NATION
*Ndidi, Iheanacho to miss CL
*Why I defected to APC, from PDP, by Dogara
*Federal, states, others review terms for schools reopening
*Buhari celebrates Julie Coker at 80
*Azura Power Plant deal ‘signed in 2013’
*Osun APC lawmakers attack senator for criticising Oyetola on loans
*EFCC: DSS shifts probe to CCB
*Southeast seeks integration into rail, gas projects
*N75b youths fund will reduce restiveness, says minister
*NDDC received N946. 91b allocation in 18 years
*Banks cancel N1.9tr bad loans
*Ize-Iyamu receives Enigies’ blessings
*Ensuring stable Naira exchange rate
*APC, PDP trade blames over supporters’ clash
*NRC to travellers: no mask, no entry at rail facilities
*Osun grants tax reliefs to residents, employees
*Death toll rises to 52 in Rivers as residents avoid face masks
*Death toll rises to 52 in Rivers as residents avoid face masks
*‘10,000 health workers test positive in Africa’
*He set forth at dawn
*One week, 3,870 new Coronavirus infections, 78 deaths
*British cabinet office honours Nigerian for mass ventilator production
*How I initiated minors into secret cult, by suspect
*Three kidnap suspects held, two killed in Ebonyi
*Senate, FIRS to liaise on six per cent stamp duty
*Guard against lawlessness, Navy tells recruits
*60-year-old raped in Niger
*CAC insists on courier service use for certificates delivery
*Eurobond issuance likely for African economies
*Naira weakens further despite CBN’s intervention
*‘More economic transparency needed’
*C & I Leasing gets N2.26b new capital from shareholders
*Unilever Nigeria loses N519m in H1
*Africa: Local and global politics
*Desperate resolution
*Between NASS and ‘Storm Akpabio’
*Amotekun and amputation
*Attention, Fashola
*NDDC‘s can of worms
*Covid-19 and our leadership deficiencies
*El-Rufai and Kaduna killings
*Work safety
*United they stand
LEADERSHIP
*National Theatre: Investor Seeks Compliance With 2015 Concession Bid
*CUPP Backs Malian Opposition, Calls On President To Quit
*Need To Restructure The Digital Identity Project
*EFCC Probe: I Won’t Keep Quiet When Facts Are Misrepresented – Magu
*Sultan Urges Muslims To Observe Eid Prayers At Home
*Security Better Now Than 5 Years Ago – Buratai
DAILY TRUST
*Before railways alienate us
*Feigning, fainting and other farces
*COVID-19 debt relief must consider vulnerabilities of small states
*Timely CBN’s lifeline for SMEs
*Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua: Tribute to enterprise and statesmanship
*Policy on certificates’ mailing to customers irreversible – CAC
*Microfinance banks seek new N250bn support for MSMEs
*Despite COVID-19 pandemic plan to digitalize our operations on course
*Kudos FCT minister
*My thoughts of tomorrow’s children
*COVID-19 debt relief must consider vulnerabilities of small states
*Despite equities market lull, investors gained N73bn
*How to curb Nigeria, others’ rising illicit financial flows – Experts
*Dangote Cement posts N162.9bn profit in 6 months
*Heirs Holdings, others apply for insurance licences
*Veritas Kapital Assurance reports N253m profit
*Lagos building control agency moves to end quackery in construction
*Britain succumbs to US pressure to ban Huawei from 5G
*‘Good policies will sustain adoption of electronic payment in post COVID-19’
*9mobile crashes local, international call rates
*Group launches app to monitor rights abuses
*Why insecurity persists in southern Kaduna – El-Rufai
*FCT agency cautions residents against driving during heavy rainfall
*Engr. Aliyu appointed GM, FCT Water Board
*Sanwo-Olu assures of seamless flow of traffic in Allen Avenue, Maryland, others
*Regent sends SoS to Gov Akeredolu over delay in selecting successor
