Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 8 October, 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

COVID-19: UK exempts fully vaccinated Nigerian travellers from pre-departure test, self-isolation

N24bn pension fraud: Fleeing convicted directors case stalled over AGFs fiat

AGF has named FG as sponsors of Anambra killings -Assembly

Ex-SGF Lawal knew nothing about N544m contract fraud EFCC witness

Experts celebrate malaria vaccine breakthrough, FG plans procurement

Killings: Obiano visits Buhari, blames criminals from neighbouring states

Stock market gains N33bn as volume jumps 103%

FG to unveil 2022 budget details today

Reps propose compensation for airport neighbours over noise, emission

Sell refineries, moribund assets, reduce deficit, economists, NASS tell Buhari

Edo PDP divided over Rep, Orbih, others suspension for anti-party activities

Money politics taints electoral processes in Nigeria CISCLAC

Enugu Assembly lambasts commissioner, agency boss, summons 16 MDA heads

Plateau residents accuse Gbajabiamila of discrimination

Nasarawa PDP condemns LG poll, accuses Sule, NASIEC of rigging

INEC retains Soludo, Uba, Ozigbo as Anambra gov candidates

Tokunbo gas cylinders smuggled into Nigeria, says SON

FG payment default stalls N14,400 minimum pension implementation

Grandma weeps as Oyo policemen extort family of N150,000 house rent

Chinese expatriates, soldiers brutalise Ogun mechanic over missing car part

Bandit killed, three arrested, six victims rescued in Kaduna

Female UNIZIK undergraduate burnt in Anambra gas explosion

No ransom for perm sec, were battling bandits Niger

Ekiti man robs varsity students of phones, laptops with screwdriver

Osun couple found dead at home buried without autopsy, house help held

Suspected cable thief electrocuted in Lagos

Five riot policemen killed, houses burnt in Niger fresh attack

ICT knowledge makes learning easier NGO

School return to owners boosts quality education Old students

Chairmanship: PDP govs insist on North, NEC adopts zoning report

South-East govs, elite cant decide Igbos fate, IPOB replies Umahi

Abductor shoots colleague dead as Ondo Amotekun closes in

Police free 187 Zamfara kidnap victims feeding on grasses for 52 days

Nigerians dont deserve help, says actress Ruth Kadiri

[UPDATED] 2023: Nigerians wont trust Igbo with power until Biafra agitations stop, says APC chieftain Igbokwe

Nigerian leaders scared of youths -DJ Switch

Nigerias current leaders lack character -Bugaje

Sanwo-Olu grants reduction of fines for traffic offenders

Davido, Dbanj, others to perform at Lagos Independence Eko on Show festival

Ekiti court dismisses suit challenging dismissal of pregnant policewoman

THISDAY

AfCFTA: Central Bank Assures e-Naira Would Increase Cross-border Trade, Tax Efficiency

FG Reiterates Commitment to Make Nigeria Self-sufficient in Food Production, Wealth Creation

IATA Laments COVID-19 Travel Restriction for Air Passengers

Facebook Set to Bring One Billion People Online with New Connectivity Initiatives

Court Remands Two in Ekiti for Raping Teenager, Food Vendor

Edo PDP Suspends Zonal V’ Chair, State Secretary

HOSCON Clergy Calls for Prudent Management of PIA Fund

Niger To Rehabilitate 72-Year- Old Missionary Hospital, Other with N2.3 billion

Pandora Papers: I Broke No Law, Says Peter Obi

Jigawa State Governor spends over N22 billion on Water Projects

Nigerian Journalists Urged to Drive National Renewa

CISLAC Advocates an End to Money Politics, Vote Buying

Pandora Paper’s Leak: ActionAid Calls on FG to Prevent Money Laundry

NIMASA Distributes Relief Materials to IDPs in Ekiti

FG Appoints 7-Man Panel to Resolve Dispute over CONHESS Salary Structure

SUN

Anambra guber: Pendulum dangles between real contenders and pretenders

Stop politicking, tackle states security challenges, Uba tackles gov

2023:Why Tinubu deserves to be president -Sanwo-Olu, Adeyeye, others

PDP NEC okays zoning of party chair to North

Zoning wont solve Nigerias problem Atiku

Bugaje tasks Nigerians to vote for competent, courageous leader in 2023

FGs debt servicing gulps $1.3bn in 6 months

FG to electrify 5m homes, create 250,000 jobs with renewable energy

Nigeria urged to tap into $269bn income, 49m job opportunities in blue economy

Alleged rape: UNIBEN queries, interdicts senior lecturer

Ekweremadu dismisses alleged EFCC arrest

Kidnapping: Zamfara secures release of 200 additional victims

Mishaps: FG acquires 20 patrol boats

Amotekun kills suspected kidnapper, rescues victim in Ondo

Insecurity: Residents donate patrol van to Abuja police

Obiano blasts Malami, exonorates Buhari on emergency rule on Anambra

Insecurity: Why Nigerians should look beyond security and intelligence chiefs

Supreme Court reserves ruling in Union Banks battle against $15b judgment debt

How Facebook is expanding connectivity to get 1 billion people online

Ex-NMA President, Dr. Enabulele, elected World Medical Association President

N16.39tr 2022 budget benchmarks realistic Experts

Industrialization, Infrastructure key to sustainable national development Gov Udom

