SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 24/01/2020

Punch

Operation Amotekun: Govs meet Osinbajo, to back exercise with law

Malabu scam: Adoke, others remanded in EFCC custody

Dasuki appears in court, withdraws applications protesting trial

FG, P&ID resume $9.6bn battle in London today

Ile Arugbo: Saraki demands out-of-court settlement

FG pumps N1.7tn into privatised power companies

FG to stop bulk salary release to varsities, polys

Employment scam: Lecturer, EFCC disagree on plea bargain

US visa: Pregnant applicants to face tough scrutiny

Police rescue 20 fresh Kaduna kidnapped victims

FUG graduates 794 students

Boko Haram demanded N800m ransom for Andimi –CAN president

SERAP, others hail TI as Nigeria dips in graft rating

IPOB condemns shutdown of Nnamdi Kanu’s Facebook page

Joshua wants Wilder-Fury winner in Saudi

Ganduje receives PDP defectors, accuses Kwankwaso of selfishness

Lagos begins recruitment in health sector

Ogun starving us of monthly pension, says retirees

AI asks FG, LASG to end forced evictions in Tarkwa Bay

Gunmen shoot trado-medical practitioner Oko Oloyun dead in Oyo

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

Lassa fever death toll rises to 38 in 11 states

Operation Amotekun: Fed Govt, governors strike deal 

N41b stamp duty with CBN not N20tr, says senator 

Court declines order to restrain Oshiomhole as APC chair 

Fani-Kayode’s N5.9b ‘fraud’ trial stalled 

Court discharges, acquits ex-Oyo Chief Whip over murder of Sugar    

VAT increase’ll add to our burden, chemical workers tell Fed Govt

NRC warns commuters against sitting on train roof

Family of slain UNIMAID student to Fed Govt: apprehend our son’s killers  

NCDC warns Nigerians on novel coronavirus  

Germany praises Nigeria’s effort in polio eradication  

FUOYE gets new bursar  

Ajimobi urges police to unmask APC chief killers 

Robbers lynched in Bayelsa  

Policeman shoots Imo driver over N50 bribe  

Excitement as NIWA pushes to revive Jabi Lake  

Five rice ‘smugglers’ held in Akwa Ibom  

Drama as retiree blocks electricity disconnection to his home  

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard

Buhari returns from UK-Africa Investment Summit 

$1.1bn Malabu Scam: Lack of service of charge stalls Adoke, others arraignment

INEC distributes sensitive materials for re-run elections in Bauchi 

Your corruption index assesment of Nigeria baseless, illogical ― EFCC blasts TI

NDLEA arrests 110 suspected drug traffickers at Lagos airport in 2019

Amaechi surprises staff, visits offices unannouced 

Hasten prosecution of power sector corruption cases, SERAP tells AGF, EFCC, ICPC

Falana to governors: Enact laws for Amotekun now 

Declare Miyetti Allah terrorist group, CAN urges Buhari

Ihedioha vs Uzodinma: Coalition seeks US visa ban on Supreme Court justices  

Victor Moses signs for Inter Milan on loan

Don’t dabble into Oyo LG matter ―Makinde warns Malami

I will continue from where Ihedioha stopped ―Uzodinma

Kwankwaso’s spokesperson defects to APC

LASSA FEVER: Borno records 1 death, 3 suspected cases

Akwa Ibom agrees to pay minimum wage

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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