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17/10/2021

Headline October 17 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

NATION
*MDAs didn’t remit N1.5tr operational surpluses – FRC
*We’ve degraded operational capacity of bandits – CAS
*Over 1.3m girls dropout of school annually – UNICEF
*Advertising industry introduces operating guidelines for practitioners
*Youths urged to take up leadership position in 2023
*Federal character principle has destroyed Nigeria – Dokpesi
*Sheikh Gumi’s stepmother Hajiya Bintu dies
*The rare Admiral
*All for the love of Thomas Sankara

LEADERSHIP
*Divided Nigeria Will Not Survive – Federal Govt
*British Lawmaker Dies After Stabbing
*National Council On Transportation Approves 30km/h As Default Speed In Urban Areas
*Defence Minister Seeks Credible Information To End Insurgency
*Our Own Pandora
*Malaria Vaccine: A Welcome Development
*Cracks In APC Widen As States Hold Parallel Congresses
*NSCDC Dismisses 87 Officers Over Vandalism, Forgery, Others
*New National Devt Plan Targets 21m Jobs, 5% GDP Growth
*We’re On Mission To Rebuild Nigeria – Ayu
*Poor Sanitation: 3.5m Nigerian Children Suffer From Diarrhoea Annually – Minister
*EFCC Questions Kwankwaso Over Alleged Fraud
*PDP Will Unite Nigeria, Gov Makinde Declares At Oyo PDP Congress
*Confusion As Enugu APC Conducts Multiple Factional State Congresses
*State Congress: Ugo Agballah Emerges Enugu APC Chairman

DAILY TRUST
*Kano Project To Redefine Agric Practices
*How Declining Agric Budget Is Slowing Down Sector’s Growth
*‘We Are Protecting Both Farmers And Grain Buyers’
*Setting Up Backyard Fish Farming
*How To Identify Fresh Meat – Scientists
*‘Climate Change Worst Threat To Food Security’
*Concerns As NASS, Judiciary, INEC Budgets Shrouded In Secrecy
*2023: Knocks, Kudos Trail N/Assembly’s Adoption Of Direct Primary For Parties
*Controversy Deepens Over Move To Float NG Eagle From Arik
*High Gas Price Eroding Profit, Raising Production Cost, Entrepreneurs Lament

VANGUARD
*Hoodlums disrupt PDP factional congress in Ibadan
*Lagos PDP accuses APC of disrupting its congress
*ECOWAS Parliament recommends adoption of regional instrument to prohibit tenure elongation
*Gov El-Rufa’i tasks APC officials on excellent leadership in Kaduna State
*Group condemns killing of soldiers, civilian, destruction of houses, vehicles in Imo community
*2,500 youths trained in Under 45 CEO’s Business Summit in Onitsha
*We’re not violent herders, killers— Fulani Christians cry out
*Dozens of poorly executed constituency projects scattered across Kano, Human Rights Group alleges
*Policemen allegedly extort student in Okene using POS
*APC Congress: Two factional chairmen emerge in Bauchi amidst allegations of malpractice

PUNCH
*Three die in lone road crash on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, says FRSC
*Travellers stranded for hours as customs, smugglers clash in Ogun
*Cultists kill 10-year-old girl at Kwara market during fresh supremacy battle
*Arapagi: Lagos community where women daily battle against stillbirths, miscarriages
*Experts warn against mandatory drug test for would-be couples, say measure unscientific
*Examining interplay between technology and electoral processes
*Rivers govt arrests two over pornographic display on electronic billboard
*Three die in lone road crash on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, says FRSC
*Travellers stranded for hours as customs, smugglers clash in Ogun
*Cultists kill 10-year-old girl at Kwara market during fresh supremacy battle

THISDAY
*In Nigeria’s Pharmaceutical Sector, Capacity Utilisation’s Still a Big Issue
*As Currency Pressure Takes Toll on Commodity Prices
*DORA MOORE-OJI: It’s Important to Reinvest Profits into...
*AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq: How Lai Mohammed Dehumanised Me
*When Ekiti Woos Investors, Development Partners

THE SUN
*At The Sun Awards: Nigeria’s unity negotiable –Kingibe
*Sun Awards: We’re building for present, future generations –Wike, Man of the year
*PDP presidential ticket: Governors, Atiku, others in final battle
*I’ve no regrets on how my tenure ended as Rivers governor – Celestine Omehia
*PDP will unite Nigeria, Makinde declares
*Anambra 2021: Deliver your polling booths, Ozigbo tells supporters
*Women group celebrates 20th anniversary
*MultiChoice Nigeria shines at MIPAD Top Global 100 Under-40 List
*Plateau contributory healthcare services available to tertiary institutions-DG PLASCHEMA
*UNN research centre trains journalists on environmental matters

NIGERIAN TELEGRAPH
*Buhari should consider Gumi’s option to end banditry, says Erekosuma
*35 years after Dele Giwa: 277 journalists killed in 4 years
*AfCFTA: Nigeria losing out as Morocco becomes Africa’s automaking hub
*Succession in churches: A battle between business, spirituality
*Electoral Act: Long walk to e-transmission of results
*Nigeria’s modest military industrial complex
*Ayade, others wasted N500m on foreign trip –Comrade Asu
*Anambra shouldn’t be railroaded into APC, says Ikefuna
*Owokoniran calls for peaceful, virile PDP Congress

