Headline June 15 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers
NATION
*APC governors hopeful of resolution
*Court restrains Dangote, Police from Obu-Okpella Mines
*Edo APC group asks NWC to expel Obaseki, two others
*I won’t stop prayers until rapists are brought to justice, says Adeboye
*Obaseki meets Wike, Emmanuel
*Buhari orders probe of shooting outside Villa residence
*Edo: PDP in tight corner over Obaseki’s ticket bid
*Ex-governor Ahmed paid N1.8b for road not done, alleges Speaker
*Adeboye to obey protocol as churches brace for reopening
*Insecurity: Northern elders, PDP blast Buhari, governors
*Uzodimma: ‘We are working to restore Imo’s glory’
*FCTA shuts down Abuja mall over Naira Marley’s show
*Delta: we’ll ensure safety measures across schools before resumption
*Reps urge Fed Govt to return SON, NAFDAC to ports
*26 health workers ‘die’ in Nasarawa
*Rivers differs with NMA on PPE, number of infections
*Ooni lifts Imo with two motorised modular fumigators
*Two policemen killed as gunmen raid 12 Niger communities
*Suspected herdsmen kill nine farmers in Benue
*107-year-old leads protest against Anambra monarch
*Kidnapped Niger worker freed
*Don’t cry, Mr. Godwin
*Lagos in post-Coronavirus era
*Diaspora remittances market liberalisation beckons
*58 patients discharged in Lagos, Kwara
*Indian passenger dies on board evacuation flight from Lagos
*‘Low capacity hindering National ID card issuance’
*Buhari’s appointments albatross
*COVID-19 and job loss
*Appraising Sanwo-Olu’s strides in public transportation
*A non-existent state
*Democracy Day and obligations of leadership
*The Obaseki/Oshiomhole brawl
*When will schools re-open?
*Furore over global pension report
*Oramah re-appointed Afreximbank’s President
*IATA: Airlines’ losses may exceed $84b
*Nigeria’s collective investment funds rise to N1.32tr
*Nigeria loses N1.5tr shipping business to foreigners
*Insurers lose $500m aviation business to coronavirus
DAILY TRUST
*1 year of selfless service to our fatherland
*Floyd: Stone builders rejected…
*Gombe: Leapfrogging to greatness in 365 days
*Chief. M. K. O. Abiola in times like this
*On our porous borders
*Medical undergraduate, others float mobile kitchen with ‘pocket money’
*Investors gained N82.8bn amid mixed trading sessions
*Exporters seek govt’s support for COVID-19 impact mitigation
*COVID-19: Foundation sets post-lockdown strategies for Nigeria’s growth
*‘FEC’s approval of Accreditation Services Policy for MSMEs will boost economy’
*MSMEs get 1yr moratorium on SMEDAN loan repayment
*Dangote begins clinker export, to boost Nigeria’s forex drive
*COVID-19: Kano textile marketers issue protocols for customers
*FBN Holdings wins World Finance corporate governance award
*Nasarawa govt house banquet hall completed after 9 years
*Senate seeks special intervention fund for roads
*How real estate can survive impact of COVID-19
*Zoom: The long arm of the Chinese government?
*Firm develops CRM solution for small businesses
*Nigerian, four others emerge winners at AfricaTech 2020
*COVID-19: Smile introduces new data plans
*Stanbic IBTC tasks employees on digitisation, upskilling
*Robbers kill vigilante member in Zuba
*Third female undergraduate raped, murdered in 2 weeks
*We were forced into robbery by hunger during lockdown – Suspects
*COVID-19: NGO donates palliatives to vulnerable
*We must adhere to NCDC guidelines, monarch tells clerics
*Women’s group asks Buhari to declare state of emergency on rape, gender violence
*Lagos seals 22 buildings, threatens to seal more without planning permit
*Edo gov’ship: PDP NEC to meet over Obaseki
*Banditry: PDP, APC bicker over calls for Masari’s resignation
*The long, long trek of Kuje residents since achaba ban
*Biffo canvasses support for grassroots football development
*Real Madrid Academy Port-Harcourt to start academic activities in September
*Awoniyi stretchered off in Augsburg clash after nasty collision
*Djokovic knocked out of own event despite Zverev win
*Atletico held at Bilbao in blow to top-four hopes
*Fire from Borno to Sokoto
VANGUARD
*Influx of Sub-standard Goods: Reps back return of SON, NAFDAC to ports
*FG’s bogus agricultural revolution
*Revised 2020 budget still in trouble despite rising oil prices
*N367bn inflow to lift interbank liquidity as DMO sells bonds
*Ganduje relaxes lockdown on Mondays
*Research: FG working on plasma of recovered COVID-19 patients for treatment
*Who is Afraid of the Middle Belt?
