Newspaper Headlines

SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 27/06/2020

Punch

Africa records highest daily COVID-19 cases as total hits 348,871

States’ autonomy making it difficult to enforce COVID-19 guidelines –NCDC

Ajimobi for burial Sunday in mosque named after him

Lagos, Osun threaten fresh lockdown as cases hit 23,298

Supreme Court affirms Wada as Kogi PDP gov candidate

Shiites protest in Kaduna, demand El-Zakzaky’s release

I helped remove kidnap kingpin, Wadume’s handcuffs with spoon — Capt Balarabe

How mob labelled my husband robber, beat him to death –Ekiti carpenter’s wife

71-year-old man raped me 10 times, gave me charm to steal for him –13-year-old alleged victim

I didn’t rape 13-year-old accuser, only did business with her –Septuagenarian accused of rape

No state is safe, secure anymore, says Obasanjo

FG sets up committee to boost export

IDPs: FG begins 10,000 mass housing project in Borno

COVID-19: Globacom introduces social networking

Corona College of Education holds first e-matriculation

Lawyers, PDP slam Malami for swearing in APC caretaker committee

Gunmen kidnap nine travellers in Ondo, demand N100m ransom

Kano to test politicians, civil servants, students for drugs

Building collapse: LASG seals off 42 more buildings in Lekki

COVID-19: Niger govt reduces tax

I’ve never received money from politicians -Seyi Law

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

Nigeria records 684 new cases of COVID-19, total now 23,298 

Ajimobi took ‘all necessary precautions’ to avoid COVID-19, says top aide  

FG takes delivery of 40,000 PPEs, others from China

Ghana to cede property, documents, rebuild demolished embassy building, says Gbajabiamila  

Senator Adeyemi commends FG on Kogi roads  

FG shuts Kara Bridge on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for integrity test 

New electricity tariff takes effect from July 1  

Airlines not authorised to begin test flights —NCAA 

…Passengers to pay more as FAAN hikes service charge by 100%

Customs destroys N1.2b cannabis in Badagry

Nine firms, DPR disagree on oil mining fields licences  

DisCos: Power sector losing N30b monthly to energy theft  

It’s time for new Nigeria —Obasanjo 

APC crisis: Threats of court action mere media creation — Bagudu  

PDP carpets Buhari, Malami, Buni over NWC sack  

Sacked APC NWC makes U-turn, won’t challenge dissolution  

Covid- 19: Okowa, wife self-isolate as daughter tests positive 

80 health workers test positive in Enugu, Ogun  

Police rescue abducted Lagos-bound passenger in Ondo forest 

Ondo missing child: Suspected cleric Sotitobire opens defence  

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard

Nigeria records 684 new cases of COVID-19, total hits 23,298

NSCDC arrests man over alleged attempt to defile 15-year-old girl in Kano

Man, 50, rapes 13-year-old daughter in Osun

ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to pay 244 soldiers dismissed in 2016

N-Power has enrolled 500,000 so far, FG

40M WOMEN IN NIGERIA AT RISK OF CERVICAL CANCER, SAYS MINISTER OF HEALTH 

World Bank commits $20million for Dryland farming research, dev. in Kano

COVID-19: Nigeria not yet out of the woods, Obasanjo warns

Extra-Judicial Killings: SARS executed 82 people in 3 years ― Amnesty International

Insecurity: Rejig service chiefs, Ex-IYC president urges Buhari

APC CRISIS: BUHARI MOVES AGAINST OSHIMHOLE, AS PARTY MEMBERS WITHDRAW LITIGATIONS 

Kano Task Force intercepts illicit drugs worth over N1bn ― Ganduje 

You’re free to get refund or deposit for 2021 hajj, Kano tells Pilgrims

Lagos Govt includes seven private laboratories for COVID-19 tests

565 SUSPECTED DRUG DEALERS ARRESTED IN KANO 

NDLEA NABS 169 DRUG SUSPECTS, SEIZED ILLICIT DRUG IN BAYELSA 

Eight FMC workers test positive for COVID-19 in Ogun

Deaths from COVID-19 in Lagos likely to rise in July, August ― Commissioner

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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