Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines


PUNCH

Trump rules out Twitter return after Musks $44bn purchase

Twitter: Musk promises free speech after $44bn purchase

US judge holds Trump in contempt over civil fraud probe

MURICs opposition to Sanwo-Olus second term lacks merit -Group

121 households affected by Taraba explosion, says NEMA

Save our varsities, Catholic bishop begs FG, ASUU

Kaduna police arrest six for stealing tanker with N6.2m petrol

OAU student death: Court adjourns hearing till May 25

Eight years after, Chibok still unsafe

MSMEs drop by two million in four years SMEDAN

Nigeria has 70% road infrastructure deficit, says minister

N100bn UN climate fund inaccessible by Nigeria, others NiMet

Over $10bn food production at risk in Nigeria, others AfDB

Economic recovery: World Bank earmarks $170bn lifeline for Nigeria, others

Rising insecurity, nairas fall worsening business environment -NGF

FG shortlists bidders for 12 highways in Lagos, Kano, others

Manufacturers borrow N1.03tn from banks, debts hit N4.2tn

Lebanese firm workers in Ogun lament poor salaries, welfare

Oromoni inquest: Dowen College pupils testify, court bars journalists

Hajj: Intending Muslim pilgrims storm Lagos Assembly, protest fare hike

Enugu monarch bans widows burial, threatens funeral attendees

Osinachi: Autopsy report out, FCT seeks legal advice

Police begin probe as explosion rocks Yobe drinking joint

How infrastructure investment boosts Internet penetration Experts

Converting polys to varsities visionless, ASUP slams govt

Caleb varsity plans capacity development for secondary school students

Abba Kyari: Drug baron with 103 bank accounts nabbed at Lagos airport

Chrisland: 10-year-old pupil deletes social media videos, apologises

Ex-minister Graham-Douglas dies at 82

Presidency: Group differs as Ohanaeze, Afenifere warn Jonathan

2023: Its injustice for me to retire now, says Osinbajo

Shooting as gunmen enforce sit-at-home order in Imo

2023 presidency: Wike donates N200m to Kaduna IDPs

Four kids electrocuted inside container in Ondo

THISDAY

Elon Musk Reaches Agreement to Acquire Twitter for $44bn

Afenifere, Others Want Tinubu, Osinbajo, Southwest Aspirants to Withdraw from Presidential…

WHO: Malaria Killed over 602,000 People in Nigeria, Others in 2021

2023 Presidency: Peter Obi’s Six Million Supporters Pledge to Raise N6bn

MTN Nigeria Issues Historic N127bn Commercial Paper

2023: APC Begins Sale of Nomination Forms Today

EFCC Moves against Money Laundering in Real Estate Sector

OPEC Mourns over 100 Persons Killed in Imo Explosion

EU, British Council Train CSOs on Compliance to Regulatory Frameworks

Osinbajo, Amaechi in Ondo to Solicit Delegates’ Votes

Presidential Ticket: Let All Go to National Convention, Say PDP Northern…

WHO Deploys 9 million Doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine in 9…

Former Aviation Minister, Graham Douglas, Dies at 82

FG Concludes Evaluation of First Phase of Road Concession Under HDMI…

FG: It’s Not Customers’ Responsibility to Replace Faulty Electricity Transformers, Others

APC Group Raises N50m for Abiodun’s Nomination Form

Ayu, Mark Head PDP Presidential Appeal, Screening Committees

Panel Issues Arrest Warrant on Police Commissioner

Sylva Commends Dikio for Delivering PAP’s Mandate

Osinbajo: It’ll Be Great Injustice If I Don’t Contest

EFCC Arrests SyndicateMember who Duped Kwara Monarch N33.3m

Policeman on Illegal Duty Kills Two, Injures Others in Lagos

One Killed, Seven Injured as Explosion Rocks Yobe

Edo APC House of Assembly Aspirants Protest Decision to Endorse 15…

Kidnapped Herdsmen, Cattles in Anambra Found

SERAP Sues Buhari over Failure to Publish Indicted Persons in Alleged…

Waste Managers, LAWMA Call for Strict Enforcement of Environmental Laws

No Respite as Nigeria Expends Over N758bn on Petrol Subsidy in Three Months

Six Years After Signing 1125mw Power Purchase Deals, 14 Firms Fail to Get Funding