*I find it easier to rob in Army uniform, says suspect
*‘We took to robbery to start up restaurant, bar business’
*Fire razes 7 shops in Abaji
*A former PDP chairmanship aspirant defects to APC in Kuje
*Company targets poor, vulnerable with TeleHealth app
*KDSG to assist traders – Kaduna Markets MD
*People aren’t taking responsibility – Commissioner
*Muslims to hold Eid prayers in open spaces
*Deputy Gov decries rising Covid-19 cases
*Kaduna has surpassed World Bank target – KADIPA
VANGUARD
*CSO condemns alleged arrest, harassment of journalist, Usman on refusal to reveal source
*Ajaokuta Steel Coy technology not obsolete, ‘ll last 100 years — Abdul-Akaba
*COVID-19: Migration of more doctors imminent, CMA President warns
*N6.4trn ERGP expenditure fails to meet set targets
*YIAGA, Police synergise for peaceful election in Edo
*NAFEST 2020: Runsewe puts Jos on focus
*IoD to launch Code of Ethics for sound business governance
*Banks’ borrowings from CBN up 75 % to N1.8 trn in Q1’20
*FGN not learning from its mistakes
*COVID-19: UK, Ford Motors, Airbus commend Nigerian over ventilator tech
*Forex scarcity, rising Covid-19 cases mar equity market recovery
*774,000 JOBS: Buhari ignores NASS, asks Keyamo to proceed with recruitment
PUNCH
*14 airports now open to domestic flights – FG
*Jonathan, not Buhari, signed Azura power deal – FG
*NNPC officials stole 48 million barrels of oil – Firm
*Arteta backs Saka to play for England
*Osimhen’s deal not concluded yet, says Napoli director
*CAF hails Egbo over Tirana’s historic feat
*Ex-banker facing $153m Diezani loot trial testifies against Magu
*Iheanacho, Ndidi miss out on UCL
*Third Mainland Bridge: We’re observing traffic, says commissioner
*Widow laments husband’s death in police, robbers shootout
*Police arrest dispatch riders for attempting to snatch vehicle
*Lagos container-laden truck falls on bus, kills two
*Truck somersaults, kills motor boy in Ogun
*Couple torture houseboy over N100 akara
*PUNCHman attacked by Neighbourhood Watch officer in Ebonyi
*Anger as Lagos marks 400 Ogun houses for demolition
*Release fund for eastern rail line, S’East govs urge FG
*Bring Southern Kaduna killers to justice, SMBF tells Buhari
*Truck drivers block Gombe/Bauchi expressway over levy
*Subscriber loses N56m lawsuit against MTN
*Afe Babalola worried by silence on private varsities’ reopening
*Osun federal lawmakers clash over state debt, $20m loan
*NDDC: Reps summon Pondei, Nunieh, Alaibe, others
*Review of Aregbesola’s policies not vendetta –Oyetola’s aide
*COVID-19 exposed Nigeria’s failed leadership – Peter Obi
*N141bn embezzlement: Okorocha’s aide faults report indicting ex-gov, Ihedioha
*Ex-Ogun CJ dies at 85
*Edo deceased workers’ families get N19m
*I sold bad product to Edo people in 2016 – Oshiomhole
*Party chieftains lobby to be Akeredolu, Jegede’s running mates
*Jonathan, not Buhari, signed Azura power deal – FG
*Lagos schools hold virtual graduation for pupils
*Controversy surrounds death of two Bauchi suspected chicken thieves
*PDP, APC trade words over Edo violence
*Zamfara civil servants get cows, rams
*Ikoyi registry suspends 4,000 weddings over COVID-19
*Road redesigns will improve traffic, says Sanwo-Olu
*SERAP demands NASS probe reports
*Lagos plans e-commerce hub for agric export
*Ngozi as the Best Candidate for WTO
*Commissioner asks residents to embrace e-party
*Cost of Apapa’s unbearable traffic mess
*Mixed feelings greet new Ekiti pension, gratuities payment system
*APC straw that broke Buhari’s camel back
*In memory of Sir (Chief) Bode Akindele
*Expert cautions against seizure of more aid workers
*COVID-19 and 2020 WASSCE
