Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 8 December, 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

GUARDIAN

France arrests suspected member of Khashoggi murder squad

Pastor’s house set ablaze over death of missing child in Ekiti

We’ll continue to utilise Oyo’s resources for people’s benefit, says Makinde

APC, Uba to decide next action on Soludo, says Uzodimma

Dowen College: Key suspects in police net as parents hold candle light for Oromoni

Bandits invade Kaduna, Niger communities, kidnap 36

EFCC secures forfeiture of N503m to FG in Sokoto

UNHCR renews call for help as Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria pass 70,000 mark

Nigerian student, other win $16,000 cash prize in Fentress Global Challenge

Omicron variant ‘almost certainly’ not more severe than Delta, Fauci says

FG tasks dairy operators on value-chain development

Stakeholders blame customs, terminal operators for overtime cargoes

NCAA levies foreign airlines N1.4m penalty per PCR violation

Nigeria spends N100bn on developing Kainji, Jebba power plants

Equities halt losses as market capitalisation rises by N5 billion

UNIDO hinges resilience of post-pandemic economies on industrialisation

Nigerian startups retain $1.37bn of Africa’s $4b funding in 2021

Meta raises $30,000 for creators, unveils new campaign in Nigeria

Currency risks, delayed counterpart fund, insecurity slow InfraCos takeoff

Omicron: AU, governors, lawmakers call for end to travel ban, stigmatisation

Crisis in power sector as Buhari sacks AEDC management

U.S. urges FG, telecoms operators to prioritise security of 5G network

Tragedy as trailer crushes 20 pupils to death in Lagos

#Justice4Sylvester: Reps urge I-G to take over investigation

Gold, diamond are good investment, says Shyllon Adeola

TradeDepot raises $110 million to extend ‘Buy-Now-Pay-Later’ to retailers

Senate wants UK to remove Nigeria from COVID-19 travel ban

How to check youth unemployment in Nigeria by Nwosu

PUNCH

LASTMA announces closure of Ahmadu Bello Way today, suggests alternative routes

HIV/AIDS no longer death sentence, says LSACA CEO

Omicron: NCAA lists new boarding rules, airlines risk ban

IFC, others back Nigeria transport firm with $110m

FG MDAs bar unvaccinated visitors, Lagos to demand jab cards at parties

SCourt orders substituted service on PDP, others

APC: Court to hear suit seeking dissolution of Buni-led caretaker cttee Dec 17

$197m 5G mock auction holds Friday, rollout begins 2022 in 12 states

Dickson condemns politicisation of Bayelsa oil spill, advocates compensation

Omicron: CAF dismisses AFCON postponement rumours

Bandits occupy Zamfara highway, kill seven travellers, burn vehicles

Suspected cultist drags out, kills neighbour in AIbom, flees on stolen motorcycle

Benue varsity students lose school fees to online scheme, suspect arrested

Man commits suicide after losing company N150,000 bet

Abductors demand N5m for four kidnapped DELSU students, travellers

Three kidnapped Ogun church members rescued, suspected rapist arrested

Four Ekiti men remanded for stealing laptop, phones

Nigerias fraudulent asset recovery and disposal procedures

Mob vandalises vehicles as truck crushes 10 Lagos students, police declare two dead