*For a better Nigeria
*Abubakar Tsav: When the times were tough
*Empty June 12 Democracy Day
*Keep foreign herders out of Nigeria
*E-voting? Not so fast
*Udeogu, FGN, Orji Kalu & anor: Where do we go from here?
*Koke fears for Atletico Madrid’s Champions League hopes
*Hazard on form as Madrid seal 3-1 victory over Eibar
*BLACK LIVES MATTER: Marcelo takes the knee to celebrate strike against Eibar
PUNCH
*Villa shooting: Aisha’s ADC, escort commander, riot cops may face panel this week
*Soldiers who rescued kidnap kinpin, Wadume, attacked us with machine gun – Policeman
*Policy reversal: Fresh tremors in Osun
*APC govs to meet Buhari, Obaseki consults Wike, A’Ibom governor
*Lagos woman allegedly assaulted by expatriate lovers cries for help
*Musician, pianist nabbed for robbery blame lockdown, hunger
*15-year-old Benue girl raped few days after surgery
*Sexagenarian arrested for defiling minor in Lagos
*Ex-convict apprehended in Ogun for robbery
*Kerosene explosion kills one, injures Anambra siblings
*Rivers denies 82 health workers contracted COVID-19
*NEF plans protests over worsening insecurity
*We’ll bring back lady advertised for sale in Lebanon –Oyo
*Tackle killings like you’ve battled COVID-19, cleric tells Kaduna
*Gunmen kill two policemen in Niger
*FCTA shuts mall for hosting Naira Marley’s concert
*‘Planning’ll help Nigeria overcome COVID-19’
*Rape: NHRC partners NAPTIP, police
*Troops, B’Haram battle in Borno, 20 insurgents killed
*Task force arrests 500 illegal miners
*One dies, two missing as car plunges into Kwara river
*Undergraduate lovers die during sex romp in Imo
*10 killed, 20 missing in Benue communal clash
*Ex-gov Ahmed siphoned N1.8bn with road contract –Speaker
*PDP may receive Ondo deputy gov this week
*NASS clerk, others’ tenure elongation illegal –NASC
*With APC ticket, Ondo election, a walkover –Akeredolu
*PDP blames ‘APC mercenaries’ for incessant killings
*PDP applauds Obaseki’s infrastructural devt
*Edo: Party’ll emerge stronger, says APC govs
*DPR releases oil sector survival strategic plan
*Stock market rises slightly as investors gain N90bn
*FG defaults in pension remittance for six years
*Worsening poverty, risk to democracy, security – LCCI
*No punishment too severe for rapists –Adeboye
*Christ Embassy rejects Akwa Ibom’s guidelines for reopening
*Be alive to your responsibilities, Makinde charges new monarch
*TUC, council pull out of Cross River NLC strike
*No missing N23bn in my office, says Orelope-Adefulire
*Onu in fresh move to reinstate demoted FIIRO boss
*‘New NBC code will kill pay tv industry’
*Jadegoke Badejo for burial Tuesday
*ITTF includes Quadri in campaign against COVID-19
*Buhari, others condole with Ighodalo as wife dies
*Oyo declares free COVID-19 tests
*United scouts urge Solskjaer to sign Ndidi
*FG to pay ex-NAHCO workers’ outstanding entitlements
*Dare foots part of Ikhana’s medical bills
*Nigeria got 24,483 free blood units in 2019, says FG
*Talks with labour will determine minimum wage payment – Ortom
*COVID-19: Nigerian athletes may face visa denials, says Igali
*Egbe lauds Dare over Abiola stadium renovation
*Brighton to decide Balogun’s fate in July
*Dangote Cement begins clinker exports, targets four million tonnes
*Man, 30, killed during cult clash in Ibadan
*NSE inaugurates platform for compliance monitoring
*AXA Mansard supports children’s online education
*Lagos requires 260,000 units of blood annually – Health commissioner
*Darkness persists, generation falls to 2,943MW, 10 plants idle
*Budget review not to impose austerity measures –FG
*Lagos offers developers free planning information
*NSCDC deploys agro rangers to protect Kaduna farmers
*Lagos begins clampdown on fake real estate operators
*Property firm grooms estate entrepreneurs
*We’re on course to developing Sokoto, says Tambuwal
*Democracy and the economic statecraft of Abiola
*FBN Insurance records N37.63bn gross premium
*Group laments rape cases
*Awoniyi regains consciousness after head injury
*Name looters of N800bn, SERAP tells Buhari
*Time to change strategy on the insurgency
*New leases plunge 62% in May
*Farm settlements to get seeds
