Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 29 July 2021

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

HERALD

Kanye West Shared Photo Of His Living Quarters Inside Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium

US Cop Beats Man With Pistol, Chokes Him During Arrest ‘ Body Camera Footage Reveals

Updated: Court discharges, acquits El-Zakzaky, wife

Boy, 18, allegedly murders ‘runs girl’ over N10k fee in Ogun

Tokyo 2020: Panic As ’12 Police Officers Guarding Olympic Village Test Positive For Covid, 38 Others Isolate

Bishop Kukah: ‘Nigeria treading a dangerous path’youths feeling disempowered

Hushpuppi Pleads Guilty To Charges, May Get 20 Years In Prison

Experts hail CBN’s decision to stop forex sale to BDC operators

PUNCH

IPOB threatens mayhem over Kanus detention, gives August 8 ultimatum

10 Nigerian athletes banned from Olympics

APC congress: Consensus option will be adopted in Lagos -GAC

Naira slumps to 523 against dollar at parallel market

NFF blames COVID-19 for salary delay

CBN disburses N756.5bn loan to 3.7 million farmers

Three players of Nigerian descent for NBA Draft

Bandits travelling from Zamfara to Borno for terrorist training

FG laments paucity of revenue from lottery operators

Experts downplay IMFs revised growth forecast for Nigeria

NYSC mourns as five camp-bound corps members die in crash

Abuja motorists rescue man abducted while peeing

Contribute to oil sector development, FG charges academia

18-year-old ex-convict arrested for killing runs girl, 28, in Ogun

APC congresses under threat as Supreme Court declares Bunis chairmanship illegal

JV oil assets, projects gulped N219.4bn in two months NNPC

Police detain friends of Abuja football fan killed by cop

Medical report, others delay Igbohos bail application

Australia-based Abiola Ogunbanwo shines at Tokyo Olympics

Investors lose N5.80bn as 24 firms suffer decline

BBNaija S6: Im ready to find love again, Jackie B tells Pere

Senate names Jonathan, Sambo in N665.8bn diversion, demands refund

70-year-old ex-mechanic, palm wine tappers heads cut off, displayed in Imo market

Ex-Glencore trader paid bribes for Nigerian oil contracts Report

FG lines up N36bn for COVID-19 third wave, 4,261 cases recorded in 30 days

IMN celebrates as court frees El-Zakzaky, wife after six-year detention

Wanted randy bandit held in Sokoto patronising sex worker

Court jails Osun prince, two others over cybercrime in Kwara

Were in talks with bandits on 83 Kaduna Baptist students CAN

Court orders NCS to pay account officer N1m, tender apology

Soludos fate uncertain as court declares Umeoji APGA candidate

Some of us responsible for Nigerias current tragedy, says Kukah

Nasarawa monarch cries out as herdsman snatches bike, kills owner

NSCDC apprehends Sokoto bandit while patronising prostitutes

BDCs: Banks cant be trusted, will hoard dollars, says Mailafia

THISDAY

US Congress Pressures Biden to Reassess US-Nigeria Relations over Human Rights…

OPEC: Nigeria May Be Hard-hit by Declining Investment in Oil Sector

Lagos to Adopt Consensus Arrangement for APC Congresses

Senate Uncovers How Jonathan, Sambo, INEC, FAAN, Others Diverted N665.8bn

Fayemi: Govs, FG Working to Bring Sponsors of Banditry, Insurgency to…

Buhari: We’ll Increase Education Funding By 50% In 2022, 2023

Hushpuppi to Plead Guilty to Money Laundering

FG Approves N8.5bn for Research, Vaccine Production

Abducted First Class Traditional Ruler in Kaduna Regains Freedom

BEDC Decries Rising Cases of Vandalism in Franchise Areas

Diri: Army, Others Should Make Security Collective Responsibility

Police Retirees May Get 300% of Salaries as Gratuity

Libel: Appeal Court Orders ICAN to Pay Former Student N700,000

Army Recruitment: Zulum Gives N12.8m Support to 641 Borno Candidates

Osborn Road Residents Want Court to Jail Lekki Garden Boss

Kukah Blames Civil Society for Nigeria’s Present Situation

Five ‘Buhari-Must-Go’ Protesters Get Bail

Take Advantage of $20million.World Banks NG-CARES Loan, Kwara Govt Tells Business Owners

