{"id":25517,"date":"2021-02-21T05:43:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T05:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=25517"},"modified":"2021-02-21T05:43:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T05:43:27","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-sunday-21-february-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=25517","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Sunday, 21 February 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>PUNCH<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Negotiating with gunmen&#8217;ll encourage banditry Prof Oloyede, NSCIA secretary-general<\/p>\n<p>How my estranged husband burnt our house, rendered me, children homeless Wife of ex-NNPC depot manager<\/p>\n<p>APC giving false promises to PDP members to defect Secondus<\/p>\n<p>How my removal as PDP secretary cost Jonathan second term Oyinlola<\/p>\n<p>I dropped ransom for my brothers kidnappers near police station Brother of slain American returnee<\/p>\n<p>Yoruba, Hausa traders relationship harmonious until intolerant northerners came Iyaloja, Sasa market<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty for bandits cant work, they are common criminals -Senator Musa<\/p>\n<p>Historic survival of Okonjo-Iweala, AfDBs Adesina from being trumped<\/p>\n<p>Dad watched crime investigation programmes 5am daily Oghenerukewe, Chico Ejiros daughter<\/p>\n<p>Hausa, Yoruba must be remorseful after Sasa market tragic incident Taliban of Sasa, Alhaji Yaro<\/p>\n<p>Foreign experts to audit Ajaokuta Steel soon FG<\/p>\n<p>JV oil assets gulped N173.38bn in two months NNPC<\/p>\n<p>Killers have joined APC, says Aregbesola<\/p>\n<p>CACOL kicks as EFCC promotes new chairman ahead of Senate screening<\/p>\n<p>Sasa: Northern coalition backs Bauchi gov, seeks compensation for victims<\/p>\n<p>Bank seeks amicable settlement with Kano, pays N240m tax<\/p>\n<p>Buhari approved, awarded 280 projects under Ecological Fund Office SGF<\/p>\n<p>Okonjo-Iweala: APC kicks as PDP accuses Presidency of hypocrisy<\/p>\n<p>Abducted Kagara schoolchildren, others may regain freedom today Gumi<\/p>\n<p>Registration crises: APC prepares appeal committee as revalidation ends Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Nigerian Consulate in New York shuts down for 10 days<\/p>\n<p>Non-state actors may take over security system, Onaiyekan warns FG<\/p>\n<p>Law against illegal firearms possession too weak to tackle insecurity Senator<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria must restructure or face disastrous break-up Utomi, others<\/p>\n<p>Good governance at lowest tier key to socio-economic development Sanwo-Olu<\/p>\n<p>Sasa: Afenifere, Adebanjo, Adams lambast Lawan for attacking South-West govs<\/p>\n<p>Govs, monarchs meet, rule out open grazing in South-West<\/p>\n<p>Govs, Gumi hold meetings with bandits, yet army cant locate them Omokri<\/p>\n<p>Buhari sends birthday messages to Anyim, Useni, four others, snubs wife<\/p>\n<p>Bala Mohammed punished Abuja residents for trespassing but defends open grazing Falana<\/p>\n<p>Soldier shoots truck driver over N200 bribe in Rivers<\/p>\n<p>NDLEA arrests notorious drug baron in Lagos<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FG Moves to Remove Ghost Workers from Payroll<\/p>\n<p>Okowa\u2019s Aide, PDP Mock Factionalised Delta APC<\/p>\n<p>Okorocha\u2019s In-Law Returns to S\u2019Court, Seeks Uzodinma\u2019s Disqualification<\/p>\n<p>Police Arrest Octogenarian for Kidnapping Children for Rituals<\/p>\n<p>Bandits Kidnap 91-Year-Old Monarch in Katsina, Kill 3 in Kaduna<\/p>\n<p>Starvation Looms in Nigeria, Feedmills Chief Warns<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, a Country of Recidivist Armed Banditry and Insurgency: The Challenge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Starvation Looms in Nigeria, Feedmills Chief Warns<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, a Country of Recidivist Armed Banditry and Insurgency: The Challenge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>S\u2019West Govs, Traditional Rulers Meet, Back End to Open Grazing<\/p>\n<p>Seek Foreign Help on Insecurity to Avoid Food Scarcity, Lawani Urges&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s Dependence on Oil Revenue May End in 10 Years, Says Awolowo<\/p>\n<p>Ekweremadu: Decentralised Policing Will Solve Nation&#8217;s Security Challenges<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2023: Why Southeast should be allowed to produce president &#8216;Prof Peterside<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians in Diaspora to INEC, FG: We want to vote like others<\/p>\n<p>Comrade Joseph Evah cries out: NDDC has become Yahoo-Yahoo centre<\/p>\n<p>Despite speculated division, APC will retain