PRAY FOR NIGERIA

08/10/2021

Headline October 8 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

LEADERSHIP
*2022 Budget Filled With Ambiguous Projects – CUPP
*Why We Appointed Barau Kontagora Emir – Niger Govt
*Media Practitioners Charged On Developmental Journalism
*Army Denies Demanding N6,000 From Troops For Trips
*Why We Appointed Barau Kontagora Emir – Niger Govt
*2022 Budget Filled With Ambiguous Projects – CUPP
*What Mark Zuckerberg’s Trial Says About Us
*Pfizer Seeks US Vaccine Approval For Children Aged 5 To 11
*WHO To Ship Medical Supplies To North Korea
*Presidency Not Planning Emergency Rule In Anambra – Obiano
*APC Sweeps Nasarawa LGs’ Polls
*Zoning: PDP Ratifies Ugwuanyi’s Report, Atiku Reacts
*[EDITORIAL] Lagos’ New Criminal Justice Law
*Making A Fortune In Commodities Market
*Federal Govt Secretly Raises Electricity Tariff
*Access To Malaria Vaccine Will Save 264,000 Children Annually – Experts

DAILY TRUST
*Forum Targets 2000 Aquaculture Job For Youths
*Tangale Community Demands Removal Of Yan Tauri From Billiri, Transfer Of Police DPO
*Parents, Teachers Told To Encourage Reading Culture Among Children
*Cotton Farmers Pledge Improved Production
*Plateau LG Polls: Women, Physically Challenged Persons Lament Inadequate Representation
*JUTH Host Community Protests Management ‘Failure’ To Honour Agreement
*Benue NGO Gives Lifeline To Young Females
*NDLEA Striving To Stem Flow Of Illicit Substances
*More Measures Required To Decongest Maiduguri’s Traffic — Drivers
*Borno To Buy 1,500 Taxicabs
*Fears As Plateau Holds LG Polls Tomorrow
*Congresses: APC Risks Collapse, Members Write Buhari
*North-South Alliance Harps On Competence, Integrity In 2023
*CAIR Kicks As Whistleblower Reveals Facebook Ignored Anti-Muslim Hate Speech
*Clerics Call For Citizens’ Participation In National Security
*Muslim Angry After Court Lifts Ban On Jewish Man
*And He Became A ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ Boy (II)
*Shifting NFF Election To 2023 Will Be For Selfish Reasons – Galadima
*FCT Target Gold Medals At 6th National Youth Games
*Shocker As Less Fancied Les Fauves Tame Super Eagles In Qatar 2022 Qualifier
*Shifting NFF Election To 2023 Will Be For Selfish Reasons – Galadima
*FCT Target Gold Medals At 6th National Youth Games
*Shocker As Less Fancied Les Fauves Tame Super Eagles In Qatar 2022 Qualifier
*Westend Whips Niger Sch 5-1 In Zenith Bank/Delta Principals’ Cup Opener
*France Beat Belgium To Reach Nations League Final
*Premier League Approves Newcastle Takeover
*A. D. Yahaya: Advocate For The Talakawa Is Gone
*‘He’s An IPOB Supporter’, Army Defends Arrest Of Nollywood Actor
*UK Waves Pre-Departure Tests For Fully Vaccinated Nigerian Travellers
*Police Rescue 47 From Illegal Rehab Center In Kano

VANGUARD
*Anambra Guber: Ozigbo, Soludo, Uba make INEC final list for Nov 6 poll
*APC says 2022 Budget designed to accelerate FG’s ongoing diversification of economy
*BoI becomes signatory to UN responsible banking principles
*The ‘overmighty subjects’ of Nigeria
*Insurgency: Theatre Commander tasks War College to design effective operations plan
*SWAIAP appoints Okowa’s aide, Egware Director of Media
*Nigerian Dr Osahon Enabulele emerges President World Medical Association
*16th Abuja Int’l Trade Fair: ACCI hails Emefiele over economic policies
*Northeast residents want speedy passage of 2022 Appropriation Bill
*NEPC partners Tony Elumelu Foundation on N400m entrepreneurs grant
*I’m disappointed — Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer
*CBN commits over N1.3trn to boosting economy
*PIA’ll boost Nigeria’s oil production by 317% to 4m bpd — FG
*Relocation: Transport companies shutdown operations in Ebonyi
*IFAD raises alarm on how declining biodiversity threatens food production
*She4She Initiative extends hand of support to community as school reopens
*Purported suspension of Orbih, a joke taken too far — Edo PDP

PUNCH
*Suspected cable thief electrocuted in Lagos
*Five riot policemen killed, houses burnt in Niger fresh attack
*Stock market gains N33bn as volume jumps 103%
*Fidelity Bank to build capacity in non-oil export sector
*FG to unveil 2022 budget details today
*Enugu Assembly lambasts commissioner, agency boss, summons 16 MDA heads
*Money politics taints electoral processes in Nigeria – CISCLAC
*Killings: Obiano visits Buhari, blames criminals from neighbouring states
*Ex-SGF Lawal knew nothing about N544m contract fraud – EFCC witness
*AGF has named FG as sponsors of Anambra killings – Assembly
*Unpaid fine: Tension rises in A’Ibom community over order to exhume co**se
*Flooding will compound cholera crisis, lead to more deaths – WaterAid
*Family head absent as Ologbotsere descendants meet, back deposed chief
*Plateau declares Friday holiday for LG poll
*Edo PDP divided over Rep, Orbih, others’ suspension for anti-party activities