Development of WAfrica May Stagnate without ICT, Says ECOWAS Parliament

FG Urged to Adopt Bangladeshs Export-Demand Industrial Policy Model

Unique NIN Enrolments Hit 59.8m with Average of Three SIMs

Huawei Cloud Ranked Worlds 5th Largest IaaS Provider

Emefiele: CBNs Intervention Funds Not National Cake

Oritsejafor: Domestic Investors will Continue to Dominate Equities Market

GUARDIAN

40-Year-Old Slice Of Prince Charles And Diana’s Wedding Cake To Be Auctioned

Unease in forex market as dollar heads towards N550/$

COVID-19 deaths jump by 21% in one week, WHO laments

IPOB threatens lockdown in South East over Kanu

Senate unravels facts on illegal diversion of N665.8b by AGF’s office

Lagos State government plans inclusive, people-oriented 2022 budget

FCT councils get N2.66b as June allocation

Minister seeks urgent intervention to tame youth joblessness

Confusion as 10 Nigerian athletes declared ineligible to compete in Tokyo

Instagram adds safety features after critics fret over service for children

‘Households in 17 states unable to pay for airtime’

Shiite leader Zakzaky, wife held since 2015 regains freedom

Five die in accident on way to NYSC orientation camp

VANGUARD

Presidency not bothered by US lawmakers’ moves to halt $875m defence equipment sale to Nigeria

APC may not produce valid Presidential, Gov’ship candidates for 2023 elections ‘ Kayode Ajulo

Bitcoin rises above $40,000

Borno APC adopts consensus at stakeholders’ meeting

Bauchi govt begins headcount of commercial sex workers

Supreme Court verdict on Akeredolu validates people’s mandate ‘ Sanwo-Olu

Killing of python: Alvan Ikoku College dares Owerri ancestors

Buhari rules Nigeria by terror: History will be unkind to him

Buhari promises 50’ budget increment for education in 2-yrs

$875m Arms Deal: Nigeria’ll get anything it needs from US govt ‘ PRESIDENCY

Igboho, Kanu: FG not after suspects in South alone’ Umohinyang

NSCDC arrests notorious bandit in Sokoto while buying sex enhancers

Army recruitment: Zulum approves N12.8m support for 641 Borno candidates

Teaching hospitals’ debt to drug manufacturers hits N30bn ‘ PSN

Black Wednesday’: 5 prospective NYSC members die in Abuja auto crash

Family Planning: FP2030, MSI announce commitments to serve 120 million women, girls

Blasphemy: Kano govt files additional charges against Islamic cleric, Abduljabbar

169 killed, 191 hospitalised as Cholera ravages Kano LGAs

Court remands man, 33, for attempting to defile minor

No justifiable reason Nigeria shouldn’t be producing COVID-19 vaccines ‘ AMSN

Court remands butcher for stealing railroad steel

Over 124,000 Africans die yearly from untreated hepatitis ‘ WHO

Labour urges FG to begin palliative works on Eleme-Onne axis of East-West Road

67 die in 220 crashes in 6 months in Gombe State ‘ FRSC

Court sentences woman to 6 months imprisonment for adultery

Mother of 10 loses 48 years marriage for denying husband sex

Police rescue 13 kidnapped Naval Engineering College students in Edo

OPEC’s Barkindo, others seek friendly environment to attract investment

Igboho, Kanu: Nigeria’ll be in trouble if’ ‘ Babangida Aliyu

Leadership Crisis: ASPAMDA traders seek Sanwo-Olu’s intervention over looming ‘bloodshed

Rivers govt approves bill seeking an end to open grazing

LEADERSHIP

Supreme Court Verdict: Let Us Work Together, Akeredolu Tells Jegede

Police Arrest Suspected Terrorist In Imo

PANDEF Backs Dikio’s Plan To Make Ex-Agitators Entrepreneurs

NSCDC Arrests Notorious Bandit, Galaduma, In Sokoto

Army Recruitment: Zulum Approves N12.8m For 641 Borno Applicants

President Buhari Approves N8.5bn For Research

Buhari Pledges To Increase Education Budget By 50%

Oyo Govt Trains 351 Councillors, 33 LG Clerks On Good Governance

BREAKING: Court Frees El-Zakzaky, Wife Of Homicide, Other Charges

BBNaija 6: Housemates Lament Food Wastage

2,500 For 2020 Pilgrimage To Jordan As NCPC Warns Against Abscondment

TRIBUNE

1,500 youths receive UNICEF training on vocational skills in Adamawa

FAO strengthens veterinary capacity to address emerging infectious animal disease threats