power beyond 2023 &#8216;Senator Akpanudoedehe, APC National Secretary<\/p>\n<p>Group wants Peter Obi to run in 2023 presidential election<\/p>\n<p>Gombe unrest: Announce selected Mai Tangale to douse tension &#8216; Northern Christian elders tell Gov Inuwa<\/p>\n<p>Abductors of Adamawa United bus driver demands N50m ransom<\/p>\n<p>Corruption: Stakeholders fault FGs response to TIs poor ranking<\/p>\n<p>Fulani herdsmen in south to Northern elders: We wont return to North<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: Nigerian borders too porous, SWest govs, monarchs tell FG<\/p>\n<p>NDLEA arrests man 10 years after escaping arrest<\/p>\n<p>DPR warns businessmen not to float illegal refineries<\/p>\n<p>Farmers-herders crisis: Abiodun inaugurates 20-man peace committee<\/p>\n<p><strong>GUARDIAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Exercise leaves Kwara APC in three-sided battle<\/p>\n<p>Citizen vigilance can tame Nigeria&#8217;s right violations<\/p>\n<p>Five killed in multiple Kabul morning bomb attacks<\/p>\n<p>Abductors of Adamawa United FC driver demand N50m ransom<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: Our borders should be checked to prevent foreign incursion \u2014 S\u2019West govs<\/p>\n<p>Famine, rise in cost of produce imminent as herders\u2019 attacks on Ogun communities persist<\/p>\n<p>Security sector too sensitive for sectionalism, group warns<\/p>\n<p>Republic of Benin not aspiring to be part of Nigeria \u2013 Onyeama<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t conceal analysis of fresh crude oil spill, ERA tells NOSDRA<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 5,000 people displaced by Nigeria\u2019s communal violence arrive in Benin<\/p>\n<p>End of road for woman used by \u2018pastors\u2019 to perform fake miracles<\/p>\n<p>Military action alone can\u2019t stop security challenge -Buratai<\/p>\n<p>Over 200 million vaccine doses administered globally<\/p>\n<p>Hushpuppi named in &#8216;North Korean-perpetrated cyber-enabled&#8217; heist<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s Osaka dominates Brady to win Australian Open<\/p>\n<p><strong>VANGUARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SouthWest govs., traditional rulers back NEC on forest mgt<\/p>\n<p>Republic of Benin not aspiring to be part of Nigeria &#8216; Onyeama<\/p>\n<p>FG warns speculators to leave mine sites<\/p>\n<p>Virologist recommends sequencing based surveillance to fight COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>Britain counts more than 120,000 Covid-19 fatalities<\/p>\n<p>Northern clergy seek ties with Yoruba leader to promote peace, unity<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: I owe no one apology for speaking truth to Nigerians &#8216; Ortom<\/p>\n<p>FG donates relief items to victims of Borno IDPs fire disaster<\/p>\n<p>Fulanis in Gombe allegedly mobilise to attack Tangale indigenes over leadership tussle<\/p>\n<p>Strange as Gumi locates bandits, herdsmen hideouts, but Army, Police cannot &#8216; Reno Omokri<\/p>\n<p>RECESSION EXIT: There&#8217;s still much to do &#8216; MAN, LCCI, CPJ, others<\/p>\n<p>Nollywood pays last respects to the late movie producer &#8216;Chico Ejiro<\/p>\n<p>EndSARS: Man tells panel how 3 policemen killed 8 businessmen for money<\/p>\n<p>FG denies paying N800m ransom for Kagara College students<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria may get COVID-19 vaccines in 10 days &#8216; Minister<\/p>\n<p>Niger assembly to legislate stiffer punishment for informants to bandits &#8216; Speaker<\/p>\n<p>Lawan says South West Govs responsible for killings in Ibadan, violence against northerners<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: South West Govs declare support for NEC decision on forest management<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 5,000 people displaced by Nigeria&#8217;s communal violence arrive in Benin<\/p>\n<p>Guru Maharaji urges FG to encourage local production of COVID-19 vaccines<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEADERSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ogun Gov Charges C&#8217;ttee on Rehabilitation of Victims Of Farmers&#8217;Herders Clashes<\/p>\n<p>Shasha Clash: Yoruba Council Calls For Calm, Restraint<\/p>\n<p>96,000 Pupils To Benefit From School Feeding Programme In Kwara<\/p>\n<p>Ahead Of Senate Screening, EFCC Promotes Bawa, Others<\/p>\n<p>Hoarding Vaccines May Prolong Pandemic, UN Warns<\/p>\n<p>EU To Boost Vaccination In Nigeria, Others With &#8216;100m<\/p>\n<p>Sanwo-Olu Cautions Warmongers Against Aggravating Insecurity Challenges<\/p>\n<p>Gov Sule, Al-Makura, Mourn Gen Aboki, As APC Postpones Rally<\/p>\n<p>ACF, NCPF Urges Govt To Provide Security For Schools<\/p>\n<p>Disquiet In PDP AS Plot To Remove Secondus