NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR WEDNESDAY 30TH DECEMBER 2020

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR WEDNESDAY 30TH DECEMBER 2020

*THE NATION*

Obasanjo to leaders: stop blaming God for insecurity, poor economy, others

How to deepen financial inclusion, by CBN, 9mobile, others

Falana to state govts: insist on power sharing with Fed Govt

Amotekun rescues kidnapped Ekiti businessman

Gunmen in army uniform kidnap businessman in Ibadan

Second wave of virus posing serious challenge against response efforts PTF

Mob lynch two in Ibadan

Bishops back Kukah

Sanwo-Olu demonstrating exemplary leadership, says Conference 57

Scores injured as two Osun communities clash over land boundary

Critics of Kukahs Christmas message are hypocrites, says Kogi Rep

I wont return to Umahis govt, says ex-SSG

Senate uncovers how Ministry paid N968.8m for contract without FEC approval

Kaduna begins community policing with 272 Police Constabulary

Why SOKAPU supported Kukahs coup ideology, by Arewa Youth

Nine bandits neutralized on Kaduna-Abuja road

Hoodlum groups clash in Osun, three reportedly killed

FCTA threatens lock down over non-adherence to COVID-19 protocols

Rivers APC faction rejects Appeal Courts judgement

Without economic diversification, COVID-19 hit us harder Buhari

Niger Council chairman impeached over embezzlement of funds

Nothing must happen to Kukah, ECWA warns

Hold Obiano responsible if anything happens to me, Monarch cries out

Vote for a true Zikist as Ohanaeze President-General, says VON DG

Police on trail of kidnappers of Owerri Catholic priest

COVID-19: FRSC threatens to close Rivers parks for disobeying rules

Muslim coalition warns against attacks on Kukah over Christmas day statement

U.S. citizens rank Trump as Most Admired Man of 2020 Poll

Two men to receive 12 strokes of cane each for dealing in hard drugs

JUST IN: Scores killed as jets bombard heart of Sambisa forest

UPDATED: Pierre Cardin, father of fashion branding, dies at 98

Gambling Statistics in Nigeria

China slams UK for comments on Hong Kong 12 trial

M6.4 earthquake strikes Croatia

BREAKING: Labour Party Chairman, Abdulkadir Abdulsalam dies

Police to establish over 10 Mopol Units in Katsina

CAN calls for immediate release of abducted Imo Catholic Bishop

BREAKING: French-Italian fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98

Aide defends Tambuwals special needs peoples most friendly governor award

Lagos seals event centre for contravening protocols

Court sentences activist to four months imprisonment for insulting Chinese flag

PHOTOS: Tears, eulogy as Nda-Isaiah is buried in Abuja

COVID-19: 476 Abuja health workers infected, says FCTA

*VANGUARD*

Nine injured as OPC clash over Apomu/Ikoyi land dispute

COVID-19: Nigeria struggling to cope, January will be tough -FG

Agro-allied airport underway in Ogun says Abiodun

COVID-19: FCT threatens to shut markets, malls

Okowa reaffirms commitment towards completing Ogwashi-Uku Agro-industrial park

Ooni charges FG to salvage nation’s dwindling economy

Stop blaming God for Nigeria’s woes, Obasanjo tells leaders

Salam: We’re concerned about rising cases of unexplained deaths in our midst ‘ NCP

Crossover Night: Comply with COVID-19 protocol, CAN tells churches

Crossover Night: Cooperate with govt, CAN tells churches

Kaduna Gets 272 Police Constabulary force

Group blames Nigerian politicians for insecurity

FRSC to shut motors parks for flouting COVID-19 rules in Rivers

Fatal accident claims 15 lives in Delta

COVID-19: FCT taskforce threatens to close Jabi mall, farmers’ market over violation

Federer and Nadal re-elected to ATP players’ council

NSE reopens trading after Christmas holidays with N167bn gain

We will wrestle food inflation in 2021, Buhari assures citizens

He kept faith with the party’ ‘ Aremu eulogizes late LP chairman, Abdusalam

Attacks on Kukah deliberate attempt to ignore issues raised in his Christmas message ‘ Rep Yusuf

