Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 2nd December 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines


PUNCH

Serial jailbreaks, ploy to keep Kanu in prison, alleges IPOB

Govt bars unvaccinated civil servants, military issues directive

Omicron: Canada bars Nigerians, fear spreads as NCDC records three cases

Sanction CP, DSS bosses where kidnappers operate in Nigeria -CAN

South East govs vow clampdown on beheaded policemen video masterminds, Mkpurumiri dealers

Council picks OOU, UNIPORT, others, charges foreign-trained doctors N900,000 attachment fee

Buhari jets off to Dubai for fair, eyes investment windows

68,788 persons with HIV in Niger, Kano, 2,368 newly infected States

Protect schools from attacks, Reps urge FG

Umahi earmarks N89.7bn for capital projects, proposes N145bn budget

Infrastructure,education top as Obaseki proposes N214.2bn budget

Nigeria can benefit from energy transition Shell boss

FG expects new oil projects amid $42bn deals

CBN knocks banks for shunning eNaira

MTN leads losers as stocks shed N409.56bn

Stock investors profit-taking creating excessive risk premium Osinbajo

Manufacturing output rebounds, hits N7tn amid unfavourable environment

Senate panel faults aviation ministry over NG Eagle operating licence

Reps order audit of NNPC assets, liabilities, probe IoCs over N2.6tn debts

The ghost of #EndSARS looms over Nigerias democratic authoritarianism

Pension funds should steer next level growth and development in Nigeria (2)

12 Bayelsa women arraigned for allegedly using juju to stop road construction

Woman, 35, arrested in Nasarawa for attempting to sell kidnapped three-year-old baby

Rivers property firm manager remanded for allegedly defrauding 1,000 clients

Navy arrests diesel smugglers, warns against fishing in Cameroon

Controversy as 12-year-old dies after alleged torture by Lagos pupils

11 killed, others missing as Tiv, Fulani clash in Taraba communities

BREAKING: US records first case of Omicron variant

No protocol broken during my visit to Nnamdi Kanu, Orji Kalu replies lawyer

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists abduct six Borno civil servants

Alleged forgery: EFCC invites Fani-Kayode to office on court premises

My dad sent Police after me when I left school for music Davido

THISDAY 

France Invests 200,000 to Enhance Nigerias Women Agricultural Skills

FCT Targets to Outpace Lagos in Internally Generated Revenue

Transcorp Records N13.4bn Profit After Tax in Q3

Ericsson Predicts 4.4bn Global 5G Subscriptions by 2027, Says Mobile Data Traffic Increased 300-fold in 10yrs

IOCs Bank on PIA for Increased Investment Inflows, Opportunities in Nigerias Oil, Gas Sector

Presidency to SERAP: Stop Publicity Stunt, Render Account

APC Berates Ortom over Sleaze Allegation against Akume

IPOB Tells NdiIgbo Not to Sit at Home as Kanu Goes to Court Today

2022: Ekiti South APC, PDP Politicians Unite against Godfathers

Navy Arrests 35 Suspected Vandals, Impounds 408 Drums of …

N’Assembly Transmits Road Bills to President Buhari for Assent

Consider Proscribing Kidnappers as Terrorists, House Tells FG

Military Seeks Review of NHIS Act to Cover Wounded-in-Action Personnel

Cleric Admonishes Christians to Imbibe Spirit of Harvest Season

APC Berates Ortom over Sleaze Allegation against Akume

2022: Ekiti South APC, PDP Politicians Unite against Godfathers

#EndSARS Protest: Police Organise Sensitisation Programme for Nasarawa Youths

Anambra Guber: Court Dismisses Suit Seeking Soludo’s Disqualification over Alleged Perjury

UNIBEN’s Best Graduating Student Gets N250,000 Award

Buhari Receives South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa

Four-Day Working Week: Kaduna Civil Servants Cautioned against Hidden Agenda

SUN

Court dismisses suit seeking Soludos disqualification as Anambra gov-elect

2023: PDP presidential aspirant, Anyim Pius visits Orji Kalu, holds discussion

Fayemi to appointees : Resign by Dec 18 if you want to contest Ekiti 2022 governorship

Court dismisses suit seeking Soludos disqualification as Anambra governor-elect

Killings: SEast govs declare war on Mkpuru Mmiri

2023: North central is tired of playing the second fiddle, we want to be president Saraki group