Thickens<\/p>\n<p>Angry Kaduna Youths Lynch Kinsman For Alleged Collaboration With Bandits<\/p>\n<p>Hoodlums Loot Freely As Two Fire Incidents Occur In Rivers<\/p>\n<p>Shasha Crisis: Yoruba Community Council In North Appeal For Calm, Restraint<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIBUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gunmen kill Okowa&#8217;s aide Okiemute Sowho in Sapele<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Nigeria records 645 new infections, total now 151,553<\/p>\n<p>Republic of Benin is not aspiring to be part of Nigeria &#8216; FG<\/p>\n<p>FG must support cattle breeding to end open grazing, Southwest governors, obas say<\/p>\n<p>2023: Politicians won&#8217;t decide for us where to create additional polling units &#8216;INEC chair&#8217;s spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>Self-help inevitable to stop killer herdsmen in Yorubaland &#8216; Afenifere secretary<\/p>\n<p>Some religious leaders are not telling the truth due to pecuniary gains &#8216;Cleric<\/p>\n<p>Injustice in a digital economy: How government is killing creativity, self-employment initiatives<\/p>\n<p>10 years after, NDLEA arrests drug baron in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>Drama as students, community youths rescue kidnapped teacher in Delta<\/p>\n<p>Bandits kill 3 as irate youths lynched accomplice in Kaduna<\/p>\n<p>NBA decries killing of pregnant member, calls on security agencies to fish out killers<\/p>\n<p><strong>NATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Farmers-herders crisis: Ogun inaugurates peace committee<\/p>\n<p>US Pan-Yoruba group tasks Buhari on security<\/p>\n<p>Even as foreign students, Americans called us nigger<\/p>\n<p>Lawan: Utterances of Southwest govs responsible for Shasha ethnic clash<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria may get COVID-19 vaccines in 10 days Minister<\/p>\n<p>Senate will not join issues on suit seeking to stop confirmation of Bawa<\/p>\n<p>Billiri stool: Three killed as Gov Yahaya blows hot<\/p>\n<p>Chaos in Rivers as soldier shoots trailer driver over N200<\/p>\n<p>NCC disclaims allocation of 383 million new phone numbers<\/p>\n<p>Bandits kill 3 as youths lynch alleged collaborator in Kaduna<\/p>\n<p>JUST IN: Again, Bandits attack Niger community<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: Sheikh Gumi stepped in because Buhari failed Nigeria Shehu Sani<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: Boko Haram hoist flag in parts of Borno State<\/p>\n<p>Herdsmen Are Not Criminals Ogun Governor, Dapo Abiodun<\/p>\n<p>I invited soldiers to Orlu to avoid more bloodshed by IPOB Uzodinma<\/p>\n<p>NLC directs workers in 18 states to begin strike<\/p>\n<p>Iran will reverse nuclear actions when the U.S. lifts sanctions Zarif<\/p>\n<p>Herdsmen dont need your permission to live in Ondo forests, Bauchi gov hits Akeredolu<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TRUST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10 years after escape, NDLEA arrests drug baron in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>We only read assurances in newspapers \u2013 Kagara parents<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF seeks unconditional release of Kagara students<\/p>\n<p>SARS victims got less compensation than demanded \u2013 Lawyer<\/p>\n<p>Mai Tangale stool: 3 killed, property destroyed as crisis deepens<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty office probes fraudulent contractors<\/p>\n<p>NARD to MDCN: You can\u2019t stop trainee doctors from joining strike<\/p>\n<p><strong>BUSINESSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: Why Nigeria must look beyond state of emergency<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Breweries to deepen brand penetration, as &#8216;Desperados&#8217; tour four cities<\/p>\n<p>How the private sector is leading industrialisation scheme in A\/Ibom<\/p>\n<p>DBN believes in creating an ecosystem with gender parity &#8216; MD<\/p>\n<p>Begging the insurgents has emboldened them to cause more havoc in Nigeria &#8216; Gundu<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp goes on charm offensive, takes shot at Telegram<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY INDEPENDENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stakeholders Urge Tertiary Institutions To Retain Good Institutional Memories For Educational Development In Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Virologist Recommends Sequencing Based Surveillance To Fight Pandemic<\/p>\n<p>Security: Southwest Governors, Traditional Rulers, Others Meet In Ibadan<\/p>\n<p>FG Warns Speculators To Leave Mine Sites<\/p>\n<p>Sanwo-Olu Cautions Against Making Tribal, 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