Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

PUNCH

Burna Boy postpones South Africa show, says production team yet to be paid

Youths protesting over Mohbad’s sudden death

Tinubu’s victory: Atiku, Obi file 86-ground appeals at S’CourtNews

Youths protest Mohbad’s death, demand justiceMetro Plus

Govt plans renovation as miscreants vandalise Lagos pedestrian bridgesMetro Plus

Power-drunk Lagos policemen invade Lekki shop, arrest attendant, plot chargesMetro Plus

Foreign airlines’ trapped funds hit $783m — IATA

Akeredolu’s cabinet faces loyalty test

Tension rises as eight soldiers, cops feared killed in Imo

Niger crisis will put pressure on Nigeria food market — W’Bank

Obasanjo blames bad governance for military coups in Africa

Rape: NAPTIP lauds judiciary as pharmacist bags life sentence

Dangote refinery imports crude as NNPCL swaps oil for loans

Two more doctors nabbed in Plateau over organ harvesting

Govt plans renovation as miscreants vandalise Lagos pedestrian bridges t

Slain Rivers DPO: Four killed, prime suspect flees cell, prison, jailed

Islamic teacher jailed 21 years for sexually assaulting pupil The accident scene

Investors gain N264bn as NGX sustains bullish run

Nationwide blackout as power grid collapses

I’m positioned to solve Nigeria’s oil and gas challenges, says Tinubu Banky W

Letter approving Shaibu’s office relocation surfaces

Bayelsa PDP youth leader, Diri’s top aides join APC Ade Adetimehin

Akpabio planted impeachment story to pit Tinubu against Northerners, Senator alleges

Bawa’s detention: EFCC’s battle to sustain anti-corruption war

FG seeks to block wastage in North-East

President Tinubu to declare war on drug trafficking Tuesday

Mohbad: Ned Nwoko to propose bill for mandatory autopsy before burial

Deploy technology to fight insecurity

Kano constitutes 80% of diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria UNICEF

AAU to consider resumption of academic activities

Ganduje visits, commends Akeredolu for providing good governance

Nigerian Chioma Nnadi to become head of British Vogue

Burna Boy postpones South Africa show, says production team yet to be paid

THISDAY

NNPC Spokesman, Ex-PPPRA CEO, MDs Of WRPC, Shipping Line, Others Impacted In Latest Top Management Reshuffle

Sagamu Clash: We’ll Enact Law Prescribing Death Penalty On Cultists, Abiodun Warns

Tinubu Backs AU’s Move To Secure Stability, Prosperity For Africa

Oyebanji Urges Police To Unravel Mysteries Surrounding Mohbad’s Death

Rising Coups In Africa Show Youths Looking For Liberators, Says Obasanjo

Nigerian Military Has Restore Peace In Benue, Says Alia

Obi, Abure, Eradiri Lament Poverty, Underdevt In Bayelsa

OPM Founder Gifts House, Car To Widow In Rivers

Citing 51 Grounds, Obi, LP Urge S’Court To Set Aside Tribunal Judgment On Tinubu’s Election

Stock Market Maintains Positive Trend, Gains N264bn

Interswitch: Banks Lost N12.2bn To Electronic Fraud In 6 Months

Kwara Revenue Agency Generated Over N35bn In 2022

IATA Welcomes Nigeria’s Commitment To Improving Facilities At Lagos Airport

Breaking: Atiku Gives S’Court 35 Grounds For Nullification Of Tribunal’s Judgment Affirming Tinubu’s Election

Tension In Imo As Gunmen Kill Soldiers, Policemen

SUN

More lawmakers, CSOs unite against Akpabio

PEPT Judgement gives NASS fresh tasks on Electoral Act 2022

PEPC: Atiku, Obi appeal judgment affirming Tinubus election

Anxiety in Kano as tribunal sets today for judgement on guber polls

Obi, LP land at Supreme Court, list 51 grounds against Judgment of Justice Tsammanis PEPC

