SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 03/12/2020
Punch
Insecurity: Buhari to honour Reps’ invitation, says Gbajabiamila
B’Haram attacks sponsored by international community to destabilise Nigeria – Army
Boko Haram insurgency: Retired generals, NEF, others warn against hiring mercenaries
Buhari to go tough on Discos, agents selling prepaid meters
Senate okays Aerospace & Aeronautics varsity for Ondo
Present your budgets to National Assembly, Reps tell CBN, FIRS, others
Panel summons ex-Zamfara gov Yerima over alleged SARS torture
Nigeria resumes petrol import from China
We won’t remove Gombe lawmaker despite conviction – Reps
Naira gains, exchanges for 490/$
FG raises panel to re-negotiate 1999 agreements with ASUU, others
Motor owners to pay N250,000 for gas conversion – Sylva’s aide
NPA hands over Tarkwa Bay land to Navy
UNIBEN co-opts 150 workers into teaching cadre
Anyim told Jonathan’s wife not to support my gov bid – Umahi
Four lawmakers still share toilet, Ogun Speaker tells Abiodun
Kidnappers collect N100m in Kwara to free Ekiti Chinese worker
Delta’s debt is N207bn, says finance commissioner
Suspected bandits behead Kogi court worker, kill four in Niger
Abia commissioners, NYSC disagree over COVID-19 positive corps members
Kogi Assembly backs Bello for 2023 Presidency
LASTMA returns money extorted by official to motorist
Fire guts Ife biggest market
Commuters, motorists stranded as tanker explodes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Gunmen kill vigilante, two others in Plateau attacks
We’ve arrested suspected killers of Ondo monarch — Amotekun
Nowhere is safe under Buhari, Sultan-led JNI laments
(www.punchng.com)
The Nation
774,000 jobs fail to take off again
Boko Haram: Northeast governors back Zulum’s call for mercenaries
Algeria, Nigeria will ensure success of AfCFTA, says minister
Governors fear spread of insurgency to other regions
Court won’t order Fani-Kayode’s arrest for absence from trial
FEC okays N120.7b for roads, other projects
Fed Govt to sanction discos selling meters
Fed govt hopeful varsities will reopen soon
Aregbesola inaugurates task force on expatriate quota
Saraki to Secondus: don’t interfere in PDP reconciliation moves
Open our work place, Tompolo’s workers tell EFCC
UAM, third varsity to get off national grid
Wike presents N448b budget to Assembly
Akeredolu visits Ndoma-Egba over wife’s demise
Obaseki swears in SSG
19 die of Lassa fever in Bauchi
Borno farmers’ killing portends food crisis, says VC
Councillor kidnapped in Edo
IYC disowns president over calls to sack NDDC committee
Cross River by-election: police impose curfew
UDUS’s students seek end to hemp smoking in private hostel
(www.thenationonlineng.net)
Vanguard
The killers pretended to be labourers, says 24-yr-old survivor of Borno massacre
Senate urges Ministry of Health to investigate unidentified ailment in Benue
NASS has no power to offer new constitution — Omo-Agege
European Council approves debt relief efforts for African countries
U.S. Embassy supports copyright commission with equipment to fight piracy
By-election: INEC says candidates’ withdrawal in Zamfara is rumour
ISWAP fighters abduct aid worker, local officials in Borno
2023: We will bring prominent leaders, youths into PDP — Saraki
Ex-French president, Giscard d’Estaing, dies of COVID-19 at 94
Trump floats idea of 2024 White House run
Kano disburses over N100m UNICEF grants to 720 schools
IGP approves Neighborhood Watch security outfit for Aba
Borno killings: Women farmers to stop supply of farm produce to markets
EbonyLife Place opens luxury events space in Lagos
Niger state workers embark on indefinite strike
FG’s threat of ban on Christmas carol insensitive – CAN
(www.vanguardngr.com)
In The Sun Today
Insecurity: Buhari to honour lawmakers’ summon
Pope Francis condemns Borno massacre, Anglican knights task FG
Pope Francis condemns Borno massacre, Anglican knights task FG
Immigration: UK opens new visa routes for skilled workers
NASU threatens nationwide strike in varsities, research institutes
NASU threatens nationwide strike in varsities, research institutes
Nigeria’s restructuring inevitable – Akeredolu
Court suspends Prof. Pondei-led NDCC interim Board
Umahi sacks more Anyim’s kinsmen
Robbers axed police officer to death in Calabar
Southern Kaduna killings: Troops arrest 7 suspects
FCT police parade 31 suspected robbers, cultists, others
Gunmen kill 3 in Plateau
Ex-cop remanded over alleged murder in Rivers
Many troubles of Cross River PDP
Nigeria’s survival more important than individual ambition –Saraki
Nigeria’s survival more important than individual ambition –Saraki
Senatorial by-election: Sylva flays Dickson, says APC’ll win
Senatorial by-election: Sylva flays Dickson, says APC’ll win
CBN issues new directives on Diaspora remittances
CBN introduces special bill to deepen financial market
Killers on rampage
Don’t sack me yet, Rohr begs NFF
Odemwinge accuses Kanu’s wife of chasing him
…read these and many more online today.
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