Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

BUSINESSDAY

Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union’s last leader dies at 91

20 die in fresh Iraq clashes as US officials leave Baghdad embassy via rooftop

Pakistan: Flood leaves 1000 dead and nearly 1m homeless

To curb oil theft, NNPC adopts Saudi Aramco’s model

FG shifts to cautious mode on 2023 oil projections

NNPC to outsource refinery management after repairs

Nigerians want politicians to shun deceit ahead of campaigns

Explainer: How CBN violates own law to finance FG

PUNCH

6,068 Nigerian doctors move to UK under Buhari

Indefinite strike: FG summons varsity councils, vice-chancellors as parents grumble

Lagos govt replies Falana, says parking fees constitutional

Nigerians will appreciate my govt soon, says Buhari

Lawyer seeks PDPs re-registration over N260m debt

Zamfara orders 7,000 guns for community guards

NCC fixes $0.10 for international calls termination

Group knocks Nigerian politicians over UK meeting

Ensure PDP wins in Kaduna, Wike tells Makarfi

FG projects N120tn as three-year consumption expenditure

A’Court nullifies N20bn damages, Igboho heads to SCourt

Wheat imports gulped $6bn in five years FG

Tinubu seeks Jonathans support, APC denies rift

Defections raise Kanos stake, presidential heavyweights battle for massive votes

Kukah warns against using religion for politics

How manufacturers shortchange Nigerian consumers

Trainer wants Joshua to train in US before fights

Fake Lagos driver robs passengers of N1.2m valuables

Man kills friend, buries corpse in Kogi apartment

Hoodlums invade Lagos communities, rob residents, victims lament

NSCDC nabs vandals for stealing rail tracks

Army kills terrorist, arrests three suspects in Kaduna

US reports first death linked to monkeypox

Undergraduate lovers die in Kwara hostel, corpses found naked

Dangote refinery gets 300,000 barrels/day from NNPC

Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: FG, states response disgraceful

N46bn debt: NCAA threatens to withdraw airlines licences

Manufacturers woes continue as industry shrinks by 33%

South African actress Charlbi Dean dies aged 32

Imo FRSC arrests 35 motorists for bribing officers

Dont manipulate politics with religion, Kukah warns politicians

THISDAY

In Major Crowdfunding, Nigerians in Diaspora Move to Raise $150m, N100bn for Obi’s Campaign

Kyari: Nigeria Will Stop Importing Petroleum Products By Mid-2023

Atiku: I’ll Consider National Unity Govt If Elected, to Douse Tension, Unite Nigerians

FG Inaugurates Gas Infrastructure Fund, Says $200bn Needed to Bridge Deficit

Osinbajo to APC Govs: We Need to Act Fast on Economy, ASUU Strike

FG Declares War on Pipeline Vandals, Oil Thieves

ICRC Explains Role in FG, Boko Haram Negotiations for Chibok Girls’ Release

Fidelity Bank Gets CBN’s Approval to Acquire Union Bank UK

FG Launches Presidential Delivery Tracker to Monitor Ministries’ Performances

Domestic Airlines Owe NCAA N22.7bn Ticket, Cargo Service Charges

SMEDAN Grants Licences to 150 Business Devt Service Providers

WHO Monitors Clinical Trials on COVID-19 Herbal Remedies in Nigeria, Seven Others

Buhari: I’ll Not Allow Any Politician Intimidate Nigerians With Personal Resources in 2023

Alleged Organ Harvesting: Ukpo Asks Court to Reverse Order Releasing Bio-data to Ekweremadu, London Court

Okowa Lauds FG over Oil Facilities’ Surveillance Contract

ASUU Strike: FG Summons Vice Chancellors, Pro-Chancellors

APC: No Rift Between Tinubu, Adamu over Campaign Council

Appeal Court Nullifies Igboho’s N20b Damages against FG, DSS

Steer Clear of National Secretariat, Nasarawa Civil Servants Tell Expelled President

Stakeholders Highlight Gaps Hindering Growth in Nigeria’s Civil Engineering Industry

Osinbajo to APC Govs: We Need to Act Fast on Economy, ASUU Strike

Again, Court Refuses to Admit DCP Kyari, Others to Bail in Alleged Hard-drugs Deal Charge