THISDAY
*Idoru: Collateral Biggest Challenge Facing SMEs in Nigeria
*FG Reiterates Commitment to Make Nigeria Self-sufficient in Food Production, Wealth...
*IATA Laments COVID-19 Travel Restriction for Air Passengers
*Facebook Set to Bring One Billion People Online with New Connectivity...
*Nigeria’s Tourists Sites to be Announced at AkwaabaAfrican Travel Market
*TECNO Launches CAMON 18 Ultra-steady Camera Phone
*House of Reps to Meet with NCAA over New Handling Rates
*Addressing Cost of Aircraft Maintenance for Nigerian Airlines
*BPE, SAHCO Bicker over Payment Modalities for N1.8bn Benefits
*Huawei Holds Job Fair for Nigerian Students, Creates Path for ICT...
*GIVE LAGOS ITS ONE PER CENT

THE SUN
*Economic output, performance still tottering –LCCI
*Anambra guber: Pendulum dangles between real contenders and pretenders
*Pandora Papers, Peter Obi and matters arising
*Insecurity: Why Nigerians should look beyond security and intelligence chiefs
*Nigeria at 61: K1, Davido, Tiwa Savage, Teni to headline Eko On Show Festival
*Peace Anyiam-Osigwe unveils plans for AMAA 2021
*New Season of Superstory explores Dangerous Love
*Oboh mourns Capt. Idahosa Okunbo, condoles family
*Felix King’s succour for widows
*Gunmen paint Ebonyi with blood
*Alleged r**e: UNIBEN queries, interdicts senior lecturer
*Ekweremadu dismisses alleged EFCC arrest
*Kidnapping: Zamfara secures release of 200 additional victims
*Mishaps: FG acquires 20 patrol boats
*Amotekun kills suspected kidnapper, rescues victim in Ondo
*Insecurity: Residents donate patrol van to Abuja police
*Obiano blasts Malami, exonorates Buhari on emergency rule on Anambra
*… Stop politicking, tackle state’s security challenges, Uba tackles gov
*2023:Why Tinubu deserves to be president -Sanwo-Olu, Adeyeye, others
**Anambra guber: INEC out with final list
*PDP NEC okays zoning of party chair to North
*… Zoning won’t solve Nigeria’s problem –Atiku
*Oyo APC crisis deepens
*Edo PDP suspends Orbih, Ogbeide-Ihama, others
*Bugaje tasks Nigerians to vote for competent, courageous leader in 2023
*Mixed reactions trail budget
*Buhari considers fresh tax laws, presents N16.39trn 2022 budget
*2022 budget: Lawan tasks Buhari on completion of ongoing projects
*Wike calls for increased revenue allocation to states
*FG’s 774,000 jobs for LGAs a scam – TUC
*Money laundering: Maina’s son, Faisal, bags 14 years jail term
*IPOB dares S’East govs on counter group’s dream
*UK changes travel rules for fully vaccinated travellers from Nigeria

GUARDIAN
*England announces new 'life-saving' drug for sickle cell patients
*NCC says no plan to disqualify Nigerians under 18 years from getting SIM cards
*‘80% of EFCC’s 978 convictions cybercrime related’
*PIA may reduce petroleum input to budget funding, say experts
*Mixed reactions trail NCC’s plan to restrict ownership of mobile lines
*Bandits kill 16 persons, loot, raze houses in Katsina

NIGERIAN TELEGRAPH
*PDP is well positioned to win Anambra guber –Obaze
*Budget: Major indices as Senate approves 2022-2024 MTEF/FSP
*When Lawan led NASS to Ekiti to preach peace
*EFCC’s witness exonerates ex SGF, Babachir Lawal, of complicity in alleged N544m contract fraud
*Gani Adams to Buhari: Revamp Nigeria’s ailing economy
*NIMASA boosts Ekiti IDPs
*2023: Arewa youths reject PDP’s zoning of presidency to South
*Oyo Judiciary overwhelmed with pending cases–CJ
*Nigeria politicians steal to meet up declared false assets –TI
*Why Buhari must commit to protection of civilians –Musa
*Health sector reform: Again, Osinbajo intervenes
*Insecurity: Senators unite against banditry
*Umahi: Killings in South-East not justifiable
*APC is the party to beat in Anambra guber election –Okafor
*Ndidi plays down Arsenal link
*Wingless Eagles fumble in Lagos
*Zenith Bank/Delta Principals Cup: Westend whip Niger School 5-1 in opener
*Mailantarki reveals plans for football development

PRAY FOR NIGERIA

05/10/2021

Headline October 5 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

LEADERSHIP
*VAT: S’South States To Join Rivers, Lagos’ Suit Against Federal Govt
*Financial Autonomy: S’Court Reserves Verdict On Suit By 36 States
*Military Sets 3-month Target To Crush Terrorists
*Payments To Receive COVID-19 Vaccines And The Impact On Vaccine Distrust
*Malnutrition: What Government Must Do To Avert The Trend
*COVID-19: Global Airline Industry Sees $201bn In Losses
*‘We Won’t Allow IPOB Sit-at-home Order In North’
*Al-Makura Declares For APC Chairmanship Seat
*Focus On Peace, Stability, President Buhari Urges Ethiopian PM
*Resident Doctors Call Off 63-day Strike
*[EDITORIAL] On Teachers’ Day
*Nigeria @61: Kudos, Knocks Trail Buhari’s Independence Speech
*Social Media Outage Causes Global Shocks

