August 17 News Headlines of Nigeria’s Major Newspapers
THE NATION
*Buhari, Atiku, Lawan, governors, others hail IBB at 80
*Fed Govt to borrow N4.9tr to finance 2022 budget deficit
*I’ve no ambition to be PDP national chairman- Dokpesi
*Why Sunday Igboho won’t return to Nigeria, by lawyer
LEADERSHIP
*Protest As Bandits Attack 45 Katsina Communities In 3 Days
*‘Our Mandate Is To Look Into Petitions Arising From Congress’
*Faction Denies Invasion Of Osun APC Secretariat
*Police Arrest 16 Workers Over Alleged Invasion Of Firm
*NCC Commiserates with Family of Ex-Board Chair, Ahmed Joda
*NCC, NESG Mull Collaboration To Boost Telecoms Impact On Nigeria’s Economy
*Digital Literacy Training: Danbatta Charges Nigerian Youths On Skills Application
*Shipping Firm Denies Allegation Of Arbitrary Charges
*SEC Partners NAICOM To Derisk, Insures Commodity Assets
*Effective Judicial System Will Assist Nigeria Economy – Rimi
*Bear Returns As Equities Investors Lose N9bn
*Banks Pay N80.2bn Taxes To FG In H1
*Forex: Labour Advocates Improved Monetary, Fiscal Policies
*India-Nigeria Trade Volume Hits $14bn In 2021
*Nigeria Must Embrace Block-chain Technology – Onu
*Stanbic IBTC Advocates Partnerships To Drive Financial Inclusion
*Deep Blue Project To End Billion Dollar Annual Loss To Piracy
*2Africa Consortium Mulls Submarine Cable Branches To Nigeria, 3 Others
*President Buhari’s Article In Financial Times Of London
*Return Of Toll Gates
*NNPC Goes Fully Commercial As PMB Signs PIB Into Law
*Eulogies As IBB Turns 80 Today
*FG To Borrow N5.62trn For 2022 Budget Deficit
*Taliban Takes Over Afghan Presidential Palace
*Again 186 Terrorists Surrender In Borno
*PMB, Obasanjo Greet Zambian President-elect
*I Appreciate LEADERSHIP Award – Zulum
*Doctors’ Strike Continues As Court Adjourns FG’s Case
*I’m Not Interested In Politics – Sanusi II
*Expect Intimidation, CJN Tells FCT CJ, Khadis
*Why We Don’t Kill ‘Repentant’ Terrorists – Army
*Bandits Kidnap 15 College Students In Zamfara
DAILY TRUST
*Lawyers Pay Tribute To Mohammed Fawehinmi
*Late Ataga’s Family Criticises Police, Hire Ozekhome
*How Courts’ Vacation Is Proceeding Amid Case Logjam
*Jaundice: Why You Should Shun Glucose Water, Sun Treatments –Expert
*WHO-Led Trial Studying 3 Anti-Inflammatory Drugs As Potential COVID-19 Treatments
*Common Errors In The Care Of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
*Having Someone To Talk To Could Help Stave Off Alzheimer’s In Middle-Aged People – Study
*Nizamiye Hospital Launches Test That Detects Immunity Against COVID-19
*How We Emptied Many Nigerians’ Bank Accounts, Stole Millions Of Naira — Suspect
*Kidnappers Kill Man, Cart Away Foodstuff In Abuja Suburb
*10 Youths Arrested Over Protest At Mouka Office
*2 In Court For Stealing 5 Bags Of Cement
*Motorcycle Thief’s Informant Escapes Lynching In Kwali
*Pastor, 1 Other Arraigned Over Gender Violence
*Why Third Force Would Be Difficult In 2023 — Na’Abba
*2023: NIPSS Blames Political Parties For Women Exclusion
*2023: Ganduje Has Not Anointed Successor — Kano Govt
*Stakeholders Want Suspension Of Kwara PDP Lawmaker Lifted
THE VANGUARD
*Healthcare availability and utilisation in Nigeria’s urban slums
*Do Nigerians really have money in Pension?