Edo Community Protests Alleged Detention of Village Head, Chief Priest

SUN

Wike taunts Markafi, vows to bring down APC structures in Rivers

2023: Frustrated youths using Obi as symbol Makarfi

APC govs offer to take over negotiation with ASUU

Presidential campaign council: APC NWC, govs meet to finalise list

Kwankwaso urges Gombe youths to vote NNPP guber candidate

Agusto&Coforecasts 16.5% loan growth in banking industry in 2022

CBN gives Fidelity Bank nod to acquire Union Bank UK

OPS proffers ways out of economy crisis, oil theft

Nigeria to end fuel imports June 2023 Kyari

Electricity pensioners beg FG to pay outstanding N34.9bn benefits

Add value to local resources to avoid global shocks, Abdul Samad Rabiu urges businesses

2023: We wont succumb to moneybags intimidation Buhari

Again, court refuses Kyaris bail application

South East: 119 civilians, security personnel killed in 3 months Report

Kidney donor asks court to set aside order allowing Ekweremadu access to his biodata

FG must rescue the public universities

Makurdi Under Flood Threat Benue govt.

Projects: FG launches delivery tracker, central coordinating unit website

Oil theft: Security operatives set two trucks laden with suspected crude ablaze in Delta

Many feared trapped as building collapses in Kano

Three rescued from collapsed building in Kano

Road to 2023: Im on mission to collapse APC structure in Rivers Wike

NNPP youths kick against governorship candidature of Senator Hunkuyi

COAS says training improtant in fight against terrorism, insurgency

Reps pick hole in energy commissions 2021 expenditure

Igboho: Appeal Court nullifies N20bn cost awarded against DSS

EU to tighten visa rules for Russians but split on travel ban

Zelenskiy tells Russians to run for their lives from Ukraine offensive in south

FG validates natl wheat policy document

GUARDIAN

2023 poll: APC dispel rumour of cold war between Tinubu, Adamu over campaigns

We didn’t receive report of alleged attack on Fayose’s brother, abduction of travellers, say Osun police

Kogi police nabman for killing, burying friend in his house

Zamfara CP rescues abducted five-month-old baby girl, 11 others

Police arraign five men for alleged conspiracy, breach of peace

Madagascar police confirm killing 19 civilians after albino kidnap

Fidelity Bank to acquire Union Bank UK in an expansion drive

NCC pegs new international termination rate at 10 cents/min

Local airlines’ debt burden hits N45.29 billion

NACC urges government to address ease of doing business, insecurity concerns

Governments, firms may suffer $30b ransomware exposures by next year

After N14.6b, Nigeria Air misses fifth take-off amid investors’ apathy

In 2023, I won’t interfere, condone intimidation, Buhari tells APC governos

South Africa’s Ramaphosa ‘ready’ to explain farm theft after probes end

Six rescued, others trapped as three-storey building collapse in Kano

Flutterwave has broken barriers to sales, business growth for SMEs, says CRO

Wike slams critics in PDP, boasts of ‘bringing down APC structures

ICRC denies involvement in negotiation with Boko Haram for Chibok girls release

SDP presidential candidate alleges oil wealth stolen daily by corrupt government officials

VANGUARD

They call ‘my children N-word’, Meghan Markle bashes British media

Court orders fresh PDP primaries for Hawul/Askira- Uba Federal Constituency in Borno

ASUU: Govt to reopen varsities, calls meeting of pro-chancellors, VCs

FG engaging foreign countries to deal decisively with insecurity ‘Lai Mohammed

Police rescue 12 kidnapped victims in Zamfara

Alleged rapist in Rivers PDP frolicking with Atiku ‘ Wike

Last of the strong ones: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

NSCDC nab 2 suspected railway vandals, 3 others in Kwara

Buhari pledges to support over 500,000 flood victims

Birth Registration: Lagos leads with 94%, FCT follows ‘ Report

I never used ‘quacks’ for state universities, says ASUU President

Just In: 58 Political Parties set to endorse presidential candidate for 2023

Disquiet in PDP over Wike’s ‘preferred candidate’ remarks

2023: Leave me alone, ensure PDP wins Kaduna ‘ Wike tells Makarfi

Buhari, APC govs meet in Aso Rock

NASS to encourage private enterprises through enabling laws ‘ Omo-Agege

ADC Kano chapter distances self from plot to destabilize party

Wizkid ‘Made in Lagos’ makes African history with US Gold certification

Man kills friend for buying car, buries body in his Kogi house

Immunisation: 64% of Nigerian children risk childhood killer diseases ‘ Survey

Monkey pox: People with unexplained rashes should visit medical centres immediately

