Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 6 January 2023

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

THISDAY

Kizz Daniel Breaks Internet with New Hit, Rich Till I Die

NFIU Unveils Fresh Guidelines to Bolster CBN’s Cash Withdrawal Policy

2023 Elections: I’m in Race to End Nigerians’ Suffering, Says Obi

NERC: FG Paid N35.2bn Electricity Subsidy as Discos’ Remittance Slumped by N70bn in Q1,2022

Buhari to Troops Fighting Oil Theft: End Menace Before May 29

NNPC: Report Alleging Undocumented Export of 17.8 Million Barrels of Crude Untrue

Onochie: State of Niger Delta Region Shameful

NMDPRA Seals 14 Fuel Stations for Selling Above Stipulated Price in Kano

Minister Denies Knowledge of Electricity Tariff Increase by NERC

At 13.17%, Prime lending Rate Hits 23-month High

Pela: I’ll Enthrone Fairness, Equity and Justice If Elected

Air Peace Incident: NAHCO Begins Investigation, Suspends Personnel

NMDPRA Seals 14 Fuel Stations for Selling Above Stipulated Price in Kano

TMG Urges Registered Voters to Collect their PVCs

Implement #EndSARS Panel Recommendations, LERSA Tells Sanwo-Olu, IGP

Military to Reintegrate 613 Repentant Terrorists into Society

Doctor’s Murder in Delta: NMA Rejects ‘Hasty Police Report’

Police Rescue 15 Kidnapped Victims from Zamfara Forest

Crisis Rocks NBA as Ex-General Sec Accuses President of Dictatorship

CSOs Knock Katsina Emir for Endorsing APC Guber Candidate

PUNCH

Okorocha debunks dumping APC for PDP

Pele: Genius who built the World Cup

Half of world’s glaciers to vanish by 2100 – Report

AAC will seek referendum for new constitution – Spokesperson

Hoodlums stab driver, conductor, victims blame LASTMA officials

FG gives operators ultimatum to name oil well owners

Two senior lawyers want EFCC scrapped

How Lagos policeman, ‘ministry’ paid N185,000 for newborn, mother demands baby

Lagos-Ibadan highway: Commuters groan as Julius Berger returns

I begged rapist to use condom – Married nurse

28 govs pile up N5.8tn debts for incoming govts

Obasanjo can’t show way forward, Tinubu slams ex-president

NBA suspends ex-secretary over parallel lawyers association

COVID-19 surge: Health workers demand travel restriction

Osun will support military, war veterans – Adeleke

New NDDC board chair promises to reposition commission

INEC begins BVAS testing in Plateau

Varsity students reject fee hike, plan protest

INEC establishes collation centre, moves PVCs to wards

#EndSARS: Lekki residents ask Sanwo-Olu to implement report

Lagos seeks FG support on flood prevention

Most scholarship beneficiaries not from N’Delta – Amnesty office

Fintech firm launches retail banking app

Military will release repentant terrorists to state govts – CDS

Ukraine dismisses Putin’s Christmas ceasefire as ‘hypocrisy’

INEC sets up situation room, collation centre

Group alleges plot to attack CBN headquarters

28 govs pile up N5.8tn debts for incoming govts

Nigerians kick as banks stop naira-denominated cards for foreign transactions

State govts withdraw N701.54bn, NFIU bans cash transactions

Oil workers protest over unpaid salaries

LCCI predicts manufacturing decline, seeks govt intervention

Review anti-business policies, NACCIMA tells FG

Forex crisis, others threaten business growth – NECA

Electricity workers fault N3tn bailout to power companies

Presidential panel on flood control assesses North-East

FG shuts 134 filling stations in Kano

NEMA distributes relief materials to 8,000 Borno households

Discos make N296bn in three months – NERC report

NNPC denies exporting 17.88m barrels oil without documentation

Electricity Tariff hike: Anger spreads, consumers say action illegal

Buhari gives military ultimatum to end oil theft

SSANU begs Akeredolu to pay salary arrears

Customs seize 156 trailers of rice, PMS, others

Stock investors record N429.77bn loss

SUN

Father of 4 dies in police cell in Abia

Save us from killer cultists, Obosi monarch pleads with Soludo, army, police, others

