Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 21 April 2022

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

BUSINESSDAY

China revises law to promote vocational education

Russian region reports renewed shelling from Ukraine

New Zealand slams new sanctions on Russian banking assets

Canada slams Putin’s daughters with sanctions

Drought pushing 20m into hunger in Horn of Africa ‘ UN

IMF Chief says 20 SSA countries close to debt distress

Expert lists threats to businesses, suggests solutions

Nigeria’s present crisis self-imposed, says Utomi

Fuel tankers ignore system meant to fix Apapa gridlock

Explainer: Why Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy will remain subdued ‘ World Bank

Shining a light on Nigeria-South Africa economic ties

PUNCH

Fund varsities from N4tn subsidy budget, ASUU tells FG

Buhari mourns NAF pilots killed in Kaduna plane crash

Presidential primary: APC silent on zoning, Nigerians condemn N100m nomination fee

Scores feared killed in Akwa Ibom, Osun, Edo clashes

Kano blacklists 17 illegal health institutions

Bandits ambush, kill vigilante leader in Katsina

Banditry: Zamfara sends 97 clerics to Saudi Arabia to pray

NECO postpones common entrance exam over low registration

Were dying, Abia health workers protest non-payment of salaries

Afenifere knocks APC over N100m presidential nomination form

2023: Udom demands PDP presidential ticket as reward for loyalty

Imo PDP accuses Uzodinma of trivialising, politicising insecurity

External reserves return to growth path, gain $243.83m

Imported vehicles: CITN to engage Customs, others over 15% NAC levy

Domestic, intl passengers rise by 44%, hit 15.23million

FG lauds shippers council overtime reduction at berth

Import, forex restrictions worsening food inflation in Nigeria World Bank

Retirees threaten to picket NSITF offices over pension refunds

WACT invests N47bn in Onne, plans e-commerce expansion

Power tariff shortfall hits N247bn, govt clears debt Dec FG report

Investors record N319.61bn gain as 28 stocks rise

$2.6bn gas pipelinell boost midstream, upstream activities Oilserv

CBN loans to ABP farmers hit N976bn Report

15 Edo communities block road over herdsmen attacks

Ondo suspends civil servant over Facebook post on gov

Lagos, police grill Chrisland management, parents over pupils sexual acts

Shock as Bayelsa police officer collapses in office, dies

Motorists lament extortion on Lagos bridge, slam LASTMA, police

Gunmen attack Plateau Reps convoy, kill two escorts

Maradona jersey auction opens with $5m bid

Abducted Rivers bus driver, passengers regain freedom 10 days after

Agege Bread advert: Dont take law into your own hands, CAN tells Christians

NEC: Buhari warns against imposition as APC decides on 2023 elections

N100m form: Probe APC presidential aspirants, HURIWA urges EFCC, ICPC

THISDAY 

Rethink Your Policy on Fuel Subsidy, World Bank Tells Nigeria

Buhari to APC Leaders: Avoid Dictatorial Behaviour, Imposition of Unpopular Candidates

At Close of Nomination, 17 PDP Presidential Aspirants Beat Deadline

NERC: Why Discos Are Unable to Raise Money for Capital Spending

NBS: Over 15m Passengers Passed Through Nation’s Airports in 2021

FG Moves to Beat PIA Deadlines, Begins Stakeholders’ Engagement on Royalties,…

Oil Theft: Ex-NNPC General Manager Says FG Could Have Saved $20bn…

Hajj 2022: Saudi Allocates 43,000 Hajj Seats to Nigeria

INEC: 2023 Elections will Hold Despite Attacks on Our Facilities, Staff

Sanwo-Olu Approves N750m for Health Insurance Premium of 100,000 Vulnerable Residents

Easter: CAN Demands Sack of Sterling Bank CEO over Provocative Advertisement

Buhari to Health Minister: Submit Progress Report on COVID-19 Local Vaccine…

APC Groups Tell Malami, Amaechi, Others to Resign Before Party’s Primary

PDP Raises the Alarm over Incessant Military Plane Crashes

Establishment of Appeal Court ‘ll Boost Justice Dispensation, Says Bauchi Gov

Adoke: Call for Suspension of 2023 Election Not Justifiable

Police Officer Slumps, Dies on Duty in Bayelsa

NECO Reschedules 2022 National Common Entrance Examination

Lassa Fever Claims 20, Others Hospitalised in Kogi

Edo Communities, CSOs Barricade Benin-Lagos Road over Herdsmen Attack

Businessman Demands $250,000 from DHL for Negligence

Shell Urges Shareholders to Reject Activist’s Pressure to Hastily Abandon Fossil Fuels