APC North West National Vice Chairman vows to retain partys status

AIU files appeal against Disciplinary Tribunal decision on Amusan

Nigeria has no reason to import petrol Oborevwori

PFN Deputy President Archbishop JohnPraise dedicates new Defence Headquarters chapel

Shauibu: CHRICED cautions govs against humiliating their deputies

Nasarawa: Gov. Sule dissolves Nasarawa United Board, appoints Prof. Othman Ibrahim Ahmed as Chairman

Presidential polls: Atiku, PDP file 35 grounds of appeal against Tinubu at Supreme Court

More lawmakers, CSOs unite against Akpabio

Nov 11 poll: Defend democracy, Diri tells PDP members

Heads of anti-narcotic bodies converge on Abuja as NDLEA hosts HONLAF meeting

Provide financial incentives to doctors to tackle japa syndrome, says medical college boss

Don donates 12 mini laptops to Oriwu Model School to boost learning

Don urges criminalisation of child abuse, increase health sector budget

GUARDIAN

Angry Oyo APC members pelt Ganduje, entourage with sachet water

Ondo APC suspends ward chairman for allegedly assaulting commissioner

After intrigues, inauguration, stakeholders list expectations Of new Lagos Cabinet

Family demands incident report, repatriation of passenger that died aboard EgyptAir

Again: Gunmen strike in Imo, kill security officers, burn vehicles

Witness recounts how sales girl abducted a minor

Delta celebrates Ofili, others as 2023 National Youth Games begin

Zelensky tells world it has stake against Russia ‘genocide

Rihanna Shares Family Photos With Newborn Son Riot Rose

Newcastle hold AC Milan on Champions League return

Again, Kogi wins fiscal transparency, accountability award

Kogi 2023: Bello inaugurates Campaign Council, urges members to focus on issues, achievements

Former Tinubu’s campaign spokesman Josef Ono spotted in Paris palatial home

Lead by example to curb insecurity, COAS charges army mid-level commanders

ExxonMobil pledges 40,000bpd as Tinubu woos energy investors in United States

World Bank, IMF meetings to proceed in Morocco despite quake

US reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in court to appeal Russia detention: AFP

Ondo traditional ruler begs Akeredolu, others over road collapse

France seeks UN meeting, US plans talks on Karabakh fighting

VANGUARD

Naira Marley followers reduces to 6.9m one week after Mohbad’s death

Oshodi-Apapa expressway: How extortion at 58 points causes gridlock

Visa: Travel agent in court for allegedly duping woman N2.9m

Court sentences public officer to life imprisonment for rape

Rivers Police move to recover remains of slain DPO, kill 4 cultists

Boy with missing intestine dies at LASUTH

Presidential poll: Abuja can’t be 37th state, Atiku, Obi tell Supreme Court

The ugly side of govt revenue collectors in S-East

Labourer steals handbag from accident scene

Patani/Bomadi Fed. Constituency: Mutu floors NNPP’s Eselemo in Court

Tinubu, Elumelu, UNDP, call for investment in African youths

Diphtheria outbreak: 520 Kano died of disease ‘ DG

Just in: Again, electricity supply crashes by 97.1% to 88MW as grid collapses

Tears as popular music producer dies at 57 in Lagos

ICPC engages stakeholders in South South on positive behaviour

Alleged threat to life: Adedayo is a serial liar, says Ogun govt

Labour Party condemns killing of 8 soldiers in Imo

Mohbad: Naira Marley fingered in ex-Marlian DJ Splash’s plight

LEADERSHIP

Mohbad’s Management Holds Candlelight For Late Singer Thursday

Media Practitioners Gather As Youngest Presidential Candidate, Prof Imumolen, Clocks 40

UCL: Felix Scores Twice As Barcelona Thrash Royal Antwerp 5-0

Sodomy: Ex-National Hospital’s Chief Pharmacist Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