*A’Ibom leaders’ group backs Igbo Presidency, wants restructuring
THISDAY
*Falana’s Group Blames FG’s Lack of Capacity for Violence in the…
*Group Gives IG Seven Days’ Ultimatum to Explain N475m NDDC Gift
*Okunbo Distances Self from Attack on PDP Govs Near Oba…
*Police Kill Two Kidnap Suspects in Ebonyi
*Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Rise By 555 to 40,532
*Group: 620 Christians Killed in 18 Months in Southern Kaduna
*COVID-19 DEBT RELIEF AND THE SMALL STATES
*Edo Guber: PDP Plans to Unleash Violence, Says APC
*Dogara Accuses Bauchi Gov of Mismanagement of State’s Resources
*Gunmen Kill Illegal Miner, Injure Five Others in Niger
*Edo Guber Election: Ize-Iyamu Receives Blessings of Enigies in Benin Kingdom
*Falana’s Group Blames FG’s Lack of Capacity for Violence in the…
*Group Gives IG Seven Days’ Ultimatum to Explain N475m NDDC Gift
*Okunbo Distances Self from Attack on PDP Govs Near Oba…
*Police Kill Two Kidnap Suspects in Ebonyi
*Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Rise By 555 to 40,532
*Group: 620 Christians Killed in 18 Months in Southern Kaduna
*COVID-19 DEBT RELIEF AND THE SMALL STATES
*THE NDDC AND DEVELOPMENT
*IN PRAISE OF OKONJO-IWEALA
*THE DANGERS OF COVID-19 VACCINE
*Shippers’ Council, NAICOM Partner on Ease of Doing Business
*LearnDeck Launches Digital Educational Platform
*‘IoD’s New Code to Guide Whistleblowing, Conflict of Interest’
THE SUN
*Automobile workers seek Sanwo-Olu’s intervention over unlawful eviction, oppression
*NLC slams FG over 6% stamp duty on tenancy, lease
*Labour condemns high corruption in govt agencies
*Buhari should visit Kaduna, demands PDP
*10 killed in fresh Southern Kaduna attacks
*Zone 5 PPRO, 22 others decorated with new ranks
*COVID-19: CAN accuses Obiano of sidelining religious bodies on palliatives distribution
*Why I dumped PDP -Dogara
*Revelations about pervasive corruption in govt worrisome, unfortunate – Catholic bishop
*APC, PDP trade blames over clash at Oba’s palace
*I’ll change Edo narratives if elected –Oboh, ADC candidate
*I’m not in alliance with Ihedioha to remove Uzodimma –Okorocha
*Abians in diaspora commission resettles returnees from South Africa
*NDDC: Ex-MEND leader, Boyloaf, backs Buhari forensic audi
*Ndi Ozo Nri title: Ekwunife extols husband, says he is ‘my pillar of support
*Leadership crisis rocks Enugu NMA
*Senatorial by-election: C’River CNPP wades into zoning arrangement
*Fani-Kayode: Fresh crisis looms as Shinkafi emirate insists title irreversible
*Ondo Assembly resumes plenary, plans to continue dep gov’s impeachment
*… People’ll resist rigging –Jegede
*… Adelegan emerges ADC’s candidate
*Ogun transport master plan’ll boost industrialisation –Commissioner
*Abuja building collapse: Developer to face prosecution for manslaughter
*Bill to grant financial autonomy to state Houses of Assembly passes second reading
*S/East govs to name joint security outfit next meeting
*Security: We’re better than we were 5 years back – Buratai
*3 dead, several injured in Lagos road accident
*Anambra: Ex-Council chairmen team up with Arthur Eze against Obiano
*Senator Adeola pledges to monitor implementation of constituency projects
NEW TELEGRAPH
*The sick card
*N/Assembly to support SEC with enabling laws
*We forced victim to have sex with us, her brother –Kidnapper
*COVID-19: Anchor Insurance donates medical wares to Akwa Ibom
*COVID-19: Anchor Insurance donates medical wares to Akwa Ibom
*Ondo 2020: Akeredolu warns PDP against thuggery, violence
*Edo 2020: Oba of Benin to hold prayer, fasting sessions for peaceful polls
*Buhari’s government lacks direction, says Odinkalu
*Akeredolu ready to battle Jegede as Ajayi loses all.
