NATION
*Doctors’ strike not anything to grieve about, says Sanwo-Olu
*Keyamo gets Buhari’s nod on 774,000 public works jobs
*Lagos to implement more tax incentives, reliefs to taxpayers
*NDDC forensic auditors to examine 8,000 documents, says Akpabio
*Osimhen for Napoli medicals
*24-year-old wins online talent show ‘Spangler Got Talent’
*MC Shem: How I’ve used social media to advantage during COVID-19
*Tacha will be a Nigerian export by 2022, says show promoter
*Singer Haekins inks N10m endorsement deal amid COVID-19
*IMC fails to explain N143b 2019 budget shortfall
*Nigeria is using COVID-19 to restructure economy, says Osinbajo
*Magu: Govt’s anti-corruption focus won’t shift
*Okowa, family test negative for COVID-19
*‘WASSCE cancellation may trigger criminality’
*Funeral for aluminium firm’s chief Famure
*Ohanaeze, IPOB end feud
*Ondo PDP aspirants accuse deputy governor of doctoring delegates list
*ICPC received 19.381 petitions in 20 years, says Owasanoye
*BBNaija 5: Winner to get N30m cash prize, home and SUV
*Between Mr Ibu and COVID-19
*‘Stock market’s outlook will be determined by H1 results’
*Groups protest N20b ‘campaign loan’
*Dangote Sugar creates three billion new shares
*Backing AfDB’s new growth phase with quality leadership
*Law Union & Rock to complete recapitalisation before year end
*PenCom releases new guidelines on CPS
*Boosting renewable energy entrepreneurship
*Succour for victims of Abule-Egba pipeline fire
*CEE-HOPE unveils ICT centres
*Enugu airport to reopen August 30, says Sirika
*NCAC thrills Abuja residents with drive-in theatre
*Ibrahim Chatta: Resurrection of Stanislavski
*Senate prescribes life jail for kidnapping
*‘Why I take kids off the streets’
*Supreme Court: virtual court sitting constitutional
*How peace can return to APC, by chieftain
*Supreme Court rejects Alaibe’s bid to unseat Diri as Bayelsa governor
*AbdulRazaq invites EFCC to probe council funds
*Abiodun: restoring glory of Gateway State
*NLC hails Fed Govt for paying N7.45b pensioners’ accrued rights, benefits
*Obi, NANS warn against WASSCE cancellation
*‘Buhari should stop lopsided appointment’
*Ondo poll: Can Ajayi survive impeachment?
*Re: Beyond cutting Keyamo to size
*For the love of the child
*As Akinkugbe goes to sleep
*Dynamics of cybercrimes
*A comedy of scandals
*PMB: WAEC now; Hating Nigerians
*Omoigui heads Operation Lafiya Dole as Army redeploys 34 generals
*COVID-19: Yahaya Bello and the battle against truth
*Schools: Let’s heed the voice of Education minister
*Corporal Martins and cost of expression
LEADERSHIP
*NAF Dismisses Alleged Plot To Murder 2 Personnel Standing Trial
*As National Theatre Lagos Receives Kiss Of Life
*ECOWAS Appoints Ex-president Jonathan Special Envoy
*NASS To Engage Security Agencies On Kaduna Killings
*Illegal Miners Undermining Nigeria’s Sovereignty – Lawan
DAILY TRUST
*Reps move to bar ex-electoral officers from contesting election
*My Supreme Court victory, God’s intervention – Diri
*Edo, Ondo 2020: INEC’s quest for flawless elections amid challenges
*Nigerian football coaches are denied respect, job security – Biffo
*Klopp: Man City appeal victory not good for football
*Fake degrees, almajiri and Nigeria’s underdevelopment
*Inevitability of the inevitable
*McIlroy, Koepka grouped with Tiger at Memorial
*We’ll put it right, says United’s Solskjaer
*Investors lose N44.9bn on equities
*Again, LCCI tasks FG on recession
*How we are turning ‘scraps’ to fortunes in Bayelsa — Young entrepreneurs
*Reps endorse Okonjo-Iweala for WTO DG’s position
*We are reviewing protocols for train services’ take-off — NRC MD
*COVID-19: Badaru’s exemplary leadership in Jigawa
*Only 27 of 774 LGAs are open defecation free
*Godswill Akpabio vs Joi Nunieh
*The Ibrahim Magu taking down
*End the looting of NSITF
*Collapsed bridges cut off Katsina communities
*TVC, NTA reporters robbed in Nasarawa
*Women academy participant donates sanitary items to IDPs
*COVID-19: Sultan, CAN president donate materials to FCT residents
*How I recovered from COVID-19 – NMA chair
*‘COVID-19 threatening Lagos N100bn event industry’
*N50bn export fund: Beneficiaries repatriated N35bn
*Post-COVID-19 lockdown: 87% of Nigerian firms face funding hurdles
*First Bank rewards Verve Card holders with free fuel
*COVID-19: Bank of Industry lists key interventions for enterprises
*Customs seizes 11,820 cutlasses, 55 sacks of Indian hemp in Ogun
*Police arrest 10 suspected ‘One Chance’ robbers in Lagos
*Controller allays Lagos residents’ concern over Third Mainland Bridge closure