Climate Change: AfDB Targets Energy Transition for Sustainable Development

Chinese Envoy Says Harmony, Peaceful Coexistence Key to Devt

Buhari: Most Nigerians Now Know Boko Haram Has No Religious, Ethnic…

Police Arrest Man for Killing Mother, Daughter in Kebbi

Lawmaker Escapes Gunmen Attack in Plateau

Insecurity: Buhari Talks Tough, Vows Tougher Actions Against Terrorists

Rethink Your Policy on Fuel Subsidy, World Bank Tells Nigeria

Gokada Raises Insurance Cover for Customers to N600,000

NCS Insists on Adoption of Emerging Technologies to Address Nigerias Growing Security Challenges

FG Denies Stoking Food Inflation by Mopping Up Production

SUN

Drop your senatorial bids for Kalu, stakeholders tell aspirants

2023: Anambra stakeholders endorse Obi for president

Anger, condemnation trail APCs N100m presidential nomination form

Nigeria awaits FIFA ruling on $1m claim by Rohr

Pillars fans hooliganism: Gov. Ganduje condemns action, to set up probe committee

NACCIMA, LCCI express concern over insecurity

Effective regulation key to harnessing gains of PIA Sylva

Power crisis: FG agrees to defray N247bn legacy debts by December

Over 15m passengers passed through Nigerias airports in 2021 NBS

Buhari meets ICC Prosecutor, says Boko Haram not about religion, ethnicity

Flee from unmerited wealths, ostentatious lifestyle, CJN warns Judges

NECO postpones unity schools exams to May 7

Scores feared dead in Akwa Ibom communal clash

Sex scandal: OAU denies shielding suspected randy lecturer

2 killed as gunmen attack Plateau Reps members convoy

3 killed, scores abducted in Katsina

Assistant Police Commissioner slumps, dies in Bayelsa

Insecurity: Buhari blows hot, promises harsh measures

Delta 2023: I have developed capacity to do things differently- Chris Iyovwaye reassures delegates

Flee from unmerited wealth, ostentatious lifestyle, CJN warns Judges

Gunmen attack Anaku police headquarters, torch 3 vehicles

MNJTF troops kill 5 terrorists, rescue 6 female hostages in Lake Chad region

Buharis Senator dumps APC for PDP

GUARDIAN

Uproar over APC’s N100m presidential nomination

Amid divestment, Nigeria targets oil, gas royalty, licensing rounds in new regulations

Boko Haram perversion of Islamic ideology, Buhari tells ICC prosecutor

2022 Hajj: Get ready to pay more, senior official tells pilgrims

President orders minister to submit progress report on vaccine production

Ajegunle residents lament disaster, insecurity, neglect

Soldier, 20 terrorists die in MNJTF operations

PDP alleges sabotage of national security architecture

Austerity measures will worsen hunger, poverty in Nigeria, Oxfam tells IMF

Experts kick over ‘inaction’ three weeks after Kaduna train bombing, abduction

El-Rufai approves N18m for families of train attack victims

Police uncover sex slave house in Delta

Gunmen kidnap Apostle John Okoriko, demand N100m ransom in Akwa Ibom

Female student accuses OAU lecturer of sexual assault

Three killed, many injured as thugs attack Osun community

Osinachi’s husband is still in police detention, says IGP

Edo clamps down on street traders, restores sanity to markets in Benin

Keyamo warns boards against undue involvement in agency magt

Gender inclusion gets boost as advocacy group premieres ‘Earth Women

Group trains 30 women with hearing impairment on entrepreneurial skills

2022 Hajj: Get ready to pay more, senior official tells pilgrims

Knock as minister blames Ukraine war for Nigeria’s deficit

Experts kick over ‘inaction’ three weeks after Kaduna train bombing, abduction

Police rescue 5 human trafficking victims, arrest 10 suspected prostitutes in Delta