JUST-IN: Lagos Boy With Missing Intestine, Adebola Akin-Bright, Dies

JUST-IN: Tribunal Nullifies Gombe Speaker’s Election, Orders Rerun In 30 Days

FCTA Warns Christian Pilgrims Against Abscondment In Israel

DJ Splash Reveals Shocking Details About Marlian Records

UNGA 78: United States, Nigeria Hold Executive Business Dialogue

JUST-IN: Lagos Govt Delegation Visits Mohbad’s Family

Police Kill 4, Arrest 3 In Effort To Recover Slain Rivers DPO’s Corpse

First Lady Tinubu Advocates Stronger TB, HIV/AIDS Awareness For Children

NAF Expecting 51 New Aircraft As Minister Lauds Joint Operations

MohBad: Youths Stage Peaceful Protest In Ogun, Want Police To Probe Naira Marley, Others

Nigeria Has Resources, Leadership, Now Ready For Business, Tinubu Tells Global Energy Industry

TRIBUNE

Mohbad’s death: Naira Marley loses over 500k followers on IG

FG recovers N57bn debt owed 10 MDAs via Project Lighthouse

Nigeria’s indebtedness to foreign airlines rises to $783 million

Servicing debt with 96% revenue generated must end now ‘ FIRS boss, Adedeji

Minister Jisalo visits National Lottery Commission, seeks team work

Court remands online publisher, National Theatre, National Troupe officials for libel

Companies to exit Nigeria in droves over NASS threats ‘ NECA

Again, national grid collapses five days after restoration

Out-of-school children: Nigeria needs additional 20,000 schools, 907,769 classrooms ‘ UBEC

Speaker tasks NASS Service Commission on seamless appointment of CNA, others

UNGA: Gombe Gov seeks UNICEF support to address out-of-school children menace

FCTA vows to arrest those violating Abuja masterplan

Huge potentials of Africa’s youth population largely untapped, NAS decries

Ondo women politicians protest alleged marginalisation

Niger govt awards contracts for purchase of 200 CNG buses

Ondo youths protest Mohbad’s death, demand justice

Most Nigerian politicians are destiny destroyers, not helpers ‘ Fape

Kano constitutes 80 per cent of Diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria ‘ UNICEF

UNGA: Edu secures UN support for humanitarian, poverty alleviation trust fund

Alleged impeachment plot: CSO cautions Akpabio against scapegoating

NATION

VIDEO: Youths hold candlelight procession for late MohBad in Alapere, Lagos

PHOTOS: President Tinubu joins world leaders at #UNGA78 opening

’10 MDAs, companies, individuals owe FG N5.2tr’

Impeached Ogun council boss lied against me – Abiodun

Biden rejects coups in Africa backs AU ECOWAS

TUC demands quick action on post subsidy removal palliatives for workers

BREAKING: Obi, LP head to Supreme Court, file 51 grounds against PEPC’s judgement

Oborevwori urges FG to revitalise nation’s refineries

Mohbad: I’ll introduce bill for mandatory autopsy before burial – Ned Nwoko

Boy’s missing intestine: We have made shocking discovery, says Lagos Assembly

Tax Reforms: FIRS will achieve 18% tax-to-GDP ratio in three years, says Zacch Adedeji

Senate not ready for social media regulation, says Akpabio

Tinubu seeks local solutions to economic growth, unemployment

PSC won’t abandon injured mobile police officer, says Arase

Bayelsa guber: Peter Obi, Abure berate PDP govt, drum support for LP’s candidate

‘Olubadan is a good manager of diverse ethnic groups in Ibadan’ – Ganduje

Edo Govt House saga: Obaseki, allies must be disciplined, truthful, says Shaibu

Ondo monarch laments as rain washes off road linking community to Ogun

Tinubu reassures ExxonMobil: Nigeria is now fully prepared for business opportunities