Vaccine inequality will affect progress in fight against COVID-19 FG

GUARDIAN

Trump tested positive for Covid just before Biden debate: book

Police arrest serial ritual killer gang in Ogun

How 12-year-old Dowen College student was allegedly murdered in Lagos

Widow, who lost over N5m in Oyo #EndSARS protest, threatens suicide

Bonfrere Jo formally applies for Super Eagles job

Lagos sports journalists list Sanwo-Olu, Soname, LSSC for highest honour

NGX resumes December bearish with N410 bilion decline

Emerging challenges may frustrate development of gas resources

Share of domestic borrowings in sovereign debts hit 50%, says IMF

MTN Group’s holding in Nigerian entity drops to 65% with public offer

Global 5G connections hit 660m as Nigeria conducts new trials in six cities

New survey shows Nigeria’s oil production rebounds in November

COVID-19 aids global connectivity as offline users drop to 2.9 billion

Customs accuse foreigners of endangering forest, wildlife

FG engages Niger Delta youths on entrepreneurship

Kano boat mishap death toll rises to 29

CAN tasks Buhari on killing of Christians in Zamfara by terrorists

How I discovered bitter kola-based eye drop for glaucoma

Heavy casualty as troops pound Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Buni Yadi

Nigerian Navy arrests 5 stowaways at Lagos anchorage

Police nab suspected human trafficker, rescues baby in Nasarawa

Buhari to Ramaphosa: Let’s enhance people-to-people relations, avoid unhealthy competition

Police debunks Gani Adams’ claim of bandits relocation to kwara

VANGUARD

Troops foil attempted kidnap of medical personnel in Imo

Reps want review of security checkpoints in Anambra

NGMC, Transit Gas partner for Ajaokuta small-scale LNG plant construction

COVID-19 financial relief: Sen Abiru releases more funds to 2,500 beneficiaries

Insecurity in South East: Our discussion with Buhari was targeted at finding peace, true reconciliation ‘ Amechi

Multi-billion naira cocoa processing plant to boost Nigeria’s Export Trade for launch in Ondo

2.9bn people have never used Internet ‘ Report

Stop divisive, bare-faced publicity stunts, be patriotic ‘ Presidency warns SERAP

VC urges FG to dialogue with ASUU to avert strike

Oyetola approves N3.6bn for Ife, Ikire township roads

CBN takes eNaira platform to Kaduna

Senate Amends National Health Insurance law

Lawyers divided over White Paper report on Lagos EndSARS panel

EFCC presents more evidence in Fayose’s trial

Delta Assembly passes 2022 budget of N479 billion

BREAKING: Court upholds Soludo’s election as Anambra gov

Buhari receives South Africa’s President, Ramaphosa, at Aso Rock Villa

Cybercrime: Appeal Court president calls for blockage of data leakages

Octamile emerges from stealth mode with $500,000 pre-seed funding

Separatism: Buhari’s ‘political solution’ must go beyond Kanu, Igboho

Civil Servants comply with FG’s Dec 1 directive on COVID-19 vaccination

COVID-19 variants: Nigerians should prepare to take booster shots ‘ NAFDAC DG

NCDC confirms 3 cases of Omicron variant in Nigeria

World AIDS Day: AIDS killed 460,000 people in Africa in 2020 ‘ WHO

3 in 5 new HIV infections are girls without access to education, says WHO

World AIDS Day: How AIDS killed 460,000 people in Africa

Cult clash: Six killed, Ondo community imposes curfew

Police take 12 women to court for using ‘juju’ to disrupt Bayelsa road project

PDP, Ondo Govt disagree over bleak Christmas for civil servants

Lagos white paper on #EndSARS report, a dance on blood of victims, says CSO

NDDC operating against the law, States losing ‘ Okowa

We’re committed in fight against criminality, hard drugs within South East ‘ Umahi

COVID-19: ECOWAS is set for vaccine production ‘ BROU

55 million young Nigerians live in extreme poverty ‘ Senator Bassey

LEADERSHIP

VIOs Stop Issuance Of Lifesaving Documents Without Test

Protesters Ground Langtang North Over LG Leadership Crisis

Soludo: 11 Parties File Petitions At Anambra Tribunal

HIV/AIDS, Still A Threat To Public Health

COVID-19: Amid Omicron Concerns, Unvaccinated Federal Workers Barred From Offices, Seek Deadline Extension