Experts Urge Stakeholders to Explore CBNs N250bn LPG intervention Fund

PA Partners Police, LASG to Curb Extortion Along Port Corridor

Q1 Corporate Earnings: Investors Bargain Hunting Lifts Stock Market by N486bn

SUN

2023: National convention’ll determine PDP candidate Northern stakeholders

Igbo leaders urge South East aspirants to press on with presidential bid

2023: Itll be great injustice if I didnt contest Osinbajo

Under Soludo, masses choicell emerge as party candidates APGA

APC Professional Council kicks off sensitisation campaign for voters registration

Dare vows to complete Obafemi Awolowo Stadium renovation

FG recorded N2.23trn fiscal deficit in Q4 2021

FG to concession 42.74b metric tonnes bitumen Minister

Secret trial: Nnamdi Kanu goes to court, says its unconstitutional, null, void

States IGR shrinking due to insecurity, crude volatility NGF

Wike woos Kaduna PDP delegates, donates N200m to banditry victims

NDLEA nabs businessman over N3bn tramadol linked to DCP Kyaris team

Imo explosion: Death toll rises to 150

Court orders CBN to unfreez lawyers 18 bank accounts

World Malaria Day: Ending malaria in Nigeria is achievable Health commissioner

Illegal oil refining: Bayelsa Govt seeks HOSCONs support against operators

Road to 2023; Igbo leader in Kogi canvasses support for Peter Obi, says he is the best to fix the economy

Secret trial: Nnamdi Kanu goes to court, says its unconstitutional, null, void

2023: Igbo, Southern, Middlebelt leaders back Obi, Kalu, Anyim, others

Presidency: Insecurity wont continue beyond 2023-Saraki promise Nigerians

Tucano jets delay: Military conduct not Kukah to be blamed, NEF tells Presidency

GUARDIAN

Buhari should relinquish power for failing to secure Nigerians,says Oyo Speaker

Ogun Police nab nine members of suspected kidnap syndicate

Kaduna Police nab six over theft of petrol-laden tanker

Oromoni: Court resumes sitting, bars journalists from covering minors’ testimonies

Two suspected killers of businessman nabbed in Niger

DSS operatives beat Fawale to death, witness tells Osun coroner

U.S. pledges $600 million to combat global environmental threats

IMAN accuses foreigners of importing substandard tyres to Nigeria

MTN issues largest commercial paper at $127 billion

Twitter confirms sale to Elon Musk for $44 billion

Why residents can’t vandalise new Lagos blue rail tracks, by Sanwo-Olu

Weapons delay: Blame military, not Kukah, Northern Elders tell Presidency

2023: Again, North’s consensus confusion tasks PDP on fair play

Local production of 42.7 billion MT bitumen deposit begins

NDLEA arrests alleged billionaire drug baron linked to Abba Kyari’s team

Catholic church seeks justice for priest’s incarceration in Ebonyi

Naira appreciates, sells at N417.30 to dollar

Wike donates N200m to Kaduna State IDPs

Police in Anambra rescue ‘kidnapped’ herdsmen

ICC prosecutor to join EU team probing crimes in Ukraine

Edo government to create data base on residents ‘ Obaseki

Police arrest six persons for allegedly stealing tanker load of petrol

VANGUARD

Congratulations but don’t retire, ex-Commonwealth champ, Oboh, advises Fury

Airline partners Wakanow to deliver best-in-class booking to customers

2023: Consider competence above zoning, Enugu Diaspora group urges

African Development Fund: Adesina meets African Union’s Group of 15 Finance Ministers

2023: Let’s respect our zoning arrangements, Osun APC members demand

Anything short of Jonathan’s ticket ‘ll cost APC 2023 presidency ‘ Buhari, Adamu warned

