August 16 News Headlines of Nigeria’s Major Newspapers
THE NATION
*Why APGA can’t retain Anambra, by Okonkwo
*Investors battle electricity regulator over policy suspension
*IPOB’s sit-at-home and lessons
*Twitter ban and official paranoia
*Nigeria’ll rise above security, socioeconomic challenges — Osinbajo
*BBNaija Shine Ya Eye: Arin, Princess evicted
*BREAKING: Barcelona win first post-Messi match
THE LEADERSHIP
*AfDB Secures $20m Investment Agreement On COVID-19 Recovery Platform
*Poor Services Push 25,645 Pension Contributors To Switch PFAs, Transfer N102.5bn
*Siege On Political Parties
*Cholera In Times Of COVID-19
*Why Nigeria Needs Rent Legislation
*Emulate President Buhari, Tinubu On National Unity, Group Urges Nigerians
*LASU, CIPM Sign MoU On Training, Research
*NECO To Introduce Candidate’s Picture On OMR Answer Sheet
*APC Members Fuelling Amaechi, Wike Face-off – Ex-LG Boss
*Cholera Kills 39 In Sokoto
*Toll Gates: Nigerians Will Face More Hardship – PDP
*Izunaso Lauds President Buhari Over Agric Programmes
*NDLEA Arrests Woman With 100 Wraps Of Heroin At Lagos Airport
*CJN Swears In FCT Acting Chief Judge, Others Today
*Boko Haram Massive Surrender Worries Borno Leaders
*21 Die In Jigawa Road Mishap
*Afghan President Flees As Taliban Surrounds Kabul
*How IBB Asked Jonathan To Sit On Yar’Adua’s Seat – Otedola
*Ahmed Joda: Nigeria Has Lost Most Valuable Citizen – PMB
*Nigeria Will Rise Above Current Challenges – Osinbajo
*Anger Spreads Over Plateau Killings
*Uncertainty Over Electronic Voting As INEC Gets Zero Budget
*Senate Kicks As FIRS Fails To Trace N17bn Tax Payment
DAILY TRUST
*‘Fan Milk’s Farm To Create More Jobs’
*Africa Has Highest Fertile Land For Agriculture — Dantata
*‘Pharm Sector Needs Concession To Thrive’
*NIMASA Deploys Surveillance Equipment
*Entrepreneurship Development: Planning Your Business (II)
*‘Patronising Local Building Companies Will Create Jobs, Others’
*‘Brains & Hammers’ Bungalow City Will Surpass Gwarinpa Estate’
*FHFL, Borno Build 300 Homes For IDPs
*Zylus Group To Venture Into Abuja Real Estate With Hilton City
*Ogun Seals 26 Petrol, Gas Stations Over Illegal Construction
*#EndSARS: ‘Lekki Toll Billboard Is For Advert; Not For Illumination’
*FCT Complaints Commission To Collaborate With FRSC On Service Delivery
*Insecurity: Enact Anti-Grazing Law In Edo, Group Tells Obaseki
*4 Herdsmen Abducted, 1 Injured In Abuja Council
*Police Arrest 15 Cultists, Warn Hoteliers Against Harbouring Them
*NDLEA Arrests Ex-Military Officer, Fake Soldier, Others
*24-Year-Old Robbery Suspect Arrested With 2 Guns
*PDP Crisis: NWC Meets Tomorrow To Prepare Grounds For NEC
*APC Elders Demand Fresh Congresses In Benue
*APC Govs, Others Visit Ladoja
*IBB Asked Jonathan To Sit On Yar’Adua’s Chair — Otedola
*Team Nigeria Sure Of Medals At 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
*West Ham Get Better Of Newcastle In Six-Goal Thriller
*NIDCOM To Partner Rugby Star, Itoje To Harness Talents
*Owolabi Wins 5th OBJ Golf Tournament In Abeokuta
*Son Strikes To Secure Statement Win For Spurs
*Philipsen Wins Vuelta A Espana Bunch Sprint
*Philipsen Wins Vuelta A Espana Bunch Sprint
*Poverty Capital Of Nigeria
THE VANGUARD
*Hollywood actor Derrick Ashong to host second edition of Take Back The Mic
*Governors Forum condemns killings in Jos
*Ahmed Joda: We’ve lost a patriot, most valuable citizens – Buhari
*What we need to conquer Africa – Paul Bassey, Chairman Akwa Utd FC
*VAT and fiscal federalism
*Akwa United : Football comes home
*SUPER LIG: Adana forward, Akintola targets dream debut against Fenerbahce
*Solving Nigeria’s insecurity through inter-agency collaboration
*Dabiri-Erewa commends Anglo-Nigerian rugby star
*If you don’t like bikini pictures, leave my page, Nazo Ekezie warns
*Exploring Nigeria’s home-grown school feeding programme
*Gov Ishaku Mourns as Taraba Rep Member Loses Father
THISDAY
*Host Kano Wins U-17 Noah Dallaji Basketball Tourney
*Rewane: How Nigeria Can Attract More Foreign Direct Investments
*Nigerian, Spanish Navy Strengthen Partnership on Maritime Security in Gulf of…
*Waiting on PDP’s NEC
*NO TO FUEL PRICE HIKE
*THE KILLING OF INNOCENT TRAVELERS IN JOS
*VDT Communications Begins NIN Registration Nationwide
*UNBUNDLING THE POVERTY TRAP
*MAN Blames FG’s Polices for Manufacturing Sector Poor Performance, Says Sector…
*FBH Holdings, Sterling Bank, Four Other Tier-2 Banks Generates N59.7bn from…
