 2022 Proposed Budget Deficit

OPEC Gives Condition for Nigeria’s Oil Production Quota Increase

World Bank Raises Nigeria’s Growth Projection to 2.4%

Emefiele Harps on Increased Digital Payment System Surveillance

Sea Pirates Attack Fishermen, Seize Outboard Engines, 25 Stranded on Sea

EFCC Probes N157bn Pension Fraud Cases

VAT: FG May Challenge States Directly at Supreme Court, Says Malami

Senate Okays Four-man Board for Upstream Regulatory Commission

Sanwo-Olu Names Gbagada Housing Estate After Ndubuisi Kanu

US Mulls Release of Emergency Reserves to Curb Rising Oil Prices

Obaseki Swears in 11 Commissioners, Two Special Advisers

Gunmen Kidnap Female University Student in Kano, Demand N100m Ransom

Court Summons Firm’s MD, Director over Alleged N680m Fraud

EFCC Arrests 12 Illegal Oil Dealers in Rivers

APC Chairmanship: Musa Pledges to Give Party New Vision

2023: Opposition Parties Insists on E-transmission of Election Results

Residents Flee as Bandits Kill 10 in Fresh Attack on Katsina…

2022 Appropriation: FG will Borrow to Finance N6.258trn Budget Deficit, Says…

Insecurity: FG may Impose Emergency Rule Ahead of Anambra Guber Poll

N’ Assembly Passes Revised 2022-2024 Fiscal Framework

House Calls for Upward Review of Judicial Officers’ Remuneration

SUN

NCC bans under-18 from obtaining SIM card

Investments in electronic payment systems hit $500m CBN

Make use of PIA to deepen investments, Buhari tells ExxonMobil, others

World Bank projects Nigerias growth for 2022, 2023 at below 4%

Kidnapped Ondo varsity lecturer regains freedom

Marwa declares Lagos, Oyo epicentres of drug abuse

FG threatens to declare state of emergency in Anambra

Police nab 2 kidnappers, bandits food suppliers, 3 others in FCT

Gunmen kidnap child, 3 others in Ekiti midnight raid

Banditry: Govs who cant secure their states should resign Sani, ADP Chair

FG should release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally Hezekiah

Oyo APC announces zoning committee for state congress

If I have another opportunity, I will still appoint Akase my CPS- Ortom

Nasarawa LGAs elections: Deputy Governor commends peaceful process

Its no longer business as usual under Buhari, APC tells visiting Palestinian Ambassador

GUARDIAN 

US jury orders Tesla to pay ex-employee $137 million over racism

WHO recommends use of first malaria vaccine for children

FG threatens to declare state of emergency in Anambra

NASCO Group refutes allegations of financing terrorism in Nigeria

‘80% of EFCC’s 978 convictions cybercrime related’

