SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 09/01/2020

Punch

Buhari, Sylva, NNPC boss meet over Middle East tension

Omo-Agege hits Canada for parliamentary confab

N6.5bn fraud: Court resumes ex-gov Jang’s trial Jan 21

$24,000 extortion: EFCC combs Shehu Sani’s houses, office

Oil companies making profits, host communities suffering – Presidency

Procurement process may slow N2.4tn capital releases

Iran: Avoid crowds, UK warns nationals in Nigeria

FG interference, govs’ intrigues threaten Operation Amotekun

FG orders DPR to shut unlicensed cooking gas stations

11 new pipelines expected in Nigeria by 2023

Oil marketers want petrol exempted from PoS charge

Lawyers fault Malami on Sowore, Dasuki, El-Zakzaky

I was never under pressure to contest 2023 Presidency – Jonathan

World Bank’s $364m, others’ll boost health industry — BMO

APC without Buhari may face difficulty in 2023 – Ex-minister

Ooni wants Nigerian heroes celebrated

Zulum meets military, others over growing security concerns

Police hunt for killers of notorious Benue robber

Katsina gunmen abduct Customs officers, kill two teenagers

Kano anti-graft agency recovers millions from corrupt citizens

Rivers raises task force against illegal private schools

Stop arrogating judicial powers to yourself, Rivers tells Magu

Ogun LG chair-nominee dies hours to screening, Abiodun mourns

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

World Bank predicts 2.1 per cent growth for Nigeria’s economy  

AfCFTA: Port reforms underway, says NPA boss  

Mompha’s ‘N33b laundering’ trial resumes January 15 

EFCC arraigns oil marketer for alleged N45.3m theft  

NLNG Train 7 FID: Significant milestone to economic development 

Court remands farmer for ‘defiling’ daughter  

Mechanic arraigned for allegedly defiling teenager  

29-year-old man remanded for ‘defiling’ minor 

OPC, others give support as Operation Amotekun goes into action  

Ministry denies endorsing Bash Ali’s fight

Group sues Fed Govt over custodial centre’s congestion  

Two die after ‘being rejected by doctors’ 

I remain a PDP member, says Ebonyi Governor Umahi 

No Oyo worker will earn below N30,000, says Makinde 

Ondo council poll holds April 18  

Enugu to provide subsidised fertiliser early to farmers

Gunmen abduct son, woman in Kaduna 

Operatives nab wanted kidnapper in Aba  

Osun govt warns against using paracetamol, bleach to process garri  

Lagos to close PWD/Ikeja GRA, Brewery/Iganmu roads  

Mother, three daughters die in Yobe fire outbreak 

DJ accused of distributing lover’s nude pictures  

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard

Governorship Elections: Okowa, Ikpeazu, Bello, Ishaku win at Supreme Court

10, 014 police officers have been promoted since 2019 – Adamu

Police smash syndicate that supplies arms to kidnappers, robbers in S/W

CYBER SECURITY: Iphones, Instagram more prone to hacking

Miyetti Allah bans night grazing nationwide

CBN retains LDR at 65%

NUPENG suspends strike after Chevron recalls sacked staff

Iheanacho denies Villa as Leicester earn League Cup semi-final draw

Stock market posts biggest daily gain in 1yr, rises N471bn

Kogi PDP chieftain slumps, dies while playing tennis

Repentant bandits’ leader assures of peace in Zamfara

Supreme Court Verdict: Let us be united in building Delta- Okowa

Supreme Court verdict challenge to do more — Ikpeazu

Unknown assailants hack man to death in Nasarawa

UK-Nigeria Tech Hub: Five Nigerian women tech entrepreneurs to get UK training

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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