*Third Party Motor Insurance: Insurers Lose N530 billion Revenue As Accident…
*Crime Situation Report
*Strengthening Domestic Resource Mobilisation
*CapitalSage Raises $4 Million to Fulfill Expansion Agenda
*Akinbolagbe: Nigeria Needs Enormous Private Sector Investment to Deliver Quality Healthcare
*Access Bank Reaffirms Support for Youth Entrepreneurship
*FIRS: Over N17bn Tax Remittances Owed By Companies, Addresses of Affected…
*FG Earmarks N59b for Rural Roads Development, Says Budget Minister
*Access Bank to Reward Customers N600m
*AuGF Tasks Tax Administrators on Nigeria’s Fiscal Challenges
*50 Students Get BUA Cement Company Scholarship
*Adegbite Reiterates FG Commitment to Support Investors in Mineral Sector
*Upperlink Re-introduces Retail Payments, Achieves PCIDSS Certification
*Olam Mulls Listing on LSE by Q1 2022 As Profit Hits…
*NCC, NESG in Fresh Move to Enhance Telecoms’ Impact on Nigeria’s…
*Contest to Spotlight Upcoming, Professional Talents in Photography
*AMMBAN Confab to Explore Framework for Financial Inclusion Gains
*Quickteller Highlights Practical Business Strategies for SMEs To Thrive
*LAPO Gets TETfund Merit Award
*RIMAN Calls for Increased Investments in Technology to Mitigate Banking Sector…
*Food Security: FG Unveils Law to Protect Plant Breeders (LEAD NEWS…
*Dangote Cement: Significant Increase in Revenue Thrusts Profits
*The battle for Cleaner Lagos
*African Development Bank Leads on Climate Finance, Says UN Report
*FBH Holdings, Sterling Bank, Four Other Tier-2 Banks Generates N59.7bn from…
*TrustBanc Closes Second Tranche of N10bn Debt Issue
*Alpha Morgan Capital Managers Gets Investment Grade Rating
*RIGO MFB Disburses N2.3bn, Grant N1.7bn to Women
*Hull Blyth Begins Rail Haulage of Containers to Apapa Port
*APSAN Blames Rising Cost of Food Prices on Multiplicity of Taxes
*‘Aflatoxin Report is “Code Red” for Nigeria’s Agro Commodities’
*Fiam Wi-Fi Extends Connectivity to Lagos Suburb
THE SUN
*I’ll take Anambra to next level –Agbasimalo, Labour party
*PDP needs Uba, Ukachukwu to win Anambra guber –Ekwunife
*Joda: Buhari sends delegation to family, others
*…Nigeria lost super technocrat -Olawepo-Hashim
*Catholic bishops brand Nigeria world’s most terrorised nation
*Ikpeazu commissions cottage hospital
*Otedola: How IBB asked Jonathan to sit on Yar’Adua’s chair
*Anambra Commissioner for Lands escapes death
*Delta community calls on Okowa, IGP to save them from cultists, others
*Gov Abiodun, Alake, Adebanjo, Gani Adams, others for S’West security confab
*How cattle rustling snowballed into kidnapping, banditry in N’West ––Masari
*NDLEA nabs Italy-bound woman with 100 wraps of heroin at Lagos airport
*Suspected serial rapist arrested in Ondo after defiling 3 women in farm
*Communal crisis: Umahi suspends LG boss
*Military rescue 36 victims, arrest 20 suspects
*…NGF flays killings
*Killings: Lalong imposes 24-hour curfew in Jos North LGA
*COVID-19: Buhari, others in quarantine after UK trip – Presidency
*Olu of Warri: Squabble over succession normal in kingdoms – Prince
*PDP: Secondus, others shift battle to NEC
*Anarchy looms, JNI group warns
THE GUARDIAN
*NOA tackles vices among Abia youths
*Sports Minister names Toyin Ibitoye SA Multimedia
*Travellers stranded as Ekiti protesters block road
*APC wins Kaduna Reps by-election
NIGERIAN TELEGRAPH
*e-transmission: INEC doesn’t need NASS’ approval –PDP
*Why FG placed embargo on employment –Ngige
*Police: Tragedy as 21 die in Jigawa road mishap
*Lalong declares 24-hour curfew in Jos North LGA
*Reps want 6 devt commissions, training for 40,000 policemen
*Analysts: Inflation to sustain downtrend in July
*iThings: Apple lists Nigeria in third-party repairer programme
*Local content: Indigenous telcos seek 5 years tax holiday
*Owunmi to youths: Don’t be intimidated by old politicians
*PDP congress a sham, says ex-gov, Aliyu
*Buhari, too weak to solve Nigeria’s problems –Sen. Tofowomo
*APC will remain the peoples’ choice come 2023 and beyond – Musa
*2023: Will Osinbajo brave the odds?
*Controversy trails ‘death’ of 6 year old girl
*Minister names Ibitoye SA Multimedia
*Stakeholders want Kida to continue as NBBF President
*Kenya 2021: Ofili, Imaobong top Team Nigeria’s list for World U-20 tourney
*Aisha Buhari Cup: Fans await Ghana, South Africa, others
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