*Juju, June 12 and Malami’s killer-soldiers
*Govt begins verification of social clubs
*Coronavirus mortgage bailout shrinks
*Investec provides £8m loan for residential conversion Flooding:
*Remove gates on canals, commissioner orders communities
*Nigerian fintechs bridging financial inclusion gap – Report
*Antwerp join race for Dessers
*Rape, sexual assault and sex education
*Boosting strong job growth post-COVID-19
*Contractor resumes work on East-West Road
*We didn’t fix date for Edo 2020, says Okowa
*Adepoju, Oshoala hail Chukwueze over Celta win
*PenOp gets new president, others
*Release export credit certificates, exporters urge FG
*Obada, Azikiwe’s ADC, dies at 81
*Man United link thrills Sadiq
THISDAY
*ogo, Niger, Benin Owe Nigeria N32.04bn in Electricity Bills, Says NERC
*Gender-based Violence Must Be Treated like COVID-19, Says Lagos First Lady
*Man, Wife Lose Three Children to Awka Fire Incident
*Don’t Succumb to Plot to Remove Magu, Zenith Labour Party Tells…
*UN Condemns Boko Haram Attack on Borno
*Nigeria Needs Strong Economy to Sustain Democracy, Says LCCI
*Military Kills 20 Boko Haram Fighters in Borno
*Obaseki Disqualified over Leaked Election Results, Aide Alleges
*Kwara Speaker, Former Gov Trade Words over N2.7bn Road Contract
*NNPC Makes Audited Accounts Public
*Group Urges Buhari to Recover FG’s N16bn from Lagos Free Zone
*SERAP Seeks Details of N800bn Recovered Loot, Alleged Payments into Individual…
*Borno Assembly Scores Zulum High on Performance
*Edo Group Backs Ize-Iyamu’s Governorship Ambition
*People Just Hate Abacha for No Reason, Says Wife
*FG: 2020 Budget Review Not Austerity Measures
*IPI Nigeria Urges Philippine Govt to Free Rappler’s Editor, Ressa
*Togo, Niger, Benin Owe Nigeria N32.04bn in Electricity Bills, Says NERC
*Gender-based Violence Must Be Treated like COVID-19, Says Lagos First Lady
*Man, Wife Lose Three Children to Awka Fire Incident
*Don’t Succumb to Plot to Remove Magu, Zenith Labour Party Tells…
*UN Condemns Boko Haram Attack on Borno
*Nigeria Needs Strong Economy to Sustain Democracy, Says LCCI
*Military Kills 20 Boko Haram Fighters in Borno
*Five Persons Feared Dead in Ilorin Heavy Downpour
*CAN Hails Buhari on Appointment of New Appeal Court President
*FCTA Shuts Jabi Lake Mall over Naira Marley’s Concert
*PDP Decries Rising Wave of Killings, Banditry
*Two Policemen, 11 Others Killed in Benue Clash, Niger Attacks
*Wadume: 10 Soldiers Shielded from Trial
*Delta Monarchs Advocate Stiffer Penalty for Rapists
*NECA, Labour Unions to Sign Pact
*Djokovic Knocked out of Own Tennis Tournament
*LIVING WITH AND DEFEATING COVID-19
*THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON FOOD SECURITY
*MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 IN THE FCT
*THE BANK ROBBERY IN KOGI STATE
*US-based Ministry Brings Succor to Abia Grassroots
THE SUN
*UN appalled by Borno B’Haram terror attacks
*Armed herdsmen kill 65-year-old man in Imo
*Obaseki to brief Buhari on next line of action, meets Gov Wike
*Igbo Union in US hits South East governors
*Nigeria laments as Benin, Togo, Niger fail to pay N32.04bn for electricity supplied
*Ondo guber: I’ll run a development-oriented govt –Olafeso
*Banditry attacks: I’ve failed, Masari confesses
*Zamfara gov apppoints Shinkafi
*Troops foil attack on Monguno town, kill 20 terrorists, destroys gun trucks
*Buhari, Obaseki condole with Ighodalo over wife’s death
*Oko Erin Bridge Accident: Kwara condoles victims’ families
*Zamfara gov apppoints Shinkafi
*Ondo guber: Akeredolu, deputy, SSG crisis deepens
*SERAP seeks details of N800bn recovered loot, alleged payments into individual accounts
*PDP tackles Buhari over banditry, killings
*No missing N23bn in SDGs office- Presidency
*Gunshots in Aso Rock: Buhari backs IGP on arrested ADC, others –Presidency
*COVID-19: Abuja shopping mall shut over Naira Marley’s concert
*Mbisiogu tasks NASS on public hearings
*NASS anniversary: Ex-Senate president, minister, others express divergent views.
*OPWS nab local militia over Agatu attack
*Group demands autonomous Yoruba nation
GUARDIAN
*Nigeria’s Fintechs project $543 million revenue growth in two
GOD BLESS NIGERIA