*Residents groan as prices of commodities skyrocket in Kano
*6 LGAs to benefit from Gagarawa power substation in Jigawa
*Hadejia communities sensitised on agribusiness investment scheme
*What Kano must do to effectively tackle malaria – Experts
*Kaduna attacks: Group counsels Fulani, Adara leaders on peace
*NSCDC laments rising communal crises in hinterlands
*10 health centres to handle mental illness in Kaduna
*Man, 28, remanded for alleged rape
*Court jails two internet fraudsters
VANGUARD
*HBP, diabetes commonest among COVID-19 patients who died in Lagos — MD, IDH
*COVID-19: Stakeholders commend NPA’s handling of port operation
*COVID-19 impacting negatively on employment, livelihood of Nigerians — NBS survey
*FG closes deal on N43bn Ibadan dry port
*Maritime Inter-agency Forum: Stakeholders in cautious optimism
*Glee actress, Naya Rivera’s body found in lake Piru
*Border Closure Review: Benefits still outweigh losses — Shippers Council
*USA warns vessels transiting Gulf of Guinea
*LADOL deploys MTC 15 equipment for heavy-duty operations
*Man bags two years imprisonment for sodomising three boys in Kano
*Manuel Pellegrini determined to lead Real Betis back to Europe
*COVID-19: Prioritise saving of lives, avoid politics, scientists urge Commonwealth countries
* ‘Sometimes experience is overrated’ ― Lampard banks on youngsters
*Champions League not a deal breaker for in-demand Harvertz
*Nigeria records 463 new COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths
*Atalanta’s Muriel to miss Brescia clash after swimming pool accident
*Malian protest leader labels arrest as ‘assassination attempt’
*Reliance’s Ambani now richer than Musk, Google founders
PUNCH
*774, 000 workers recruitment: National Assembly set for hot session as Buhari backs Keyamo
*Troops repel Boko Haram’s attack on Maiduguri military barracks
*Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot dies
*Create isolation centres in offices, FG directs MDAs
*Nasarawa’s 14-year-old girl commits suicide over unwanted pregnancy
*NASS panel dismisses NDDC team over ‘missing’ N143bn
*Four suspected kidnappers arrested in Calabar
*Five arraigned for beating Bauchi hotel guard to death
*Ogun needs N26bn to complete Sango-Agbado highway
*Oniru asks landlords to submit documents for verification
*American court denies Hushpuppi bail
*Okowa, family recover from COVID-19
*Ortom insists N50m bounty remains on fleeing Gana
*Kwara sets up panel to probe LG funds
*Gunmen invade Kaduna community, kill one, abduct 20
*Soon, many’ll be discouraged to stand against corruption – Osinbajo
*Feminists tackle Adeboye over wife’s birthday message
*Suspend Okorocha’s probe, Imo AG tells panels
*Overrule education minister on WASSCE, Reps tell Buhari
*Osimhen set to become Africa’s costliest footballer
*NDDC probe: We’ll protect our daughter, Nunieh, Rivers vows
*Edo’ll be APC state come September, says Sylva
*Reps plan to stop INEC ex-officials from politics
*Ize-Iyamu behind N20bn loan protest–Obaseki
*Dickson hails Diri as Alaibe loses at S’Court
*Reps probe N5.8bn abandoned Niger port
*LIRS plans additional tax incentives, reliefs
*Pasalic hat-trick helps Atalanta go second in Serie A
*Reps endorse Okonjo-Iweala for WTO leadership
*Firm unveils initiative to empower 1,000 MSMEs
*Employment plunges as pay cuts persist – Report
*Robbers write Ebonyi banks over planned attack
*Infinity Trust profit drops
*Keystone empowers entrepreneurs with digital skills
*COVID-19 cut off 40% of our revenue, says Osinbajo
*Debt servicing may limit Nigeria’s productivity– OPEC
*Confirm airports’ approval before selling tickets, NCAA warns
*Nigerians lacked enough water, soap for hand washing – NBS
*Senate seeks rehabilitation, concession of Eastern railway project
*United Capital seeks to equip investors
*15 firms push stock market lower, investors lose N45bn
*Youths urged to embrace entrepreneurship
*Firm secures $10m to transform informal retail business
*AfDB appoints new chief economist
*Sanwo-Olu urges tree planting, commends health workers
*Youths urged to embrace entrepreneurship
*Firm secures $10m to transform informal retail business
*Why sector reforms deserve necessary impetus
*Our workers have valid insurance covers, says Edo
*Klopp invites Akinfenwa for Reds’ title parade
*Special Eagles to represent Africa in Polska Cup
*Ekiti, CBN support rice farmers to boost production
*Agencies prepared for Third Mainland Bridge partial closure
*Double taxation for an unwary citizen
*CBN plans to engage 370,000 youths in agric