UN offers condolences to Nigeria over explosion at illegal refinery

FG concessions bitumen, appoints PwC Transaction Adviser

MURIC’s opposition to Sanwo Olu’s 2nd term lacks merit

2023: I’m in Governorship race to erect a new Delta ‘ Omo-Agege

2023: Tonye Cole is our consensus governorship aspirant in Rivers ‘ APC

2023: It’s unconstitutional for parties to charge for forms ‘ Rights group

Four times Nigerian minister, Alabo Graham-Douglas, is dead

Lagos 2023: Islamic group says endorsement of Sanwo-Olu for 2nd term unjust, provocative

FG’s deficit spending rises 23% to N7.3 trn

Just In: Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44bn

Resolve Crisis in university system ‘ Catholic Bishop tells FG, ASUU

Catholic church seeks justice for priest’s incarceration in Ebonyi

No missing herdsmen, cows in Ogbaru, says Anambra council boss

Sit-at-home: Confusion as Police, Civil Defence Corps clash in Owerri

EFCC nabs syndicate member who duped First Class Kwara Monarch N33.3m

5 things to know about Mallinson Ukatu, billionaire-linked to Abba Kyari

NDLEA nabs suspected drug baron behind N3billion Tramadol linked to Abba Kyari’s team

Stop politicising herdsmen/host communities conflicts, Miyetti Allah begs Nigerians

Imo Explosion: 11 CSOs accuse FG of failure to address factors behind proliferation of illegal refineries

Goodluck Jonathan posters appear in northern Nigerian states

We will lay to rest 7-count charge against Nnamdi Kanu ‘ Legal Team

LEADERSHIP

NCPC Boss Decries Security Situation In Plateau

Delta Govt, Community Disagree Over Abandoned Road

Southern, Middle-Belt Youths Slam APC, Buhari Over N100m Nomination Fee

US Contributes $768m To Fighting Malaria In Nigeria

NUC Approves 21 Programmes For Kano Varsity

Edo Assembly Aspirants Reject Automatic Ticket For 14 Non-inaugurated Members

2023: Jonathan’s Defection To APC Underway ‘ Supporters

Police Officer Kills 2, Injure Others At Lagos Party

No UTAS, No Lecture, ASUU Insists

Ebonyi Govt, Catholic Diocese Trade Words Over Detained Priest

Dismal Power Supply Persists As AEDC Laments 331.6MW Allocation

2023 PRESIDENCY: Citing Fairness, Southern, Middle-Belt Leaders Make Case For South East

World Richest Man, Elon Musk, Buys Twitter For $44bn

EFCC Arrests Man, 30, For Allegedly Defrauding Kwara Monarch N33.3m

Security Operatives Begin Manhunt For Operators Of Illegal Refineries In Imo

Extortion: Police Dismantle Illegal Checkpoints On Port Access Roads

Nigeria, Others To Experience Wet Season, Flooding In 2022

Ex-Minister, Graham-Douglas, Dies At 82

Hoodlums Kill 2 Party Attendees, Injure Others In Bauchi

TRIBUNE

Why Wike shunned Obaseki during visit to Benin ‘ Edo South senatorial leader

NASU stages walkout on FG, as negotiation to stop strike ends in deadlock

Detention of priest: Ebonyi Government, Catholic Church disagree over alleged executive order

2023: Northern elders endorsement of consensus candidates based on equity, justice ‘ Saraki

Our democracy at risk with executive arbitrariness, dominance of judiciary ‘ NBA

Edo APC assembly aspirants kick against party on automatic tickets for non-inaugurated members

19 northern states, FCT PDP stakeholders reject IBB’s ‘sectional’ consensus

Lack of accountability responsible for insecurity in Nigeria ‘ Saraki

Wike donates N200m to victims of bandits attacks in Kaduna

NATION 

Issues in cross-border trade in West Africa

Stakeholders decry high cost of construction

Religious leaders must rise to rescue Nigeria now

Lagos to meet protesting pilgrims over fare hike

‘How real estate can contribute to economic development’

