Nigerian Newspaper Headlines

SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 31/08/2020

Punch

700 Nigerians involved in fraud, prostitution, robbery deported –Ghana

Govs, Ohanaeze commend Buhari as Enugu airport reopens

We’re not ready for full resumption yet — Ogun, Enugu, Bauchi, others

Again, JOHESU issues 15-day ultimatum to FG, threatens strike

NBC, NTC exams begin Sept 21, says NABTEB

JAMB lifts suspension on admission letters’ printing, others

Banks borrow N2.08tn from CBN in four months

AMCON’s assets under management hit N136.73bn

Insurance sector shrank by 28.15% in Q2, says NBS

FG constructing, rehabilitating 40 major bridges –Fashola

Ex-militant undergraduates demand payment of 30-month allowances

Address insurgency, constitutional review waste of resources, NEF tells National Assembly

Police assault Lagos community leader with axe

ABU, Arabic board clash over Zaria property

Policemen should pay damages for rights violations – Falana

Bayelsa councillor returning from party function gunned down

Bayelsa spent N56bn on airport, not N100bn – Deputy gov

Zamfara plans death penalty for reckless driving

Lagos paid 218 retirees N1bn in August –LASPEC

Osun command screens 2,159 applicants

Man killed for accusing neighbour of sleeping with co-tenant’s wife

Delta vigilantes torture 26-year-old man to death

Man rapes Osun teenager washing clothes in stream

C’River medical workers demand rescue of abducted female doctor

Ikoyi marriage registry reopens for weddings

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

774,000 jobs: More slots for governors, lawmakers

Anxiety in Kogi as Supreme Court decides Bello’s fate on Monday

Seven years after expulsion court orders student’s recall

Ghana faults Nigeria’s closure of borders, Buhari’s Executive Order

Nigeria owes $27.665bn as at March 2020

Buhari hailed for reconstituting disabilities commission

NIPOST promotes 74 senior officers

Govt to meet JOHESU over ultimatum

Coalition seeks assistance for 160 traders in Ghana

Alao-Akala is Oyo APC leader

Oke campaign organisation’s DG joins ZLP

Kogi govt, minister mourn Attah Igala

Kebbi rice farmers lose N1b to flood

Lagos traffic system increases routes

Lawyers seeking NBA split write Malami

ADP candidate faults Akeredolu on tuition fee reduction

Separated twins get N1m for upkeep

Suspended monarchs beg Obiano for forgiveness

Plateau leads again in COVID-19 new cases

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard

COVID-19 claims 2, as Nigeria records 138 new cases

India sets global record with 78,761 single-day rise in COVID-19 cases

Ghana faults Nigeria’s reports on embassy demolition, deportation, others

FG to inject over N600bn into agriculture for food security — Nanono

COVID-19: JAMB relaxes restrictions to aid pre 2020 services

MultiChoice to effect price adjustments for DStv, GOtv September 1

ADC to boycott Ondo LG rerun, seeks redress in court

Ganduje distributes over N880m for renovations of primary schools in 44 Kano LGAs

KEBBI RICE FARMERS LOST N1BN TO FLOOD — OFFICIAL

NBS report shows Edo received no capital investment in second quarter

Lagos marks over 80 illegal abattoirs for demolition

Lagos to start dislodgement of illegal slaughter slabs Sept 1

No policeman missing in Enugu, says CP

Aba traders accuse commissioner, market chairman of extortion

COVID-19: Lagos Biobank handles 5,000 testing requests

Conjoined Twins: Operation’s success saved me from witchcraft tag ― Mother

(www.vanguardngr.com)