August 12 News Headlines of Nigeria’s Major Newspapers
THE NATION
*Unlocking export market opportunities for women, youth
*Kogi’s war against food insecurity
*Tackling security challenges in Kogi
*Baleful legacies of Babangida
*Matters arising over VAT collection
*NCC: 5G way to go
*BREAKING: Gani Fawehinmi’s son Mohammed dies at 52
LEADERSHIP
*The Cross Babangida Still Carries At 80
*Capt Hosa: The Final Flight
**NSGF Under Lalong: A Dull Moment
*Molestation: NHRC, CSOs Hail N6m Damages Against AEPD, Police, NSCDC
*S’Court Verdict: Lawyers Disagree With APC On Buni Committee
*Federal Govt Plans Research, Devt Foundation As TETFund Gets Draft Bill
*11 Years After, Shell Agrees To Pay Ogoni N45bn Compensation
*NYSC And Youth Skills Acquisition
*BACK STORY OF THE DAY: As Secondus Gets A Lifeline
*Okorocha Loses Bid To Stop Demolition Of His Properties
*We’re Addressing Inequalities In Niger Delta – Akpabio
*DSS Quizzes Ex-Adamawa Governor Bindow, 5 Others Over Death Wish For Buhari
*Federal Govt Will Lift Twitter Suspension Soon – Mohammed
*Federal Govt Reintroduces N200, N500 Toll Per Trip On Highways
VANGUARD
*Nigeria needs new ideologies to tackle unemployment —Uche Ogah
*You need skills to fight poverty, Okowa tells youths
*Two ‘James’ and the paradox of Delta Central agenda
*Akwa Ibom declares emergency on education sector, provides 28000 desks to schools
*How to turn Nigeria into true federation
*Babangida says he has no regrets, but he can’t rewrite history
*Tribute for the living, not the dead
*We responded to 822 emergencies in 6 months, LASEMA says
*A’Ibom Gov okays capacity development training for students
*Cholera wreaks havoc in Katsina, kills 75
*Airport Concession: No lays-offs of FAAN workers, FG assures
*COVID-19: Nigeria records highest cases tally in 6 months amidst delta variant worries –NCDC
*Enugu State traditional rulers council outlaws girl child marriage
*Fire razes Port Harcourt waterfront shanty
*Ondo in line for carnival costumes capital of Africa
*Environmental actions needed to keep Lagos afloat
*Abuse of Chemicals, Drugs, Pesticide: NAFDAC commences sensitization
*We’ll continue to uphold core values that promote holistic girl-child education — QC Principal
*Germany arrests British embassy worker suspected of spying for Russia
*Environmental Pollution: NESREA seals 12 industries in Kano
*Prize-giving day: Price behind the prize
*The emergence of a hospitality destination
*197,140 Abia pupils benefit from FG’s school feeding programme — Team lead
*Nigeria, Vietnam will benefit from agric, tech collaboration ― Osinbajo
*Nonagenarian, two others docked for obtaining N11m, under false pretence
*Politicians fueling security challenges in the north to rig 2023 elections – Ortom
*I’m heartbroken over Mohammed Fawehinmi’s death – Keyamo
PUNCH
*‘Miracle money’ and the problem of African mysticism
*Alleged N10.7bn fraud: Court grants 22-year-old N2bn bail
*Gani Fawehinmi’s son, Mohammed, dies at 52
*Naira tumbles to 515 as dollar scarcity persists
*Teenage herdsman with AK-47 rifle arrested in Ogun forest, police trail gang members
*Gani Fawehinmi’s son, Mohammed, dies at 52
*Bizman lands in Kirikiri for alleged defilement of three underage daughters
*FG reintroduces toll plazas, Nigerians to pay N500, N200 per trip
*Abuja police detain Youtuber for criticising Apostle Suleman’s ‘money miracle’
*Driver reports self to police as trucks crush 65-year-old Ebonyi pedestrian
