Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 24 February, 2022

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

BREAKING: Explosions heard in Ukraine capital Kyiv, Mariupol

Ukraine: EU sanctions Russian defence minister, military chiefs

Scholarship fraud: Probe Novena varsity, ex-militant leader Akpos urges PAP boss

N4.6m fraud: Ex-revenue officer jailed three years for defrauding hospital

ICPC arraigns Gombe school principal over N3.8m fraud

Current system suffocating Nigerians Kukah

Constitution amendment: Outrage as NAssembly considers life pension for presiding officers

Buhari signs Electoral Bill Friday, CSOs suspend protest

Akwa Ibom smugglers abandon contraband rice on sighting naval gunboat

UN Security Council holds emergency meeting over Russia-Ukraine crisis

Lagos CJ frees 33 inmates, NCoS says 352 on death row

Bauchi gov meets Obasanjo, says APC zoning no threat to PDP

Convention postponement, APCs sign of failure Wike

Abia Assembly adjourns as deputy speaker, majority leader escape sack

PDP draws battle line with Ebonyi Assembly

Court voids APC congresses in Anambra, restores 2018 executives

Osun PDP holds congress, two die, many injured

LG poll: Gunmen attack Enugu polling units, five feared killed

PDP threatens legal action as Zamfara Assembly impeaches deputy gov

Osun poll: INEC expresses concerns over parties internal crises

FG increases school feeding cost to N100/child, spend N1bn daily

Demand tickets from LASTMA when arrested, Lagos tells commuters

LCCI, others back NAssembly on proposed railways, airports power decentralisation

FCCPC, NCAA inaugurate technical committee to investigate airfare hike, others

Duty on vehicles, cargoes imported via PTML hits N224bn

NERC plans app for reporting power outage

Maritime stakeholders divided over passage of NSIB Bill

Amaechi not God, I can become Rivers gov without him, says Abe

Declare known terrorists leaders wanted, Senate tells FG

600 varsity students to get internship at Edo modular refinery

Uneasy calm in Katsina community as gunmen kill businessman

No LGA under terrorists control CDS, Irabor

Reps decry fire incidents, urge FG to fund Fire Service

Ukraine hit by massive cyberattacks, govt facilities, banks targeted

THISDAY

APC Zoning Presidency to South Puts PDP in Quandary

Presidency: Buhari to Sign Reworked Electoral Bill Tomorrow

FG Restates Commitment to Tackling Inflation, Stimulating Economic Growth

Airline Operators Deny Fixing Base Fare, Lament Loss of N44bn to…

FG’s N1.13trn Highway Concession Plan Records Milestone, 18 Firms Shortlisted

Shell, Total Energies Advocate Incentives to Boost Investments in Gas Sector,…

Malabu Deal: Court Begins Hearing on Nigeria’s $1.7bn Case against JP…

Power Outage: NERC to Unveil App for Customers’ Complaints

Don’t Play Politics with National Security, Irabor Warns

Appeal Court Upholds Uba, APC’s Disqualification from Anambra Poll

Crude Oil Theft: Tension in Bayelsa Communities as Gunmen Issue Traditional…

FG Threatens to Sanction Oil Marketers Contravening Weights, Measures Act

MTN, Mafab Meet Payment Deadline, Pay $273.6m Each to Clinch 5G…

Pantami: FGs Policies on Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship Will Create Wealth

WTO: Progress on Fisheries Negotiation Stalled by Inability to Fix a Date for MC12

Expert List Benefits of 5G, Tasks FG on Hitch-free Rollout Ahead of Todays Payment Deadline

