NATION
*‘Attack on Ize-Iyamu’s running mate not sponsored by PDP’
*Obaseki, PDP struggling for relevance with fake news, says APC
*Paucity of funds stalling appointment of more justices for Supreme Court
*Senate urges Fed Govt to raise age limit for job seekers
*ASUU decries ‘secret’ recruitment in UNIPORT
*Get skills for secured future, Obi tells youths
*Gbajabiamila seeks stiffer penalty against rapists
*National Assembly Clerk rejects retirement by commission
*Ngige bars NECA’s acting President from NSITF board meetings
*Ex-NIMASA director jailed seven years for N1.5b fraud
*16 crime suspects arrested in Abuja
*El-Rufa’i to community leaders: expose evil ones among you
*Kidnapper shot dead as Ogun police rescue two women
*Four-year-old defiled in Anambra
*Policemen held for extorting N260,000 in Lagos
*Imo missing girl found in Lagos
*Very important slap
*BREAKING: Nigeria records 643 new COVID-19 cases, total now 34,259
*Detectives hunt for killer of Gokada CEO
*Cleric charged with N5m fraud in Osun
*Gunmen attack Nasarawa governor’s hometown
*Southwest States agree to reopen schools
*Troops kill six bandits in Katsina, Zamfara
LEADERSHIP
*FG Okays 2021-2023 MTEF, Projects N12.66trn 2021 Budget
*A’Ibom Govt Threatens To Replace Striking Health Workers
*Tension In EFCC As PMB Suspends 12 Directors
*NASC Sacks Clerk, Ajakaiye,150 Others
*PMB, Lawan, Others Mourn Nigeria’s First Female Combat Pilot, Arotile
*Court Stops BPE, NERC, Others From Sale Of Jos Disco Shares
*South West States To Proceed With WASSCE
*Fortune Global Bags ISO 9001:2015 Certification
*Aisha Buhari Receives PPE From China’s First Lady
*Okonjo-Iweala, Mamdouh, Mohamed, Other WTO Leadership Contenders Strut Stuff
*Dangote Cement To Create 1,085 Millionaires In 4 Months
*Nigeria Loses N2.5trn To Fraud Annually – SfAFP
DAILY TRUST
*Moving displaced persons from aid-dependence to self-reliance
*A case of safety first in reopening of schools
*In defense of the Nigerian woman
*Of rape and the way forward
*Flip-flops over re-opening of schools
*Why wheat farmers are having difficult time
*How you can farm, live on garden egg
*We sacked professors, others to put best system in place – UniAbuja VC
*Stanbic bank donates 1,056 COVID-19 test kits to FCTA
*Muslim community establishes varsity in Abuja
* ‘My husband beats me anytime I deny him sex, please dissolve our marriage’
*Man lands in court for allegedly stealing N200,000
*Police kill suspected kidnapper in gun duel, rescue 2 persons
*‘I sexually assaulted my neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter only six times’
*We’re collaborating with security agents to tackle kidnapping – Abaji chair
*Man, 35, arraigned over possession of Superpower-90 explosive
*3 men docked over ‘one chance’ robbery
VANGUARD
*COVID-19 impacting negatively on employment, livelihood of Nigerians — NBS survey
*WAEC expresses willingness to partner NSCDC in Kaduna
*OPEC puts conformity level at 107% as Bonny light crude remains stable
*NIMASA orders stevedoring firms to commence operations or face sanction
*NMA disagrees with LASG over position on doctors’ strike
*HBP, diabetes commonest among COVID-19 patients who died in Lagos — MD, IDH
*Health experts put Tokyo on highest Coronavirus alert
*Interswitch postpones annual InterswitchSPAK National Competition
*COVID-19: Parents don’t want their wards back in school yet — Survey
