Newspaper Headlines

SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 01/07/2020

Punch

Nigeria in terrible state of development, says Buhari

National Assembly, Discos ask FG to subsidise electricity consumption

Nigeria, other African oil exporters’ll lose $34bn – IMF

Illegal entry: FG rescues 39 Nigerians detained in Ghana

FG inaugurates committees for recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians

FG targets N1tn revenue annually from stamp duties

Wadume: Family of slain cop sues FG, killer captain this week

Alleged rape: IG orders probe of D’Banj accuser’s arrest

FG may force DSTV to charge per view

Health workers meet FG today, threaten strike over hazard allowance

NMA, NUT knock FG over order to reopen schools

CAF shifts AFCON to 2022, cancels AWCON

CBN probes forex dealers for imports regulations violation

Cadbury Nigeria chairman, Peterside, resigns

774,000 jobs: Tinubu’s daughter, MC Oluomo, others to supervise FG recruitment

Wike invites Buhari, hails N78.9bn return to River

Bello faults NCDC, says Kogi CJ’s death natural

Five suspended Kano lawmakers resume

Lagos CJ frees 18 awaiting trial inmates

Plateau Assembly suspends two LG bosses for disobedience

Farmers warn of looming food crisis in Gombe

Lockdown: Two arraigned for extorting N650,000 at roadblock in Ekiti

Bauchi vigilantes torture undergraduate to death over mother’s theft allegation

I’ve received death threats to drop my daughter killers’ case– Father of LASU undergraduate murdered in Osun

17 abducted Sokoto indigenes regain freedom

SOKAPU decries 19-day curfew in Southern Kaduna communities

Police nab human parts dealer in Rivers, uncover four corpses

Makinde can’t surpass Ajimobi, says daughter-in-law

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

Nigeria records 561 new cases of COVID-19, total now 25,694  

How Fed Govt will lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty, by Buhari  

Buhari to Economic Council: do more to develop Nigeria 

Lawan to DisCos: give Nigerians meters before tariff hike  

Senate adjourns plenary to honour Osinowo 

Minister, lawmakers clash over plan to recruit 774,000  

INEC releases provisional candidates’ list 

‘We will stop Edo election if we perceive violence’ INEC warns

AMCON takes over Polema Industries’assets over N500m debt 

Osimhen opens transfer talks with Napoli  

$2.5b AKK Gas Pipeline to feed four states, Abuja 

Transcorp Hotels to raise N10b rights issue 

Nnamani, Bello head Edo, Ondo APC reconciliation committees  

Anxiety in Ondo as Akeredolu tests positive 

COVID-19 is a hoax, says Kogi governor  

Obaseki the servant governor at 63  

Oyo Assembly holds special sitting for Ajimobi 

Osun SSG tests positive for COVID-19 

Ekiti to reopen schools, worship centres

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard

Buhari outlines plans to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty

SENATE URGES FG TO SUBSIDISE ELECTRICITY FOR NIGERIANS

NLC demands outright cancellation, as Buhari, NASS agree on electricity tariff hike delay

774,000 jobs: Senators, Reps, Keyamo in shouting match

N-Power: Formal education not criterion for slot in new programme

COURT JAIL’S AIRTEL CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE FOR FACILITATING N2.2M FRAUD

Bank of China, Sinosure to finance $2.6bn AKK gas pipeline – FG

NBC orders DSTV to suspend new tariffs

Illegal bunkering: Navy siezes vessel, arrests 5 suspects in Akwa Ibom

CAC deregisters splinter Ohanaeze as group talks tough

ECONOMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL WARNS AGAINST MULTIPLE EXCHANGE RATE

NBA cautions comedian Lasisi Elenu over misrepresentation of lawyers

Lagos Assembly calls for renaming of sites, monuments named after Colonial Masters

Fear grips commissioners, others, as Akeredolu tests positive for COVID-19

Anambra identifies 6 herbal products for management of COVID-19

ORTOM DOES NOT KEEP ARMED MILITIA — CPS AKASE 

Woman raped by herdsmen in Anambra dies in Ebonyi

Police arrest 27 year man over alleged sodomy in Nasarawa

WEINSTEIN VICTIMS TO RECEIVE $19 MILLION PAYOUT

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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