N22bn Paris Refund, N27bn World Bank intervention Investigation: Lawmaker raises alarm over threat to life

Blame governors for low registration of poor people, NASSCO tells Nigerians

Equities investors lose N5.8bn as bears persist at NGX

BREAKING: Court discharges, acquits El-Zakzaky, wife of homicide, other charges

Politics is bane of Nigeria’s health sector, says Sonny Kuku

We’ll increase education budget by 50% over two years, says Buhari

Again, gunmen strike in Imo, behead two persons

Imo Assembly calls for police investigation over extra-judicial killings

NSCDC captures wanted bandit in Sokoto

5 prospective Corps members die in auto crash along Abaji/Kwali expressway

Outages as power grid suffers collapse

Buhari making frantic efforts to restore stable electricity ‘ APC legacy group

FG laments funding for hepatitis treatment as 16 million Nigerians infected

NATION

Soludo will succeed me, says Obiano

APC inaugurates committees for July 31 ward congress

VIDEO: Lagos APC will adopt consensus option, says GAC

Ondo election: Go to UK Court, APC mocks Jegede, PDP

Our business requires noise and doings, brags Cubana Chief Priest

Naira falls to N522/$1 after CBN forex ban on BDCs

Govt losing millions in lottery, says minister

Nigerias capital import dips to $875.62m in Q2

NCS faults legislators over e-transmission of election results

IPOB to FG: release Kanu before August 8 or

Naira fluctuates in Abuja after CBN decision on Forex

Tsola Emiko right for Warri kingdom, says Dein of Agbor

NIM encourage women to rise above limitation

Buhari approves N8.5bn for TETFUND research fund

DAILY TRUST

Accountant General illegally withdrew N665.8bn from special Fund – Senate

Job loss, inflation loom as BDC operators lament new CBN forex policy

Buhari vows to increase education budget by 50% in 2 years

18 million Nigerians infected with Hepatitis – FG

TETFund: Buhari approves N8.5bn for research in 2021

EFCC, EITI sign MoU to prosecute extractive industry criminals

6 herders killed in attack on Taraba Fulani community — Police

Police arrest IPOB member, recover arms in Imo

27 inmates regain freedom in Ebonyi

Anambra court remands man for defiling 3 daughters

Gunmen kill youth leader, injure others in A/Ibom

We’re working with FG, security agencies to end insecurity — Governors

Army recruitment: Zulum approves N12.8m support for 641 Borno candidates

Kaduna APC chairmanship candidate shot dead in Benue

UN mounts pressure on FG to conduct census — NPC official

Get vaccinated against cholera, Bauchi gov begs residents

NCC introduces devices to tackle SIM-related crimes

Power outage in Abuja after grid collapse — AEDC

Ban on forex sale: NESG, Rewane ask CBN to ensure policy success, cushion effects

Royalty currency in PIB: What’s good for oil should be good for gas

Stocks drop by N6bn at equities market

NERC to reduce grace period for disconnecting debtors, others

Rice farmers will soon harvest twice from single planting — Scientists

To boost domestic use of gas, FG meets operators, others in Kano today

Why many world food systems are failing — UN envoy

We’ve capacity to defeat insurgency in Nigeria – NDA

Tension in Bayelsa as govt stops traders union election

Boy,18, stabs prostitute to death over N10,000 bill

Man remanded for turning job seeker into sex machine

Gunmen kill 1 herder, injure another in Plateau

States can access $750m IDA facility if…

FG to acquire monitoring tools for gaming

Anambra gov’ship: Imo court declares Umeoji APGA candidate

NSCDC arrests notorious bandit, Galaduma, in Sokoto

EFCC quizzes ex-Nasarawa gov, Al-Makura, wife over alleged fraud

1 dead, 14 injured in Anambra road crash

‘Nigeria can’t achieve universal health coverage with weak LGs’

Sympathisers throng palace as kidnappers release Kaduna monarch

Ondo gov’ship: Akeredolu in narrow escape at Supreme Court

Douse tension over APC congresses, caucus member tells Buni

Nasarawa LG poll turns violent, majority leader, commissioner escape death

Ogunbanwo smashes 14-year old swimming record

Now that the North too is giving the Fulani eviction notices

Adegoke vows to set Olympics tracks ablaze

You are cowards, Allen Onyema blasts secessionists

AUTHORITY

Infectious Diseases: Minister okays FCT veterinary diagnostic laboratory

Demolition: FCTA flays Public Complaint Commission over comment

Fake security outfits in FCT must go NSCDC

FCT Area Councils, others get N2,660,740, 632.40 for June

Buhari approves N8.5bn for TETFund as 2021 research grant

Anambra Guber: Court Declares Umeoji As APGA Candidate, Affirms Jude Okeke as National Chairman