*Public procurement: Why Nigeria is not getting value for billions invested — Aliyu, CIPSMN boss
*ASUU donates 1.000 seater lecture hall to UNIJOS
*Ondo: APC Youths protest against Indirect Primary
*NGO provides 1,800 children in Ogun, Kaduna with offline home learning kits
*Lagos opens portal to recruit 700 doctors, other health workers
*COVID-19 exposes Nigeria’s neglect for NCDs — Dr. Kingsley Akinroye
*Net forex inflow rises 118% to $20.5bn in 2mths
*NSITF crises snowballs as Minister removes NECA’s rep from board
PUNCH
*FG loses N34bn fraud case against Tompolo’s firm, others
*UK frustrated Air Peace attempt to evacuate Nigerians – Onyema
*How ex-PPMC MD used wife to siphon agency funds – Witness
*Private schoolteachers turn beggars as proprietors face lockdown hardship
*Gunmen kidnap NIS official, wife, kill sister-in-law in Nasarawa
*WASSCE/pupils resumption: South-West states, Ebonyi, Cross River on collision course with FG
*Arotile hit by ex-classmate’s car, says NAF
*Cleric arraigned for N5m fraud in Osun
*NDDC spent N81.5bn in six months – CBN, OAGF
*National Assembly commission sacks Sani-Omolori, 150 others, ex-clerk kicks
*Wadume: Court admits Taraba policeman’s confession as exhibit
*APC crisis surfaces as Senate screens ambassadorial nominees
*Eight Lagos cops detained for extorting social media influencer
*Two Rivers kidnappers nabbed, victim’s decomposing corpse recovered
*Rape: Kano seeks castration, El-Rufai’s wife meets Gbajabiamila
*15 officials behind N5.778bn missing pension fund – Niger
*Election rigging: APC petitions CP, demands ex-Ondo SSG’s prosecution
*Osun to prosecute policewoman for maltreating stepdaughter
*Cleric arraigned for N5m fraud in Osun
*Babalakin: UNILAG ASUU, council postpone meetings
**Corper, one other rescued as Ogun police, kidnappers clash*
*Wadume: Court admits Taraba policeman’s confession as exhibit
*Trader accuses Alaba market guards of arson, looting shop
*Charcoal fumes kill woman, houseboy in Anambra
*Community protests as Anambra, Imo, Abia, Rivers link bridge collapses
*Cleric warns against greed, lust for wealth
*774,000 jobs: Senate holds closed session, National Assembly to meet Buhari
*Twitter accounts of Apple, Musk, Gates, others hacked in bitcoin scam
*Sigma Pensions promises higher returns
*Coronation Asset advises investors on market risks
*Firms plan seven new wells in marginal oilfield
THISDAY
*Akpabio, Nunieh and NDDC Trillions
*‘No Igbo Man Can Do What Northerners Have Done For Me’
*‘Akpabio Ensured He Got 30 Contracts for Water Hyacinths’
*On the Matter of Equity, Justice and Fairness in Enugu
*Fortune Global Bags ISO Certification
*NSE Simplifies Capital Market Investing with Comic Book
*5G Technology a Necessity, Says FG
*Experts Highlight Importance of Data Protection Regulation
*All Eyes on Digital Identity Project Steering Committee
*TradeDepot Secures Additional $10m for Retail Supply Chain in Nigeria
*StarTimes Increases Content Offerings, Reaffirms Affordability
*Olam to Address Global Food Security through Innovation
*Oloruntimehin: Government Needs to Lower Bandwidth Cost
*Female Group Seeks Full Deregulation of Oil Sector
*Purple Unveils New Identity
*Nosak Supports Lagos Food Bank
*Marie Stopes Nigeria Donates Items to Lagos State
*Chivita Launches New Product
*Former Liberian President to Give keynote Address at Hogan Lovells 7th…
*BMP Car Launches 2-in-1 Car Hailing Service
*SystemSpecs Awards Winners of Essay Competition