Retired senior military officers to be engaged to enhance security –CDS

FG to transfer 613 rehabilitated repentant terrorists to own states

14 killed in Kano road crash

18 burnt to death in Bauchi road accident

Unpaid salaries: ASUU threatens to disrupt exams, academic activities in LAUTECH

ASUU demands upward review of education tax to 10%

NASENI collaborating with Italy, Jordan, Czech Republic to revolutionise agriculture in Nigeria –EVC

Only countries investing in technology can make it-NASENI EVC

Peter Obi will get substantial votes in South-East –Umahi

Why i rejected Umahi’s award – Bishop Chukwu

NDDC saga: N/Delta youth groups protest massive looting at agency

Ondo declares 24-hour curfew in Ikare-Akoko

Stakeholders urge IPMAN, PTD, NUPENG to prepare for subsidy removal

Russian/Ukraine war compounding terrorism in Lake Chad – Buhari

Buhari orders security agencies to end crude oil theft by May 29

PenCom approves 2,831 applications for annuity retirement in Q3, 2018

FG releases N13.89bn pension for 2022 retirees

EEDC restores supply to Imo secretariat after 7 years

PMS: Customers decry disparities in marketers’, depot owners’ outlet prices

Obi best qualified to lead Nigeria – Afe Babalola

Kano rally proves Tinubu has nothing to offer – Atiku

Executive Order 21: PDP pays N95m  to use govt facilities for campaign

GUARDIAN 

Customs seizes N13.9b smuggled items, arrests 176 suspects

How cost of production, import dependence, undermine national drug security

FG earns N586.7b from crude in 11 months as oil theft eats deeper into public revenue

Flood: Lagos receives presidential technical committee, calls for dredging of major rivers

National

Money for NDDC taken to Dubai, Uk, Abuja, others, Onochie laments

A’Court rejects application to reinstate Al-Mustapha, others as AA candidates

EFCC shouldn’t be in existence, Nigerian Constitution faulty, says Agbakoba

G-5 governors, integrity group seek support for Makinde, PDP’s candidates in Oyo

Deadlocked House begins ninth vote for speaker following another McCarthy loss

Rivers PDP complies with Executive Order 21, pays N95m for campaign grounds

VANGUARD 

Political parties cautioned over disregard for traffic rules, regulation

US funeral home owner, mother jailed for selling body parts

I don’t need endorsement of those who’ve ruined Nigeria – Sowore

PMS: Customers decry disparities in marketers, depot owners’ outlet prices

IPOB factions’ contest for dominance may disrupt 2023 polls in S’East — Group

Illegal investment schemes’ proliferation worries SEC

Fake drugs: NAFDAC spends over $2.4m on procurement of scanning machines in 5 yrs — Adeyeye

Speak out forcefully against instigators of violence, CSOs task religious leaders

Criticism mounts in Russia as Ukrainian strike toll rises

I won’t campaign for Peter Obi, Tinubu, Atiku, others – Ngige

‘Stop disgracing yourselves,’ Kwankwaso knocks Obasanjo, Clark for endorsing Peter Obi

Presidency: I’ve no sympathy for any candidate — Afe Babalola

Why Buhari couldn’t remove fuel subsidy – Femi Adesina

Witness tells court how doctor allegedly raped wife’s niece

Petrol: Tanker drivers threaten strike over harassment by security agents

NAFDAC generates N2.5bn internally during my 1st tenure – Adeyeye

Peter Obi pays N1m medical bill of abandoned patient

SEC records 96% compliance to prudential filing

Man arrested for burning brother to death in A’Ibom

Consumer credit falls 1.3%  to N2.37trn

 

 

TRIBUNE

NFIU bans cash withdrawals from Government Accounts

Ogun murder: Church members recall last moments with slain family

Tears as boundary adjustment reawakens old hostilities between Gombe, Adamawa states

2023: INEC to commence collection of PVCs at registration areas/Wards on Friday

Adeleke launches Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem with N5Million in Osun

Obasanjo’s endorsement of Obi is poison to Nigerians, done out of hatred — Tinubu

ASUU demands increase in education tax to 10%

Police rescue six-month-old baby, 14 others in Zamfara forest

NAHCO suspends officials involved in Air Peace incident

FG bans unhealthy movement of meat from abattoirs, distributes refrigerated vans to states