Alaafin was detribalised, says ALGON President

NURTW crisis: Lagos leaders petition Sanwo-Olu, others

Zoning: PDP must avoid self-immolation

Fed Govt, Huawei partner to curb unemployment

FG targets 21m jobs from infrastructure investment

Kwara students to represent Nigeria at World Schools’ debate

Nigeria importing bitumen despite 42.7bn metric tons reserve — FG

Refinery explosion: Imo residents fear outbreak of epidemic as mass burial fails to hold

Police, Amotekun burst kidnappers’ hideout in Ogun, arrest 9

Nine injured as explosion rocks Jalingo

2023: North yet to pick consensus candidate – Sule Lamido

UPDATED: 109 bodies recovered as fire guts Imo illegal refinery site

Don’t overstep your mandate, Fashola tells FMBN Board

Trust TV unveils de-radicalised Boko Haram fighters

Jonathan keeps supporters guessing on 2023 presidency

AUTHORITY

Learning crisis dampens Nigerias hard-earned school enrollment gains

Adegbite says that cost of road construction would fall with local bitumen production

Constitutional Lawyer Chikaosolu Ojukwu Floors CBN Gov As Court Orders Unfreezing Of 18 Frozen Accounts

Plateau Attacks: 2 killed, as lawmaker, wife, kids, aides escape death by whiskers in Irigwe chiefdom

Plateau CJ commends ICMC, GIZ partnership in enhancing mediation through ADR

2023: Consensus candidacy not solution to Nigerias problems Peter Obi

DAILY INDEPENDENT

IPOB: Again, Imo Observes Monday Sit-At-Home

Okowa Loves Me, Naysayers Spreading False Rumours ‘ Edevbie

High Political Party Nomination Fees As Nod For Looting Treasury

Musk Strikes $44bn Deal To Buy Twitter

FG To Concession 42.74bn Metric Tons Of Bitumen

2023: What Buhari Told Me About Presidency ‘ Osinbajo

Illegal Refineries: Diri’s Deputy Asks HOSTCON To Back Campaign Against Menace

2023: House Of Assembly Aspirants Protest Exclusion From APC’s Primaries In Edo

Two Siblings, Other Children Electrocuted In Ondo

Constitutional Lawyer Floors CBN As Court Orders Unfreezing Of 18 Frozen Accounts

NEW TELEGRAPH

2023: 250 female aspirants obtain PDP forms

2023: It’s disgraceful for Jonathan to contemplate joining race ‘ Adebanjo

Former Minister, Tonye Graham Douglas, dies in Abuja

2023: PANDEF, Afenifere, others agree on S’East Presidency

2023: It will be injustice, betrayal to Nigerians if I refuse to contest ‘ Osinbajo

Nigeria, now the world capital of kidnapping ‘ Saraki

Wike donates N200m to Kaduna IDPs

Macron defeats Le Pen, vows to unite France

Ukraine Conflict: US confirms top officials met Zelensky in Kyiv

NNPC, SNEPCo donate modern ICT centre to petroleum varsity

Nigerian airports record 15m passenger traffic in 2021

BLUEPRINT

Malaria: US pledges support as Nigeria ranks highest globally, loses 200,000 lives, spends N646bn annually to tackle scourge

NEF to Presidency: Leave Kukah out of weapon-delivery delay

Edo: Police detain 4 cops for ‘murder

Breaking: Elon Musk acquires Twitter

AfDB forecasts food, energy price hikes in Nigeria

Nigeria’s fiscal deficit hits N2.23trn in Q4 of 2021 ‘ CBN

Adamawa guber: Bishop rallies support for Ribadu

Dangote Cement to convert, process waste as alternative fuel

WMD: WHO raises alarm over rising cases of malaria in Africa

Taraba 2023: 6 coalition groups endorse Mamman for governor

Oil bunkering explosion: Casualty figure rises to 110 ‘ NEMA

2023: SOKAPU inaugurates political committee, harps on active participation

EFCC nabs syndicate member who duped Kwara monarch of N33.3m

Adegoke: Falana, Osun govt begin prosecution as court adjourns to May 25

Stop indiscriminate dumping of refuse, others, NOA begs Anambra residents

9 kidnappers arrested in Ogun

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