DAILY TRUST
*IPOB’s Reign Of Terror In Anambra Must Stop
*Feminisation Of Violence
*Money Laundering: Senate To Ban Transactions With Shell Banks
*Customs Intercepts Pangolin Scales Worth N1.7bn In Lagos
*Nigeria’s Solar Market To Hit N7tn By 2040 – Seplat
*VAT: South South Governors Join Suit In Supreme Court
*FCMB Highlights Customer Focus As Core Value
*IATA Predicts $201bn 2020-2022 Losses For Airlines
*Why AfcFTA Is Yet To Be Implemented — Minister
*CBN Releases Regulatory Guidelines On ENaira
*Children Who Use Electronic Devices At Night Have Poorer Quality Slumber- Study
*Yes, COVID-19 Vaccine Was Developed More Rapidly Than Others, But That Doesn’t Make It Unsafe
*Communities Appreciate Humanitarian Groups For Saving Women, Children In Bauchi
*How African Court’s Session Resolved 10 Human Rights Applications
*Nigeria @61: Experts Advocate Transitional Justice For North East
*‘Thief’, 2 Persons Pursuing Him Drown In Kwara
*Capital Science Academy Graduates 133
*Power Outages To Hit Ikeja From October 11
*1 Killed, 5 Injured As Trailer Rams Into Vehicles In Abuja
*Fire Service Saves 101 Lives In Kano In September
*Olubadan Removes Chief Over Violation Of Ibadan Customs
*Court Sentences 3 Rapists To 62 Years Jail
*Kidnappers Of Boy, 7, Arrested While Collecting Ransom
*Kidnappers’ Middleman Arrested In Enugu
*Man Docked For Converting N3.1m To Personal Use In Ekiti
*Mason Docked For Cheating Brother
*Pandora Papers: Obi, Ex-CJN, Clergy, Other Top Politicians Fingered In Money Laundering
*Concurrence: Concerns As 69 Reps’ Bills Gather Dust At Senate
*Why I Called Tinubu Mr President In London – Rep Suleja
*Shekarau Backs Power Shift, Warns Southern Govs Against Threatening North
*Edo Assembly Confirms 11 Commissioner-Nominees
*NCF To Introduce 250,000 Nigerians To Cricket Yearly
*Home-Based Players Bemoan Lingering Crisis In NBBF
*238 Soldiers For Inter Platoon Swimming Competition In Kaduna
*Akpeyi Leads Early Arrivals For CAR Qualifiers
*Nigeria @61, Wasted Labour Of Past Heroes
*Osaka Falls Out Of Top 10 For First Time Since 2018
*Ranieri Returns To Premier League With Watford

VANGUARD
*NGX vows to transform financial services through technology
*Benue governor mourns deceased Commander of ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’
*Insecurity: Reps seek ban of small Arms importation
*AfCFTA: ACCI embarks on activities for active participation
*Afghanistan’s interim Taliban government holds first cabinet meeting
*AFAN hails NALDA’s integrated farm projects to attain food security
*Nigerian stock market opens October with N15bn gain
*Groups hail C’River north APC leadership over zoning chairmanship position to Yala LGA
*Army launches military exercises to checkmate criminality
*Farmers in Nigeria, Uganda, others benefit from AATF’s mechanized 65,300 hectares of land in 5 years
*‘Coming back online now’: Facebook announces return hours after outage
*BREAKING Facebook back after hours of global outage
*Adamawa Poly seeks approval to recruit 70 lecturers
*Zuckerberg loses $6bn in hours, drops to 5 on Billionaires Index
*BREAKING: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram back online

PUNCH
*Delta chief, children, sister escape death as hoodlums set house ablaze
*Gunmen allegedly abduct four family members in Ondo
*Probe begins as murder convict hangs self in Abuja prison
*Burial of billionaire businessman, Okunbo, begins today
*VC contestants present agenda at UI town hall meeting
*Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram back online after record seven-hour outage
*Over 500 Niger LG communities under Boko Haram – Resident
*AFRIMA 2021 to hold in Lagos
*Police patrol Anambra towns, CP orders cops to confront killers
*Allegations galore: Rep’s demolished land belongs to Assembly, criminals’ hideout
*Enugu renovates schools after PUNCH’s report