NATION

Deputy Senate President to bank: don’t give loans to Delta govt

Okowa spent N4.2tr without anything to show, Omo-Agege alleges

INEC gets committees for national situation room, collation centre

NBA suspends NEC member for aligning with parallel union

Tracking the pains, gains of Nigeria’s cashless policy

Lawmaker to support establishment of healthcare centre for Abia community

Presidential poll: G-5 keeps PDP supporters in suspense

Tinubu: I’ll convert Yahoo boys to tech experts

Omo-Agege: our biggest challenge in passing local govt autonomy

Buhari orders security agencies to end crude oil theft

EFCC can’t interfere in state govt’s affairs, says  Agbakoba

World leaders bid farewell as Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is entombed

NFIU to enforce ban on cash withdrawals from public accounts March 1

Africa’s Monkeypox cases mostly in Nigeria, says WHO

NDDC brought shame to Nigeria, says Onochie

G-5 governors silent on choice presidential candidate

I’ve not joined PDP, says Okorocha

AAC expels governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom

NSCDC to applicants: no plan for aptitude test on Jan 8

Court rejects bid to restore Al-Mustpha as AA presdential candidate

Why N7b amnesty scholarship scheme was suspended, by PAP Administrator

Buhari to security agencies: end crude oil theft by May 29

ASUU seeks education tax increase by 10%

EFCC can’t legally exist alongside police, Agbakoba insists

Order 21: PDP pays N95m for campaign in Rivers

Bus, trailer collision leaves 18 burnt to death in Bauchi

DAILY TRUST

FG bans withdrawal from Govt accounts from March 1

ASUU president: Military govt more sympathetic to plight of lecturers

Commuters groan over gridlock as construction resumes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Gov. Akeredolu imposes 24-hour curfew in Ondo community

Man ‘kills’ lover, sells heart, legs for N80,000 in Ogun

Olisa Agbakoba: Why EFCC shouldn’t be in existence

Military board begins payment of allowance to pensioners, next-of-kins

Flights disrupted as handling equipment rams into Air Peace’s aircraft

China’s COVID-19 surge: IATA warns against ‘knee-jerk’ travel restrictions

Nigeria rebounds as OPEC oil production rises 120,000 bpd in Dec

INEC warns against manipulation of BVAS

Campaigns: Rivers PDP pays N95m for use of state facilities

APC govs not in secret deal with Atiku – Nasarawa gov

Tinubu: Obasanjo’s endorsement of Obi poison for Nigeria

G-5 govs in Oyo for Makinde’s re-election campaign flag-off

INEC devolves PVCs collection to wards, registration areas

Elections: Ensure your registration is updated on INEC’s portal, Yiaga Africa tasks voters

Politicians behind insecurity in Imo – Uzodimma:

NEW TELEGRAPH

G-5 Govs fail to declare stance on Atiku presidency in Oyo

Cryptocurrency: ‘Nigeria’s regulatory role to surge in 2023

2023: Candidates ought to be worried about Nigeria’s debt profile –Afe Babalola

11 Northern APC govs not meeting Atiku –Sule

Increase education tax to 10%, ASUU tells FG

NFIU stops cash withdrawals from govt accounts

Crude Oil: NNPCL faults report on 17.87m barrels export

2023: Yakubu heads Presidential Result Collation C’ttee

NAHCO begins investigation into Air Peace incident, suspends officers

BLUEPRINT

2015 to 2022: NFIU reveals how much FG, States, LGs withdrew from public accounts

You’re unfit to recommend president for Nigeria, Tinubu fires Obasanjo

EFCC shouldn’t be in existence – Agbakoba

NANS threatens nationwide protest over increase in varsity fees

18 passengers perish in Bauchi road accident

LG Autonomy Bills biggest challenge to Constitution amendment – Omo-Agege

Akeredolu imposes 24-hr curfew on Ondo community

EEDC to provide prepaid metres in 48 hours to customers in Anambra

Motorists condemn hike as implementation of new vehicle insurance premium kicks off

NFF drops warning for match Commissioners, referees

INEC kicks off PVCs collection in wards

2023 presidential election: INEC names national situation room, collation centre

APC chair denies instigating crisis in Ebonyi community

Ayo Olukotun’s intellectual prowess contributed to nation-building   –  Gbajabiamila

Customs FOU seizes 156 trailer loads of rice, N13.9bn from smuggled goods

War: Putin orders cease fire in Ukraine

Stamp out oil theft by May 29, Buhari orders security agencies

Bears return as equity market sheds N430bn

FG projects 3.75% GDP, 17.16% inflation rate in 2023 budget

MTN, Airtel, others to benefit from Starlink’s subscription bottlenecks

 

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