Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Saturday, 21 May 2022

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Russian Bombardment Has Turned Ukraine’s Donbas Into Hell Zelenskyy Says

EU Disburses ‘600 Million In Macro-Financial Assistance To Ukraine

Cuba Hits Back At U.S. As Tensions Rise Over Summit Of Americas

JUST IN: APC Panel Disqualifies Ayade’s Consensus Guber Candidate Bassey Edet Otu

2023: NESG Calls For Transformational Leadership To Build New Nigeria

Ruble Smashes Four-Year High Against US Dollar

BREAKING: Mangled Body At Lagos Airport May Be Stowaway ‘ Source

2023: Southern, M’Belt Leaders Insist Zoning, Rotation Of Presidency Fundamental To Nigeria’s Existence

Chevron’s Host Communities In Bayelsa Spent N98.3m On Projects In 2021 ‘ DRCDA

2023: Best Among You Will Be Next President, Lamido Tells Atiku, Saraki, Anyim

Court Sentences Danish Man To Death For Killing Nigerian Wife, Daughter

FA Issues Warning To Clubs Over Pitch Invasions

PUNCH

Cause of crash that claimed ex-army chief unknown 365 days after

Nigeria one of most dangerous places to live -Ex-lawmaker

Insecurity started from YarAduas era, says ex-AGF Aondoakaa

NASU holds emergency meeting Tuesday, may call off strike

Contract fraud: EFCC frees ex-Speaker Etteh after three-day detention

Deborah: NBA may take over killers prosecution, says president

Electoral Act: Buhari, Osinbajo, govs, others may not vote at APC primaries

APC planning to impose consensus presidential candidate -Adamu Garba

Size of Nigeria armed forces, police inadequate Osinbajo

Lagos recorded 767 Okada accidents in three months Commissioner

Police pledge tight security as NANS vows to disrupt APC, PDP primaries

Fielding northern candidatesll have consequences, Clark, Adebanjo, Obiozor warn APC, PDP

Plateau gov didnt threaten me to drop senatorial ambition Lawmaker

Why I wont support northerner as APC presidential candidate Lalong

PDP will recapture Imo when I become President Tambuwal

PDP gov aspirant seeks state exco dissolution

Coalition begs PDP to pick Obi as candidate

Support groups hold one-million man march for Obi Saturday

Lagos airport runway corpses identity unknown, FAAN begins probe

Nigeria beat Benin Republic to win WAFU B U-20 Championship

My wife, children may never recover from Deborahs murder Father

Erosion has washed our houses away, families scattered, palace under threat Abia community leader

Sound engineers mission was to make peace between his friends and Okada rider, but ended up being killed Friend

WASSCE registration: Police hunt for fleeing principal after aggrieved students vandalise Edo school

Ondo court remands man who stabbed friend to death over woman

Thugs invade Edo Court of Appeal, cart away documents

Court sentences Dane to death for killing wife, daughter

Terrorists, herders kill seven in Zamfara, five in Benue

Bandits free Kano village head, hold lecturer who delivered ransom

Woman storms Cannes festival in underpants, protests Ukraine invasion

Buharis exclusion of South-East fuelling insecurity -Tambuwal

Ex-Rep Bugaje declares for 2023 Presidency, picks PRP form

THISDAY

Nigerians in the Diaspora Set to Storm Lagos for Eko NAFEST…

Nigerians No Longer Happiest People on Earth, Says Kingsley Moghalu

PDP Primaries: Obi Woos Youths, Zonal Party Leaders

2023: I Have Real Time Experience in Resolving Wars, Says Fayemi

Police Parade Six Alleged Killers of Sound Engineer in Lagos

Wike: I’ve Got Capacity to Wrest Power from APC, Transform Nigeria

Tinubu to Kano Delegates: You will Never Regret Supporting Me

Plateau Governor, APC Delegates, Others, Unanimously Adopt Rotimi Amaechi for President

