SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 26/12/2020

Punch
Fintiri, Ndume express worry as Boko Haram kills six, burns churches

COVID-19: NAFDAC to give emergency approval for N400bn vaccines

Reps consider extending UBE to senior secondary schools

COVID-19: FG orders varsities to suspend academic activities

Nigeria’s Q3 oil exports to US suffer 820,000-barrels drop

Yuletide: Piracy attacks continue in Nigeria, Ghana waters

Tunisian doctors, pharmacists, dentists go on strike

Buhari sacrificing Nigerians for northern interest – Kukah

New APC constitution to scrap BoT, tackle indiscipline, others

I thought #EndSARS protest was against virus – Joshua

My experiences in prisons under Obasanjo horrible –Gani Adams

Buhari’s impeachment: More PDP Reps tackle House leadership over sanction threat

Why we sacked 2,414 teachers employed by ex-gov Ahmed –Kwara govt

Insurgency: Why I commend, criticise security forces, says Zulum

Rape: Coalition petitions Ugwuanyi over arrest of complainant

Yuletide: Amotekun deploys personnel on Ekiti roads

New Year: Carnivals remain banned, says Osun

Eight die in fresh Kaduna bandit attacks

One dead as rival cult groups clash in Osun

Ondo’s worsening insecurity as litmus test for South–West Amotekun

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation
Low key Yuletide celebrations as Nigerians bemoan hard times, COVID-19

COVID-19: 20 Nigerian doctors died in last one week — NMA

2021 Budget: NASS releases details of its N128b allocation

Ndume condemns Boko Haram attacks on Borno, Adamawa villages on Christmas eve

Katsina billionaire Mangal funds presidential campaign in Niger

UK dissociates self from Gowon’s alleged looting

Police parade four suspected IPOB members

Oyebade bows out of police

10 die in Christmas Day motor accident in Kwara

Two LGs kick over military’s funeral arrangement for Domkat Bali

Ugwuanyi, Diri, Abiodun salute Christians at Christmas

A’Ibom govt mum on death of ex-MILAD Nkanga

Woman delivered of baby from three-year-old pregnancy recalls 12-year battle with barrenness

Osun monarch, Owa of Igbajo, dies

Nollywood filmmaker Chico Ejiro dies

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard
Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases near 2.6mn mark — Africa CDC

I-G approves deployment of 5 newly promoted DIGs

NiMet predicts 3 days haziness, sunshine from Dec. 26

Nigeria needs to be restructured to engender justice, equity and progress — Agunloye

Coronavirus: Kenyan doctors return to work after four-day strike

German cities group lowers expectations for start of vaccinations

Court sentences ex-Russia captain Shirokov to community service for assault

Akwa Ibom denies sharing CACOVID relief materials to PDP members

Christmas: Zamfara APC donates cows, rice to CAN, Igbo, Yoruba communities

I won’t owe any Imo worker or pensioner their entitlement, says Uzodinma

Gov Emmanuel condemns youth involvement in cultism

COVID-19: Task force clears Abuja recreational spots of fun seekers

Bandits kill two police officers, injure one in Jigawa

Remains of Kwankwaso’s father buried in Kano

Ogun CAN seeks prayer for Nigeria, observance of COVID-19 protocols

EndSARS protest: family of first slain Policeman cry for assistance

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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