Dowen College: Police arrest two students, Reps want IG to take over case

Confusion as Buhari sacks AEDC management over workers strike

Were awaiting branches report over unresolved demands, states ASUU

Alexa, Tinder, Disney+, other Amazon web services crash

Mob attacks policemen, LASTMA officials as truck rams into Lagos pupils

Mkpurummiri: NDLEA talks tough, decries consequences on mental health

Three kidnapped Celestial church members rescued in Ogun

Reps demand police, navy presence in Ondo riverine communities

Mob lynches policemen, LASTMA officials as truck rams into Lagos pupils

FRSC denies involvement as truck crushes Lagos pupils

THISDAY

In Last Minute Decision, Outgoing PDP Approves Expulsion of Members in…

One Year After, Police Arrest Killer of Katsina District Head

Zulum Gives N5 million Cash to Soldiers Injured in Encounter with…

Restructuring is Nigeria’s Pathway to Devt, Says Tambuwal

Dowen: Five Students in Police Custody over Oromoni’s Death

Customs Apapa Command Seizes N7.8bn Drugs, Others in 11 Months

Catholic Priest Abducted in Ondo

Lawmakers Ask FG to Adopt Artificial Intelligence in Curbing Insecurity

N18bn ISWAP Funding: NFIU Says ECOWAS Report Outdated

Alleged $8.4m Fraud: Court Compels Fred Ajudua to Undergo COVID-19 Test

COVID-19 Intervention Fund: ICPC Investigates UPTH, Other Health Institutions

Erring Oil Companies Must be Penalised, Says Lawan

Court Nullifies Dismissal of Army General

Benue Petitions Security Agencies over Rape of Teenage Girl

FMN Reward Innovators to Promote Food Revolution

ASR Africa Donates Three Ambulances to Ekiti State

Anger, Protest as Truck Kills Students in Lagos

Navy Hands over 265 Smuggled Rice in Akwa Ibom to Customs

Appeal Court Affirms Death Sentence on Three Young Men in Yola

Nigeria Will Collaborate With Belarus, Says Buhari

3 Held over Death of Dowen College Student

Lawan: Nigeria Must Deploy Technology to Address Security Challenges

Buhari: Collaboration with Private Sector will Improve Nigeria’s Health Services

Buhari Sacks Abuja Disco Board over Prolonged Internal Wrangling

One Year After, Police Arrest Killer of Katsina District Head

Zulum Gives N5 million Cash to Soldiers Injured in Encounter with…

Restructuring is Nigeria’s Pathway to Devt, Says Tambuwal

Dowen: Five Students in Police Custody over Oromoni’s Death

Customs Apapa Command Seizes N7.8bn Drugs, Others in 11 Months

Catholic Priest Abducted in Ondo

Experts: How CBN Interventions Can Save Power Sector

Fashola Explains Portal Issues as Over 10,000 Jostle for FGs Houses Nationwide

SUN

2023: S’East ready to speak with one voice, says Ohanaeze

Igbo presidency’ll end Biafra, other agitations in South East, South-South -Ngige

Ekiti SSG resigns, Ogun gives quit notice to appointees with political ambition

Party chair: SCourt orders substituted service on PDP, others in Secondus appeal

Ekiti SSG, Oyebanji, resigns from Fayemis cabinet to contest 2022 guber

Soludo: APC leadership, Uba not Buhari to decide on legal challenge Uzodinma

Boarding school harassment: Reps order IGP to probe Oromoni, Karen cases

Truck crushes 17 schoolchildren in Lagos

Omicron: NCDC confirms 3 new cases as UK detects virus in 7 Nigerian travellers

COVID-19: Attendee at social gathering to present vaccination card in Lagos

Osun recruits 350 Amotekun corps, 750 vigilantees

Court refuses to vacate order stopping FG from deducting state govts monies over $418m Paris Club

SWest govs to FG: Allow Amotekun to carry sophisticated weapons

NIMC laments poor connectivity, outdated computers, others as deadline for NIN-SIM link approaches

We must safeguard our cyberspace for nations interest- Senate President Lawan

Nigeria ranks 35 globally in e-business-NITDA

COVID-19: 11m Nigerians expected to fall into poverty by 2022 FG

Kwara Gov sets new record, signs 35 percent gender inclusion bill

Soludo: APC leadership, Uba not Buhari to decide on legal challenge Uzodinma

VANGUARD

Don’t relocate College of Education to Epe, Traditional Rulers appeal to state govt

NAF aircraft neutralizes scores of bandits terrorizing Kaduna, Abuja, Niger

Delta approves N434m bursary for 2020/2021 session

LPG Plant: Domestic gas supply surges in Kastina State

Housing deficit: Sanwo-Olu offers developers 50 hectares of land

FG’s deficit rises 39% to N5.5trn in August ‘ CBN

Customs Apapa Command intercepts drugs, others worth 7.8bn

Katsina moves to reform Almajiri education system

Nigeria to collaborate with Belarus for mutual benefits ‘ Buhari

How police arrested medical doctor over alleged rape of own housemaid in Delta

Navy seizes 265 bags of smuggled rice in Akwa Ibom

Aggrieved youth razes pastor’s residence over missing girl in Ekiti

Man to spend 7 years in jail for human trafficking in Kano

Mkpurummiri: NDLEA talks tough on use, decries consequences on mental health

Abductors of Ondo Catholic Priest demand for N20m ransom

Pastor’s residence set ablaze over missing child in Ekiti

Delivery truck kills over 17 grammar school pupils in Lagos

NAF aircraft neutralize scores of bandit’s terrorizing Kaduna, Abuja Niger

Alleged kidnapping: Imo community in gun battle with bandits

Save us from erosion menace, Cross River community begs World Bank

Benue petitions security agencies to investigate alleged rape of student

NANS demands justice for 12 pupils crushed by truck

COVID-19 4th wave: Guests at social events, gatherings at yuletide must carry vaccination cards as Lagos vows to punish offenders

