SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 20/02/2021

Punch
Govt may swap abducted Kagara schoolchildren for arrested bandits

Reps to probe UK-based firm’s stake in HealthPlus

Why herdsmen in Ondo forests ignored Akeredolu’s eviction order – Senator

EFCC: Lawyer sues Senate, asks court to stop Bawa’s confirmation

I fled to Niger Republic to avoid amputation, Maina tells court

Imo govt seals estate linked to Okorocha’s wife

NCC allocates 383 million new telephone numbers to operators

Lagos govt must disclose amount it generates from tollgates – Bode George

We’ll protect Yorubaland against invasion, OPC, hunters, vigilantes assure South-West indigenes

Rivers crisis: Amaechi APC faction deceiving members, Abe group alleges

We got victims on dating sites, dispossess them of money, belongings — Suspected kidnappers

Jilted widower stabs lover in court over failed marriage proposal

Nigerians don’t need permission to live in Ondo forests —Bauchi gov

Give us state police, resource control now, El-Rufai tells FG

Orlu: Imo govt vows to prosecute IPOB security men

Gunmen attack another Niger community, one killed, many feared abducted

Katsina female wedding guests feared abducted by suspected bandits

US supports Ekiti farm with pregnant cows

Paternity scandal: Shina Peter vows to take care of Funmi Martins’ son

May God give Nigeria prudent, honest leaders like Jakande –Tinubu

(www.punchng.com)

 

The Nation
Anxiety as Niger awaits release of 27 abducted students, others

Kagara: HURIWA faults negotiations with bandits

Nigerian mental health nurse dies of COVID-19 in UK

#EndSARS: Lagos Judicial Panel awards N10m to two petitioners

I’d have lost my leg if I did not flee to Niger Republic – Maina

Shell: No basis for Aiteo’s Mareva injunction

Court rejects suit seeking to declare Ohanaeze Ndigbo illegal organisation

Furore over new passport charges by Nigeria High Commission in Canada

Insecurity: Wike to sue NGF over withdrawal of funds from ECA

Tinubu to Nigerians: Don’t turn security challenges into ethnic, religious crises

Nigeria’ll escape over-dependence on oil revenue in 10 years —Awolowo

Akeredolu to hold low-key inauguration

Sanwo- Olu commissions boundary roads between Lagos, Ogun states

Herdsmen crisis: Residents flee Ogun villages, head for Benin Republic

Gombe imposes curfew over Mai Tangale crisis, deploys soldiers, police

Kwara shuts 10 schools over Hijab controversy

I won’t rest until Bakassi people are properly resettled – Ita-Giwa

Concern in Gombe over scarcity of husbands for single women

Adeboye calls for fresh prayers as Leah Sharibu clocks three years in captivity

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

 

Vanguard
55 different lineages of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in Nigeria- NCDC

Africa is getting ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccines — WHO

COVID-19: Use AstraZeneca vaccine even if new variants are present, says WHO

Court okays NDLEA’s request to destroy drugs worth N150m

Insecurity: Give us state police, decentralise judiciary now, El-Rufai, Fayemi insist

Ministry of Power to provide six million homes with solar power in three months

Trade Ministry to support SMEs as more than 700 benefit from P&G, BoI Academy

NSE moves 307.79m shares valued N2.91bn in bearish trend

CCB to investigate bribery allegation against staff- Official

FG to boost cocoa production, export with jute bag factories

EU Ban: NAQS discloses effort to make Nigerian beans acceptable internationally

Siemens Energy Nigeria appoints Seun Suleiman as Managing Director

Stanbic IBTC boosts Nigeria’s agriculture sector with low-interest loans

Election losers exploiting herders/farmers crisis in Edo – Obaseki

Police nab 15-year-old student suspect for alleged attempted kidnap in Niger

Arrest killers of our monarch, not killers of cows, Ondo community tells police

Man hacks neighbour to death over goat theft in Rivers

(www.vanguardngr.com)

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane. – Kevin Spacey

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