GUARDIAN

Budget of ‘growth’ raises doubt amid high debts, low incomes

PDP defers decision on presidency, zones chairmanship seat to North

Outrage as Central African Republic stun Eagles in Lagos

Count PDP out of Imo security situation, says spokesman

Why UK imposed travel restrictions on vaccinated Nigerians

Police kill bandit, rescue six kidnap victims in Kaduna

Blessing Okagbare faces three more doping charges

PDP defers decision on presidency, zones chairmanship seat to North

Count PDP out of Imo security situation, says spokesman

Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Literature Prize

Minister seeks collaboration for healthcare development

Ogun governor, Abiodun, denies tampering with local council funds

Again, Isiguzo emerges NUJ president as veterans task journalists on better Nigeria

UNIZIK student dies, others injured in Anambra gas explosion

Osinbajo, Sylva, others raise fresh concerns over subsidy, energy transition

We’ll maintain COVID-19 guidelines as virus does not discriminate’ ‘ Buhari

Police refutes claims it is bringing back SARS

Malaria Vaccine: Health experts commend WHO’s recommendation

INEC resumes voter registration in Enugu State

Soldiers arrest Chiwelatu Agu for wearing Biafra flag outfit

Soludo, Ozigbo, Uba to slug it out as INEC releases final list of candidates for Anambra Guber poll

VANGUARD

BoI becomes signatory to UN responsible banking principles

Insurgency: Theatre Commander tasks War College to design effective operations plan

CBN commits over N1.3trn to boosting economy

PIA’ll boost Nigeria’s oil production by 317% to 4m bpd ‘ FG

Relocation: Transport companies shutdown operations in Ebonyi

Purported suspension of Orbih, a joke taken too far ‘ Edo PDP

Lack of accountability, Nigeria’s major challenge ‘ MacArthur Foundation

Chiwetalu Agu arrested for ‘inciting public; soliciting support for IPOB’ ‘ Army

Northeast residents want speedy passage of 2022 Appropriation Bill

Pandora Papers: I broke no law ‘ Peter Obi

2023: Atiku kicks against zoning, wants fairness, equity

N’Delta youths not militants, oppressive govt is militant ‘ Bishop Egbebo

Ologbotsere descendants set up 7-man committee of elders over crisis

Kidnapper kills colleague during shootout with Amotekun in Ondo

IPOB: Army confirms arrest of Chinwetalu Agu

36 CSOs write Osinbajo, demand release of alleged IPOB informant

Bad leadership, dysfunctional structure fuelling succession agitation ‘ Atsegbua

Unvaccinated people dying unnecessarily from COVID-19 ‘ WHO

Nigerian doctor, Osahon Enabulele, emerges President World Medical Association

WHO recommendation for world’s first malaria vaccine excites Gavi, others

Strike: FG sets up 7-man c’ttee to fine-tune health workers’ salary

How my neighbour defrauded me of N1m ‘ witness

Kidnappers on the rampage in Lagos, Ondo, Ogun

2022 ‘ll will be tough if Nigeria fails to restructure ‘ Gani Adams

2Baba threatens Brymo with N2bn suit; see you in court, he responds

LEADERSHIP

2022 Budget Filled With Ambiguous Projects ‘ CUPP

Army Denies Demanding N6,000 From Troops For Trips

Media Practitioners Charged On Developmental Journalism

Pfizer Seeks US Vaccine Approval For Children Aged 5 To 11

Presidency Not Planning Emergency Rule In Anambra ‘ Obiano

APC Sweeps Nasarawa LGs’ Polls

Zoning: PDP Ratifies Ugwuanyi’s Report, Atiku Reacts

Bandits Kill 18 In Night Attack On Zamfara Village

We Are Not Disqualifying Nigerians From Getting SIM, NCC Clarifies

We Will Commission Most Critical Projects Before 2023 ‘ Buhari

Pope Receives Merkel On Farewell Visit To Rome

COVID-19: India Inaugurates 35 Oxygen Plants To Boost Supply

Inside 2022 Budget Of Economic Growth And Sustainability

Court Sentences Maina’s Son, Faisal, To 14 Years Imprisonment

Southeast Governors, Leaders Vow To End Sit-at-home Order, Killings

TRIBUNE

Archbishop asks Buhari to address nation’s economic downturn

Health challenges: Group urges FG to release, Zakzaky, wife’s travelling documents

Why we arrested veteran actor Chiwetalu Agu ‘ Army

FRSC flags off ember month safety campaign in Calabar

Tambuwal swears in four new permanent secretaries, five DGs

Ozigbo, Soludo, Uba, others make INEC’s final list for Anambra guber poll

Nigerians travelling to UK no longer need pre-departure COVID-19 test, self-isolation ‘ UK Govt

Lassa fever killed 725 in five years

Africa can benefit from $739bn halal industry

BBNaija has exposed me to new realities ‘ Saga

Positive sentiments persist as investors earn N33.3bn

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

Reps probe alleged plan by AMCON to float Nigeria Eagle Airline with Arik Air assets