*Ecobank gets new board chairman
* ‘Poor market access limiting non-oil exports’
*EPL table: Latest fixtures, results
*Explore equity financing, less debt, LCCI tells FG
*Ex-3SC chairman Oyewole dies
*Govt opens new morgue at COVID-19 centre
*Enugu airport reopens August 30 – FG
*Lagos Assembly fumigates complex, members go for tests
*Seplat appoints new CFO
THE SUN
*Mangling Magu with magun (1)
*Banks to debit loan defaulters from August 1 –CBN
*Origin to revolutionise farming with ‘Tractor-on-the-Go’ app
*Enugu Airport reopens August 30 –Sirika
*First Bank rewards Verve Card holders with free fuel
*Piracy: Nine Nigerians kidnapped in offshore attack
*Samsung unveils innovations to modernise shipbuilding in Nigeria
*Customs rakes in N17bn in 6 months
*ANLCA kicks against concessioning of Customs scanners to foreigners
*Curbing infrastructure challenges with sovereign wealth management strategies
*Nigeria’s public debt portfolio now N28tr, says NBS
*Nigeria tops Africa’s OPEC GDP with $455.820m
*Corruption war: Buhari won’t fail Nigeria – Presidency
*Tier-1 bank stocks drag NSE ASI 0.36%
*Tackling a stubborn social scourge
*Don’t let this vision die
*Energy firm rewards staff for outstanding performance
*Lack of internal democracy destroying Nigeria –Mwankon, Reps member
*NCC’s guide on how to keep your kids safe online
*StarTimes reaffirms affordability through Pay-As-You-Go model
*StarTimes reaffirms affordability through Pay-As-You-Go model
*OPPO launches A12, A31 smartphones
*Samsung offers premium value with new Galaxy A series
*Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu in war of words over N20bn loan
*COVID 19: How we ‘ll manage our campaigns –PDP
*Ize-Iyamu ‘ll satisfy people’s yearnings –Obahiagbon
*Entertainer, Oboh, emerges ADC deputy governorship candidate
*Edo Diaspora Connect flags off campaign for Obaseki
*EFFC case: APC bears no moral burden in fielding Ize-Iyamu –POI
*Ondo guber: APC youths endorse Akeredolu for 2nd term
*2021 guber: Ezeife, Mbadinuju, Etiaba tenures not enough for Anambra South –Monarch
*S’Court verdict: Diri, wife, deputy dedicate victory to God
*Senate urges FG to rehabilitate, concession Eastern rail line
*Senate to Buhari: Deploy military to crush bandits, insurgents in Jigawa
*Reps charge Buhari to reverse withdrawal of Nigeria from WASSCE, others
*COVID-19: LIRS approves fresh tax incentives, reliefs to Lagos taxpayers
*Kalu hails Adighije’s appointment as pro-chancellor, Fulokoja
*Anambra orders herdsmen out of university campuses
*NDDC, Senate in fresh face off
*NDDC: Akpabio denies sexual harassment allegation
*Call off strike, Sanwo Olu begs doctors
*Supreme Court declares virtual court sittings constitutional
*Kidnappers, rapists in trouble as Senate approves life jail for convicts
*Gana: N50m reward still stands –Ortom
*Alleged N700m fraud: Ize-Iyamu’s case adjourned to October 15
*Police arrest couple for assaulting daughter, 12, in Enugu
*Adeniyi, ex-OPLD commander to face court martial
*Magu: Panel grills 4 EFCC Unit heads
*8,000 health workers infected with COVID-19 in Africa –WHO
*UPMFB empowers 2,356 with N518.8m
GUARDIAN
*Court gives Ize-Iyamu, others 7 days to reply PDP
*Joshua may battle Pulev on a ‘boat’ or ‘castle’
*Afe Babalola decries Nigeria’s withdrawal from 2020 WASSCE
*Nigeria’s Itegboje emerges UN General Assembly special session interim president
*Nigerian football mourns as Ukaigwe, foremost women football figure, dies
NEW TELEGRAPH
*NFIU tenders report on Magu to probe panel
*Buhari snubs NASS, backs minister on 774,000 jobs
*Major shakeup as Army redeploys 36 Generals
*LCCI: Nigeria’s debt profile could hit N33trn by year end
*CBN: Nigeria’s revenue dropped by N400.9bn in Feb
*Senate to FG: Prioritize rehabilitation of Eastern Rail Corridor
*Obi cautions FG against WASSCE cancellation
**Borno: Police rescue soldiers from Boko Haram
*Senate prescribes life imprisonment for kidnappers
*WASSCE: Don’t jeopardise future of Nigerian students, Babalola tells FG
*Niger vows to deal with violators of COVID-19 protocols
*AbdulRazaq invites EFCC, set up panel to probe LG funds
*Obi cautions FG against WASSCE cancellation
*Borno: Police rescue soldiers from Boko Haram
*Senate prescribes life imprisonment for kidnappers
*Niger vows to deal with violators of COVID-19 protocols
*Osimhen inches closer to Napoli move
*Oyewole, Ukaigwe pass on
*CAF gives August 31 deadline for FAs to submit Inter-Club teams
*Showmax launches live streaming service for EPL, LaLiga, othersOsimhen
*Minister congratulates Usman.