Missing child: My accusers would soon be exposed ‘ Prophet Alfa

Akeredolu commissions N15bn cocoa processing plant in Ondo

UPDATED: Bandits attack Kaduna community, abduct over 36

Insecurity: Escaped prison inmates ‘re on rampage in Imo ‘ Uzodimma laments

LEADERSHIP

Sylvester Oromoni: Dowen College Parents Demand Change Of Management

We’ve Trained 9,000 To Enhance Service Delivery ‘ Makinde

Sanwo-Olu Reads Riot Act To Govt Officials Over Sabotage

Omicron: Governors, Lawmakers Want UK Travel Ban Reversed

Bandits Set 42 Passengers Ablaze In Sokoto

PMB Transmits 2021 Finance Bill To NASS

Many Students Feared Killed By Trailer In Lagos

APC Appeals Verdict On Kano Ward Congresses

2023: Atiku, Al-Makura Begin ‘Campaign’ In North Central

Comparing Nembe Oil Spill To Hiroshima Mischievous ‘ NDYC

Electricity: Mainstream To Raise Kainji, Jebba Plants Capacity To 1338MW

Omicron: Governors Reject Arbitrary Stigmatisation By UK, Others

NDDC Board Will Be Constituted At The Appropriate Time ‘ Akpabio

Onyeama Faults Travel Ban On Nigeria, Others

Omicron: NCDC Confirms 3 Additional Cases

COVID-19 Funds: ICPC Probes UNIPORT Teaching Hospital, Others

TRIBUNE

JUST IN: 3 students in police net over Sylvester Oromoni’s death

Nasarawa varsity don stresses urgent need for digital skills

Benue, Nasarawa to demarcate boundary January 2022

PCC handling 543 cases of human rights abuses in Ekiti ‘ Commissioner

Up to one million COVID vaccines expired without being used in Nigeria last month’Reuters sources

Khashoggi murder suspect arrested in France

NGX: Equities investors earn N54bn as market halts six days losses

Catholic priest kidnapped in Ondo

Lagos COVID-19 confirmed cases jump to 78,564 as fourth wave hits ‘ Sanwo-Olu

COVID-19 impact to plunge 11 million Nigerians into poverty by 2022 ‘ FG

FG issues revised travel protocol, slams $3,500 per passenger fine on defaulting airlines

Omicron variant: Reps call for reversal of ban placed on Nigeria

Power outage in Abuja, Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger ends, AEDC issues resolved

Court shifts $418m suit against FG to December 13

NATION

‘Amend constitution to give women more opportunities’

$418m Paris Club debt: Order stopping deduction of state govts’ funds stays

Allow us to to strengthen Amotekun, Southwest governors tell Fed Govt

Second Niger Bridge 80 per cent completed, says Ngige

‘2023 completion for $1.5b PH refinery rehabilitation achievable’

Outrage as truck crushes pupils to death in Lagos

Concerns over ‘Area Boys’ on Lekki-Epe Coastal Road

PenCom conducts on-site inspection of data recapture

Lagos retirees receive N34.13b accrued pension

DAILY TIMES

Mkpurummiri: NDLEA talks tough on use, decries consequences on mental health

Again, bandits kill 12, injure scores in Kaduna community

Omicron variant: Lagos to prosecute flouters of COVID-19 guidelines

Real estate: Sanwo-Olu reads riot act to govt officials over sabotage

COVID-19 Intervention Fund: ICPC probes UPTH, other health institutions

LPG is Nigerias most viable option for net-zero emissions -Osinbajo

Second Niger Bridge at 80 percent completion Ngige

Buhari sacks AEDC management, approves interim governing council

Omicron: NASS fumes at UK travel ban, calls for removal of Nigeria from red list

DAILY TRUST

Banditry: How Sokoto passengers were burnt alive in broad daylight

Canada, UK travel ban on Nigeria discriminatory – Governors

You must account for N950m COVID-19 fund, says Minister after inspecting Uniport Isolation centre

Soludo: APC, Uba to decide on legal challenge – Uzodinma

Nnamdi Kanu is hungry, lawyer cries out

Bandits stranded, make peace with communities

Shun politics, defence minister tells military

Korea to construct $12.5m solar mini-grids in Nigeria

Buhari raises alarm over illicit drugs

Edo varsity sacks 4 lecturers over misconduct

Zamfara: 6 killed as bandits block Kaura Namoda — Shinkafi Road

Senators decry deplorable state of army barracks

Wheat production: FG engages 400 farmers in Gombe

Police kill 2 armed robbers, nab 4 in Anambra

NFIU faults ECOWAS report on B/Haram, ISWAP funding

FG opposes creation of agency to fight open defecation

S/Court rules on state judicial, legislative autonomy today

Kano boat mishap: Death toll hits 42

Kano APC crisis: Tinubu to meet Ganduje as feud threatens 2023 ‘ambition’