Why Bandits Were Declared Terrorists ‘ Malami

Favouring ‘Indigenes’ Over ‘Citizens’, Threat To National Unity, Security

SGF, Experts Advocate Gamma Irradiation Technology To Curb Post-harvest Losses

Huawei To Invest $150m In Digital Talent Devt

Senate Wants Presidency To Take Over Navy’s Largest Ship

Despite COVID-19 Omicron Scare, Ramaphosa’s State Visit Successful ‘ Buhari

Chad Seeks Partnership With Nigeria On Electricity

Police Arrest Bandits’ Arms Supplier With 5 AK-47 Rifles, 250 Ammunitions

Ogoni Clean-up: Federal Govt To Engage Youths As Environmental Surveillance Officers

TRIBUNE

World Aids Day: Niger prevalence rate is 0.7%

Sell-off on MTN Nigeria stocks drive market 1.8 per cent lower

FCT security commanders promise to support more enforcement in Abuja

Resuscitate NNS Aradu for National Security, Senate tells Presidency

FIRS gives reason why Nigeria is yet to sign OECD corporate tax agreement

Cocoa farmers lose N55bn annually

Lagos Whitepaper on #EndSARS Report is a dance on the blood of victims ‘ CAPPA

EndSARS report: Group raises questions on Lagos panel report

Umahi presents over N145 billion for 2022 budget

NHRC panel: Petitioner not biological mother of disputed child ‘ Pathologist

Presidency attacks SERAP over ‘spurious’ suits against Buhari

Stop paying lip service to development of agriculture, experts charge Southwest governors

NATION

No lockdown in Southeast over Kanu’s court appearance

Amechi to agitators: lay down your arms, embrace peace

Reps demand recovery of N2.6tr debt by oil firms

Southeast governors seek political solution to agitation

#EndSARS report: Lagos govt defends White Paper

Omicron travel bans discriminatory, unscientific, says Ramaphosa

Anambra: False information case against Soludo unnecessary, says court

Grounded NNS Aradu needs $200m to refit, $700m to replace, says Senate

EFCC presents more evidence in Fayose’s N6.9b ‘fraud’ trial

2m metric tonnes of rice smuggled into Nigeria annually, says Senate committee

Malami denies knowledge of clandestine sale of recovered assets

NSCDC vows to rid schools of kidnapping, banditry

DAILY TIMES

British Armed Forces to recruit HIV-positive persons into troops

IIP-SARS demands letter of dismissal of Police officers dismissed from service for extra judicial killing

Insecurity: FCTA to establish Agro-Ranger stations in farming communities

No peace without justice Eedris Abdulkareem to Sanwo-Olu

Buhari departs Abuja for Dubai

Youve dug your political grave Ubani to Otti over planned defection to ADC

Fani-Kayode under fire for denying arrest by EFCC

Omicron hits Saudi Arabia, first reported case in Arab world

DAILY TRUST 

Electoral Act: INEC speaks on Buhari’s letter

No new projects till ongoing ones are completed – UNICAL VC

Buhari to Ramaphosa: Our countries need to avoid unhealthy competition

NUT official: 3 FCT Council Chairmen flew to Dubai while primary schools were on strike

Kaduna 4-day working week: CAN warns against salary reduction

FG, farmers hold cocoa summit, set target of 1m tons annually

Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar

COVID-19: Step up measures against Omicron, reps urge FG

Fayemi lifts 70 Ekiti communities with N497m for self-help projects

Nasarawa governor offers jobs to slain APC chairman’s daughters

Senate probes rising jailbreaks, seeks special prisons for high-profile inmates

COVID-19 Omicron: Buhari, 10 ministers jet out to Dubai

Troops want gunshots treatment captured in NHIS

COVID-19 certificate: Lawyers sue FG over rights violation

Boat mishap: Kano constitute c’ttee to investigate incident

Omicron: Travel ban discriminatory, Ramaphosa hits western leaders

NUT official: 3 FCT Council Chairmen flew to Dubai while primary schools were on strike

AUTHORITY

Police nab 32 suspects over Kaduna-Abuja highway attack, killings in Niger Mosque

Extra judicial killing: Panel demands dismissal letters of culpable police officers.

