SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 23/03/2021

Punch
INEC plans online voter registration, targets 16 million Nigerians

Nigerian scientists’ two COVID-19 vaccines undergoing trial – PTF

Eight states idle as Nigeria vaccinates 122,410

Anti-open grazing killer gang: Arrest hit squad now, CAN, ACF tell police, security agencies silent

Buhari sympathises with victims of Katsina market fire

Buhari congratulates UBA chairman, Elumelu, @58

Forex trader remanded for defrauding investors of N17.4m, $6,300

Scammer who obtained $8,000 US COVID-19 benefit gets two-year jail term

Gunman kills 10 in Colorado grocery store shooting

FG approves survival fund payment for 155,000 transporters

Fuel marketers raise diesel price to N265 per litre

Pension funds gained N119.68bn from equity in Q4 – PenCom

Review police remuneration regularly, IGP tells wages commission

NPA suspends export receipts at Lagos ports

Don’t set Nigeria on fire over hijab, PFN tells Abdulrasaq

Ongoing crises meant to weaken North over 2023 – NEF

APC national convention’s June date shaky, postponement imminent

Nigerians shouldn’t politicise my attack, says Ortom

Kogi Assembly proposes life imprisonment for rapists, accomplices

Imo revokes 49 plots of land belonging to Okorocha’s sister

Four policemen remanded over killing of two in Kano

Amotekun may prosecute herdsmen for destroying 50-hectare farm, causing crash

Youths protest insecurity in Ibarapaland, detention of OPC members

Fulani leader on motorcycle in Kajuru shot, hacked to death

Son narrates encounter as gunmen kidnap Cross River NLC chair again

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation
Parents of 39 kidnapped Kaduna students accuse govt of inaction

Northwest governors issue vacate forest order to bandits

FG gets 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca from MTN

Buhari receives Bankole, Daniel in Aso Rock

Constitution amendment: Electoral, local govt, judicial reforms top Reps’ agenda

N24.4b investment: Supreme Court decides Nospecto, investors fate June 11

Industrial court faults pension law on retirement savings

13 passengers’ death: Boat driver’s no-case submission for ruling March 29

ECOWAS court judgment: Falana asks Cabo Verde to release Venezuelean envoy

FG asks airlines to resume catering services

Suspend bill on hijab, CAN tells NASS

NBA-SPIDEL chairman invites NBA President to annual conference

Bankole, Dogara, Ambode, Daniel, Omisore named APC’s Contact/Strategy panel members

CMD tackles Wike over attacks on Amaechi

Akeredolu to Igboho, other separatists: steer clear of Ondo

Gunmen kill three police officers in Abia community

Ondo ex-militants seek inclusion in amnesty programme

Bandits assassinate Fulani leader in Kaduna council

Woman held for ‘dumping’ accident victim’s body on the road

Hijab: Tension as hoodlums attack churches, schools in Ilorin

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard
Senate expresses commitment towards addressing decay in tertiary institutions

Constitutional review: Reps to prioritise electoral, judicial, local govt. reforms

UBEC releases N37bn to states for infrastructure, teachers’ training ― Ihonvbere

NDLEA will use immigration database to track drug barons worldwide — Marwa

FG builds capacity of women, youths on modern yam processing

Police confirms recovery of Cameroonian flag, military uniforms in Adamawa

Saudi Arabia announces new ceasefire initiative in Yemen

Russia’s Putin to get his Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday

CISLAC condemns arrest, intimidation of peaceful protesters in Niger Republic

Restructuring won’t solve Nigeria’s problem, says Rep Chinedu Ogah

COVID-19: Taraba commences vaccination as Gov Ishaku receives first jab

Over 100 farmers trained by NALDA on irrigation rice farming in Niger

Gunmen abduct wife of late Ekiti Surveyor-General

Police burst syndicate impersonating taskforce to divert containers from Lagos

P/Harcourt DisCo insists NMMP meters not for sale

How child trafficking syndicate ‘married’ nursing mother, sold her baby for N900,000

Ogunsan, wife nominated for global award in education

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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