SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 01/09/2020
Punch
School resumption: PTF asks states to learn from Germany, US, others
Reopening varsities now suicidal, social distancing impossible – ASUU
APC has lost polls due to unnecessary infighting –Buhari
Reps to set new rules for probe panels
Court orders IGP to produce detained Bayelsa governorship candidate
FG raises agric credit scheme fund to N50bn
FAAN workers threaten strike, reject Abuja airport, others’ concession
Contractors picket finance ministry over N18bn debt
Don’t ambush Nigerians, drop water bill, NLC tells National Assembly
Adeboye declines interview after Villa closed-door meeting with Buhari
Cinemas lost N8bn to closure for six months –Board
Oil marketers deny NNPC on N5.35bn petrol subsidy payment
UNILORIN undergraduate to clear drainage over romance scam
PDP leaders backing Fayose to destroy Ekiti chapter, says Olujimi
Boko Haram killed 13 district heads, other leaders – Shehu of Borno
Sanwo-Olu confirms new LAWMA MD
Two commissioners dropped as Fayemi reshuffles cabinet
Delta varsities, polys, others to reopen September 21
Osun reopens schools Sept 21, releases operational guidelines
Oyo tackles FG over disbursement of COVID-19 funds
Two dead in Lagos boat accident
How Rivers Okada rider raped my 13-year-old niece –Man
Drama as man, family disrupt Lagos church wedding, say bride already married
(www.punchng.com)
The Nation
Russia to begin vaccine distribution in September
Nigeria records 143 new cases of COVID-19, total now 54,008
Osinbajo canvasses qualifying test for aspiring judges
Supreme Court upholds Yahaya Bello’s election
Army hands over 778 Boko Haram wives to 16 states
Constitution review: Senate urges North’s elders to forward their views
Aviation workers protest planned concession of four major airports
NCC okays N9m for research grants
Public varsities not ready, says ASUU
Fed Govt, UNICEF develop safe schools’ re-opening template
Transport varsity to takeoff next year
Fed Govt lists N75b 25-year bond on NSE
Ize-Iyamu will fight infrastructure battle, says wife
Ex-SSG returns to Akeredolu’s camp
Zulum inaugurates committee for IDPs
Uzodimma inaugurates Imo varsity governing council
Nasarawa Speaker hails Buhari, Sule for routing bandits, kidnappers
Rivers bans tricycles on 19 roads, streets
Ebonyi plans Special Court for rape, special offences
LASU students to resume in batches
Cleric held for raping teenager in Ogun
Teen killed by suspected cultists in Aba
I am back, says Lagos health commissioner
Kwara plans digital training for 30,000
Minna youths protest unstable electricity
(www.thenationonlineng.net)
Vanguard
Buhari names Osinbajo chairman of Exco-Legislative Party forum
COVID-19: FG CAUTIONS STATE GOVTS AGAINST HASTY REOPENING OF SCHOOLS
FG contractors begin indefinite hunger strike over delayed payment for executed projects
Hunger Strike: Why we have not paid FG contractors ― Ministry of Finance
COVID-19: FG cautions State Govts against hasty reopening of schools
COVID-19: FG to probe low sample collection rates in states
FG SECURES $6.15BN FOR NIGERIA’S POWER INFRASTRUCTURE
82-YR-OLD GUINEA’S PRESIDENT, CONDE, TO RUN FOR 3RD TERM
ZIMBABWE OFFERS EVICTED WHITE FARMERS LAND
Kano CJ appoints two acting Chief Registrar, Secretary
Akwa United committee okays ‘Nest Of Champions’ for NPFL 2020/21
Michael And Cecilia Ibru varsity set to host Urhobo Innovation Hub
EDO 2020: PDP CALLS FOR POLICE INVESTIGATION IN AKOKO-EDO CAMPAIGN VIOLENCE
Lagos Assembly asks Sanwo-Olu to take anti-drug campaign to schools
Eulogies as Ike Nwachukwu clocks 80
Operationalizing Community Policing: 2nd edition conference/retreat for Senior Officers holds in Uyo
APC LEADERS LAUD OYIBO FOR PROMOTING UNITY, GROWTH OF PARTY IN DELTA
(www.vanguardngr.com)
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