SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 09/11/2021
SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 09/11/2021
PUNCH
N2.3bn theft: EFCC, Customs clash on custody as Maina bags 61-year imprisonment
Defence minister laments rising insecurity, secession agitation, food shortage
Rice smuggling: Customs tighten Nigeria-Benin Republic borders, deploy more officers
Govs attack Malami over $418m consultants’ fees, say AGF lied
We need part of recovered loot for our operations – Malami
Air force officer arrested over deadly attack on NDA
Ikoyi collapsed building subscribers signed over $500,000 contract each
Cooking gas price jumps by 240%, marketers halt imports
Moving goods locally in Nigeria over 500% costlier than US –World Bank
P&ID: FG probes nine multi-billion dollar contracts by ex-govts
EFCC whistle-blower app stalls at 15,000 downloads, critics allege data theft
Olejeme’s accomplice transferred over N100m same day we spoke – Witness
ECOWAS freezes assets, imposes travel ban on Mali coup leaders
Uncertainty hangs over new PDP leadership as Secondus approaches Supreme Court
Lagos tops as states half year IGR reaches N849.12bn
Kwara barred from UBEC fund over N1bn looting by ex-govt – AdbulRazaq
Vandalism: Kogi plans recruitment of 10,000 oil pipeline guards
Lagos govt promotes 3,650 civil servants
Man arraigned for labelling Ganduje, children ‘Kano thieves’, granted bail
40-year-old Ogun butcher arrested over lover’s death after sex
Zamfara businessman, who fled kidnappers’ den, abducted again on farm
Ogun teacher tackles bank, online store as fraudsters empty account
(www.punchng.com)
THE NATION
FG moves to avert reoccurrence of P $ ID case – Malami
NGF accuses Malami of bias in handling alleged $418 Paris Club refund debt
2022 Budget defence: Reps condemn spill over of navy projects
Drama outside Court premises as EFCC operatives move to rearrest Maina after conviction
Alleged kidnapping: My sight failing, Evans’s co-defendant tells court
Military, ISWAP fighters in gun battle on Damaturu/Maiduguri highway
Nigeria facing new threat, says Magashi
We have over 1.7b litres of petrol in stock – NNPC
NITEL/MTEL pensioners allege being owed 77 months arrears
NCC targets N632bn revenue in 2022
JAMB defends remittance of operating surplus
NYSC to employers: don’t grant corps members permission to travel
Fed Govt to lab owners: get accredited or shut down before 2025
Cormart expands export business to Ghana, Cameroon
Ikoyi collapsed building: Lagos Assembly seeks compensation for bereaved families
Confusion as 19 lawmakers impeach Imo Speaker
New Imo Speaker suspends predecessor, two others
Edo Assembly passes bill to amend Audit law
Lebanese community sets up $1.5m MBA scholarship fund for Nigerians
(www.thenationonlineng.net)
VANGUARD
Gbajabiamila signs Armed Forces Trust Fund Bill, 19 others for transmission to Senate
Protest as Reps’ C’mte Chair stops Malami from disclosing whereabouts of recovered loots, amount
Alleged N3bn fraud: EFCC presents first witness against former NSITF boss, Olejeme
IDPs number in Nigeria rises to 3million – Refugees Commissioner
Empowerment, no more solution to youth unemployment – FG
Jonathan calls for ceasefire, dialogue in Ethiopia
Super Eagles goalie, Maduka Okoye makes Premier League switch to Watford
Nigerian Basketball Federation crisis – One election, two faulty constitutions
Fuel scarcity: IPMAN constitutes task force to check hoarding — Official
IPMAN sets up task force over artificial fuel scarcity in Kano
Insecurity: Buhari will be answerable to Allah — Bafarawa
Africa requires $2.8trn investment to transition to clean energy by 2050 – PWC
CIG Motors Launches Its School Of Business To Empower Staff
We didn’t call for cancellation of Anambra election ― APC
2023 Presidency: We’ll sue Tinubu, force him to contest — TSO
2023: Diaspora group endorses Tinubu for President
Contractors, state officials who compromise building standards will go to jail – Gov Abiodun
Security improving in Edo ― Obaseki
Delta Assembly suspends budget defence for higher education over irregularities
Flood menace: Akwa Ibom Landlords laments exodus of tenants
Man, 35, allegedly defiles 12-year-old on errand beside gutter
(www.vanguardngr.com)
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