Buhari congratulates new boxing champion, Ridwan ‘The Scorpion

Edo Gov Dispute: INEC tenders Obaseki’s nomination form in evidence

Youth empowerment cardinal in my administration ‘ Okowa

INSECURITY: Bandits from Mali trying to enter Nigeria through Saki Border ‘ Makinde

Six bandits killed in gun duel in Katsina

UPDATED: Court strikes out unlawful nomination suit against Ize-Iyamu

GRAPHIC PHOTO: One dead, scores injured as hoodlums clash in Osun

UNIABUJA mourns as pioneer VC dies

Bale sidelined again by calf injury

Federer, Nadal re-elected to ATP players’ council

Premier League records highest coronavirus cases since restart

Electricity sector records mixed performance in 2020

Enugu Assembly passes 2021 Appropriation Bill of N169.8bn

Zakzaky donates blankets, drugs, mosquito nets to IDPs

Oil revenue to remain subdued as output dips 15%

Insecurity: Benue bans use of motorbikes

CROSSOVER SERVICE: Ondo govt threatens to jail any church leader who flouts ban

INSECURITY: Ignore psychopaths, heed counsel of statesmen, CNG tells Buhari

Katsina-Ala killings: Benue restricts use of motorbikes in parts of state

Nothing should happen to Bishop Kukah, he spoke our minds ‘ ECWA

WAR AGAINST INSECURITY: Troops kill 9 bandits in Kaduna-Abuja Road

Just in: Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, Labour Party National Chairman is dead

Lai Mohammed’s attack on Kukah shameful ‘ PDP

Nigeria’s petroleum imports gulp N2.2trn in 9 months

We’ll wrestle food inflation from next year ‘ Buhari

Apapa gridlock requires more than good road network ‘ Fashola

State of the nation: Vilifying Kukah for speaking truth to power wrong, says Muslim coalition

Contraceptives Prevalence Rate very low in Nigeria ‘ AAFP

Breaking: I68 terrorists bag life imprisonment ‘ Report

Molested Deeper Life school pupil recuperating in hospital

Molested Deeper Life School’s pupil recuperating in hospital as NGOs wade in

EXTRA: U.S. citizens rank Trump as ‘Most Admired Man’ of 2020 ‘ Poll

KIDNAPED CATHOLIC BISHOP: Kalu threatens to boycott S/East APC meeting if

Despite ban by govt, Anambra touts, market leaders still collect revenue

Just in: Pierre Cardin is dead

Man bags 3 years for sexual harassment

Akwa Ibom set to release report on alleged molestation of Deeper Life School student