NCPF charges FG to declare a state of emergency on Security

Cancer care: NGO, US agency, train 34 oncology pharmacists in Nigeria

HIV/AIDS: NACA seeks funding support to conduct survey

BUSINESSDAY

Subsidy removal: Govt, citizens must agree ‘ World Bank

Boosting travel, tourism investment in Africa through accurate data, research

The ill-advised 5000-naira monthly payment to poor Nigerians

Institute revs youth leaders, shows path to prosperity in business world

Ghana detects Omicron Covid-19 variant cases including one linked to Nigeria

EndSARS white paper: Lagos complied with the law ‘ Attorney-general

Nigeria needs more investment to tackle food insecurity, unemployment

Lawmakers slow World Bank’s $500m power grant

Why I want to be the next APC national chairman ‘ Mustapha

e-Naira will deepen financial inclusion says CIBN

How easing monetary condition is boosting consumer credit

Supply chain management on the wheel of changes

Nigeria’s inflation: Pandemic or bad economic policy

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Calls For Restructuring Not Targeted At Bringing Buhari’s Government Down ‘ Ukwu

Subsidy Removal, 40 Million Nigerians And FG’s N5000 Greek Gift

5G: NCC Approves Second Trial Ahead Of Spectrum Auction

Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Will Continue, Settlement Not On The Table For Now ‘ Malami

Court Sends Ghanaian Actress Back To Jail, For Nude Photo Shoot With Son

Okowa Drums Support For Entertainment Industry

NEMA distributes relief materials to windstorm victim in Anambra

Sanwo-Olu’s Peace Walk Aimed At Reopening Lekki, Ikoyi Toll Gates, Claims Frank Edoho

Chaos In Warri As Air Peace Delays Flight For 6hrs, Abandons Passengers’ Luggage In Lagos

NEW TELEGRAPH

Fuel subsidy removal: A time bomb that should be avoided

COVID-19 loans: FG moves to recover N600bn

Court dismisses suit seeking Soludo’s disqualification as governor-elect

2023: Kukah warns Nigerians against repeat of 2015 ‘mistake

COVID-19: Emergence of newer, more dangerous variants possible ‘NCDC

Bandits’ threat: Nothing must happen to Christians in Zamfara ‘ CAN tells FG

Mbazulike Amechi: Why I led Igbo leaders to Buhari

Malami: Public interest’ll determine political situation for Kanu

Reps to IGP: Remove illegal roadblocks

S’East govs declare war on Mkpurumiri

NG Eagle: Senate reinforces support for AMCON

Nigeria’s Internet subscriptions decline by 1.1m

Excise duty: MAN seeks tax rebate for manufacturers

SON seals firm over production of harmful products

Nigeria to earn $157bn from AI by 2030

Sports, youth devt: Senate mulls more funding for supervising ministry

Banditry: Group commends Buhari on judicial declaration

Anambra APC: Still a house divided against itself

A president of Igbo extraction’ll unite Nigerians ‘ Ezugwu

Bonfrere not good enough for Eagles ‘ Disu

BLUEPRINT

No room for opposition within to ruin APC ‘ Factional CECPC

Kogi gov gifts widows of late escort rider, Inspector Aminu houses in Abuja

As Ramaphosa visits Buhari: Nigeria announces 3 Omicron COVID-19 cases

Ethno-religious elite, parochial leaders behind nation’s crisis ‘ Jega

East West Seed unveils 7 new seed varieties

Equity market loses N409bn on profit taking pressure

Nigeria to record current account deficit of $9.1bn in 2021 ‘ Report

Barkindo’s exit: Political intrigues, regional consideration heightens at OPEC

Stakeholders brainstorm to revive cocoa industry

FBN webinar: How to enhance Nigerian exports ‘ Stakeholders

Breaking: Watford vs Chelsea Premier League clash halted over medical emergency

Breaking: IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, set to appear in court Thursday

Polaris Bank promotes SMEs, sponsors 2021 Fashion Souk

Court Dismisses Rite Foods’ Contempt Suit against NBC, Awards N1million Punitive Cost

NAHCON loses South-east commissioner

5.1m children in North east need emergency humanitarian services- UNICEF

It’s turn of North central to produce president ‘ Lafiagi

Ganduje mourns 40 passengers drowned in Kano

NCPC boss to northern Christian elders: Nigeria’s unity non-negotiable

APC: Ganduje rejects ruling, heads to Appeal

Ebonyi: Umahi presents 2022 budget estimate of N145bn

COAS to enhance operational effectiveness of soldiers through trainings

55m unemployed youth live in abject poverty ‘ Senator Bassey

COVID-19: Niger Pilgrims Welfare Board refunds N1.2b hajj fares

Bandits kidnap another village head in Katsina

Foundation donates 1800 bags of rice to IDPs in Bauchi

Yahaya urges FCE to intensify teaching of entrepreneurship skills

Reps to probe N2.6trn owed FG by 77 gas, oil firms

Anambra guber: Court dismisses eligibility suit against Soludo

Crude oil has failed Nigeria’ Sen. Folarin

7 suspected serial ritual killers arrested in Ogun

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