*‘10 Abuja Uber/Bolt drivers killed by carjackers since January’
*Naira tumbles to 515 as dollar scarcity persists
*FG reintroduces toll plazas, Nigerians to pay N500, N200 per trip
*NNPC incurred N473bn loss operating moribund refineries – Report
*Infighting, intrigues stalling electricity growth, say Reps
*Neymar, Pochettino convinced me to join PSG –Messi
*Kwara United await CAS response after ‘NFF kangaroo judgment’
THISDAY
*Thousands of APC Members in Kwara Defect to YPP
*FG Okays $2.5m, N498.2m for Four Power Projects
*Customs Probe Katsina Accident
*Ugwuanyi Inaugurates Judicial Service Commission
*Umahi Suspends Housing and Urban Devt Commissioner
*Northern Lawyers Mobilise Free Legal Services for Kyari
*755 Inmates Await Trial in Ondo Correctional Centres
*Northern Lawyers Mobilise Free Legal Services for Kyari
*755 Inmates Await Trial in Ondo Correctional Centres
*Bayelsa International Airport Records First Flight
*UK Projects £14.7m for Human Devt in Kano
*Global Citizen Unveils Activities for Lagos, Paris, New York Events
*Insecurity: Okorocha’s Wife Leads Women Group in Prayer
*Joint Border Patrol Team Intercepts N92m Goods in Three…
*NIMASA Empowers Nasarawa IDPs with Working Machines
*Abductors Free Woman, Daughter in Ekiti Five Days after Killing Husband
*2021 ISN Medical Lab Scientist Award Calls for Entries
*‘Journalism, a Potent Tool for Grassroots Devt’
*USING TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE PORT EFFICIENCY
*AMMBAN Confab to Explore Framework for Financial Inclusion Gains
*ipNX Begins Gigabit Internet Era with 1Gbps Broadband Service
*inq.Digital Wins Smart Solution Enabler Award
*Fiam Wi-Fi Extends Connectivity to Lagos Suburb
*Upperlink Achieves PCIDSS Certification
*FG Trains Kano State Executives on e-Governance, Digital Transformation
*Kallon: Peaceful Co-existence Will Address Humanitarian Crisis in North-east
*Excellent Service Delivery Key to SMEs’ Growth, Says MainOne CEO
*MDXi, MainOne Consolidate to Build W’Africa Digital Ecosystem
*Group Sues Telecoms Operators over Twitter Suspension in Nigeria
*Report Identifies Ethical Challenges, Risks with the Use of Artificial Intelligence…
*Twinnies Launches, Set to Take Beauty Industry By Storm
*AMMBAN Confab to Explore Framework for Financial Inclusion Gains
*ipNX Begins Gigabit Internet Era with 1Gbps Broadband Service
*inq.Digital Wins Smart Solution Enabler Award
*Fiam Wi-Fi Extends Connectivity to Lagos Suburb
*Upperlink Achieves PCIDSS Certification
*FG Trains Kano State Executives on e-Governance, Digital Transformation
*Ad Platform Moves to Assist Businesses to Drive Growth
THE SUN
*APC, PDP: Two parties, same characters
*Maduka, APC candidate, promises to revamp Anambra’s economy if elected governor
*Soludo/Oye’s appeal court victory, triumph of justice –Group
*INEC to deploy additional staff, materials to speed up CVR exercise in Anambra –Okoye
*Nwankpo inaugurates campaign team next week
*Accord has all it takes to win –Chair
*Veritas Glanvills: Taking the lead in pension fund administration
*FG may lift Twitter suspension soon
*Sudan to hand ex-president, al-Bashir, others to ICC
*…We’re ready for victory in future elections –Ortom
*IPOB threatens monarchs, PGs reporting their subjects to security operatives
*Pension assets to hit N20trn in 2023 –Agusto & Co
*Heirs Insurance customers to get policies in 5 minutes
*AXA Mansard app bags award
*2023: George, Ogunlewe clash over Tinubu