Zamfara sends 97 clerics to Lesser Hajj to pray against banditry

VANGUARD

Who can legally afford APC’s N100m presidential forms, CISLAC queries

Bandits kill newly elected LG councillor, two others, abduct several in Katsina

Inflation: Central Banks should raise interest rates ‘ IMF

Naira closes at 418.33/dollar at investors and exporters window

Delta Central: Why we want to succeed Omo-Agege in Senate ‘ Dafinone, Nani

Boko Haram: You can’t kill innocent people, shout ‘Allah Akba’ ‘ Buhari

Communities, CSOs protest herdsmen attacks in Edo, barricade Benin -Lagos Road

APC Crisis:Serving, former govs tearing party apart ‘ Adamu

2023: PDP knocks UPU over endorsement of guber aspirant

Insecurity worse now than in 2015 ‘ Gov Diri

Taraba Blast: Death toll rises to 6, as Police dispatch anti-bomb squad

Taraba Explosion: All I heard was ‘thunder’, then I blacked out ‘ Bar owner

Gunmen invade FCT community, kidnap 4 family members

NECO reschedules Common Entrance Examination

Man, 34, in court for allegedly attempting to strangle mother

Chrisland School: Lagos govt invites stakeholders to meeting

2023: Edo North APC lauds party authomatic ticket for 14 lawmakers

Nomination Form: APC youth leader lauds Bello for ensuring discount

Police arrest assailant who killed mother, daughter for calling him ‘useless

2023 Presidency: No monarch feels the pains of Igbos like I do ‘ Oluwo replies Ohanaeze Ndigbo

LEADERSHIP

APC Moves To Avert Clash Of Interests, Party NEC Concedes Powers To NWC

Dariye, Nyame Pardon Won’t Derail Anti-corruption War ‘ Presidency

Again, CJN Warns Judges Against Corrupt Practices, Showy Lifestyle

Troops Kill 25 Terrorists, Rescue 6 Captives In Lake Chad

2023: Buhari Warns APC Against Imposing Unpopular Candidates

Train Attack: el-Rufai Gives Families Of Deceased Passengers N2m Each

Doctors Missing As Passenger Dies In Abuja Airport

2023: Jonathan’s Campaign Posters Flood Abuja

Federal Govt Not Showing Commitment To End Strike ‘ ASUU

TRIBUNE

Nigerian importers to pay more as French shipping company increase charges

IGP saysPolice making progress on Osinachi’s murder case

Keep me out of controversies, I’m happy to have defected to PDP ‘ Tegbe

Police rescue 5 underage girls allegedly used as sex slaves in Delta

Kaduna train attack: El-Rufai donates N23.5m to families of deceased, injured persons

Less than 30% of primary school girls in Nigeria transit to JSS, says UBEC

Obaseki’s former CoS assures Akoko Edo Federal Constituency of quality leadership

Runaway from unmerited wealth, ostentatious lifestyle, CJN warns Judges

Traders lament as Soludo marks 200 houses for demolition in Onitsha

NATION 

NEWS

Abductors Demand N100m Ransom For Popular Akwa Ibom Cleric

Many Killed, Houses Burnt As Ilaje, Ibeno Clash In Akwa Ibom

Ondo Civil Servant Suspended Over Alleged Akeredolu’s Death…

Woman feared dead at Abuja airport

Nigerian begins 25-day bike ride from London to Lagos for charity

Battle for PDP ticket hots up as nomination closes Wednesday

Ukraine war: Poland releases 13 detained Nigerians, five seeking asylum

Two killed as gunmen attack convoy of federal lawmaker in Plateau

HERALD

Cleric Admonishes Youths On Self Development

UN Chief Requests Meetings With Russian, Ukrainian Presidents

60 Indigent Muslims Benefit From N7.5m Zakat In Ibadan

Number Of Refugees Fleeing Ukraine War Exceeds 5m -UN Agency

N100m form: ‘We cannot continue to buy political offices in Nigeria’ ‘ APC presidential aspirant reacts

2023 presidency: APC rules out consensus, opts for indirect primaries in choosing flagbearer

DAILY TRUST

Confusion As Lagos-Bound Passenger Dies At Abuja Airport

After Cadillac Gifts To Monarchs, Matawalle Sends 97 Clerics To Lesser Hajj Over Banditry

Lawmaker Representing Buhari’s Senatorial District Dumps APC For PDP

PDP Leaders Shot Dead In Plateau

APC Presidential Aspirant Expresses Shock Over N100m Form

Gunmen Storm Anambra Police Station, Set Patrol Vans On Fire

Tell IPOB To Cease Fire, Oluwo Challenges Ohanaeze

Tinubu Under Fire For Saying Youths Tweet On WhatsApp

Court Remands Kidnapper Of Jonathan’s Ex-Aide’s Brother

OAU Would Not Shield Professor Opefeyitimi From Sexual Assault

Assistant Police Commissioner Slumps, Dies In Office

Bayelsa Judge Who Was Stoned In Court Retires From Service

Ukraine War: 13 Nigerians Released From Detention In Poland

Bandits Kill Newly Elected Councillor, Abduct His Wives

Some People Bent On Destabilizing Nigeria – Buhari

Even Aisha Disagrees With Buhari On Policies – Kukah

Fulani Men Brutalized By Soldiers In Viral Video Denied Access To Relatives

Edevbie’s Endorsement By UPU Tears Urhobo Youths Apart

2023 Presidency: Tambuwal Submits Form, Promises To Unite Nigerians

2023: I Fought For You, It’s Pay Back Time, Wike Tells PDP NWC Members

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Why Buhari Should Seek External Assistance In Tackling Insecurity Challenges ‘ Soyinka