*Ondo youth creates over 2000 jobs with Hespat app
*The position of international law on secession and self-determination
*Healthcare must remain a fundamental human right – Mimiko
*UN chief congratulates Zambia on peaceful elections
*Benefits of service year are unquantifiable- Ondo NYSC Coordinator
*A timely discourse on fundamental rights [opinion]
*Reclassification: Itsekiri group gives Chevron 28-day ultimatum
*Boko Haram surrender depletes ISWAP strength, sows fear — Nigerian Army
*German foreign minister: World ‘misjudged situation’ in Afghanistan
*Nasarawa Govt to begin demolition of illegal structures — Official
*Police rescue abducted APC Chairman in Niger
*Between modular refineries and fuel sufficiency
*[Breaking] Inferno: Mushin boils as miscreants go on rampage
THE PUNCH
*Hushpuppi: Probe panel submits amended report on Kyari
*Nigerian fans back Watford to shine
*Super TV CEO: Family accuses Lagos police of cover-up, hires Ozekhome
*Nwakaeme scores, assists in Yeni rout
*Super TV CEO: Family accuses Lagos police of cover-up, hires Ozekhome
*Two die, 14 buses burnt in Anambra tanker inferno
*NSCDC arrests 100 recruitment scam victims, suspect
*Rivers lecturers suspended over alleged sexual harassment, corruption
*Our debts will keep rising, revenues declining – FG
*Forex scarcity, others put pressure on FMCG companies’ profits
*DataPro maintains Total Nigeria’s “A-” rating
*CITITRUST wins awards for financial services
*PDP NWC meets today, begins preparation for NEC
*SIGN NDIDI, NOT MADDISON, KEOWN TELLS ARSENAL
*Nwakaeme scores, assists in Yeni rout
*United can’t win EPL without Halaand –Oliseh
*World Athletics confirms Okowa-led AFN, reject Gusau board
THISDAY
*‘With 10,000 Pending Appeals, the Supreme Court is Overworked’
*How Reverend Sister Moneme Made History as Canon Law Graduate
*Collection of Rent Arrears: Effect on Quit /Forfeiture Notice Issued
*Juvenile Courts for Child Offenders Coming Soon, AGF Malami
*NDLEA Nabs Italy-bound Woman with 100 Wraps of Heroin
*Electricity Senior Staff Association Impeach President for Alleged Corruption
*Paradise Foreshore Estate, Lagos to Redefine Urban Living
*Etex Group Contributes Cash Awards to Kanu Heart Foundation
*Food Availability: Nigeria Rated Second Poorest Country Globally
*Insecurity: Anchor Borrowers Programme to Suffer Setbacks, says AFAN
*THE NNPC INVESTMENT IN DANGOTE REFINERY
*AFGHANISTAN: IMPORTANT LESSONS FOR NIGERIA
*Biden: I Stand Squarely Behind Afghanistan Decision
*ASSAULT ON NIGERIAN DIPLOMAT IN INDONESIA
*New Rice Scheme to Engage 1000 Women, Youths
*Community Tasks Land Owners on Development of Property
*Diversification Important to Survival in Real Estate, Says Oshogwe
*Alvin Grey & Associates Holds Realtors Conference to sharpen Skills
*NCF sets to charge over 2000 youths on ecosystem restoration
*We Have Lost a True Advocate for Nature
*10 Winners Emerge at CrossPoint Innovate
*Bozimo Tasks Judiciary Workers on Enhanced Performance
*Air Travellers Spent N40bn on Covid-19 Test in Nine Months
*Federal Government’s Funding for Priority Projects in Oil Industry Hits $1.54trn…
*Nigeria Pumps Additional 45,000bpd Crude Oil in July as FG Activates…
*FX Squeeze: Manufacturers Begin to Look Inward for Survival
*Equities Market Declines by N9bn on Profit-taking in Banking, Oil &…
*ECOWAS Fixes January 2025 Deadline for Adoption of Cleaner Fuels
*Kumral: VKS Will Revolutionise Nigeria’s Textile Industry
*DPR Insists on Training for Downstream Operators to Cut Mishaps
*Food Inflation: AFAN Wants More Borders Opened
*NACCIMA Seeks Speedy Implementation of UN’s 2021 Climate Change Report
*Ascon Oil Company Re-claims Petrol Filling Station in Lagos
*Olam Reaffirms Commitment to Backward Integration
*CITITRUST Wins Global Banking & Finance Awards
*Africa’s Youth Key to Transforming Food Systems, Says AfDB
*BATNF Plans N2bn Investment to Boost Small Holder Farming
*‘Invest in Agricultural Sector to Attract Active Youth Participation’
THE SUN
*Strike: No going back, doctors insist
*Sell-pressure in Flourmill, Wapco drives down NGX ASI 0.04%
*SON donates seized 843 cell phones to DSS
*Webb Fontaine resolves Customs server glitches, reiterates commitment to trade facilitation
*Africa’s huge renewable energy potential remains under-utilised, says Orjiako, Seplat chair
*FG to borrow N5.62trn to finance 2022 deficit
*Labour mandates FG to restore gratuity payment
*Concession: FG releases qualification requests for 4 airports
*Plateau attack: Police arrest 13 more suspects, IGP deploys surveillance helicopter, personnel
*Man allegedly shot dead by soldiers in Abia
*Bandits kill police inspector, others, kidnap 15 students in Zamfara
*Zangon-Kataf: Again, fresh wave of violence leaves 3 dead
*Buhari, Senate president, Kalu, Atiku hail IBB at 80
*Ataga: Family accuses police of complicity, hires Ozekhome to watch brief
*Overthrow of Shonekan confirmed our fears about June 12 – IBB
*Fuel price hike imminent as Buhari signs Petroleum Industry Bill into law
*Another 219 terrorists, families surrender in Borno
*I prepared for jail after leaving CBN –Sanusi
*Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi grouded despite IPOB sit-at-home suspension
*FG hails MEDCAN for aborting strike
*ADF lauds Enugu, House on anti-open grazing bill
*Plateau killing: Enough of empty threats, Northern elders tell Buhari, Lalong
*You lack intelligence to halt arms smugglers –Masari tells Customs
*Proscribe Miyyetti Allah first, group tells govt
*VP, Ooni for broadcast lecture
*Your legacies harmful, disgusting, Imo govt bombs Okorocha
*Indonesia: Nigerian Ambassadors express fears over foreign service officers’ lives
THE GUARDIAN
*Tanker fire claims two lives, destroys property in Anambra
*Septuagenarian escapes death at Lagos road construction site
*NYSC cautions corps members against negative use of social media
*NNEW empowers women with business survival strategies
*CJN inaugurates acting CJ, Khadis for FCT, demands service
*Crisis looms in Rivers community over alleged killing of leader by vigilante
*Group demands release of 12 Mouka foam protesters
*Obaseki, SWAN mourn former Edo SWAN chairman, Aigbona
*Anambra and the primaries of blood and mammon – Part 2
*Bayelsa uncovers 612 ghost workers, dead persons in payrolls
*Economic outlook getting better, Adedipe, others claim
*East-West Road: Drawing FG’s attention to Eleme-Onne axis
*Obaseki tasks youths on use of technology to address food challenges
*Bandits kill 30, abduct 15 in Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna
*FG to borrow N5.62tr for 2022 budget deficits
*Group demands release of 12 Mouka foam protesters
•FirstNigeriaTV.