Ogoni communities lack water, health facilities 1,000 days into cleanup

CUPP wants Lawan, Gbajabiamila impeached over insecurity, others

PIA may reduce petroleum input to budget funding, say experts

Google earmarks $1b for digital transformation of Africa

Mixed reactions trail NCC’s plan to restrict ownership of mobile lines

90% of Africa’s $6.6b startup funds reside in Lagos, Cape Town, three others

2022 budget: Expect more borrowing to finance N6.258tr deficit, says FG

PDP kicks as FG threatens emergency rule in Anambra over insecurity

Varsities groan under huge electricity bills

Google to invest $1bn in Nigeria, South Africa, others for digital economy

North won’t be cowed with VAT to cede presidency, Jaji tells South

FG to distribute 774,000 cooking gas cylinders to women

Labour calls on goverments to address 575m global jobs gap

17 migrants found dead on Libya beach

Tina Turner Sells Music Rights To BMG

VANGUARD

Bello appoints Mohammed Barau as new emir of Kontagora

Gombe Govt approves N1bn for UBEC counterpart funding, hospitals upgrade

Anambra election: PDP cautions against declaring state of emergency

Sokoto Govt to establish civil servants’ institute

NGX vows to transform financial services through technology

Katsina police arrest 2 female suspects for job scam, aiding bandits

How CBN saved economy from -COVID crisis ‘ Emefiele

LG Polls: Voters laud peaceful conduct in Nasarawa

Experts seek PPP model for CBN’s N15trn infrastructure fund

PATH applauds WHO recommendation for broader use of first malaria vaccine

NIMS 2021: FG approves incentive for maritime industry

Counter-secessionist groups’ll rise in S-East, if’ ‘ Umahi

APGA warns FG against declaring state of emergency in Anambra

APC Convention: Stakeholders kick against consensus, say party has deviated

Katsina police arrest 2 female suspects for job scam, aiding bandits

NLC urges FG to adopt National Employment Plan to engender decent work

Kogi court remands 2 for harbouring escapee-prisoner

Man goes berserk, dismembers wife, kills son, injures 6 others in Ebonyi

Driver arraigned for allegedly stealing beer worth N6m

20-year-old man in police net for allegedly sexually assaulting minor

Kogi hunters, vigilance group raid kidnappers’ den, rescue 3, arrest 3

Commercial driver in police net for allegedly ‘arranging’ kidnap of passengers

SANs tackle FG over threat to declare state of emergency in Anambra

Insecurity in Anambra: FG must retrieve South-East from IPOB, others ‘ NEF

OPC accused Amotekun of attacking, killing member during clash in Ikire

Pensioners protest in Benue, demand payment of backlog by successive governments

LEADERSHIP

2 Injured As Fire Guts Federal Secretariat In Abuja

Bullish Run Continues As Equities Investors Gain N25bn

Insecurity: FG Mulls State Of Emergency In Anambra

Push To Throw PDP Presidential Ticket Open Intensifies

PMB Presents N16.39trn 2022 Budget Today

Pension Managers Have Diverted Billions Of Naira ‘ EFCC

Lawan To Senators: Talk Less To The Press

CUPP Raises Alarm On Plot To Derail 2023 Elections

South-East Against Biafra, Wants Inclusion, Equality ‘ Gov Umahi

Insecurity: Federal Govt Mulls State Of Emergency In Anambra

Nigerian Workers Deserve Living Wage Not Minimum Wage ‘ NLC

Oil Spill: Demand Accountability From Firms, NGO Tells N’Delta Communities

2022 Budget: Senate Passes Amended MTEF, Okays N16.39trn Projection

TRIBUNE

Nigeria’s payment system attracted $500m investment in 5years ‘ CBN

2023 guber poll: HURIDAC launches anti-corruption advocacy Guide in Lagos

HPV infection, cancer-causing virus high among healthy women in Ibadan ‘Study

FG’s initiatives have not made significant impact on primary health care ‘ Expert

Bandits operate brazenly with total disregard for military presence ‘ Reps

CSOs petition Presidency on implementation of NDDC forensic report recommendations

Obaseki swears in CJ, commissioners, tasks them to be result-oriented

PDP warns FG against state of emergency imposition on Anambra

WHO approves first malaria vaccine for children

Buhari, Jonathan hold talks in Aso Rock

NATION 

Senate President faults Minority Leader on PIB

Soursop leaf cures malaria, says Unilorin researcher

Senate confirms Modibbo, Komolafe, Gambo, Ndong as NURC board members

Obaseki swears in Joe Acha as Edo Chief Judge

Gunmen abduct four in Ekiti community

Ekiti judiciary announces Justice Fowe demise

Amotekun nabbed teenager for kidnapping toddler

I don’t recognise Atuwatse III as Olu of Warri, says derobed Ologbotsere

JUST IN: One dead, several rescued as two storey building collapses in Abuja

Why Babalakin was removed as UNILAG pro-chancellor, by Fed Govt

APC chairmanship: Senator promises new vision for party

Senate seeks establishment of six more Law School campuses

Malami: State of Emergency likely in Anambra

Umahi: Southeast wants equality not Biafra

DAILY TRUST 

Osinbajo to represent Buhari at Pre-UN Climate conference COP 26 meetings in UK

Buhari hosts Jonathan at Aso Rock

Man flees after setting train on fire in Kwara

Obaseki swears in 11 commissioners, two special advisers

US approves $319m for construction of new Consulate In Lagos

NLC gives FG, Ogun 21 days to fix Lagos – Abeokuta highway

Nigeria fintech attracts $1bn investments in 6 years

Army to mount road blocks, conduct raids in Cross River

I’m less bothered about money lost during recent outage -Mark Zuckerberg

Kaduna traders defy government’s order, return to Kawo market

World Teachers Day: Teachers get new cars, house, cash in Ekiti, Ogun

Grant less media interviews, Senate President tells colleagues

UK deploys naval ship to Nigeria, 4 other West Africa nations to tackle insecurity