Adeyanju Slams APC Over Exorbitant Presidential Nomination Fees

Air Peace Commences Operations From New Int’l Terminal, Other Regional, International Flights Relocated

Kidnappers Demand N100m Ransom for Release Of Akwa Ibom Cleric

2023: Tinubu’s Camp Excited As APC NEC Settles For Indirect Primary

2023: There Is No Presidency Office Provided For S’East ‘ Ahamba

IMF’s Austerity Measure Will Inflict More Poverty On Nigeria, Others ‘ Oxfam Int’l

Why Osinachi’s Husband Remains In Detention, IGP Reveals

Plane Crash: Buni Commiserates With Nigeria Air Force

Recruitment: Oyo CP Inspects CBT Process As 1,000 Applicants Converge On UI

N247bn Tariff Shortfall In Electricity Sector To Be Defrayed December ‘ PSRP

AUTHORITY

Ive restored peace to N/East, S/South, says Buhari

No economic, political solution if you dont embrace God, Pastor Muoka warns world Governments

NAF to thoroughly investigate Super Mushshak trainer aircraft crash

Renounce Chinese backing for your presidential bid, group tells Amaechi

Unity schools: NECO announces new date for common entrance exam

APC Youths to Buhari Ministers: Resign before party primaries

Each PDP presidential aspirant is better than Buhari Ayu

NEW TELEGRAPH

ISWAP fighters attack Chibok village, abduct 3 girls

Study: Poor access to financial services fuelling crypto in Nigeria

2023: Drop your ambition, support Obi ‘Group urges Atiku

2023 Presidency: No consensus S’East candidate yet, says Anyim

APC/PDP nomination forms, height of political insensitivity, invitation to thievery ‘Afenifere

NECO postpones National Common Entrance Examination

2023 Presidency: APC pegs nomination forms at N100m, slates primaries for May 30/31

Buhari absolves B’Haram of religious, ethnic agenda

FX repatriation: FG plans grant restriction to creative exporters

PDP alleges sabotage in incessant military plane crashes

IGP: Independent witnesses blame Osinachi’s death on husband

13 Nigerians detained in Poland released

N4trn subsidy: Evaluating impact on real sector

NSMP: Nigeria’s sugar BIP facing worsening insecurity challenges

Addressing Nigeria’s 5G deployment challenges

New revenue formula: Legislative hurdles lying in wait

NCC to consumers: Protect telecoms infrastructure

Bitcoin Foundation partners satoshibles on school project

APC must present presidential candidate that Nigerians need ‘Gololo

How I’ll tackle Plateau security challenge ‘Sura

2023: Tegbe’s defection rattles Oyo APC

BLUEPRINT

With little resources, we’ve done much, Nigerians forgetful ‘ Buhari

Gunmen abduct televangelist, Okoriko, demand N100m ransom

APC presidential ticket: Osinbajo, Tinubu, Amaechi, others to cough out N100m each, Adamu, Buhari drop crucial hints

Recklessness, imposition in APC, PDP brought Nigeria to its knees ‘ SDP scribe

2023: I’m the General to rescue Nigeria, stand by me, Udom begs PDP NWC

Most Nigerian govs not development-driven ‘ Yuguda

CAS probes Super Mushshak Aircraft crash

NECO reveals new date for 2022 common entrance examination

Osinachi: CSOs call for reinforcement of VAPP Act, others to curb gender-based violence

Renounce Chinese backing for your presidential bid, group tells Amaechi

Resign before primaries, APC youths tell Malami, Amaechi, others

Kaduna train attack: El-Rufai gives deceased families, injured N25.5m

Ogun warns residents of impending raining season, flooding

South-west stakeholders demand purpose driven, visionary leadership in 2023

NAF confirms plane crash, constitutes investigation board

NIGERIAN PILOT

Shun unmerited wealth, ostentatious lifestyle, CJN tells Judges

3 killed, many injured in Osun communal clash

Insecurity: 1,743 Nigerians killed in Q1 2022 report

Security: Well be tougher going forward Buhari

Buhari orders Health Minister to submit report on local vaccine production

DG, stakeholders calls on FG to return SON to seaports

Panic in Kogi community as Lassa fever claims 20 lives

JTF flag off operation octopus grip in Bayelsa

IMF raises Nigerias 2022 growth forecast from 2.7% to 3.4%

IGP orders maximum security in schools, colleges

Christians threaten to boycott Sterling Bank for insulting Jesus Christ resurrection

Buhari hosts Governors, Security Chiefs, others to Iftar Dinner

NEMA receives 158 stranded Nigerians from Libya

Ramadan: Muslims, Christians break fast to foster peace, unity in Plateau

Presidential Pardon: Disband Anti- curruption Agencies Instead Of Embarrassing Them Wike

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