THISDAY
*Again, Gunmen Kill Three, Injure Others in Plateau
*Gunmen Assassinate Enugu Businessman, Raze LG Secretariat
*NDLEA Charges Man with Unlawful Sale of 1.6kg Cannabis
*NIPR Advocates Inter-ethnic Marriages for National Unity
*Man Jailed 12 Years for Ra**ng 17-year-old Girl
*RMFAC: Abiodun Canvasses 45% Increment in States’ Allocation
*No Conspiracy will Stop Northern Presidency in 2023, Says CNG
*APC Pegs Age of Youth, Women Leaders At 35
*Ndume Loses Bid to Discharge Self as Maina’s Surety
*Insecurity: Anambra CP Visits Igbokwe, Okongwu’s Houses
*Bauchi:Why We Demolished Lawmaker’s Building
*Al-Makura Declares for APC National Chairmanship Race
*Insecurity: SaMBA Wants Buhari to Arrest, Try Sponsors of Killings in...
*Igangan Seeks N193m Damages over Herders’ Attack
*Amanze Obi Presents New Book
*Death Row Inmate Commits Su***de in Abuja
*Fishermen Protest Attacks, Abduction by Sea Pirates in Akwa...
*Ortom Mourns General Apere
*2023: Tinubu’s Posters Flood Lagos as SWAGA Intensifies Consultations
*A Cerebral Legislator in the 9th House
*Ladi Williams, SAN: Exit of a Legal Luminary
*Integrity and Human Rights Protection in Nigeria
*Oseji JSC Passes On
*VAT: Appeal Court Grants Lagos’ Request to Join Rivers Suit
*Hairat Aderinsola Balogun: Still an Inspiration at 80
*Teenager Sentenced to Death for Stealing Phone, Set free by Court...
*Watford Appoint Ranieri as New Manager
*Nigerian Lawyer Appointed to Advisory Council of Canadian Law Society
*Legal Status of the Rules, Regulations and Guidelines of CBN
*Warri-Itakpe: FG Tasks Investors to Establish Logistics Value Chain
*Experts Advise Businesses on Surviving Current Macro-economic Policies
*Chief Ladi Williams, SAN is Dead
*SHUAIBU’S MURDER: WILL JUSTICE BE SERVED?
*Again, COREN Kicks Against Influx of Foreign Artisans into Nigeria
*RACING TO THE PROMISED LAND
*IWG Visits Ondo Health Ministry, Discusses Information Access
*NIGERIA: SO RICH, YET SO POOR
*FG Sets Up Panel on Meter Installation to Curb Mishaps
*Realising Local Manufacturing of Vaccines
*Lagos, Kogi, Others to Benefit from World Bank’s Agro Processing, Productivity...
*AfDB to Equip 40m Farmers with Modern, Climate Resilient Technologies by...
*European Union Announces Extension of €48m Electricity Sector Intervention in Nigeria
*With Less Production, Ratio of Nigerians Per Barrel of Oil Increases...
*Airtel Africa to Buyback 8.27% Minority Shareholdings in Nigeria Subsidiary
*Akpabio, Saraki To Lead Discourse At 3rd AFMESI Annual Symposium
*First Bank to Host Annual FINTECH Summit
*Africa Petrol Refiners to Discuss Energy Transition at 2021 Conference Week
*Food Production: Queen of Netherland Task Nigeria on Infrastructure Devt

THE SUN
*Enugu 2023: Between equity and zoning
*Let power shift principle be respected
*Nigeria @ 61: Many rivers still to cross
*Customs arrests 2 suspects, recovers N1.73bn pangolin scale, claws in Lagos
*Troops foil ISWAP attempted attack on surrendered terrorists –Army
*Deal ruthlessly with criminals in Lagos, Ogun, GOC tasks soldiers
*Police rescue 9 kidnap victims in Edo
*OML 29: Again, Aiteo drags Shell to court, demands $2.5bn
*S’Court reserves judgment on Executive Order 10
*Buhari greets ABC Orjiako at 61
*Mavin Records partners Young Bookworms for International Literacy Day
*Family tasks police on cultists terrorising Lagos community
*My 10 years of priestly ministry thorny –Fr. Ebube Muonso
*CNG: North’ll retain presidency with PDP zoning formula
*South-South govs set to float regional security
*Enugu: Kerosene explosion burns 16-year-old boy
*Amanze Obi to present autobiography October 12
*SOUTH-SOUTH GOVERNORS URGE BUHARI TO INAUGURATE NDDC BOARD
*Truck crushes MOUAU final year student
*Shekerau urges parties to support emergence of Southern president
*Respite as resident doctors suspend strike after 63 days
*Ndubuisi Kanu’s burial activities begin tomorrow

GUARDIAN
*Los Angeles Sparks' Nneka Ogwumike wins 2021 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award
*It is all systems go! For the Kenya-UK Collaboration on Health Workforce
*Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Covid-19 Reported Cases (04 October 2021)
*Ethiopia: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the decision to expel seven United Nations officials
*Minister of Foreign Affairs holds discussions with Libyan counterpart
*All Star Lineup Confirmed to Explore What it Takes for Women to Make it to

PRAY FOR NIGERIA

04/10/2021

Headline October 4 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

LEADERSHIP
*2023: Kogi Govt Raises Alarm Over Plot To Smear Gov Bello’s Image
*Opposition Unfair To APC, President Buhari, Says PGF
*Still On The Endless Plateau Crisis
*Tension In South East As Gunmen Set DSS, FRSC Offices, Vehicles Ablaze
*Vandalism Threatens Vessels Safety On Nigerian Waters
*Opposition Unfair To APC, President Buhari, Says PGF
*CBN To Boost Wheat Production
*Ladi Williams Dies Of COVID-19 At 74
*Analysts Highlight Benefits of E-Naira
*Equities Investors Reap N1.196trn Gains In Q3
*NiMET Begins N2bn Investment In Marine Meteorological Equipment
*Youth Group Calls For Unity, Peace In Nigeria
*Unremitted N1.5bn: Senate Threatens Arrest Of FAAN MD
*Expert Advocates Use Of Art For Peace Building, Devt
*NDLEA Arrests Fake Soldier With Drugs, Walkie-talkie, Ammunition For Bandits
*‘Only Socialist Transformation Can Bring Desired Change’
*Nigeria @ 61: Realities, Aspirations And Way Forward

DAILY TRUST
*Anambra Politicians Go Into Hiding As IPOB Unleashes Terror
*Vacancy: Nigeria’s Mandela Needed
*Higher Education In Kano: Between Ganduje’s Fair And Kwankwaso’s Shoddy Deals
*Curbing Proliferation Of Small Arms, Light Weapons
*‘Third Force’ Must Show Seriousness
*Of BudgIT Rating, Good Governance And Service Delivery In Yobe State
*Worry Over Acute Shortage Of Airworthiness Inspectors
*Reps Halts New Handling Rates, Summons Stakeholders

