August 15 News Headlines of Nigeria’s Major Newspapers.
THE NATION
*Inside the battle for control of PDP
*More tributes for late Super Perm Sec Ahmed Joda
*Relief in Southeast over IPOB’s suspension of sit-at-home protest
*PDP: Oyinlola, Agbaje, Imoke, Jonah, others in race to succeed Secondus
*Gunmen kill 22 travellers in Plateau
*Sanusi: Weak economy responsible for banditry, restructuring agitation
*Why we want Secondus out, by PDP Arapaja
*Bandits kill 8 farmers in Kaduna
*UPDATED: Two injured as security agents rescue Osun APC Appeal Committee members
*Cross River North: Appeal Court refuses to review judgment given in Jarigbe’s favour
*Wike: PDP must challenge defections of Ayade, Umahi in court
*I wonder why my mother gave up on me – Sola Allyson
LEADERSHIP
*Ahmed Joda Was An Exceptional Statesman, Says Osinbajo
*Hunters’ Council Charges Buhari, NASS On Bill
*Kwara Women Ask AbdulRazaq To Run For Second Term
*22,000 HIV Persons Not On Drugs In Nasarawa – Agency
*Apply Same ‘Miracle’ For Release Of Abducted Islamiyya Pupils – Head Teacher
*New Case Of Polio Virus Detected In Adamawa
*Scores Killed As 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake Wreaks Havoc In Haiti
*Challenge Defection Of Umahi, Ayade In Court, Wike Tells PDP
*Iran Announces 6-Day Lockdown Amid Surge In Cases
*Repentant Terrorists Must Face Trial
*Presidency Kicks, Akeredolu Warns As Military Arrests 12 After Gunmen Kill 22 Commuters In Jos
*Investing In A Mobile Phone Shop
*Experts Link Roadside, Raw, Sea Foods To Cholera Spread
*Diplomatic Assault: Why Nigerians Are Mistreated Abroad – Experts
*My Relationship With Ahmed Joda – Philip Asiodu, Last of the titans
*Consultations, Horse-trading In PDP Ahead Of NEC Meeting
*Sanusi: Nigeria Has Witnessed Waste, Zero Progress In The Last 40 Years
DAILY TRUST
*2023: Agitation For Third Force, A Huge Joke – Bode George
*Irigwe Youths Kill 25 Fulani Travellers In Jos, Over 50 Missing
*Nigeria Needs Devolution Of Power, Not Secession – Bode George
*Indonesia: Apology Is Not Enough
*FG, Please, Reequip Our Military
*Nigeria, Flooding And Delinquency
*Rice Production In Nigeria Now Goldmine
*The Imperatives Of Stability In The Political Parties
*The Politics Of Forgetting
*NDDC: Now The Forensic Audit Report Is Out…
*Gov Badaru’s SLU Varsity Visit And My Stand On Foreign Study
*One Thing God Cannot Ignore
*Only Lepers Buried Him
*Expensive Marriage Festers In Nigerian Communities (III)
*Art Festival Isn’t Trade Fair – Habiba Bobi
*Yoruba Ideals Inspire Exhibition
*Abdulrazak Gurnah Named Headliner For 2021 Ake Festival
*Ahmed Joda: Fall Of A Colossal Technocrat
*Did World Bank Declare Nigeria High-Debt Risk Nation?
*Nasarawa Female Farmers Lament Poor Government Support
*Post-Harvest Losses: Plateau Potato Farmers To Go Digital
*Kaduna Set For Another E-Voting Season
*Monarch Raises Alarm Over Kidnapping, Destruction Of 300 Farms
*FG Constructs, Rehabilitate 83 Water Supply Facilities
*Correctional Service Flags Off Cowpea Farming, Distributes Tractors
*Govt To Profile, Register Visitors, Non-Indigenes
*NUC Approves 23 Programmes For Al-Hikmah Varsity
*We Recorded 89 Rape Cases In Calabar – Focal Person
*FG Warned Against Establishment Of New Varsities
*NAFDAC Warns Butchers Against Preserving Meat With Formalin
*Parents, Educationists Express Divergent Views On Summer Classes
*Sanusi: Nigeria Made Zero Progress In 40 Years
*Kantin Kwari Traders, Kano Govt Bicker Over Plan To Erect Shops On ‘Road’
*Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool Display Title Credentials With Dream Starts
*Ministry Sets Up 7-Man Committee To Investigate Missed Tests By Athletes
*Anyanacho Didn’t Fail In Tokyo Olympics – Chukwumerije
*Ex Internationals Commend Minister Over Stadium Rehabilitation
*Federer Says Return Date ‘Uncertain’
*Man Utd Sign Varane On Four-Year Deal
*Dying In London
*Family Members Of Murdered ISIS Fighters Repatriated To Abuja
VANGUARD
*Court remands 23-year-man for attempting to rape 40-year-old woman
*Insecurity in Imo: Migrants or terrorist infiltrators?
*Being unfaithful to your partner is a choice – Demilola Adegbite
*Plateau Attacks: Shocking details of how 70 persons were killed, 55 injured, 30,000 displaced
*Who will fix our health system?