Sanwo-Olu signs law that prohibits media parade of suspects

Arms proliferation will continue with unstable Libya – Buhari

There are over 30 separatist groups in Southeast – Abaribe

Firewood smoke kills 90,000 Nigerian women, children annually – FG

Igbo in diaspora behind sit-at-home order, not IPOB — Southeast govs

How terrorists who declared ceasefire on abductions gunned down ’30 bandits’ in Kaduna

Buhari’s speech: National Assembly members on Ghana’s terror watch list – Rep

B.Ed students in public universities to get N75,000 per semester

AUTHORITY

CUPP Calls For Impeachment of Buhari, Lawan, Gbajabiamila

$2.5billion fraud:CSOs,Lawyers, Ethnic leaders back Aiteos suit against Shell over alleged fraud

South East Security: HURIWA charges governors on pragmatic solution, not utopian

4 killed near FCT ministers residence

$2.5billion fraud:CSOs,Lawyers, Ethnic leaders back Aiteos suit against Shell over alleged fraud

Drug production : TETFund extends support to NIPRD, 3 other agencies

BUSINESSDAY

Terrorism financing: Presidency economical with truth ‘ experts, legislator

We are preparing to be powerhouse for inter-African travel, tourism ‘ Belete

Can African leaders develop a framework to protect democracy

Investors are exiting fixed deposits to invest in properties ‘ Alex-Adedipe

Strange story from passport office: Your payment has expired

Business development strategies for SMEs in Nigeria

Pandora papers: Poor countries disproportionately harmed ‘ tax expert

Afghanistan: Gender activists seek global action against Taliban to respect women’s rights

Revenue allocation review not intended to change fiscal arrangement ‘ RMAFC

FG’s infrastructure spend in 6years yields 13,000km of roads ‘ Fashola

DAILY INDEPENDENT

NCC Disqualifies Nigerians Below 18 Years From Owning SIM Card

Sanwo-Olu Names Gbagada Housing Estate After Ndubuisi Kanu

Nigerians Must Change Their Attitudes To Win War Against Insecurity ‘Johnson

2023: Southern Governors Have To Lobby Their Northern Counterparts ‘Taiwo

Co-Impact’s $1bn Fund To Advance Gender Equality, Women’s Leadership

Three Die In Onitsha Road Accident As Driver Counts Money On Steering

WHO Endorses First Malaria Vaccine

Southeast Agitation: Igbo Stakeholders Forum Charges FG On Dialogue

PDP Cautions FG Over Contemplating Imposing State Of Emergency In Anambra

Security: FCT Police Command Deploys More Operatives In Border Communities

Reps Seek Upward Review Of Remuneration For Judicial Officers

NEW TELEGRAPH

EFCC: We’re investigating Police Pension Scheme

Debt stock to hit N40trn as FG set to borrow N6.258trn to finance budget deficit

Google to invest $1bn in Nigeria, others

Tax: Dangote Cement, MTN pay N190.30bn to FG

Obiano: Why I wasn’t at S’East Govs meeting

PDP NEC meets today, considers zoning c’ttee report

Insecurity: FG threatens emergency rule in Anambra

World Bank raises Nigeria’s growth forecast to 2.4%

NCC: Why we propose age restriction on SIM acquisition

Study: Depression in early life could raise dementia risk later

Exploring digital taxation amid revenue slump

MAN restates challenges over excise duty on beverage

GSMA: Nigeria’s smartphone access to hit 169m

NIN: FG targets 65% penetration in months

 

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