VANGUARD
*Apprehending Dr Chike Akunyili’s murderers
*UI VC race : 8 applicants withdraw from scheduled town hall meeting
*El-Rufai appoints visitation panel for KASU –spokesman
*Nigeria dances on the world stage to a musical cacophony
*Extraordinary rendition and the laws of nations
*NiMet forecasts cloudiness, sunshine
*How Zamfara police command arrested 69 bandits, collaborators in Sept
*Nigeria @ 61: Low productivity cause of insecurity, unemployment in Nigeria – CeProd
*Nigerian youth activist to speak at John Hopkins’ Varsity conference
*Nigeria’s increasing unemployment worries Oyo lawmaker
*Nigerians in South Africa urge compatriots to defend democracy
*Kogi govt kicks against smear campaign against Gov Bello
*UNN appoints Gov Emmanuel Guest Speaker for 61st Founders Day
*Defence ministry says video on its minister with AK-47 fake, mischievous
*Zamfara police command arrests 69 bandits, collaborators in Sept, says PPRO
*Couple found dead after dinner in Osun
*ICYMI: The numbers as Whitemoney emerges BBNaija Shine Ya Eye winner
*Two dead as unidentified persons attack Kaduna village
*NNPC denies conducting recruitment exercise
*Manchester City fight back twice in thrilling 2-2 draw at Liverpool

PUNCH
*Osun couple’s death causes panic, police suspect generator fumes
*Buhari lands in Addis Ababa for Ethiopia PM inauguration
*NDLEA calls on Gombe drug addicts to surrender for rehabilitation
*We’ll work together to give drug addicts new life – Sanwo-Olu
*Fire razes Osun firm, destroys N7m property
*IPOB burnt my Anambra home, alleges Joe Igbokwe
*Zulum plans 2,200 tricycles, 100 cars for Keke NAPEP operators
*7,878 Kwara farmers to benefit from Fadama project
*NMA advises NARD to suspend strike
*Fully vaccinated 74-year-old SAN, Williams, dies of COVID-19
*Student’s death: Abiodun orders demolition of distressed school building

THISDAY
*Oaklinks.NG Assures Nigerians of Quality Products, Services
*Value of Highly Capitalised Stocks on NGX Down N475bn on Double-digit...
*Nigeria at 61: OPS Hails Telecom Reform as Most Successful, Says...
*BOI’s Disbursement to SMEs, Large Enterprises Hits Over N1trn in 6...
*FAO: COVID-19 Pandemic Sets Back Efforts to Achieve Agenda 2030
*Climatic Change Risks Poses Global Challenge as Nigerian Insurers Prepares for...
*Stakeholders Urge FG to Engage Technology Service Providers to Boost e-Governance
*FCMB Celebrates Customer Service Week, Says Customer Focus its Core Value
*Ari: At 50, ITF Has More to Offer Nigeria
*Forex: MAN Lauds FG over Rebounding of Production of Goods, Services
*NCC Sensitises Telecoms Consumers over October 31 Deadline for NIN-SIM Integration
*NIS, Huawei Technologies Strengthen Ties for Digital Migration management
*Andela Completes $200m Investment Financing Deal Led by SoftBank
*ATCON, ALTON Partner DigiVation Network to Celebrate Telecoms Revolution
*ICAN Rebrands, Unveils New Corporate Logo
*Mining: FG, Russia Deepen Bilateral Relations to Develop Sector
*Kaduna, Ekiti, Kwara Lead in Transparency, Integrity Index
*Access Bank: Strengthening for the Future
*NNPC Begins Construction of 50MW Power Plant in Borno
*Khemka: Lagos Free Zone Will Significantly Boost Nigeria’s Economy
*Durosinmi-Etti: AGS Tribe’s Partnership with Amazon Will Boost Women’s Financial Independence
*DANGOTE, PIA, NNPC AND OTHER MARKETERS

THE SUN
*Police arrest 3 kidnap suspects in Niger
*Buhari mourns as Williams dies
*Kano Navy base’ll promote operational efficiency –CNS
*South East govs, Igbo leaders meet tomorrow
*4 electrocuted in Lagos church
*Sanwo-Olu applauded over appointment of LASU VC
*I didn’t say IPOB responsible for Imo, Anambra killings -Nwodo
*Anambra boils, Joe Igbokwe’s home burnt, DSS, FRSC offices attacked
*VAT war: AGF, Adamawa, Kaduna, Plateau set to battle Rivers, Lagos in court
*The Sun award priceless honour –Mustapha Ado Mohammed
*We must work together to salvage our country –Wike
*IPOB woos Yoruba, other agitators on planned one month sit-at- home
*Convention: Showdown looms in PDP over zoning

GUARDIAN
*Nations in new $400b commitments on clean energy
*FG, NEPZA mourn loss of pioneer free trade zone investor
*Adeboye laments nation’s debt burden, hopes on divine intervention
*Pro-unity convener urges unity to overcome Nigeria’s challenges
*NDLEA nabs fake soldier with drugs, walkie-talkie sets, others
*Obaseki charges youths on selflessness, better future for Nigeria
*Court jails five in Rivers for illegal petroleum products deals
*Concerns mount as Lagosians struggle to get COVID-19 vaccine
*Ogun pulls down distressed school building
*Osinbajo assures Sao Tome & Principe of improved ties
*Name financiers of terrorism, LP ex-scribe challenges Buhari
*Lagos plans to issue certificate of fitness for new buildings
*SERAP urges Buhari to withdraw conditions on Twitter