*Why I killed POS victim, leader of four-man gang reveals
*Heartbreak is an island for everyone – Aramide Ottun
*Saving the Pharma sector from distress
*Understanding the NNPC investment in Dangote Refinery
*‘How SDGs office busted fraud syndicate’
*The real rejig our security needs
*How to fight off quid pro quo in the industry – Jessica Larny
*Delta Govt expands Warri-Uvwie storm drainage project
*If you don’t like bikini pictures, leave my page, Nazo Ekezie warns
*Midnight raids: DSS should not behave like outlaws
*ND publisher Adegbola honoured in diaspora
*SUPER LIG: Adana forward, Akintola targets dream debut against Fenerbahce
*WHO concerned as Cote d’Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in 25 years
*Flood destroys 170 houses, displaces 1,000 in Kirfi, Bauchi
PUNCH
*Like IPOB, FG may outlaw Yoruba Nation group –AGF office
*Eagles know AFCON foes Tuesday, seeded in Pot A
*BBN: Female housemates playing sensual games
*Breaking promise to cut waste, Buhari spends N41bn on presidential fleet
*Baptist school students: Mother suffers swollen heart as bandits insist on fresh N80m ransom
*Why Nigerian airlines may not cut ticket fares – Stakeholders
*Construction, working of pneumatic (air) tractor’s brake system
*Lack of dedicated cargo airlines hampers perishable goods exports – Adewale
*Smart ways to protect yourself against online dating scams
*Returning Oshiomhole-led NWC will bring reconciliation, progress to APC – Ex-National Vice Chairman, Hilliard Eta
*Eagles know AFCON foes Tuesday, seeded in Pot A
THISDAY
*LASU Cancels PhD Criterion for Medical Applicants
*New CP Promises to Eliminate Security Threats in Enugu
*BUA Cement Awards 50 Students Scholarship
*Bauchi Gov Visits Flood Victims, Donates Relief Materials
*Osun APC Rift Worsens as Aregbesola, Oyetola’s Supporters Clash
*UNICEF Condemns Death of Three Children in Borno Explosion
*Victims of Katsina Market Inferno Lose N50m Daily
*Katsina Threatens to Sue Customs for Killing 10 Residents
*Security Forces Kill 15 Suspected Bandits in Niger, Rescue APC Chairman
*Rotatry District Gov. Visits Lagos Central
*Varsity Don Accuses Ekiti, Ondo of Playing Politics with Forestry Laws
*IPOB Suspends Sit-at-home Order
*SDGs Office Explains Fund Diversion by Syndicate
*Oyo Hasn’t Learnt from 2015 Fiscal Crisis, APC Chieftain Laments
*Nigeria-Indonesia Diplomatic Row: Beyond the Alleged Egregious Act of International Delinquency
*Happy Times…Saraki Reunites With Sister, Gbemi at Mum’s Birthday
*FG Should Make Economic Climate Very Friendly for Pharmaceutical Production
*Gauging the Forex Market
*Banking Czars Making Waves with ‘Plan B’
THE SUN
*FG repatriates 22 ex-ISIS members’ families, 79 others from Libya
*Obasanjo, Mandela others nominated for leadership, posthumous heros’ award
*Imo lawmaker gives free medical treatment to constituents
*Many feared dead as commercial bus plunges into mining pit in Ebonyi
*Church spearheads nationwide clean up to prevent cholera epidemic
*Anambra 2021: Godfathers offered N.5bn for LP ticket, national chairman alleges
*APC Chair: Yari most qualified – Group
*NAFDAC cautions against foodstuff distributed by kerosene tankers, preserved with sniper
*Jonathan, Malami condole with Shagari family over death of Ex-President’s widow
*Osun APC: Give peace a chance, Oyetola tells party members
*Ngige, a forthright leader, keen on results – NLC
*Insecurity: Kumuyi, Don Moen storm Enugu August 26
*22 killed, 14 injured as hoodlums clash in Jos
*5 men gang-rape teenager in Ondo
*Niger insecurity: Task Force kills 15 bandits, arrests others
*5 killed in police, gunmen duel in Imo
*At 60, I’m sad about Nigerian government – Sanusi
*WASSCE 2021: WAEC accuses schools of shopping for external candidates
*PIB: PENGASSAN endorses 3% allocation to host communities
*UEPA inauguration: Ugwuanyi empowers Udi/Ezeagu youths, women
*FG averts consultant doctors’ strike
*Defections: Wike urges PDP to drag Umahi, Ayade, others to court
*SDG office busts fraud syndicate
*Love of Christ Generation Church (C/S) set to open
GUARDIAN
*Buhari and Tinubu in London: The significance
*Multiple Accidents on Oshodi-Apapa highway as repairs begin on Airport Link Bridge
*Nigerian youngsters should emulate Okwaraji, says Esin
*20 killed, 40 missing in Plateau attack
*ECOWAS to rake $43.5m from members for rice production
*Two policemen, three bandits die in Imo station attack
*APC Chieftain abducted in Niger rescued unhurt
*Wike charges PDP to challenge defection of Umahi, Ayade, others in court
*Osun APC: Give peace a chance, Oyetola tells party members
*Rights Groups commend court judgment on Abuja nightclub raid
*Group urges Nigerians to speak up when government reneges on electoral promises
*Ekiti Assembly plans stricter sanctions against FGM
*Academy of Letters honours UI’s Ag VC
*Rotary Club of Festac renovates police station
NIGERIAN TELEGRAPH
*2023: The President Nigeria needs, by ACF Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF
*Resident doctors’ strike: We are helpless, patients agonise
*Anambra 2021: Godfathers offered N.5bn for LP ticket, says LP chairman
*Delta monarchs at war over ‘first class’ classification
*Anambra 2021: Godfathers offered N.5bn for LP ticket, says LP chairman
*Delta monarchs at war over ‘first class’ classification
*Akilu: Military lacks manpower, training to defeat insurgents
*JUST IN: Buhari makes new appointment
*Tinubu has what it takes to win 2023 presidency –Ogunlewe
*Anambra guber: Endless legal battles for parties’ tickets
*Nasarawa: X-raying Sule’s industrialization drive
*It may be tough for APC in 2023 unless something radical is done – Oki
*It is better to agitate for creation of states than secession –Ogun Assembly Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo
•FirstNigeriaTV.