DAILY TRUST

Nigerian, Nigerien governors to meet over insecurity

Police rescue 47 from illegal rehab center in Kano

UK medication: Gbajabiamila, govs, others spend millions to visit Tinubu

Policemen, lawyers murdered in Ebonyi, passengers burnt alive

Atiku: PDP’s decision on zoning, others will determine its chances in 2023

Police grossly underfunded, neglected – AIG Zone 4

I’m not responsible for soldiers’ deployment in Anambra – Air Peace Chairman

Parents can acquire SIM cards on behalf of children below 18 – NCC

Buhari: Two recessions in 4 years affected Nigeria’s growth

Nigeria’s debts, borrowings still sustainable – Buhari

Buhari presents 2022 budget at NASS, says ‘this will be my last full-year budget’

Osinbajo off to London for UN meetings on energy transition

Banditry: Niger govt to go after informants

Reps want CJN, other judicial officers’ remuneration increased

Drug abuse: It’s time to dialogue with youths – NHRC

Anti-open grazing law: Akwa Ibom to raise enforcement team

FG offers N47bn as hazard allowance to resident doctors

Afenifere rejects planned emergency in Anambra, asks Igbo elders to end killings

FG threatens to demolish houses built on reclaimed land, waterways

Reps probe NNPC over refineries contracts

Scores killed, houses burnt as gunmen attack Zamfara village

Pandemics: UK expert advises Nigerian leaders, others on collaborations

Army engages stakeholders to end killings in Southern Kaduna

Pensioners protest in Benue, seek arrears in instalments

Security chiefs should go if Anambra election is stalled, says Ex-AIG

Kaduna to shut down unlicensed private health schools, hospitals soon

Umahi describes IPOB’s Biafra agitations as madness

Gunmen attack fishermen, seize outboard engine in Akwa Ibom

Cars burnt as fire razes Federal Secretariat car park

Sea piracy: Bayelsa gov’t moves to restrict waterways transportation

FG inaugurates 2021 malaria indicator survey to generate appropriate data

Electoral bill: Opposition parties ask N/Assembly to adopt e-transmission of results

You’ll be arrested over your children’s action, Umahi warns parents of killers

Man flees after setting train on fire in Kwara

BUSINESSDAY

Experts applaud PIA but want national plan on renewable energy

Mental health in an unequal world

Nigeria risks N10.82trn deficit in 2022 on unrealistic revenue target

Revenue target in 2021 declines 34% on low oil income ‘ Buhari

Pandora Papers: Why do Rich People hide money offshore

NNPC reform slows as PIA fails to prescribe timeline for cessation

Nigeria’s equity investors book N320bn gain in 4 days

DAILY INDEPENDENT

UNILAG Announces Date For 2021/2022 Post-UTME Screening

9th VC: Ibiyemi Tunji-Bello Unveils Her Vision, Mission On Path To Greater LASU

When South South Governors Took Their People’s Destinies In Their Hands

No Right Thinking Person Will Vote APC In 2023 ‘ Oyibode

Now That Resident Doctors Have Suspended Their Strike

Dangote Cement, MTN Pay Highest Income Tax To FG In 2020

Russia To Invite Taliban For International Talks In Moscow

2022 Budget: Why We Borrowed Our Way Out Of Recessions ‘ Buhari

Mobilization: NYSC Engages Stakeholders On Seamless Process

NEW TELEGRAPH

NFF must overhaul Falcons to be ‘super’ again

Energy transition: Nigeria needs other investment sources urgently ‘Sylva

Presidency: Your decision will determine 2023, Atiku tells PDP NEC

UK changes travel rules for vaccinated travellers from Nigeria

SARS gone for good, won’t be resurrected ‘IGP

FG proposes N5.01trn borrowing plan for 2022 fiscal year

Fresh N5.01trn debt’ll add to Nigeria’s economic woes ‘OPS

5G: FG to earn $394.8m from spectrum auction

Buhari’s N16.39trn budget uninspiring ‘Elumelu

PDP chairmanship: Why they’re after me ‘Secondus

We’ll ensure exhaustive work on 2022 budget ‘Gbajabiamila

AfCFTA: MAN proposes adoption of made-in-Africa products

OPS: Economy characterised by growth without development

CBN: Discussions with telcos over eNaira underway

IMF counsels govts on plans to curb COVID-19 debt

AfCFTA to get $7bn in support from AfDB

PDP is well positioned to win Anambra guber ‘Obaze

Budget: Major indices as Senate approves 2022-2024 MTEF/FSP

BLUEPRINT

State congress: APC group calls for sack of Oyo elders advisory c’ttee

Plateau LG polls: PDP Reps slams Lalong over exclusion

Don’t complicate security situation in South East, SERG warns FG, govs

FBN creating jobs, deepening financial inclusion through Firstmonie

Nigeria targets 4.2% growth in expanded spending plan

Global food prices soaring amid energy crunch

World Bank projects Nigeria’s economy to grow by 2.4% in 2021

 

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