SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 19/02/2021

Punch
Niger, Zamfara hold talks, troops locate students, workers in forest

Kagara: Police committed to safe rescue of all abductees —IGP

Peace of Niger Republic must matter to Nigeria –Buhari

Banks turning female marketers to sexual slaves – Senator

Ex-service chiefs list factors for failed anti-insurgency war

NNPC, marketers differ on petrol price, queues surface

FG bars trainee doctors from joining strikes

Customs target N1.47tn, Senate condemns duty collection outsourcing

FG plans N493.4bn revenue from national assets’ sale

Discos to pay for energy rejection – NERC

Police operate in fear as herdsmen kill seven in Edo

After reporting arms, ammunition recovery, I was arrested – Suspect

Fani-Kayode visits Igboho, canvasses Nigerians be permitted to carry guns

Insecurity: Defence minister’s comment shows Buhari has failed –Afenifere

Miyetti Allah faction backs Bauchi gov on carrying AK-47 rifles

Experts rate economy as weak despite exit from recession

Tension in Imo community over impending soldiers, IPOB group’s clash

Worker falls from eight storey building, estate tackles Lekki Gardens

Student scolded for tainted hair attempts shooting teacher in Cross River

Kwara sets up panel over hijab agitation in public schools

Popular govt critic, Junaid Mohammed, dies at 71

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation
Insurgency may persist for 20 years, Buratai warns

Governors, Abdulsalami: Ethnic profiling, clashes can trigger civil war

Buhari appoints heads for NEITI, NSCDC, Correctional Service

NAFDAC approves emergency use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Alleged N1.4b fraud: EFCC closes case against ex-NBA President Usoro

Military combs Orlu for IPOB camps

Relief coming for victims of herders-farmers conflicts

Fed Govt, states, councils share N640.310b

17 years after, Carbotage Vessel Financing Fund remains in limbo

Minister seeks unemployment benefit for youths

NEXIM eyes N1.2tr balance sheet in 2022

Don’t issue death certificates to the living, Mamora tells doctors

Customs ex-CG Dikko dies at 61

You can’t rename my varsity, Okorocha tells Uzodimma

NDDC projects embarrassing, says Okowa

Q4 GDP growth takes economy out of recession

Osun shuts school over armed hoodlums’ invasion

Markets shut to honour Jakande

Abiola, Afenifere begged Jakande to serve under Abacha, says family

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard
Senate begins screening of Buratai, others behind closed door

Lent: Reps Minority Caucus calls for prayers, sacrifice

Russia to register new Coronavirus vaccine CoviVac on February 20 – Officials

Britain’s Johnson wants to cut vaccine development time by two-thirds

No plans to increase petrol price, NNPC assures Nigerians

FG moves to galvanise mechanized farming, others with $1.2bn loan

FG hands over 2km road to FedPoly Nasarawa

Miyetti Allah accuses Akerodolu of creating Amotekun to kill Fulani

Insecurity: Your failure to stop herdsmen impunities may lead to full-blown ethnic conflicts – Moghalu tells Buhari

2021: Finally, Soludo declares interest in Anambra gubernatorial election

Ehingbeti: Sanwo-Olu pledges to double investment in youth

COVID-19 lockdown: Gov’t made no provision for gender matters — Oyekunle

Open grazing ban: World Igbo Congress demands S-East enforcement team

Man allegedly uses matchet to inflict injuries on members of vigilante group

Farmers in Rivers receive boost from Foundation on new approach to food production

Contractors responsible for failure of PAP ― Ijaw leaders lament

Viral Video: Ondo AG orders discontinuation of suit against Fagboyegun

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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