Many trapped, 3 rescued as three-storey building collapses in Kano

23 airlines’ debt to NCAA, FAAN, NAMA hits N46bn

Singapore introduces new work visa rules to attract foreign talents

Police arrest two vigilantes, one other over alleged rape in Bauchi

How Ikpeazu’s wife rescued widow tortured by youths over alleged witchcraft

Pardoning bandits akin to ‘robbing Peter to favour Paul’ ‘ Northwest residents

2023: We need to bake bigger cakes, not bigger debts ‘ Atiku

$23million Abacha loot should address our demands ‘ ASUU President

Gas cylinder explosion destroys multi-million naira goods in Calabar market

PDP’s NWC member endorses Peter Obi

Nigerians will appreciate APC govt in six months ‘ Buhari

Congestion, dredging, infrastructural deficiency as hindrances to port investments

Igboho: Appeal Court nullifies N20bn cost awarded against DSS

LEADERSHIP

Tinubu Visits Jonathan, Seeks Ex-President’s Support For 2023

JUST-IN: Ex-Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev, Dies At 91

Katsina Govt Donates 9 APCs To Aid Fight Against Banditry

BFidelity Acquisition: Union Bank UK Not Part Of Titan Trust’s Deal With Union Bank Nigeria

I Saw A Rivers ‘Rapist’ At Shekarau’s Reception In Kano ‘ Wike

JUST-IN: Many Trapped As Multi-storey Building Collapses In Kano Market

APC Govs Appeal To ASUU To Suspend Strike

NDDC: Elders’ Forum Urges Buhari To Halt ‘Ongoing Illegality’, Inaugurate Board

Japan, AfDB Pledge $5bn To Support Indebted African Countries

Marketers Seek End To Petrol Subsidy, Laments Slow PIA Implementation

BoI Targets Climate-friendly Investments In Nigeria With ‘100m

NEPC Canvases Effective Packaging Of Palm Oil, Seafoods For Int’l Markets

TRIBUNE

Why Nigeria must embrace biofuel as energy source ‘ Don

Buhari congratulates Bishop Kukah at 70

10 simple ways to make your partner feel loved

Six common causes of conflicts in relationships and how they can be avoided

Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

Monkeypox outbreak can be eliminated in Europe, WHO says

Musk sends fresh letter to scrap Twitter deal after whistleblower claims

Commercial banks woo moneybags with high deposit rates

Profit taking on MTN Nigeria stocks dips market further by 0.1 per cent

Fidelity Bank Plc set to acquire 100% equity in Union Bank UK

FG urged to rev up commitment to agriculture

I’ll consider government of national unity if elected ‘ Atiku

Executive order 001: NCDMB emerges first as PEBEC releases compliance report

Ebonyi govt, councillors disagree over court ruling on tenure elongation

Floods have killed 115 Nigerians in eight months ‘ Presidency

Police arrest, release two journalists over demolition of campaign office of Gombe PDP guber candidate

We’ve done enough for universities, ASUU ‘ FG

Education is our number one priority in Lagos State ‘ Sanwo-Olu

Only 57 percent of Nigerian children are registered at birth ‘ Reports

NATION 

Forces trying to destroy PDP, Ayu alleges

UPDATED: Appeal Court sets aside N20b damages awarded Igboho

Six rescued as three-storey building collapses in Kano market

N20bn damages: I won’t relent in getting justice – Igboho

Why FG awarded pipeline surveillance contract to Tompolo – Kyari

FG launches public projects’ tracking websites

We need to act fast on economy, ASUU strike — Osinbajo

VCs, Pro-Chancellors to meet Minister over ASUU strike

Anger in Reps as Accountant General, MDAs disagree on revenue remittances

Nigeria has 25,000 of Africa’s 65,000 missing people -ICRC

UPDATED: Court rejects bail request by Abba Kyari, others

LASU wins $5,000 millennium oceans prize

Nigeria will stop petrol import from mid-2023 – Kyari

One injured as Fayose’s brother escapes kidnap attempt

HERALD

Former leader of the soviet union, Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

Nigeria’s economy in deeper trouble than APC govt is willing to admit’ ‘ Atiku

Dokpesi blames Jonathan for crisis rocking PDP

2023: We won’t allow anyone use personal resources to intimidate Nigerians ‘ Buhari

We must act fast on ASUU strike ‘ Osinbajo tells visiting APC governors

Stolen crude oil products now hidden in churches, mosques ‘ NNPC GMD

JUST IN: Buhari, APC governors meet in Aso Rock (VIDEO)