Farah Dagogo Back in Custody, Court Adjourns Till May 25

20-year Life Span Solar Energy System Enters Nigeria

Diversity, Inclusion, Critical for PWDs Contribution to Nigeria’s GDP

FG Urges Traditional, Religious Leaders to Reduce 10.2m Out-of-School Children

Group Wants NYSC Members Deployed Nationwide to Boost Mechanised Agriculture

Tambuwal Knocks ex-President Jonathan’s over Failure to Restructure Nigeria

Obasanjo: Nigeria’s Inability to Contain Insecurity a Choice by Her Leaders

N’Assembly Pressures Buhari to Sign Act that Changes Rules in Middle of Game

FG: $60bn Needed to Aid Access to Reliable Electricity, Clean Cooking Facilities in Eight Years

Deborah: I’m Disappointed That People Still Kill in Name of God, Says Archbishop of Canterbury

Naira Weakens to N600/$ at Parallel Market as Politicians Mop Up Dollars

SUN

Presidential primaries: APC, PDP narrow race to 9

2023: Nigeria needs leader that has audacity to take risks Jack-Rich

Goddy Uwazurike, Ohanaeze lawyer: How FG can eradicate unknown gunmen from South-East

Primaries: Ekweremadu warns PDP of imminent danger

Imo PDP: Court reaffirms order halting conduct of fresh primaries

IPOB threat: APC aborts rally in Abia

2023: ZLP mulls name change, woos youth

NESG berates Nigerias high rate of joblessness, poverty

FAAN launches investigation after corpse found on Lagos airport runway

CBN to phase out N5, N10, N20 currency notes

Minister charges NAICOM to boost insurance sectors contribution to GDP

Lagos: Police arrest six suspects over Lekki killing

Abuja-Kaduna train services: NRC postpones resumption date

Sit-at-home: Your activities inimical to Biafra restoration, BPG tells IPOB

Sokoto: Tambuwal lifts curfew, bans processions

N80bn Fraud: More heads to roll as EFCC closes in on AGFs accomplices

Lagos: Police arrest six suspects over Lekki killing

Five killed as suspected herders again attack Benue community

GUARDIAN

LGCA partners The Morgans Consortium (TMC) to deliver compliance trainings

Northern Elders knock Ohanaeze for seeking Baba-Ahmed’s arrest

Buhari tasks doctors on solutions for Nigeria’s healthcare challenges

Experts push for advancement of gender policies

CSOs warn INEC against altering 2023 polls timetable

Stakeholders advocate more attention, mentorship of boy child

Disregard LAUTECH’s resumption notice, ASUU tells parents, students

Court adjourns Biafra referendum suit to October 20

Ijaw insist on compensation for Nembe oil spill victims

Methodist Prelate seeks promulgation of bill against killing on religious basis

Presidential aspirants intensify lobby for delegates’ votes

Lekki Lynching: Police reveal identity of suspected killers of David Imoh

2023 Polls: NESG proposes six-point agenda for political leadership

2022 Okpekpe race will be the biggest ever ‘ Pamodzi

My presidential ambition is to change the lives of Nigerians – Senate President

Danish man gets death sentence for killing Nigerian wife, child

FG pledges safe hosting of UNESCO Global Conference

VANGUARD

Court sentences Dane to death by hanging for killing his wife, daughter

LASG clarifies clampdown on Okada

Buhari appoints Adeniran as new Statistician-General

Recreate yourselves in younger generation, Attah tasks Vanguard awardees

Justice must be done on Deborah’s killing ‘ UN Dep Secretary-General, Amina Muhammed

2023:Wike, Okowa, Ayade, Udom battle to install successors

2023: Nigeria’s next president must pay attention to restructuring ‘Tambuwal

I’ll secure Nigeria if elected president ‘ Lawan, Senate President

2023: We may reach consensus soon ‘ Osinbajo tells Osun delegates

Again, armed herdsmen kill five in Benue community

Police arrest 6 suspected killers of David Imoh, 7 others in Lagos

2023: Thugs invade Appeal court in Benin, cart away documents

Court remands man for alleged N-POWER stipend fraud

Even hungry dogs’ll reject our meals ‘ Prison inmates

83m poor Nigerians to benefit from new health insurance scheme ‘Buhari

Over 70% of Nigerians with Hypertension unaware ‘ NHF

2023: South-West ‘ll reach consensus soon, Osinbajo tells Osun delegates

Global access to electricity needs $35bn investment ‘ Sylva

FAAN commences investigation into unidentified body discovered on Lagos airport runway