Ember Months: FRSC warns personnel against bribe-taking in Borno

Anambra Court grants interlocutory injunction on 102 years land dispute

*THISDAY*

Alibaba Increases Share Repurchase Programme

Lilvera Group Bags Award

WBank Urges Nigeria, Others to Tackle Corruption in State Owned Enterprises

Chevron, NNPC JV Contributed N7bn to Ijaw Communities Devt in 15 Years

Nigerias Power Sector in 2020

Nigeria Oil Industry in Turbulent Year

Sunu Assurance Boss Calls for Enforcement of Building Insurance

McMedal to Head Mediacrafts Business Development Unit

Experts: Current Downstream Sector Deregulation Unclear, Contentious

Leadership: Addressing Challenges of Recession

Wins, Failures at the House of Representatives

Legal Status of an Entity Created Under a Repealed Law

For Buhari, Time for Serious Self-Analysis

Looking Back at 2020

2020: The Year That Was

Olympic Host, Japan, Bans Foreign Visitors as Covid-19 Cases Spike

Federer to Miss Aussie Open First Time in 22 Years

Balogun Linked with January Transfer to Liverpool

Neymar Slammed in Brazil after Hosting 500 at A- five-day Festive Party

*PUNCH*

Minimum wage: Protesting Plateau LG workers shut state secretariat

Alleged demon-possessed four-year-old girl killed in Missouri

Federer, Nadal re-elected to ATP players council

Nigerians must return to agriculture, says Buhari

Ayades aide on presidency, Arong, resigns

Security operatives kill six bandits, rescue 23 kidnap victims in katsina

NAF jets bomb Sambisa forest, kill insurgents DHQ

Nigeria produces better rice than other countries Kebbi gov

Insecurity: Benue bans use of motorcycles in Katsina-Ala, Ukum LGAs

18 Premier League players, staff test positive for COVID-19

Dont stress yourselves over cross-over time, says Sam Adeyemi

Egyptian court jails man three years for sexual harassment

Key events that rocked the world in 2020

American footballer Jordan shoots self dead

Argentina begins Covid vaccinations with Russias Sputnik shots

Kukah spoke our minds, nepotism under Buhari top-notch ECWA

American Airlines to resume Boeing 737 MAX flights

Two FCT doctors die of COVID-19

Car crushes nursing mother, three others to death in Delta

Labour Party National Chairman, Abdulsalam, is dead

CAN seeks release of kidnapped Imo Catholic bishop

Iran begins trial of local coronavirus vaccine

Atletico Madrid terminates contract with Diego Costa

Legendary French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98

COVID-19: FRSC to shut Rivers parks

Buhari congratulates boxing champion, Oyekola

Family accuses vigilante of killing man in Rivers community

Hong Kong teen jailed for China flag insult

I will release my sons medical report Mother of molested Deeper Life schoolboy

EU asks China to release citizen journalist Zhan

2023: I still have a role to play in politics, says Jimi Agbaje

PSG confirm sacking of coach Thomas Tuchel

I never called for a coup Bishop Kukah

Messi needs 448 more goals to break Peles record Santos

Cross-over services: CAN directs Lagos churches to close by 11pm

Arsenals Gabriel to miss two games after positive COVID-19 test

Reps back Trump, increase COVID-19 stimulus to $2,000

50 journalists killed, 387 jailed in 2020 -Report

Second wave: South Africa imposes fresh restrictions

Oshiomholes meddling: Obasekis deputy frustrated, confused, says APC

Buharis invitation: We didnt apologise, say Reps

APC registration: Independent teams to conduct exercise in states

Messengers of death: Fuel tankers wreak havoc on highways, leave sorrow, tears and blood

*THE SUN*

Igbo must plan, work hard for 2023 Presidency ‘Moghalu

S/West PDP: Makinde should not lord it over Fayose ‘Bisi Kolawole

Obasanjo ready to stake political positions for Nigeria

National Assembly members plot to impeach Buhari, APC group alleges

Alleged plot to upturn Obaseki’s victory: Don’t divert attention from your forgery, perjury case, APC tells Shaibu

Anambra: Enugwu-Ukwu stakeholders join forces with monarch to promote peace

All qualifiers for AFCON U 20 ‘Mauritania 2021’ known

FIFA to finance construction of Technical Centre in Mali

Snow takes over Ighalo’s house

Ola Aina: I’m really enjoying my new

Aftermath of home defeat: Plateau Utd places players on half salary

Falcons star joins Kalmar from Linkopings

Federer out of Australian Open

Oyekola ‘Scorpion’ stings Montesino to WBF Belt

CAVB confirms Nigeria’s hosting of U-18 Girls Championship

Diaspora remittance: Market reflective rate to boost inflows ‘CBN

N37.4bn Promissory Notes: PAPS calls on CBN to obey court order

Lafarge restates commitment to human capital developing in Nigeria

Polaris Bank partners IWS to boost vocational skills

FG begins nationwide sensitisation on AfCFTA January

Orinoco to boost Nigerian economy with e-commerce strategy

Buhari to commission Lagos-Ibadan railway next month

9mobile, Ecobank, Sanef, others give tips on how to deepen financial inclusion in Nigeria

Anambra Lands Commissioner flags off plots allocation at Awka Dubai Estate

Fidelity Bank announces board retirements and new appointments

COVID-19: NCDC records 397 new infections, 10 deaths

Lassa Fever killed 242 persons in 2020, says NCDC

Henkel team visits childrens homes

Army builds, inaugurates road in Enugu community

We didnt apologise to Buhari over summon Reps

Furore over Kukahs Christmas bombshell

You cant stop me from holding church service, cleric dares Buhari, govs

Anambra progressives donates medical centre to UNIZIK

Ex-guber candidate offers scholarships, donates food, beverages to Enugu communities

We must be involved in vaccines validation before use NMA

Consequences of misapplication of religion

What a year!