Insecurity: Over 25,000 Nigerians are missing in North-East ‘ Red Cross

ASUU strike meant to ‘save public universities’ ‘ President

DAILY TRUST

London parleys: Diplomats, others lash at Wike, Tinubu, Atiku, others

Flood destroys bridge, farms in Yobe

2023: I won’t allow influential politicians to intimidate Nigerians – Buhari

Fuel subsidy: Reps summon CBN Gov, IGP, DSS

Nigeria must identify viable economic sectors to attract FDIs – Experts

Buhari’s nephew has agreed to return to APC – Kashim Shettima

NNPC defends Tompolo’s contract, indicts churches, mosques in oil theft

We need to act fast on Economy, ASUU strike, Osinbajo tells APC govs

Buhari hosts APC governors at Aso Rock

Insecurity: It’s tragic 25,000 children, adults are missing in Nigeria – FG

NCAA threatens to ground airlines over N19bn, $7.6m debts

We are disappointed in Buhari’s ministers for telling lies – ASUU

’21 of 23 LGs in Benue overrun by crisis’

Tinubu, Shettima, APC Governors storm Jonathan’s residence

Atiku: Our economy in deeper trouble than APC willing to admit

Many trapped as Building collapses in Kano market

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Dangote Wants To Save Forex Through 40% Sugar Import Substitution

NSCDC Arrests Railway Line Vandals, Others In Kwara

BREAKING: Ex-Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Passes On At 91

FG Behind Oil Theft In Nigeria, Says Adebayo, SDP Presidential Candidate

Okowa Lauds FG Over Oil Facilities Surveillance Contract

How Armed Bandits Are Frustrating Dispensation Of Justice In Niger State

Banditry: Masari Commissions 10 Armoured Personnel Carriers For Security Agents In Katsina

2023: I Wont Support Anyone Planning To Rig Elections, Buhari Tells APC Governors

Obaseki Replaces Oboh With Olukoga As Edo Security Network Director Of Operation

Bayelsa Urges Women To Remain Steadfast In Nation Building

80% Of Africa Population Relies On Traditional Medicine For Basic Health Needs -WHO

Lagos’ll Continue To Prioritize Education With Increased Budget For Sector ‘ Sanwo-Olu

Scores Feared Dead As Two Story Building Collapses In Kano

NEW TELEGRAPH

Mimiko, Olafeso may emerge as Ayu’s possible replacement

Int’l Day of The Disappeared: 14, 000 Children still missing in Nigeria ‘ ICRC

FG’s absence at Madiebo’s funeral shows the war is not over ‘ Ohanaeze

Nigeria’ll stop importing petroleum products by mid-2023 ‘Kyari

AfDB’s portfolios in Nigeria gross $4.5bn in 53 operations

Osinbajo to Govs: Let’s act fast on economy, ASUU strike

Buhari: I won’t allow politicians intimidate Nigerians with personal resources

FG fears airlines’ imminent collapse over N19bn debts

Alleged Organ Harvest: Ukpo asks court to stop bio-data release to Ekweremadu, London court

CBN: Intensifying Nigeria’s economic diversification agenda

Council seeks tech use in port terminal operations

Ibru: Nobody invests in an economy that lacks rule of law

AfDB, Japan seal $5bn pact to support Africa’s private sector

Fidelity Bank announces plan to acquire Union Bank UK

Electoral Offences Commission: Stakeholders rally behind INEC

2023: Why CNPP wants APC members dropped from INEC

It’s wrong to accuse Fayose of working against PDP ‘Ogunleye

Why Nigeria’s rich and famous should support Obi

2023: Lagos APC, PDP bicker over new parking law

BLUEPRINT

Buhari to APC governor, Nigerians:I won’t interfere in 2023 elections, will replicate Ekiti, Osun, Anambra polls

Nigeria, Korea to strengthen ties, address energy challenges

Nigeria’s economy: Four priority areas for the next president

Suffering under the weight of brain drain

At last, FG reveals when Nigeria will stop importing fuel

Katsina confirms 4 cases of Monkeypox

Kwara flags off N160m COVID-19 recovery grants for MSMEs

Insecurity: NILDS tasks African parliaments on relevant laws

IBBU ‘ ASUU, varsity management differ on resumption plan

Nigeria will stop importing fuel June 2023 ‘Mele Kyari

Tinubu, Jonathan meet over 2023 presidential election

Buhari salutes Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah at 70

FG assures proactive efforts on safer, healthier workplace

Union wants police to investigate invasion of headquarters by hoodlums

Electricity sector pensioners demand N34.9bn arrears

SSASCGOC gives 14-day ultimatum to communication minister

2023: Sheriff no match to Omo-Agege ‘Delta APC boasts

Kogi: Police arrest man for killing, burying friend in own house

Ajaokuta APC Reps candidate hailed on humanitarian services

FG renovated over 4,000 primary healthcare centres in 4 years ‘ NPHCA boss

Councillors, Ebonyi govt lock horns over nullification of LG tenure

 

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