*Njalo.ng Provides Access to Online Trading
THE SUN
*Because of the baggage we carry
*New report by CAPPA exposes grim water situation in Lagos
*NSITF: Ngige bars NECA acting president from future board meetings
*Buhari, Bello, CoAS mourn Arotile, NAF first female combat helicopter pilot
*Court stops BPE, NERC others over planned sale of Jos Disco’s shares
*NSE Insurance index down -0.10% YTD
*Only 3 states have group life insurance for workers-PenCom
*Insurer to boost investment culture via Money Market Fund
*CBN seeks powers to freeze criminals’ accounts
*Why we’re focusing on youths –Chilo-Offiah, SA to Enugu State Gov on SME
*CIS demands suspension of recapitalisation plan
*MTN Nigeria to run limited trial of e-SIM technology
*Budweiser Nigeria launches Smooth campaign
*Dangote’s ‘Bag of Goodies’ Promo Season 2 to produce 9 millionaires daily in 4 months
*We won’t accept imposition in C’River PDP –Ikem, fmr National Publicity Secretary
*Mass retirement hits N’Assembly
*Magu, suspended acting EFCC chair, freed
*I’ve capacity to fix WTO, Okonjo-Iweala assures Trump
*Delta introduces property tax to shore up revenue
*$37.8bn needed to close financing gaps in Universal Social Protection –NLC
*FAAN hits former Governor Yari
*Oyo: Makinde floors sacked LG chairmen at Appeal Court
*Akeredolu, APC petition CP over ex-SSG’s claim on alleged rigging of 2016 guber poll
*Ogun takes delivery of hospital equipment to reposition PHCs
*COVID-19: Taraba to reduce budget by 30%
*Amotekun: Ekiti seeks traditional institution’s support for recruitment
*Rape: Kano lawmakers recommend castration for offenders
*COVID-19: Infection spreads to 3 more LGAs in Bayelsa
*Obaseki provides training support, empowerment for 77,000 people in Edo
*No amount of misinformation can derail our administration –Delta
*A’Ibom threatens to sack striking health workers
*Anambra: Lecturers begin assessment of guber aspirants
*IPOB: I get 6 threat messages daily -Nwodo
*Obiano restates commitment to rural electrification
*Court adjourns suit seeking Uzodimma’s sack to July 20
*Fraud: Ex-NIMASA director jailed 7 years
*Ohanaeze: Splinter group slams N500b suit on CAC
*Troops kill 6 bandits in Zamfara, foil attempt to rustle livestock
*Abia police declare killer cop wanted
*Bayelsa: Supreme Court’s verdict accepted in good faith –Alaibe
*Bayelsa: Supreme Court’s verdict accepted in good faith –Alaibe
*Reps begin probe of NDDC, Gbajabiamila says commission has failed
*…Sagay wants IMC sacked, governing board inaugurated
*Obi sues for more skills acquisition among youths
*How to reverse Nigeria’s annual loss of N2.5trn to fraud –SFAFP
*Igbo need common front, IWA tells Ohanaeze, IPOB
*Imo exco okays revised 2020 budget from N140bn to N89bn
*Lagos begins recruitment of doctors into general hospitals
*774,000 jobs: Lawan, Gbajabiamila protest to Buhari
*SEDI: Workers threaten strike over re-appointment of MD
NEW TELEGRAPH
*MTN Nigeria begins e-SIM technology trial
*Edo PDP: Obaseki’s victory certain
*Delta takes N10bn CBN loan, introduces new tax era
*Bayelsa: Govt warns police, others against harassment, extortion
*A’Ibom threatens to sack striking health workers
*COVID-19: NLNG donates $150,000 medical equipment to Bayelsa
*MTN Nigeria begins e-SIM technology trial
*Obagoal joins Shanghai, replaces Ighalo
*CAF keen to develop women’s game
*Qatar 2022 World Cup kicks off Nov 21
*EPL transfer window opens July 27.