Increasing bailout funds for Nigerian airlines

Palm oil import and Nigerias missing treasures

Bayelsa community draws battle line

For development, we must bridge gender inequality gap in political representation Faborode, activist

Hope, resilience in Glo commercials

Undue delay of the 774,000 jobs scheme

*GUARDIAN*

We will wrestle food inflation in 2021, Buhari assures citizens

Actress Lori Loughlin Released After 2-Months In Prison For College Scam

Slovenia nuclear plant shut after Croatia earthquake

Sudanese protest against activist’s torture and killing

Wind powers more than half of UK electricity for first time

Diego Costa quits Atletico Madrid

London stocks jump on Brexit deal; eurozone advances

Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail again: US media

French Fashion Designer Pierre Cardin Dies Aged 98

Cambodia’s Hun Sen hails extraction of country’s ‘first drop of oil

US tightens noose on Chinese companies

10 Rock-Your-Outfit Tips You must Try

China could be designated as perpetrator of Genocide in Xinjiang

China Pakistan alliance fail to fluster India

Philippines bans arrivals from 20 countries over new virus strain

Algeria seizes nearly $100,000 militants’ ransom cash

Vilifying Kukah for speaking truth to power wrong, says Muslim coalition

South Africa imposes new virus curbs as WHO warns of worse pandemics

Powerful quake tears down buildings in central Croatia

50 journalists killed in 2020: watchdog

NiMet predicts 3-day sunshine, haziness

Biden says Trump Pentagon stalling transition, posing risks

COVID-19: NCDC records 397 new infections, 10 deaths

FIFA to finance construction of Technical Centre in Mali

In final days, a weakened Trump faces first veto override

Neymar in new controversy over New Year party rumours

Idumuje community hosts new Supreme Court justice, Oseji

4 Ways To Keep The Love Going In Your Relationship

Soldier charged with murder after three dead in US shooting

PSG confirm sacking of coach Thomas Tuchel

Hong Kong teen jailed for China flag insult

Saudi Arabian Women’s Rights Activist Who Applied For UN Job Jailed

Rapper Lil Pump Banned From Airline After Refusing To Use Mask

Johnny Depp Wishes For “Better Times” In 2021 After Losing Libel Case

Person Of The Year: Our messengers of hope

NMA seeks life insurance for doctors, others over COVID-19

Kukah’s anti-nepotism sermon divides North

Cross River security outfit arrests 25 kidnapers, armed robbers

APC may lose Jigawa in 2023, says governor

Zulum to provide patrol vehicles for Civilian JTF

Gunmen kill two, abduct 50 in Katsina

Hit-and-run ‘okada’ rider kills Ibadan NBA leader, Abiodun

Navy rescues drowning passengers in Lagos boat accident

*TRIBUNE*

JUST IN: RCCG cancels crossover service nationwide

Troops kill nine bandits, one volunteer dies on Kaduna-Abuja road

We are responsible for our woes, Obasanjo tells Nigerians

We will wrestle food inflation in 2021, Buhari assures citizens

Four killed, several injured as two rival groups clash in Osun

Community policing has come to stay in Kaduna ‘ el-Rufai

Crossover night service: Ondo govt issues warning to CAN

Labour party chairman, Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, is dead

18 English Premier League players, staff test positive for COVID-19 in 7 days

COVID-19: Cooperate with govts on crossover night service, CAN charges churches

Insecurity: Benue bans use of motorcycles in Logo, Ukum, Katsina-Ala LGs

South-West caretaker committee nullifies suspension of five Ondo PDP chieftains

Disease control: FG approves N500m to purchase vehicles for trans-boundary patrol

Ogun Assembly passes N338.6bn 2021 appropriation bill

Kogi Assembly passes 2021 appropriation bill into law

Lagos Assembly passes N1.155trn 2021 appropriation bill

Governor Lalong signs N147.53bn 2021 appropriation bill into law

Electrocuted motorcyclist buried amidst tears in Ibadan

Air Task Force destroys hideout, neutralizes terrorists in Borno ‘ DHQ

COVID-19: Lagos CAN directs churches to end crossover night service by 11 pm

Kukah spoke our minds, nothing must happen to him ‘ ECWA

David Mark flags off construction of N7.3bn rural roads in Bauchi

Lagos Assembly swears in new member

Shea Butter: Nigeria losing huge forex due to no value addition ‘ Minister

Bandits from Mali trying to cross into Nigeria through Saki border ‘ Makinde

Those who said I was close to Jonathan are now saying I’m a Buhari loyalist, says Bishop Kukah