Police arrest man who disguised to rape neighbour’s wife

Lagos hits N400b IGR in six months

JUST IN: Gunmen set two patrol vehicles ablaze, kill security operatives in Imo

VIDEO: Lagos Deputy Gov Hamzat visits MohBad’s mother

Why MohBad was hastily buried, by dad

HERALD

155 stranded Nigerian irregular migrants rescued from Libya

Mohbad’s death: Falana demands coroner’s inquest

Tinubu hosts ExxonMobil in America, says Nigeria ready for big business

AIU Drags Tobi Amusan To CAS Over Not Guilty Verdict

Champions League: Bayern Vs Man Utd, Other Big Games To Watchout For This Week

It’s a very comfortable lifestyle and a happy one’ ‘ Regina Daniels Speaks On Her Marriage

Asake Reveals How His Mother’s Name Inspired His Stage Name

DAILY TRUST

Mutfwang Vows To Deal With Perpetrators Of Political Violence In Plateau

APC Must Unite To Retain Dominance In North West — Zonal Chair

APC Supporters Write Tinubu, Want Hope Renewed Through Balanced Appointments

I’ll Appeal Judgement Nullifying My Election – Gombe Assembly Speaker

Atiku, Obi File 85 Grounds Of Appeal At S/Court, Want Tinubu’s Election Nullified

UBEC: Nigeria Needs 20,000 Schools, 907,769 Classrooms To Absorb Out-Of-School Children

Major Shake-Up In NNPC, Top Management Staff Sacked

Obasanjo: Rising Coups Show Youths Are Looking For Liberators

NNPCL, 12 Others Failed To Remit $9.85bn In 1yr – NEITI

Investment In Telcom Hits $77bn From $38bn In 2023 – NCC

Kogi Guber Poll: Hunger Will Kill Many People If APC Wins – ADC Candidate

Deposed Katsina Monarch: Why I Approved Marriage Of HIV Patient

Atiku Heads For Supreme Court, Seeks To Nullify Tinubu’s Victory

Tinubu Vows To Solve Problems In Oil & Gas Industry

Foundation Enrols 50 Vulnerable, Poor Children Into Primary Schools

Tinubu Pledges Support To AU, Warns Those Struggling To Steal Power

Japa: My Husband Wouldn’t Have Been President If He Stayed Abroad – Remi Tinubu

AUTHORITY

Were ready for South East summit on security, economy Sen Chris Anyanwu

Fixing of facilities at Aper Aku stadium nearing completion- Ikyange

We ll arrest those violating Abuja masterplan

FCTA warns intending pilgrims against misdeeds

FCTA draws roadmap to strengthen agricultural productivity

New FIRS chairman Adedeji takes over, promises 18% Tax-to-GDP ratio

Vaccination: Nigeria ranks highest with 2.3m zero dose children globally

Diphtheria: FG constitutes Taskforce to halt outbreak

BUSINESSDAY

Here’s how Cardoso can tackle declining reserves

Lagos State achieves N400bn IGR in H1 2023

Five things to know to start your Wednesday

Atiku, Obi tackle Tinubu’s election victory in Supreme Court

TUC issues one week ultimatum to FG over demands

Cardoso faces naira, inflation, interest rate hurdles

NMDPRA, FEMADEC sign pact to provide CNG buses in 20 universities

Exxon Mobil pledges to up oil in Nigeria, presidential spokesman says

G7 call on China to pressure Russia’s to stop Ukraine aggression

Qua Iboe crude surges past $100 for first time since 2022

Lagos Central youths promote healthy living with #KeepFit program

US-Iran prisoners swap unlocks $6bn

See the full list of Vice President Shettima’s 18 aides approved by Tinubu

IMF, World Bank to hold annual meetings in Morocco despite earthquake

SA-Nigeria’s strained relations rob continent of economic gains

Explainer: What will banks do with revaluation gains after CBN’s directive

Bonus for shareholders as banks post bumper profits

DAILY INDEPENDENT

More House Committees Created For Better Oversight On MDAs ‘ Abbas

Halt Unjust Fee Hikes, Commercialisation Of Education, CAPPA Cautions FG

JUST IN: Gombe Assembly Speaker Heads To Appeal Court As Tribunal Quashes Election

