Newspaper Headlines For Tuesday 16th March 2021

CityNews Nigeria brings you Newspaper Headlines For Tuesday 16th March 2021.

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GUARDIAN

Joshua, Fury finally sign 200m two-fight deal to unify heavyweight titles

US outreach to North Korea getting no answer: official

PMS pricing: Stakeholders lament government’s indecision

Gunmen continue unrestrained raids, killings

Kidnappers of two CRC-N members demand N20m

Akeredolu swears in four new commissioners

Gunmen kidnap two female students of OOU, demand N50m ransom

Wike accuses CBN of politicising agricultural loans

Enugu Assembly urges calm over ex-governors pension bill

Ugwuanyi, deputy, chief judge receive COVID-19 vaccine

Iwo elite advise FG on farmer-herder clashes

Nigerian film Eyimofe selected for Borderlines Film Festival in UK

AstraZeneca vaccine’s promise now drawn into question

Five killed in anti-coup demonstrations after Myanmar’s deadliest day

Ondo groups demand stricter law enforcement to end violence, others

Stakeholders to explore Africa commodity ecosystem at investment summit

Pantami, Danbatta seek increased collaboration among ECOWAS states on ICT

Nigeria gets $3 billion from $75 billion invested in Africa’s oil, firms lament

FG must reposition capital market to accumulate global savings

Nigeria attracts $2.6bn FDI in 2020 amid global downturn

Kanye West Wins Best Contemporary Christian Music Album For “Jesus Is King”

Sanwo-Olu, deputy, aides relive nice COVID-19 vaccine jab experience, approve

FRSC impounds 1,250 rickety vehicles in Oyo,Osun, Ondo States

WHO raises nearly $250 million in private donations to fight Covid

Nigeria’s unemployment rate jumps to 33.5%

EFCC witness alleges Shehu Sani hurriedly returned $25,000 to victim

AstraZeneca jab not linked to clotting: co-developer

Hearns blames COVID-19 vaccine for Marvin Hagler’s death

PUNCH

AstraZeneca fear: Vaccination suffers setback, five more countries halt exercise

Police go after OOU students kidnappers, abductors demand N50m

Be vigilant, we cant secure all schools, Federal Government tells parents, others

Govs meet on fuel subsidy, COVID-19 vaccine

Outrage as Ivory Coast unlawfully jails Nigerian lady 20 years

Govtll consult widely before petrol subsidy removal NNPC

Naira-4-dollar scheme ends May 8, banks tell customers

Countries complaining about Nigerias multiple foreign exchange rates- Okonjo-Iweala