BUSINESSDAY

COVID-19 protocols: FG to ban airlines over non-compliance

TIES: CBN’s way of addressing financing gap in entrepreneurship development

Again, Nigeria’s effort at salvaging electoral process at risk

We solve complex problems using technology and innovation ‘ Babayeju, iCentra’s CEO

Obaro says digital solutions, policies will solve unclaimed dividends

NGO to equip one million youths with leadership skills by 2030

Equities market halts 6-day loss trend with N5bn gain

SEC issues new rule on Special Purpose Acquisition Companies

Securities dealers trade N1.544trn worth of Nigeria’s stocks in 10 months

FX speculators selling off hoarded cash say senior Nigerian bankers

AUTHORITY

1,147 communities to benefit from UBECs SBMC projects Bobboyi

Plateau Crisis: Peace building is a process, not an event- DG PPBA

Nnamdi Kanu: We Are Working For His Unconditional Release -Ejiofor

Senate President Lambasts health Ministers, Permanent Secretary over absence at summit

FCT-ARDS moves to revamp abattoirs

FCTA vows to capture rural dwellers in community development

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Court Insists FG Can’t Deduct $418m From 36 States Accounts

Buhari’s Sack Of AEDC Management Excites Consumers

History Will Forever Be Kind To Secondus-Led PDP NWC ‘ Ologbondiyan

Electoral Law: Stop Misadvising Buhari, Group Tells Adesina

Mkpuru Mmiri: Tackling The Abuse Of Hard Drugs In Nigeria

Human Rights Commission Vows To Probe Alleged Killings Of Four Boys In Edo

Delta Approves N434m Bursary For 2020/2021 Session

Insecurity: Reps Ask FG To Adopt Artificial Intelligence In Crime Fighting

Consumers Welcome Sack Of AEDC Management, Calls For Immediate Forensic Audit

Residents Decry Inability Of Lagos Govt To Evict Miscreants On Lekki-Epe Coastal Road

NEW TELEGRAPH

Dowen College: Police charge 5 students, 3 House Masters to court over Sylvester’s murder

NCAA issues fresh guidelines to airlines, risk $3,500 fine

Power: FG sacks AEDC mgt over workers’ strike

S’Court orders substituted service on PDP, others in Secondus’ appeal against removal

Court to hear Buni-led Caretaker C’ttee dissolution suit Dec 17

NCDC confirms three additional cases of Omicron variant

FG used N1trn recovered loot to fund budget, uplift vulnerable Nigerians ‘Itse Sagay

How private jet owners ‘defrauded’ govt of over N30bn

Oil prices rise as Omicron fears subside

Federation revenue dropped to N903.63bn in August ‘CBN

eNaira: Prospects brighten as app approaches 1m downloads

FG detains 9 deficient foreign vessels

World Bank: Encouraging subsidy removal for Nigeria’s economic growth

FCMB, Proparco sign $35m deal for SMEs, renewable energy

Banks clear N281.83bn cheques in November

Shareholders lose N40bn in oil, gas stocks

LG polls: Rights group commends Ekiti people on peaceful conduct

BLUEPRINT

FG earning drops 17% in August ‘ Report

Lekoil Nigeria offer to acquire Lekoil Cayman’s shares days to AGM

NALDA acquires 200 hectares wheat production land in Gombe

Identity management’ll resolve unclaimed dividends, other issues ‘ SEC DG

Lawan: Erring oil companies must be penalised for negligence

Senate passes bill to establish National Sports Commission, gives nod to sports varsity

Subsidy removal: Easing burden on electricity consumers through CBN intervention

Leave our officials alone, NUJ tells DSS

$60m oil well dispute: Halkin, Senate at ‘war

$3,500 fine, ban awaits airlines that violates PSC protocol ‘ NCAA

Secondus: Supreme Court orders substituted service on PDP, others

Kaduna Assembly partners CSOs on local government accountability

INEC worried over few women, PWD’s in elective positions

Breaking: Truck driver crushes many school children to death in Lagos

Oromoni: Reps seek guidelines for boarding school operations

Disaster reduction: FEMA tackles developers on approval for high rise buildings

36 states vs FG: Court shifts legal battle on $418m to Dec. 13

Binos flags off free medical outreach in Adamawa south

NPC conducts pre-test census exercise in 4 Jigawa LGAs

Fintiri, Madawaki bicker over N200m vehicles for Adamawa monarchs

Kaduna ALGON partners LGAM on accountability, community engagement

COVID-19: Senate condemns travel ban slammed on Nigerians by UK

2023: Bauchi APC chieftain tasks stakeholders on reclaiming power

Alleged $8.4m Fraud: Court compels Ajudua to test for COVID-19

Benue urges security to investigate rape of SS3 student

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