NIGERIAN TELEGRAPH
*Investors flout FG’s directive, import N592bn palm oil
*Cost of governance has made it impossible for Nigeria to develop – Yakassai
*Ani: Prompt claims payment has improved insurance sector
*‘Global rate hikes’ll increase Nigeria’s debt service burden’
*Linkage Assurance pays N2.450bn claims
*Infraction: NGX suspends trading in Chellarams shares
*Investors flout FG’s directive, import N592bn palm oil
*Cost of governance has made it impossible for Nigeria to develop – Yakassai
*Ani: Prompt claims payment has improved insurance sector
* PGF DG condemns APC Govs for joining opposition on VAT, zoning against FG
*Nigeria’s marine environment untapped for growth –Ex-NIMASA Director, Mogo
*I’ll fight for Tinubu’s presidential ambition –AbdulKareem

GOD BLESS NIGERIA

03/10/2021

Headline October 3 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

NATION
*Governors eye Mark, Makarfi, Lamido, Babangida for PDP chair
*Cloud Exchange, Huawei partner to attract new investments
*Killings: Fresh anxiety trails Anambra governorship election
*Olonisakin commends Nigeria’s unity in Diaspora
*How AVM Smith was rescued from kidnappers
*Police arrest lady accused of selling 4-yr-old sister for N150,000
*AUPCTRE urges Buhari to address workers’ suffering fast
*20m Nigerian under-five children malnourished — UNICEF
*‘How COVID-19 vaccine scare is affecting FG’s efforts to manage pandemic’
*Another PDP governor will succeed me, says Wike
*NEMSA bemoans poor meter installations
*Family eulogises Okunbo’s legacies
*I’m healthy, only undergoing therapy, Tinubu tells northern lawmakers
*Gunmen abduct permanent secretary in Niger
*Judges issuing conflicting orders selfish – Katsina CJ
*No respite as Southwest communities groan under herdsmen attacks
*COVID-19: Get vaccinated rather than live in fear, doubt – Adeboye
*Jos community threatens legal action against army over alleged invasion, illegal arrest

LEADERSHIP
*UNICEF, Adamawa Govt Train 50 Girls On Digital Innovation
*Gombe To Build Secretariat At Bauchi Motor Park
*Bauchi Govt Demolishes Federal Lamaker’s Residence
*CSOs Decry Increasing Hunger, Poverty
*Police Arrest Bandits’ Kingpin, Kill 5 In Zamfara
*Sokoto Govt Has Raised The Bar On Digital Excellence – AFBA
*61 Wasteful Independence Years To Us – Fulani chieftain
*Fiscal Federalism Key To Nigeria’s Unity –Ogbonnia
*Red Cross Distributes Relief Materials To Households In Nasarawa
*Nigeria @ 61: We’re Celebrating Insecurity And Corruption – Ortom
*Clamour For Zoning Shows Failure Of Political Parties – Sani
*CDS Lauds NCFRMI, DEPOWA On Humanitarian Efforts
*Remember Our POCs, Refugee Commission Boss Tells Nigerians
*Buhari Orders Rehabilitation Of Food Reserves
*Fire Razes Part Of Kano TV Station (ARTV)
*Buhari Off To Ethiopia For Prime Minister’s Inauguration
*Nigeria’s Relations With Sao Tome & Principe Growing – Osinbajo
*Convention: PDP NEC Meets Thursday Over Zoning, Others
*Abuja School Produces Global Scholars In Microsoft Certification
*IPMAN To Shut Calabar Depot, 400 Petrol Stations in C/River, Akwa Ibom Over Police Harassment
*Infrastructure Decay In The FCT
*India Imposes Retaliatory Restrictions On British Nationals
*US Deaths Surpass 700,000
*MAKING IT, SPENDING IT: MAKE OR MAR MONEY CHOICES
*Abia Community Honours DVC NOUN
*4 Die Of Cholera, 19 Discharged In Ebonyi
*Governor Diri Hosts Bayelsa Elders, Seeks Unity