Comedian accuses Imo Assembly chief of brutalisation, lawmaker alleges extortion

Afreximbank signs $350m facility for OCP Nigerian, others expansion

NITDA imposes N5m fine on Fintech for data breach

Uzodimma, bad example for democracy Imo PDP

Innoson denies acceptance of crypto for car purchases

Headless body recovered, 15 abducted as Abia communities clash

Why presidency should come to the South-South -Edo PDP

Delta housewife kills husband with machete on arrival from sleeping outside

Subscribers insist on pay-as-you-go billing system

We allocated 0.5% GDP to science, technology Buhari

Adamawa gives automatic employment to best students

Reps begin FG assets recovery in privatised entities

Intl flights: FG announces dates for Kano, Enugu, PH reopening

Nigerias public debt rose to N32.9tn in Dec DMO

Take care of your mouth, expert advises Nigerians

National Assembly, Labour meet today over minimum wage bill crisis

Nigeria now theatre of horror, says Imo Catholic Archbishop

LASTMA and the motoring public

Wike questions FGs claim of road construction, power in Rivers

DPR seals off 8 petrol stations in Enugu for hiking pump price

Nigeria must manufacture more to stop exporting its jobs, says Okonjo-Iweala

Grammy: Nigerians proud of you, Buhari hails Burna Boy, Wizkid

NAFDAC investigates cause of severe vomiting, bloody urine among Kano residents

Sanwo-Olu approves 21-year jail term for cultists in Lagos

Germany halts AstraZeneca jabs over reported clot risks

Over 23 million Nigerians jobless as unemployment rate hits 33.3%

Kaduna abduction: Two pupils found, three teachers still missing -Commissioner                                                                                                  

THISDAY

Military, Intelligence Agencies Step Up Strategy to End Kidnappings, Banditry

Buhari: Burna Boy, Wizkid Have Brought Glory to Nigeria

23.18m Nigerians Jobless as Unemployment Rate Hits 33.3%

NNPC Pledges Support for Fight against Illicit Drugs

CAN Asks Court to Invalidate Controversial CAMA 2020 Provision

FG Dismisses Dokubo’s Formation of Biafra Customary Govt

Nine Bandits Killed in Niger while Waiting to Collect Ransom

FG Suspends Emirates Airlines’ Flights into Nigeria

Nigerians in Diaspora Issue 14-day Ultimatum to House over Wase’s Derogatory…

Ogun Police Confirm Abduction of Two Female Students of OOU

House Begins Probe of FG’s Privatised Public Enterprises

FG Gets Report on Gas Affordability, May Slash Prices

Law Firm Seeks Clarity on FGs Plan to Sell Key National Assets

Nigeria Has 34 Days Petrol Stock Sufficiency, Price Regulator Claims

NEITI Decries Nigerias $3bn Share of Africas $75bn FDI

Shoot-on-Sight Order: Extrajudicial Killing by Another Name

EFCC has Recovered Over N20 Billion Subsidy Loot

SUN

FRC seeks shareholders’ support in implementing audit regulation

BDCs kick against forex speculators, black marketers

Fatigue hits Nigeria’s stock market as investors lose N403bn in 6 days

600m jobs’ll be needed by 2030 ‘W’Bank

SON Council approves 96 new standards

WTO worried about Nigeria’s exchange rate regime, says Okonjo-Iweala

Cultism now attracts 21 years imprisonment in Lagos, as Sanwo-Olu signs bill

EFCC tenders audio evidence in $25,000 bribery allegations against ex-Senator

5 bandits, 4 kidnap victims killed in Niger

AstraZeneca vaccines safety not compromised, PTF assures

Bayelsa flays oil firms over expropriation, insecurity in NDelta

COVID-19 vaccination: NAS warns against hijack of exercise

Army commander suggests night raids of BHaram enclave

Return official vehicles in your custody, Ondo ex-deputy gov told

VANGUARD

Heavy blow:’ Potential Merkel successors weigh losses in state polls

Spain’s deputy prime minister steps down

Panel orders IG to arrest 4 policemen mentioned in alleged extra-judicial killing

Troops kill dozens of ISWAP/Boko Haram, recover sophisticated weapon, sex enhancement drugs

I’m not building ethanol producing company in Benue ‘ Gov Ortom

Action Alliance National chairman describes parallel convention an aberration

Edo PDP demands zoning of presidential ticket to South-South

Those leaving PDP for APC are bread & butter politicians’ ‘ Senator

LCCI seeks Executive Order to reform Customs

Unemployment rate rises further ‘ NBS

Huawei sustains lead in global communications market by 31%

China asks Alibaba to divest media assets ‘ Report

Senate and the forensic investigative professionals of Nigeria bill

2021 UTME: JAMB sets to commence sale of registration forms

Nephrologist raises alarm over worsening cases of kidney disease in Nigeria

Vaccination: Give priority to kidney disease patients, CMA urges Commonwealth countries

Governors to meet tomorrow on COVID-19 vaccines roll out

NAFDAC investigates cause of strange disease in Kano

Governors meet Thursday to delibrate on petrol subsidy, COVID-19 vaccines

Sanwo-Olu approves 21-year jail term for cultists

Banditry:El-Rufai on all-out war against criminality, needs our support ‘ Uba Sani

Hike in Fuel Price: Shame Dangote could build refinery, Nigerian govt couldn’t maintain 4 ‘ Falana

Updated: Why PPPRA lacks constitutional power to determine fuel price in Nigeria ‘ Falana

NDIC to take-on failed banks’ debtors

EQUITIES: Analysts expect further market correction

We’ll not give land to herders in Ondo ‘ Akeredolu