SUN

Power shift to South in 2023 non-negotiable Kokori

Rivers PDP flays Cross River APC for describing Wike as security risk

Wike taunts APC over failure to conduct convention

2023: Bauchi gov visits Obasanjo, says APCs zoning no threat to PDP

INEC vows to be strict, firm with political parties, candidates, others

Independent observers describe Enugu LG elections as peaceful, transparent

PDPll resolve IPOBs agitation like YarAdua did with Niger Delta Ayu

2 killed in Osun PDP ward congress

NNPC releases distribution details of 387.5m litres of petrol

Julius Berger, Setraco, others to manage 12 highways

Food insecurity, poverty may mar Nigerias economic growth, says IMF

Nigerian airlines deny increasing fare to N50,000

Strike: FG, ASUU meeting deadlock

Insecurity: Send us more troops, Katsina govt begs Buhari

Electoral Act Amendment: Buhari to sign bill tomorrow

GUARDIAN

Pandemonium as battery explodes, ignites fire at Abuja Finance ministry

Bayelsa PMAN holds rally to raise N20m for member with kidney failure

Man kills mum for stopping him from taking hard drugs

Ex-revenue officer bags three-years imprisonment over N4.6m fraud

Motorists, commuters lament as fuel scarcity bites harder in Ibadan

Lagos unveils adopt-a-bin programme with 40,000 bins

Delta police arrest four officers for killing colleagues over alleged N20,000 bribe

Two die in Ogun auto crash

Nigeria exports software to other African countries, says NOTAP

Equities reverse gains as market capitalisation dips by N21 billion

NIMASA renews MoU on capacity building with World Maritime University

Maritime workers to shut down seaports over abuse of regulations by IOCs

An innumerate election register enables Nigeria’s crisis of illegitimate govt

ASUU strike, aggravating collapse of Nigeria

FG sets February 28 to resolve issues with ASUU

CBN facilitates over 58 new rice mills as farmers, others list challenges

Fani-Kayode has no medical records at Kubwa Hospital, says witness

Despite onshore risks, Shell to strengthen deepwater, gas position

Second Niger Bridge ready in Q3 as project hits 83% completion

Local airlines bemoan N44b loss to flight delays, bird strikes

Senate urges FG to declare suspected terrorists’ leaders wanted

NERC to launch power outage reporting app

No Local Govt in Nigeria under terrorists’ control ‘ CDS

School feeding: FG increases consumption per child to N100

VANGUARD

IGP procures, orders distribution of uniforms, kits, says welfare of police personnel paramount

Nigerian oil company to train students on oil refining, others

Reps to Buhari: Bombard terrorists with Super Tocano fighter het now

Buhari to sign Electoral Bill tomorrow ‘ Presidency source

Bad fuel: Our imported product met Nigerian specification’Duke Oil, Oando Plc

Kidnapping, others: Edo deploys over 120 security personnel to forests

UK reiterates commitment to Green manufacturing Africa

First Lady, Aisha Buhari observes plenary as Reps lay constitution review report

UK to help Ukraine mitigate Russia’s aggression with $500m

ELECTORAL ACT: Buhari ‘ll sign bill into law before Friday ‘ Sen Abe

Nigeria’s future depends on what it does with its youth population ‘ Adesina

2023 Election: Ignore alleged tension in llaje/ljaw, orchestrated by desperate Reps aspirants ‘ Group

352 inmates currently on death row in Kirikiri ‘ NCoS

Insecurity: CSOs ask FG to domestic UN Security Council Resolution 2250

Era of election rigging is over, INEC declares

Gunmen abduct Journalists covering Enugu LG election

APC convention: Battle as South East aspirants reject Deputy National chairman, insist on National Secretary

By-election: Imo APC unleashing violence, abducting our leaders ‘ PDP

Reps ask FG to declare emergency on security

5G: NCC may roll out 3 additional licences before 2024 ‘ Danbatta

Data protection Bureau can generate over N10b yearly ‘ Olatunji

5000 new developers joined Nigeria’s innovation industry in 2021

My ex-convict boyfriend lured me into hemp business, promised me wedding with the proceeds ‘ suspect confesses

