SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 06/09/2020
Punch
Nigeria lacks resources to prepay for COVID-19 vaccine –Osinbajo
Senate rerun: APC splits over Imo, Cross River primaries, announce separate winners
N’Assembly should revisit CAMA to ensure peace –Senators
Reps to amend CCB Act, make public servants run businesses
IGP faces contempt suit for allegedly disobeying court orders
$9.6bn judgment: Ex-govt officials spent P&ID bribes on wedding, medical trip, others, says UK court
FG weakens power of EFCC chairman, creates director general in new bill
Flight resumption: Over 15,000 passengers from China, US, UK to arrive Nigeria weekly
Troops killed 100 bandits, arrested 148 in two months – DHQ
Customs raise the alarm over terrorist camps in Abuja, Kogi, Nasarawa
Poll: Police to deploy 30,000 officers in Ondo
Buhari’s foreign policy weak, he should be tougher on Ghana, others – Dele Momodu
Man arrested for killing nursing mother, selling baby in Rivers
Afenifere leaders knock Tinubu over call to review revenue formula
Bye-election: Dickson emerges PDP candidate for Bayelsa West
Fayemi approves new monarch for Iyin-Ekiti
S’Kaduna killings: Some religious leaders’ reckless statements to blame, says El-Rufai
Ogun resident doctors suspend strike
Slow poison: Harmful particles in ‘powerful’ sex-enhancing herbs unknown to users
(www.punchng.com)
The Nation
COVID-19 confirmed cases now 54,905 in Nigeria, deaths 1,054
Vaccine distribution should be equitable – Osinbajo
UN warns of famine risk in Nigeria, 3 other countries
N10.78tr subsidy: Why FG may not reverse new fuel, electricity rates
P&ID: Allegations against me false, says Shasore
Woman allegedly dupes former Ambassador to India, others of N364m, $7m
NCDC increases test labs to 69 in 35 states
We’ve tamed bandits in Katsina, North West – Army
Ex-Eagles star Babalade dies of cardiac arrest
Ex-3SC defender Babalade died at hospital gate — Shorunmu
Defection: Osun deputy governor receives PDP leaders
Tension in Rivers as govt, labour disagree on industrial action
Southern Kaduna attacks: Two warring communities sign peace pact
75 frontline health workers test positive for COVID-19 in Katsina
COVID-19: Uncertainty shrouds reopening of varsities
Kwara deputy governor’s wife recovers from COVID-19
Police arrest 23 suspected criminals in Ebonyi
(www.thenationonlineng.net)
Vanguard
Osinbajo wants equitable, affordable distribution of COVID-19 vaccine
Troops arrest 418 bandits, 315 illegal miners in North-West
Transport diversification will reduce cost, port gridlock — NSC
Chad’s ex-oil minister charged with corruption
Alleged misconduct: PCN seals 157 pharmacies, 791 patent medicine shops in August ― Registrar
Femi Fani-Kayode will become Nigeria’s president, CAN chairman says
Golf: Okah-Donli backs Nigerian ladies to beat African rivals
BON Awards set to premiere documentary On Dele Momodu, Mayor Akinpelu
Ondo Decides: Tinubu solicits monarchs’ support for Akeredolu’s re-election
PDP in Ondo is dead, we will calmly nail their coffin on October 10 – Tinubu
Edo 2020: Obaseki fighting for political liberation of Edo ― PDP
Edo Polls: PDP commends Benin monarch on peace meeting
Kwara seeks N7.1bn loan to access UBEC funds for basic education
Flood: 20 died, 50,000 houses, farmlands destroyed in Jigawa
Flood kills 4, destroys several houses in kano
Accidents claim 109 lives in Ogun in 8 months – Official
42 persons rescued as Osun seals orphanage for illegality
(www.vanguardngr.com)
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