Those who made PDP become opposition party in 2015 shouldn’t be rewarded with presidential ticket ‘ Wike

Biafra exit: ‘We stand by Baba-Ahmed’, Northern Elders reply Ohanaeze

Alleged Fraudulent Allocations of POWA Shops: Force HQ orders investigation

Protesting residents block Abuja-Lokoja expressway over tenure elongation for council chairmen

LEADERSHIP

Alleged Blasphemy: Tension In Bauchi As 2 Sustain Injuries

Bickering Over Zoning Finally Laid To Rest In APC, PDP

States, Communities Brace For Floods After Federal Govt’s Warning

Danish Man Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Killing Wife, Daughter

AMAC Residents Protest Suspension Of Swearing-in Of New Chairmen

Banditry: Unending Plight Of Niger Farmers As Security Agencies Intensify Fight

Alleged Fraud: IGP Orders Probe Into POWA Shop Sales

Military Clears 14 More ISWAP Camps In Borno

BREAKING: Federal Govt Suspends Resumption Of Abuja-Kaduna Train Service

Pandemonium Breaks Out In Kwara As Hoodlum Kills Auto Spare Parts Dealer

JUST-IN: FAAN Confirms Discovery Of Mangled Body On Lagos Airport Runway

I Didn’t Beat Up My Constituent, Says Sen. Nnamani

Gov’ship: APC Delegate Election Did Not Hold In Kaduna ‘ Aspirant

FUTA: ASUU Dissociates Self From Rejection Of New VC

TRIBUNE

NTI advocates for inclusive education in our school curriculum

Expert urges entrepreneurs to embrace digital marketing

2023 presidency: I will run an all-inclusive government, says Amaechi

Public outcry forces NRC to suspend Abuja-Kaduna train resumption indefinitely

Methodist Bishop declares governorship ambition

Kidnappers free abducted village head, hold professor who delivered ransom in Kano

I have mind, courage to defend interest of Ndigbo ‘ Wike

South, Middle Belt leaders to APC, PDP delegates: Vote only Southern presidential aspirants at conventions

Kidnappers free abducted village head, holds professor who delivered ransom in Kano

NATION 

NRC postpones resumption of Abuja -Kaduna train services

APGA reschedules House Representatives primaries

NNPP, party to beat in 2023 says National Chairman

Oil money not paid into FG account since January, says Obi

Labour institute wades into FG, ASUU stand-off

I’m most capable to defend Igbo interest, says Wike

Tambuwal: I’m the most qualified presidential aspirant in terms of legislative,…

2023: Reject Northern presidential candidates – Clark, Ohaneze, others

APC ticket: Lalong, Plateau delegates back Amaechi

Consultations ongoing to produce southwest APC presidential candidate – Osinbajo

APC yet to refund nomination fees of national chairmanship aspirants

Police parade alleged killers of sound engineer, others

Jonathan’s godson Turner bags four-year jail term

HERALD

South Korea to spend $13m on phase 2 of Nigeria’s e-Govt project

Dane, Peter Nielsen, bags death sentence for killing Nigerian wife, child

I was lured into commercial sex work in Libya by businesswoman, witness tells court

2023: I have roadmap to transform Nigeria ‘ Fayemi

2023: I’ll declare National Security Emergency on inauguration day if elected ‘ Hayatu-Deen

Banditry: 360 Kaduna residents lost their lives ‘ Commissioner

COVID-19: Nigeria records 29 additional cases

DAILY TRUST 

Ahead of primaries: What will guide us in presidential candidates selection – APC, PDP delegates

‘How I escaped from the forest’, Corps Member abducted close to army checkpoint speaks

2023 Presidency: I’ll Run An All-Inclusive Government – Amaechi

Negotiations ongoing to release victims of Abuja-Kaduna train attack – Presidency

2023: Bugaje picks PRP presidential ticket, says Nigeria not working

2023: Obi campaign alleges plot to force him out

2023: Group asks INEC to extend deadline for primaries

You can put me there with your votes, Tinubu begs Kano delegates

Police going after foreigners operating okada in Lagos

Terrorists now ‘recruiting massively in Niger, Kaduna’