DAILY TRUST
*ICT, Telecom: So Far, So Good
*Experts Wade In As Jigawa Farmers Struggle To Survive Long Dry Spell
*Farmers Canvass More Coverage From CBN, Hail N798bn To 3.9 Farmers
*Unveiled: Politicians Who Have Remained In Government Since 1999
*KADINVEST 6.0: How Kaduna Is Expanding Investments In The North
*How Male Nail Technicians, Hairstylists Dominate Abuja Salons
*Re-Circulated Image Of Police Impersonator
*Commuting Gets Tougher As Lagos Undertakes Rail, Road Constructions
*How 35-Year-Old Started Rice Company With N20,000
*Why Rice Millers Are Closing Factories In Kwara – RIMAN Chair
*Mycotoxins Is Most Under-Prioritized Risk To Public Health, Food Security – NAQS
*BUK, L&Z Farms Partner To Provide Veterinary Field Stations
*Proposed Groundnuts Pyramid In Kwara No Longer Feasible – Farmers
*Varsity Don Advocates Establishment Of Crop Museum
*7,000 Benefit From CBN Anchor Borrowers In Ogun
*Edo Flags Off Inputs, Support To Smallholder Farmers
*Inside The Sorry State Of Secondary School Clinics
*Sit-Tight Syndrome, Coups And W/Africa’s Woes
*Ridding The Planet Of Plastic Saves You Too
*10 Basic First Aid Tips/Procedures For Any Emergency
*Tetanus: Why Individuals Should Take Precaution
*Dutse Residents Offer Special Prayers For Rain
*Police Arrest Suspected Cultists Over Assault On Lady
*Plateau Crisis: Political Leaders Caution Assembly Speaker Over Activities
*Egbira Nation To Partner Govt In Tackling Insecurity
*Rep Empowers 300 Women, Youths In Benue
*Motorcycle Ban: Kaduna Residents Groan Over Transportation Hardship
*Nigeria Facing Unique Security Challenges – Olonisakin
*2021/22 Polo Season Gallops-Off In Katsina
*Nursing Mother Electrocuted In Rivers
*Chelsea Seize Top Spot After Dramatic Win Over Southampton
*Tennis: Akindoju Aims To Develop World-Class Players
*NBBF Crisis Lingers As Extra-Ordinary Congress Postponed
*Ramos’s PSG Return Date Still Unknown
*Massari Ready To Raise Cycling Level In Nigeria
*More Troubles For Okagbare As US Agency Investigates Anti-Doping Case
*Gumut, Nnaji Emerge Players, Technical Representatives On NBBF Board
*NFF 2022: All Eyes On Sleeky Pinnick
*DeChambeau Beaten In Longest Drive Final
*Joyce Wants Olympic Gold In Wake Of Corruption Claims

VANGUARD
*NSCDC recovers stolen motorcycle in Ilorin
*Tribute to Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu
*God Is The Troublemaker (1)
*Making PIA work for all
*Gov Makinde promises to promote, encourage talented youths to grow businesses
*Tackling insecurity: Religious leaders recommend Yahaya Bello’s template
*Grazing reserves, a gunpowder keg
*Nigeria at 61: Jonathan charges citizens to be optimistic of the future
*Police nab suspect with 340 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition in Delta
*FRCN inaugurates 10kw transmitter at Globe FM Bauchi
*Olonisakin commends Nigeria’s unity in Diaspora
*GULLY EROSION: Fully-loaded bus falls into ditch in Imo

PUNCH
*Robbers plucked out my eyes because I had no money to give them, says 49-year-old PhD holder
*It was surreal being picked up from airport by Rwandan President –Davido
*How police, thugs invaded, destroyed Lagos clubhouse despite land case in Supreme Court
*Miyetti Allah threatens suit as Lagos, Ondo vow to defend open grazing law
*Secession agitation: IPOB’s method horrible, indefensible, says ex-minister
*Why I backed my twin sons to study Law – Ogunba
*Northern reps meet Tinubu in UK, back 2023 presidential bid
*My life is proof that being a DJ is lucrative – DJ Kaywise
*Kidnappers who once terrorised Lagos schools behind AVM Smith’s abduction– Police sources
*OAU students defy management’s order, shift protest to campus
*COVID-19: Adeboye, Ighodalo, other clerics differ on jabs for church members

THISDAY
*Turn Up Friday, Owambe Saturday Among New Lineup on Africa Magic
*Society Watch With Adebayo Adeoye
*Osinbajo: Nigeria Will Strengthen Growing Relationship With Sao Tome
*NLC Mourns as NECA DG Passes on
*Police Recover 340 AK-47 Rifle Ammunition in Delta, Arrest Suspect
*Abductors Free Air Force Chief, AVM Smith
*Over 20 Missing as Jetty Collapses in Rivers

THE SUN
*Hard times: Nigerians gnashing their teeth
*Makoko: Lagos slum struggling to overcome squalor
*VAT: No state is vulnerable, we only have weak leadership –Dr Tayo Bello, Monetary and Development economist
*I can’t have s*x on first date –Mimisola Daniels, actress
*Nigeria @ 61: There are so much worries, less to celebrate – Prof Tunde Adeniran
*2023: Third Force not threat to anybody – Onyeama, Foreign Affairs minister
*2023: 2 Ugwuanyi’s appointees, state Assembly on collision course
*Nigeria at 61: Oboh urges Buhari to rule with fear of God
*Gidi Box Office’s 13 Letters hits cinema with glee
*What Buhari should do to win the insurgency war – Senator Ndume
*State of the nation: Nigeria falling into ditch – Evah, Ijaw Monitoring Group leader
*Incessant attacks: Killings in S’East senseless –IPOB

GUARDIAN
*Why we must support abandoned children
*CSOs seek increased investment in adolescence health, family planning
*Flood: ECOWAS supports Kebbi communities with relief materials
*Group urges Lagosians to prioritise anti-corruption, accountability
*Oba Bamgbade, Gov Abiodun and Awori nation
*Ex-lawmaker warns against jeopardising Nigeria’s unity with ethnicity, religion

NIGERIAN TELEGRAPH
*World Maritime Day: Seafarers now safe in Nigerian waters –Jamoh
*Naira in free fall since 1984
*I’ll fight for Tinubu’s presidential ambition –AbdulKareem
*Curvy girls got style
*Mowe-Ifafo axis deserve govt attention
*I dream of taking one million children off streets –Miss Universe Nigeria
*Fringe parties on the verge of extinction in Ondo
*2023: Zoning, judicial process threaten PDP convention
*Ajaokuta assets, materials being stripped –Abonta

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