Without Buhari, Nigeria would have been like Venezuela ‘ Ngige

Court fixes May 3 to hear Nwaoboshi’s N1bn defamation suit against Onochie

352 inmates currently on death row in Lagos ‘ NCoS

Alleged forgery: Fani-Kayode has no medical records at Kubwa Hospital ‘ witness

Enugu LG polls: 3 feared dead as gunmen attack two polling units

Woman allegedly occupies male neighbour’s kitchen, beats him up

Court orders reinstatement of dismissed soldier, awards N500,000 in damages

Court bars Fani-Kayode’s ex-wife from comments on family, children

Scientists worry as more contagious BA.2 Omicron sub-variant spreads

BREAKING: Delta community mounts shrines, makes incantations to protest Matrix, AYM Shaffa, Pinacle oil operations

Nigeria must manage its diversity for prosperity, national cohesion ‘ AfDB President

Drugs War: NDLEA destroys 255 hectares of cannabis farms, arrests 13 in Ondo

Alleged forced marriage: Woman drags father to court

Breaking: Matawalle appoints Hassan Gusau as new deputy governor

Temitope Oyedeji is UI’s best graduating Mathematics student; bags 41 awards

Breaking: Super Falcons beat Lady Elephants 1-0, qualify for AWCON

2023: Only senatorial zoning ‘ll guarantee peace, unity ‘ Delta North Monarchs

Insecurity: Declare all known leaders of terrorists wanted now, Senate to FG

 LEADERSHIP

Hope Of Igbo Presidency Dims Over Killings In South East

Adulterated Fuel: Our Product Conforms With Nigeria’s Specification ‘ Duke Oil, Oando

Declare Terrorist Leaders Wanted Now, Senate Tells Executive

Fani-Kayode’s Medical Report Is Fake, Abuja Hospital Tells Court

PDP Ward Congresses Turn Bloody In Osun As 2 Die, Others Injured

Nigerian Youths Begin Campaign Against Ritual Killing

Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of Ex-Governor Yari’s Properties

37 Directors Fail Promotion Exam To Become Perm Secs

Buhari To Assent Electoral Bill Friday ‘ Presidency Sources

NDLEA Destroys 255 Hectares Of Cannabis Farms, Arrests 13 Suspects

JUST-IN: Court Nullifies Anambra APC Congresses

TRIBUNE

2023: INEC’s target of 20 million new voters

Diabetes killed over 400,000 in Africa in 2021 ‘ Expert

Why the right to food must be enshrined in the constitution, HOMEF tells NASS

Nigeria’s first waste museum officially opens in Ibadan

Should we decriminalise suicidal attempts but punish them with community service

US sanctions will meet strong response from us, says Russia

Aero Contractors’ workers kick against agreement on Airbus in airline’s fleet

PDP ward congress: Two killed, several injured as PDP factional camp supporters clash in Osun

APC members in Imo defect to PDP

Reps call for deployment of Army, DSS, Police to end killings in Ijeshaland

NDLEA destroys Indian hemp farms worth N900m, arrests 13 in Ondo

Reps task NRC on re-opening of Railway station in Osun

Insecurity: Declare all known leaders of terrorists wanted, Senate tells FG

Senate okays establishment of Maritime Security Trust Fund

NATION

‘Youths targets for subversive influence, others’

School feeding cost rises to N100 per child

FEC okays N58.427b for roads, agric projects

Zamfara Assembly impeaches deputy governor

Battle for APC top posts shift to zones

Fashola: Fed Govt to unlock over N1tr road funding

Lawmakers to vote on VAT, power devolution, others

Airlines lost $60m to bird strikes in one year

HERALD

Why Does The Nigerian Society Take Mental Health Issues For Granted

Fans excited over Asa’s new album release, Wizkid feature

How Zamfara Assembly impeached deputy governor for ‘gross misconduct

Alleged witness in fraud uncovered in Ogun land bureau dies

I won’t tolerate activities of land grabbers ‘ Lagos police commissioner

How inverter batteries sparked fire at finance ministry ‘ Fire service

DAILY TRUST

How Nigerian Politics Will Be Shaken By ‘The Third Force’

FG to buy N2bn cattle for Taraba

‘There’s fire on the mountain’, airline operators justify N50k base fare

APC hasn’t fulfilled its promises to Nigerians, says Dalung

Court bars Femi Fani-Kayode’s estranged wife from comments on family, children

Senate approves creation of Maritime Security Trust Fund

80% of military personnel performing police duties in 36 states – CDS

Buhari to assent to Electoral Act Amendment bill Friday

Katsina: Residents Protest As Bandits Kill Businessman Near NSCDC Training School