Again, Kogi Wins Fiscal Transparency, Accountability Award

As Lagos Blue Rail Line Begins Commercial Operations

NCC Announces Change To Fixed Lines Numbering Format

Labour Party Condemns Killing of Security Agents In Imo

Obi Files Appeal At Supreme Court, Challenges PEPC On 51 Grounds

Halt Unjust Fee Hikes, Commercialization Of Education, CAPPA Cautions FG

BATN Commissions 1MWp DC Grid-Tied Solar Panels In Ibadan Factory

Bayelsa Shouldn’t Be Among Poorest States, Says Peter Obi

Philanthropists Have Capacity To Alleviate Human Sufferings ‘ Ogidi-Gbegbaje

Impeachment Claim Targets At Pitching Senators Against Tinubu ‘ Lawmakers, CSO

NEW TELEGRAPH

Public Assets Sale: Reps Warn Customs CG, NPA Boss

Mohbad: Ogun Youths Stage Protest, Demand Justice (Photos)

Diversion Of Fund: ‘Why Impeached LG Chairman Must Be Punished’ –…

Project Lighthouse: FG Recovers N57bn From 10 MDAs

Tell Tinubu We Have Not Been Compensated, Oyo APC Tells Ganduje

Marketers Cries Out As Diesel Price Hits N1,100/Litre

NCC Reveals Number Of 5G Network Subscribers

NACCIMA Lauds FG On Indorama, NNPC Gas Deal

Changing the narrative of airline business in Nigeria

Terrorists Abduct VON Correspondent In Zamfara, Demand N1m Ransom

Bandits Fines Zamfara Communities N3m Each To Avert Attacks

Tension In Imo As Gunmen Set ‘Ablaze’ Eight Soldiers, Policemen

Mohbad’s Death: Fresh FM Bans All Songs Under Marlian Records

Naira Marley Beat Up Mohbad’s Wife After She Refused To Sell Drugs – Man Spills (Video)

Naira Marley, Sam Larry Drug, Rape Women – Insider Spills

LP Flags Off  In Bayelsa As Obi Says Criminals Have Taken Over Leadership In Nigeria

Imo Killing: LP Expresses Concern As November Guber Poll Approaches

BLUEPRINT

Panacea for Nigeria’s debt burden

Solidarity Centre, Trade Unions partner against exploitation of workers

OPSN laments incessant harassment by NASS

Forest proud of Awoniyi’s goals’ contribution

We’ll soon fix Aper Aku Stadium – Commissioner

AFCON: Super Eagles‘ll be difficult to beat in Cote d’ Ivoire – Rufai

I’ll make Southern Kaduna a hub for skills acquisition – Katung

Enugu poised to boost IGR, launch e-ticket September 27

Ondo APC suspends ward chairman over assault on commissioner

520 children killed by diphtheria in Kano – Official

Ambrose Alli varsity  tuition fee not increased – VC

Wike not leaving PDP – Rivers deputy chair

Palliatives: Bago purchases N7bn luxury buses for Niger citizens

Labour Party laments killing of security agents in Imo, wants end to insecurity in Southeast

Tinubu mulling Prof Sule for appointment as next NIMASA DG – Magaji

NAICOM takes compulsory insurance campaign to Nasarawa

28-year-old Askira rides bicycle from Bauchi to see Wike in Abuja

Valedictory comment: Bulkachuwa loses bid to stop ICPC, DSS investigation

PEPT: Atiku, PDP head for Supreme Court, seeks to nullify Tinubu’s victory

FCTA threatens to arrest those violating Abuja master plan

Strike: FG turns to TUC, begs for more patience

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu seeks improved advocacy on tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS

FG to contractors: Involve COREN registered engineers in road construction

Students loan: CBN, JAMB constitute technical team for disbursement

 

 

 

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