*SEC gets AfDB’s grant for risk-based supervision project
*We’re investigating death of 8 persons killed by Customs –Ali
*Shell pays N46bn to Ogoni community in final compensation
*Fire razes property worth millions of naira in Rivers
*#EndSARS: 107 Rivers residents freed after 9 months in detention – Intersociety
*Police arrest herdsman with AK 47 rifle in Ogun
*Abductors release woman, daughter 5 days after killing husband
*Gunmen abduct ex-councillor’s wife, 7-month-old-son in Zamfara
*Hushpuppi: 31 lawyers volunteer to defend Kyari
*Ugwuanyi inaugurates reconstituted Judicial Service Commission
*Reviving moribund reading culture’ll promote national cohesion, security -Kalu
*NDDC: Groups urge Buhari to inaugurate board
*2023: George, Ogunlewe clash over Tinubu
*Edo North: Braimoh flays marginalization of Owan, Akoko Edo, canvasses power shift
*APC suspends LG, state congresses
*FG set to reintroduce toll Plazas on select highways
*Poor funding: NERC remitted over N1.8bn to REA in 2021, Says Chairman
*NGX, FMDQ admits Dangote Cement Plc Series 1 Bond
*SON validates FCMB’s ISO 9001:2015 certification
*United Nigeria Airlines makes history, begins operations at Bayelsa Airport
*Nigeria losing $200m monthly to oil bunkering, tankers –ATOGMAN
GUARDIAN
*How graft, unstable economy fuel insecurity, by ICPC
*My father asked me to prioritise civil servants, pensioners, teachers, says Dapo Abiodun
*Obaseki commends agencies for improved security in Edo
*Traditional media already had COVID-18 before COVID-19, MD laments
*Mother, son, others nabbed for internet fraud
*Gani Fawehinmi’s first son, Mohammed, dies
*Nigeria has never been more divided, says Ortom
*APC may postpone local council, state congresses
*International Youth Day: More youths take to gambling, cybercrime to escape exclusion
*Experts weigh costs as FG plans to unban Twitter
*NFF awaits Rohr’s list, begins preparations for match against Liberia
*Obaseki, security experts, others mourn Ekhomu
*UK demands value for intervention in Kano, budgets £14.7m
*Umahi canvasses one-year compulsory qualifying programme for engineering graduates
*31 Northern lawyers mobilise to defend Kyari
*Abused Abuja women get justice
*YIAGA urges probe of alleged underage registration in Plateau, Kano
NIGERIAN TELEGRAPH
*Paternity row: Lagos DNA centre investigates 437 cases, 158 crimes
*FEC approves over N498.2m for TCN contracts
*Ogoni land: 10 yrs after, Shell agrees to pay N45.9bn penalty
*APC CRISIS: Oshiomhole backs Buni, says Keyamo a confusionist
*DMO faults report on Nigeria’s debt status
*It’ll be herculean for a democratic govt to create new states –Basiru
*Bello: Fostering unity in Kogi amidst ethno-religious diversity
*Osinbajo: Leadership duties demand focus on unity, tolerance
*Alleged sex workers: NHRC slams police, others, over molestation, abuse
*NDDC Board job tears Delta APC apart
*Nigeria ranks highest in unregistered births –UNICEF
*COVID-19: Why Nigeria must prepare for the next pandemic –Reps Minority Leader
*APC suspends LGA, state congresses, awaits ward congress appeal report
*Farmers, herders’ clashes: How Bello stemmed menace in Kogi
*CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup draws hold Friday
*FA Cup final: Sponsor hails Bayelsa United, Queens
*Adegoke hails FG, Sports Ministry over Tokyo 2020 performance
*Chelsea accept Roma’s £40m transfer bid for Abraham
*I’m going to play with best players in the world – Messi
•FirstNigeriaTV