UPDATED: Why Nigeria’s First Lady stormed National Assembly

FEC approves N58.427bn for roads, agric projects

NDLEA Destroys 255 Hectares Of Cannabis Farms, Arrests 13 in Ondo

Matawalle picks APC senator as new deputy

Court orders interim forfeiture of 10 properties linked to Yari

Edo FRSC to clampdown on unregistered vehicles, covered number plates

Osinbajo seeks joint action to stop coups in Africa

DAILY INDEPENDENT

BREAKING: Sacked ASUU-LASU Leaders Reinstated

Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge Seeks Innovators In Middle East, Turkey, Africa

3 Feared Dead As LG Election Turns Bloody In Enugu

Golden Penny Tackles Child Malnutrition with ‘The Power of 4’ In New Product

How Domestic Savings For Capital Formation, Investment Can Grow Economy ‘ Finance Minister

F-SARS Operative Allegedly Kill Leader Of Private Security Outfit In Ibadan

Adulterated Fuel: Our Product Met Required Specifications, Duke Oil, Oando Tell Reps

Enugu LG Election: Unknown Gunmen Attack Polling Unit, Set Vehicles, Electoral Materials Ablaze As 5 Journalists Escape Death

Strike: FG, ASUU To Reconvene On Feb. 28 ‘ Ngige

Alleged Fraud: Court Faults Ondo Speaker’s Alleged Threat To Life

NEW TELEGRAPH

2023: Igbo’ll not play second fiddle any more, says Udensi

Insecurity: How rivalry stalled counterinsurgency war ‘ Shettima

Zamfara Assembly sacks deputy gov, Matawalle appoints Nasiha

Oil subsidy in Nigeria is exaggerated ‘ Falae, faults new Electoral Bill

Fuel scarcity: Why we released distribution details of 387.5m litres of petrol ‘NNPC

FG: ASUU strike illegal, demands already being addressed

Constitution: NASS moves to separate AGF from Justice Minister, create mayor for Abuja

Nigerian airlines bleeding, lose $60m to bird strikes, N20bn to flight delays

159 stranded Nigerians return from Libya

Anambra guber: Appeal Court upholds Andy Uba’s sacking as APC candidate

Okorocha: EFCC lied against me on evasion of court service

AfCFTA: Nigeria, others to get standard labels for Made-in-Africa goods

LCCI chides NNPC, oil firms over harmful fuel import

2023: Reps seek fresh voters’ registration

2023: Tambuwal group says political forces exploiting nation’s fault lines

BLUEPRINT

Affirmative action:Aisha Buhari storms parliament, NASS reserves 111 seats for women, 37in Senate, 74 Reps

NCPC begins screening of intending pilgrims for 2021/2022 pilgrimage

Suit against Buhari, Malami, others over NDDC board gets date

FG committed to harnessing homegrown solution to combat COVID-19 ‘ Onu

UniAbuja to stage convocation despite ASUU strike ‘ VC

Insecurity: Declare all known leaders of terrorists wanted, Senate tells FG

Buhari swears-in 6 INEC national commissioners

Court reinstates dismissed soldier, awards N500,000 as damages

Welfare: IGP Baba resuscitates quarterly uniforms, accoutrements issuance

Kaduna: ZUDA alleges Kataf militia attempted attack on Urban Zango

2023: Resign to pursue your ambition, Olawepo-Hashim tells political office holders

No cause for alarm over Ministry of Finance fire disaster ‘ FFS

Nigerians should consider young, vibrant, educated leaders for 2023 presidency ‘ Niger gov Bello

Electoral Act ‘ll be your greatest legacy ‘ Saraki to Buhari

Ebonyi assembly crises: Anyim accuses APC of desperation, says PDP’ll take over soon

Yiaga Africa, 24 other CSOs protest Buhari’s delay in assent to Electoral Bill

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