SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 28/08/2020
Punch
FG approves outstanding payment to N-Power beneficiaries
Buhari sacks Dokubo as Amnesty coordinator, names administrators
FG planning to pay private schoolteachers, artisans – Osinbajo
Obasanjo absent as Council of State pardons Ambrose Alli, others
Blasphemy: I’ll sign death warrant after 30 days, says Ganduje
Magu: Presidential panel reopens ex-IG Tafa’s case, seized houses
Plateau now epicentre of COVID-19, says PTF
FG’s N11bn COVID-19 insurance eludes 14 dead doctors
CBN to resume forex sales to BDCs Sept 7
FG shifts international flights resumption to Sept 5
Sirika relocates to Enugu ahead of airport reopening
FAAN laments 95% revenue fall, commences new service charge
Stocks end six-day gaining streak, investors lose N14bn
TRCN seeks amendment to establishment Act
FG, National Assembly bringing rejected water bill through the back door, says Soyinka
Falana demands information on N338bn COVID-19 fund
75 Borno elders slaughtered in 2014, says Ndume
Killings: Ohanaeze meets Ugwuanyi, young lawyers demand IPOB’s de-proscription
Name Kwara stadium after Yekini, Pinnick urges Abdulrazaq
Any Fulani who comes to Benue as vigilante will go to jail – Ortom
Delta mob attack FRSC officer for pushing driver from moving truck
Woman accuses Rivers hospital of stealing new born
Lions kill owner in South Africa
(www.punchng.com)
The Nation
Buhari celebrates Adesina’s second term victory as AfDB President
Madu’s appointment shows Nigerians’ go-getter spirit, says President
Ousted Mali president freed
Council of State okays control of arms agency
296 new COVID-19 cases recorded in 16 states, FCT
NCDC begins on-site testing
PTF: Lagos passes COVID-19 peak
No N200b missing in NTA-StarTimes — Official
PIB to prioritise gas use, says Sylva
CODE: we saved N569m for Fed Govt
CBN to restart weekly dollar sales to BDCs
Sanofi: war against polio worldwide not yet over
Govt floats survival fund for teachers, artisans, others
PCN warns operators of illegal medicine outlets to desist
Oyo Assembly okays Makinde’s N800m loan request
Kano elders reject N300b China loan
Attah Igala dies
(www.thenationonlineng.net)
Vanguard
COVID-19: FG shifts resumption of int’l flights to Sept 5
Deregulation: FG to cushion effect on Nigerians with gas ― Buhari
Southern Kaduna: We won’t sweep underlying issues under the carpet — Osinbajo
Abuja-Kaduna Road: Reps threaten to revoke contract, insist on May 2021 deadline
Polio: Nigeria still threatened despite eradication certification, says FG
Jihadists kill 14 in Nigeria-Cameroon border over ‘blockade’
Buhari will leave legacy of massive Infrastructural development – Lai Mohammed
CBN directs BDCs to sell dollar at N386, as forex trade restarts
OVER 22 CBT CENTRES DELISTED FOR DEFRAUDING 11,823 CANDIDATES OF N59M— JAMB
Nigeria losses lots of benefits from non- passage of PIB, says PENGASSAN
StarTimes dismisses Senate report, says N200bn not missing
New CAMA threatens Nigeria’s fragile peace, stability ― Archbishop Kaigama
PALM OIL SECTOR NEEDS SUCCESS STORIES TO ATTRACT RIGHT INVESTORS – AWOFISAYO
We will not fold our arms, watch PDP supporters maimed by opposition, Orbih warns
$15 million dollars modular Refinery project to be sited in Delta
I won’t waste a minute signing blasphemer’s death warrant – Gov Ganduje
Gov. Diri signs 3 bills into law
Bayelsa Executive Council holds maiden meeting
ONAZI HAS SUCCESSFUL SERIE A MEDICAL WITH PROMOTED CROTONE
MMPN, MURIC, CELEBRATE SULTAN AT 64
(www.vanguardngr.com)
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