Buhari hails Akeredolu on Supreme Courts affirmation of his gubernatorial victory

CISLAC calls on government to protect Nigerians against human right abuses from businesses

Buhari hails Akeredolu on Supreme Courts affirmation of his gubernatorial victory

BUSINESSDAY

Nigeria’s infrastructural deficit: A clarion call for private sector investment

Ranching: FG’s double-dealing unacceptable

Do it afraid: Omilola Oshikoya discusses fear, discipline, success at 30-Day excellence webinar

Amplification or Friction’ Misinformation online is about information quality

Shareholders mount pressure on Big Oil firms to cut upstream emission

Five takeaways from EFInA’s 2020 financial inclusion survey

Airlines to save N4.9bn yearly on spare parts waiver

IATA cautions governments on expensive COVID-19 tests

Nigeria’s ‘Projects’: Spending billions to become poorer

Why $3bn Badagry Deep Seaport project is yet to commence ‘ Hunpe

Sickle cell, gender selection can be addressed with technology ‘ Danga

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Telecom Subscribers Must Not Be Ignorant Of Their Rights

Air Peace Crew Gets Awards For Foiling Inflight Theft, Blacklist Suspect

Abramovich Rejects Claim He Bought Chelsea FC On Putin’s Orders

One Dead, 15 Injured In Multiple Road Crash In Onitsha

NSCDC Nabs Notorious Bandit In Sokoto

Buhari Mulls Increase In Education Budget By 50% Till 2023

Tokyo Olympics: 10 Nigerian Athletes Disqualified For Not Meeting Minimum Testing Requirements

Tropical Climate, Population Density Expose Nigeria To Recurring Disease Outbreaks ‘ FG

NEW TELEGRAPH

PANDEF to Dikio:Consider setting up proper monitoring structure for PAP activities

IPOB issues 11-day ultimatum to FG to release Kanu

UI Postgraduate exams postponed for fear of COVID-19 spread

US lawmakers stop $875m arms sale to Nigeria

Islamiyya students: ‘The children are in 25 different camps’- freed Ransom carrier

US lawmakers stop $875m defence equipment sale to Nigeria

Contempt: Osborne residents ask court to jail Lekki Gardens MD, Nyong

NEITI,EFCC, moves to sanction, prosecute corrupt practices in extractive sector

Blackout as electricity grid collapses again

FG not serious about Ease of Doing Business ‘PDP govs

JUST IN: Naira falls to N522 after CBN bans forex sales to BDCs

Competition looms as CBN issues new banking licences

Shippers lose N75.9bn to insecurity on Nigerian waters

CBN: Bolstering naira amid Nigeria’s import-dependence

PIB, Electoral Act: Senate in the eye of the storm

Nigeria, others main targets of cryptocurrency scams

NFF assures on payment of outstanding bonuses of Super Eagles, coaches’ salaries

Military games: Senior officers from 15 African countries inspect Nigeria’s facilities

Tokyo 2020: D’Tigers suffer second consecutive defeat, lose 92-99 to Germany

Olympic host Tokyo’s COVID-19 daily cases rise to 3,177, second straight record

NIGERIAN PILOT

Court frees Zakzaky, Wife of culpable homicide, other charges

Buhari approves N8.5bn for research in 2021

Speaker tasks member states to use technology in curbing terrorism

Be patient, Akpabio tells Niger Delta youths protesting on East West Road

Fayemi Assures, NGF Working With FG, Security Institutions To Stem Insecurity

BLUEPRINT

Minister predicts 65m job losses due to lack of skill

Senate to OAGF: Recover N665.8bn loans to agencies in 60 days

Ecobank remains payment gateway in Africa ‘ Akinwuntan

Ogun overtakes Lagos as investors’ top spot in Southwest

Naira may hit N600/$ soon, currency traders warn

Nigeria’s foreign inflow declines by 61% in H1 2021

Buhari speaks on Akeredolu’s guber victory at Supreme Court

VIDEO: Watch how Nigeria’s young swimming sensation, Abiola Ogunbamwo, dazzled the world at Tokyo Olympics

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