ASUU strike: Operatives take over Enugu airport to stop NANS’ protest

FAAN, DSS begin probe of mangled body at Lagos airport

We must rebuild Nigerians’ hope, Fayemi tells APC

Northern elders slam Ohanaeze for demanding spokesman’s arrest

Staff sack: Court rejects British Commission’s application to stay judgment’s execution

We’ll use sports to eradicate poverty- minister

53,262 B/Haram terrorists have surrendered so far-DHQ

FG set for fresh personnel audit of basic educational institutions

El-Rufai confirms Ansaru’s presence, to relocate 3 suspicious settlements

S/Court admits Rivers in suit over Electoral Act

4 Kaduna college students kidnapped, N45m ransom demanded

Police discover uniform of slain cop 4 years after, arrest 6

Police rearrest journalist after being freed by court

Okada ban: Lekki residents raise alarm over planned attack

Train attack: Kidnapped victims’ families indict NRC, oppose service resumption

Kidnappers free Kano village head, abduct don delivering ransom

Tinubu receives rousing welcome in Kano, meets delegates

Scores arrested, 200 bikes impounded over attack on Lagos police station

Wike, Fayemi, Tambuwal, 6 other govs squander millions on private jets

AUTHORITY

APC Presidential Primaries: Tinubu Parleys With Kano Delegates

NYCN demands CBN Governors immediate resignation

Niger NUJ admonish politicians not to overheat polity,calls for debate

Planned clean up at Karu wont affect natives houses FCTA

Dear APC Delegates, Please Elect The Aspirant With The Least Baggage As Candidate For President

BUSINESSDAY

Taliban orders female tv presenters to cover their faces

Poland will help Sweden, Finland if attacked before NATO membership ‘ PM

Why Africa must prioritise economic growth over tackling inflation -IMF

Expectations high as MPC decides on rate Monday

Absa lauds SEC on proactive regulation of digital assets

Anambra primaries: Metuh cautions PDP NWC against subverting peoples’ will

Private to public hospitals: How patients cut post-procedure costs

NBA to build 1,000 basketball courts, targets Nigerian talents

Afrobeats tours the world as Nigerian artists grab spotlight

PEOPLESDAILY

INEC registers 126,763 new voters in Adamawa

Soludo presents revised N170b 2021 budget to Anambra lawmakers

2023: Ganduje’s commissioner for finance resigns, joins NNPP

APC primaries: Borno holds delegates congresses; Zulum, INEC attend flag-off

2023: Ex-Rep, 128 others dump APC, PDP, SDP for NNPP in Yobe

I’m running as Nigerian Presidential aspirant not northern aspirant ‘ Lawan

Buhari signs National Health Authority Bill into law

PDP presidential primaries: Sen Nnaemeka petitions CJ

NEW TELEGRAPH

FAAN begins probe into human remains found on Lagos airport runway

Ukraine war: AfDB approves $1.5bn facility to avert food crisis

DSS’ vetting of aspirants not a threat, we’re ready ‘Lawan, Ayade

Don’t vote for aspirants from North, Clark, Adebanjo, Pogu, Ohanaeze tell delegates

A Week to Apc Convention: Buhari to unveil preferred candidate

Supporters ask Tinubu to name Ganduje as running mate

2023: Tambuwal urges Edo PDP delegates to vote him

Controversy over delegates’ lists threatens PDP congresses

NIGERIAN PILOT

Court sentences Dane to death for killing Nigerian wife, child May 20, 2022 by ijeoma.popoola

Abuja High Court vows to nullify Imo PDP primaries if conducted with voided ad hoc delegates list

Protesters barricade FCTA over extention of council chairmen tenure

Dear APC Delegates, Please Elect The Aspirant With The Least Baggage As Candidate For President

NYCN demands CBN Governors immediate resignation

Buhari commissions 23.5bn water project in Bauchi

BLUEPRINT

Mayweather set to face ‘dangerous’ Moore in exhibition bout

Restructuring: Tambuwal should stop pouring salt upon injury

2023: Ooni rejects zoning, breaks silence on support for Tinubu

Nigeria-born medical doctor wins three-minute thesis competition in UK

Parents, experts, CSOs agonise over 10m out-of-school girls in Nigeria

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