Newspaper Headlines

SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 25/06/2020

Punch

FG sets stringent conditions for school reopening

Rivers court clears Obaseki for Edo PDP primary

Lagos arraigns cousins for killing Maersk MD’s wife

Wadume: I shot IRT vehicle, it somersaulted, admits soldier

FEC approves N2.3tn stimulus plan

NNPC posts N9.53bn operational loss for March

FG unbundles NIPOST, creates three subsidiaries

Shi’ites protest incessant killings, demand El-Zakzaky’s release

Tension at NNPC as PENGASSAN threatens strike

Tributes as former union leader, Akele, dies

Alleged rape: Lawyers knock police for shielding D’Banj

Bowen varsity sacks 127 workers

TI, CACOL knock Lagos lawmakers over wives’ N80m Dubai trip

We deserve school feeding, cash transfer programme –Diri

Ikpeazu swears in three judges

Ebonyi slashes 2020 budget by 26%

Akwa Ibom drops charges against Christ Embassy pastor

Niger downpour: Two killed, 220 buildings destroyed, 780 displaced

Recruitment of special constables begins this week –Ogun CP

Imo journalist accuses lawmaker of assault

Cops storm Ondo residence, shoot pregnant dog dead

Man arrested for jumping into Ogun River

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

Buhari, Speaker greet Sanwo-Olu at 55 

Lawan, Omo-Agege, Wase, Okowa, others hail Gbajabiamila at 58  

Gbajabiamila to pay additional 50% hazard allowance to 450 doctors, others

House probes ministry over N343m ‘unexplained spending’  

Court refuses to halt ex-NNPC GMD Yakubu’s ‘$9.8m fraud’ trial  

Power: World Bank okays $750m IDA credit for Nigeria  

Nigeria’s GDP to decline by 5.2%, says IMF  

Fed Govt increases TETFund’s research grants to N7.5b  

NGF, NCDC sign MoU on World Bank’s N3.7b fund to states, FCT

Isolation centres mandatory for reopening of schools – FG

INEC rejects APC’s notice on Ondo primary election 

NWC members shun meeting, declare it illegal 

FEC okays over N137b for construction works 

Sagay to Buhari: don’t attend Giadom-led NEC meeting 

Nigeria rules out ‘street fight’ with Ghana over demolition  

When COVID-19 hangs the fate of over 1.3m candidates awaiting results

COVID-19: Edo tests 5771 residents, decontaminates 797 homes

NUT suspends Kwara NUT chair, secretary for alleged fraud

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases reach 21,371, fatalities 533

South Africa to begin Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial

FG deploys firefighting trucks to Oyo to combat fire outbreaks

LASU PRODUCES AUTOMATED SOLAR-POWERED HAND WASHING STATION MACHINE 

APC crisis: President Buhari backs Victor Giadom

APC is a conglomeration yet to fuse, says Forum of ex-lawmakers

APC CRISIS: Ojudu lied, I was not denied opportunity to see Buhari — Fayemi

Edo Guber: I instituted lawsuit to save PDP from impending disaster ― Ogbeide-Ihama

Delta APC to Okowa: Govt hospitals in shambles, fix them

Ondo Dep Gov raises alarm over withdrawal of police escort

COVID-19: UCH denies receiving N118m from Oyo government

NUJ commends Umahi on infrastructure development

Two armed robbery suspects arrested for killing petrol attendant in Ondo

LAGOS CONDUCTS OVER 34,000 COVID-19 TESTS 

Over 13,000 applicants jostling for Osun Amotekun job

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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