I am not bothered over reactions to my Christmas message, says Bishop Kukah

FCTA rolls out work plan for 2021

Veteran journalist donates multi-million naira library to Ekiti govt

Be alive in your responsibilities, Kogi traditional ruler urges fellow rulers

Multilateral Grammar School alumni renovate, equip science laboratory

Cross over service:Osun CAN wants Oyetola to reconsider stand

Bandits kill lawmaker’suncle, abduct newly wedded couple, 13 others in Katsina

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 397 new cases, toll now 84,811

How COVID-19 pandemic altered lifestyle of Nigerians in US this Christmas

COVID-19: Nigeria recorded more infections, deaths, recoveries last week

FG/ASUU faceoff: When education loses priority

and EndSARS births the ‘soro’ soke’ generation

COVID-19: A pandemic like no other

Imo politics vs Ohanaeze Ndigbo president-general contest

Experts advocate more mortgage, real estate sectors investment in New Year

Jungle justice: Mob sets man ablaze in Ibadan, another rescued

IFFs: Labour, CSOs task govt on AU report

*SPORTS*

JUST IN: RCCG cancels crossover service nationwide

Troops kill nine bandits, one volunteer dies on Kaduna-Abuja road

We are responsible for our woes, Obasanjo tells Nigerians

We will wrestle food inflation in 2021, Buhari assures citizens

Four killed, several injured as two rival groups clash in Osun

Community policing has come to stay in Kaduna ‘ el-Rufai

Crossover night service: Ondo govt issues warning to CAN

Labour party chairman, Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, is dead

18 English Premier League players, staff test positive for COVID-19 in 7 days

COVID-19: Cooperate with govts on crossover night service, CAN charges churches

Insecurity: Benue bans use of motorcycles in Logo, Ukum, Katsina-Ala LGs

South-West caretaker committee nullifies suspension of five Ondo PDP chieftains

Disease control: FG approves N500m to purchase vehicles for trans-boundary patrol

Ogun Assembly passes N338.6bn 2021 appropriation bill

Kogi Assembly passes 2021 appropriation bill into law

Lagos Assembly passes N1.155trn 2021 appropriation bill

Governor Lalong signs N147.53bn 2021 appropriation bill into law

Electrocuted motorcyclist buried amidst tears in Ibadan

Air Task Force destroys hideout, neutralizes terrorists in Borno ‘ DHQ

COVID-19: Lagos CAN directs churches to end crossover night service by 11 pm

Kukah spoke our minds, nothing must happen to him ‘ ECWA

David Mark flags off construction of N7.3bn rural roads in Bauchi

Lagos Assembly swears in new member

Shea Butter: Nigeria losing huge forex due to no value addition ‘ Minister

Bandits from Mali trying to cross into Nigeria through Saki border ‘ Makinde

Those who said I was close to Jonathan are now saying I’m a Buhari loyalist, says Bishop Kukah

I am not bothered over reactions to my Christmas message, says Bishop Kukah

FCTA rolls out work plan for 2021

Veteran journalist donates multi-million naira library to Ekiti govt

Be alive in your responsibilities, Kogi traditional ruler urges fellow rulers

Multilateral Grammar School alumni renovate, equip science laboratory

Cross over service:Osun CAN wants Oyetola to reconsider stand

Bandits kill lawmaker’suncle, abduct newly wedded couple, 13 others in Katsina

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 397 new cases, toll now 84,811

How COVID-19 pandemic altered lifestyle of Nigerians in US this Christmas

COVID-19: Nigeria recorded more infections, deaths, recoveries last week

FG/ASUU faceoff: When education loses priority

and EndSARS births the ‘soro’ soke’ generation

COVID-19: A pandemic like no other

Imo politics vs Ohanaeze Ndigbo president-general contest

Experts advocate more mortgage, real estate sectors investment in New Year

Jungle justice: Mob sets man ablaze in Ibadan, another rescued

IFFs: Labour, CSOs task govt on AU report

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