*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR TUESDAY 3RD AUGUST 2021* *THE NATION* Osinbajos team working on ways out of APCs legal ditch Entries open for ISN medical lab scientist of the year award Oke Ogun youth agric summit holds Thursday Desperate for bread Why LASUTH is breaking new frontiers, by CMD BREAKING: Ese Brume wins Nigerias first medal in Tokyo 2020 Row over housing deficit Varsities to get N30bn revitalisation fund next week, says Ngige Fiendish arson, fiendish trial Kanu is firm, stable, says lawyer Nagging questions for APC Lagos to float housing fund NAHCO fetes stakeholders Haven Homes boss advises young entreprenuers Buhari to close unemployment gap Path to growth, by experts CBNto monitor banks foreign exchange sale NIS seeks FAANs assistance for airport facility Financing gap for women in agric hits $15.6b Clampdown on forex to BDCs: breather for economy Strengthening digital infrastructure for AfCFTA MTN showcases entrepreneurship Visa not only a card firm *VANGUARD* Erosion threatens Ekwueme square, other public infrastructure in Awka Saving the Pharma sector from distress Stop abusing us to launch your political career, APC tells Jega Strike: Our doors, open to dialogue on contending issues ' Doctors AFENIFERE: Southern Nigeria Frontier says CNG is national security threat Court declines request to jail Lekki Gardens for Contempt No faceless group can call for proscription of Afenifere, YCE replies CNG Osun APC Ward Congresses: Only candidates who got nomination forms, passed screening process were declared winners ' Committee Chair Don't vote for PDP, APC again; they have bad antecedents, Jega warns Nigerians Aderinokun extends deepest sympathy to Dapo Abiodun over father's death Police rescue kidnapped wife of Benue Commissioner, another; kill 3 suspects Whither the interim common services agency and ESIALA(3) Man shot by police dies after 3 days in coma FG, ASUU meet in Abuja, as Ngige expresses shock over NARD strike Court shifts hearing of suit by Igboho's 12 detained aides till August 4 BBNaija: Boma is the Head of House for this week COVID-19: FG threatens stricter restrictions, as one in 10 Lagosians now positive Security guard allegedly steals 170 chickens, 3 bags of feed in Abuja Buhari determined to close national unemployment gap ' Osinbajo UUTH resident doctors join nationwide strike EndSars: Enugu panel receives 147 petitions, submits final report August ending Team Nigeria celebrate as Oborodudu opens medal gate COVID-19 Spike: Lagos records 6 deaths daily in last 1week 'Sanwo-Olu *THISDAY* CBN: No Plan to Convert Bank Customers Foreign Currency into Naira National Sugar Council Receives SONs Quality Management Certification AfCFTA: What ECOWAS Has for Nigerian Manufacturers Tackling Intractable Cooking Gas Supply Challenge Merits in CBN Stoppage Sales of Forex to BDCs MTN Announces Plans for 20th Anniversary Celebration in Nigeria Augusto & Co Assigns AAA, Stable Outlook on DBN Vitafoam Nigeria Reports N3.41bn Profit in 9 months Interrogating NNPCs Fuel Consumption Figures Transcorp Hotels Records 84% Revenue Growth Unity Banks Profit Before Tax up 34% to N1.50bn in H1 2021 SUNU Assurances Announces N313m Profit Utilise FGs NISRAL, NAIC Policies AFAN Urges Farmers Small Holder Farmers Worst Hit by Covid 19, says Olam Ending Hunger with Scientific Innovations Abba Kyari: A Fall From Grace Notore Posts N9.43bn Revenue for 2021 3rd Quarter Kane Abandons Spurs Training Amid Speculations over His Future APC Ward Congresses Null and Void, Says Ozekhome Flour Mills of Nigeria Announces 12% Increase in Profit Olympiacos Sign Monaco Forward, Onyekuru, on Permanent Deal Defeated PDP Guber Aspirants in Anambra Activate Plan B NNPC Upbeat about Timely Delivery of AKK Gas Pipeline Red-hot Eunisell Boot Award Race on the Cards Three Killed as Police Rescue Benue Commissioners Wife Nigerias Energy Deficit Presents Huge Prospects for Renewables NPFL: Enyimba Drop Points in Race for Continental Slots Stirring the Hornets Nest in Lagos APC Senate Expresses Concern over N91.96bn MDAs Debts to Ikeja, Eko Discos Oborududu on the Threshold of Winning Gold in Tokyo Today Nigeria, Russia Plan Deal on Nuclear Power Projects Amusan Misses 100m Hurdles Bronze, Places Fourth Fashola: Nigeria-Cameroon Bridge Will Facilitate Inter-country Trade Organisers to Name LOC for Zenith Bank/Delta Principals Cup OPEC July Oil Output Hits 15-month High As FG Asks Cartel for Higher Production Quota TOKYO 2020: A PANDORA BOX OF SCANDALS Explorationists Advocate Creation of Energy Bank for Oil Sector Nigeria Generated $313m in 30 Years from Cocoa, Says Minister of Agriculture MAN: Our Members Spent N150bn on Generators Maintenance in Two Years AFN Apologises to President Buhari, Nigerians Over Banned 10 Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce Holds AGM Italys Jacobs Claims Shock 100m Gold, De Grasse Wins Bronze Minister of Agriculture Decry Rising Food Prices Egbe Hails Bayelsa Utd for Reaching Aiteo Cup Final Institute to Establish College Forensics and Fraud Examiners UAC of Nigeria Reports N46.5bn Revenue in H1 2021 Despite Covid-19 Challenges, NAHCO Pays Dividend to Shareholders NCS to Facilitate Tech Innovation for Digital Transformation *PUNCH* Osun Osogbo cultural festival begins Hushpuppi saga: IGP appoints ex-Lagos RRS boss to replace Kyari in IRT Ban on direct dollar sale to BDCs Sarakis EFCC invitation to scuttle his 2023 presidential bid Yakasai Akwa United embark on trophy parade This is no time to neglect hepatitis Community leader puts recovered bodies at 43 in Plateau clashes 30 caskets, four vehicles, three bikes destroyed in Imo hotel invasion Oborududu guns for Olympic wrestling gold today Covid-19 and Nigerians: Its each man for himself Nigerias PMI hits 18-month high in July Report Soldier stabs Ibadan tailor for alleged disrespect Kano Assembly gives LG chairmen ultimatum to swear-in officials Club Brugge offer Okereke to Besiktas Stock investors reap N30bn as 18 firms gain Lawyers fear assasination plot against Igboho, pursue asylum Yabatech student celebrating final exam engages in fight, dies PDP alleges proliferation of illegal firearms, detention centres in Ebonyi Bureaux de change, banks and economic saboteurs Amusan second time unlucky, D'Tigress, Nwokocha crash FCMB reports N94.2bn revenue for half-year 2021 What people should know about online messaging Go for gold, Dare, Igali, Nigerians tell Oborududu Seplat posts 143% profit rise, declares 2.5 cents dividend Scholars tell Nigerians to avoid disintegration UCL qualifier: Balogun suspended, Aribo in for Malmo clash [BREAKING] Tokyo Olympics: Long jumper Ese Brume wins first medal for Nigeria Unity Bank records N23bn half-year gross earnings JAMB registrar, NUC boss, 12 education agencies heads end tenures, bow out BBNaija S6: Fans enraged as Maria nominates Whitemoney for eviction Mallorca offer '3.5m for '10m Simy How children can become mentally healthy, socially balanced adults Buni: Osinbajo, govs begin talks as fear grips APC Don seeks digital tools for mass communication schools Fund manager offers equity, dollar funds to investors Allow private sector to procure vaccine, PSN tells FG Onyekuru joins Olympiacos for '4.5m DSS keeps four Igboho aides, produces eight, assaults journalists in court OAUSTECH begs ASUU, pays one month salary Nigerian startups raise $276.5m in seven months Oyo 60-year-old man lands in prison for alleged rape of girl, 14 Dont sack house officers, NYSC doctors, Medical Guild tells govt Akwa stars relishing NPFL title win Naira strengthens to 512/$1, banks sell dollar for N412 No case of COVID-19 on Lagos camp NYSC Senate alleges irregularities in FGs N1.1tn investments in UK firm, others Govt hospitals grounded as resident doctors begin strike Osun APC ward congress successful, hitch-free, says committee chair Stakeholders seeks government support on sexual, reproductive health Sevilla, Valencia table '30m, players for Sadiq TASUED probes students death, friend in critical condition, mates suspect poison FG meets ASUU, says varsities to get N30bn next week After supporting West Africas maritime body with $5m, Nigeria quits Sanwo-Olu cries out over daily COVID-19 deaths, says red zone travellers abscond Tottenham to fine Kane for skipping training amid Man City transfer talk Driver flees as truck crashes into Ogun building, kills woman, daughter, motorcyclist Mixed reactions trail BDC forex ban in aviation industry Benue demolishes building used to keep commissioners wife, kidnappers killed Rapinoe quiet on future as USA suffer Olympic heartbreak *LEADERSHIP* Garba Emerges NJI Administrator COVID-19 3rd Wave: Federal Govt Declares Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Kano, FCT Hotbeds NASC, NESG Unveil Plant Variety Protection Act 2021 Gambari Decorates Newly Promoted Police Officers Appeal Court Dismisses Suit Against Soludo As APGA Candidate Federal Govt Declares Meeting With ASUU Successful, To Release N30bn Federal Govt Executing 895 Road, Bridge Contracts, Says Fashola Military, Police Chiefs Renew Efforts To Check Illicit Arms Flow Lawyers, NGOs Welcome Ban On Forex For BDCs COVID-19 Vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna To Raise Prices For Europe ' Report Police Arrest 26 IPOB/ESN Members In Imo NDIC Urges Accuracy In Media Reportage Of Banking Industry Why Federal Govt Is Prioritising Job Creation ' Osinbajo [EDITORIAL] Catalysing Economic Recovery Post COVID-19 Tokyo Olympics: AIU Says 10 Nigerian Athletes Were Not Banned Doctors' Strike Cripples Activities In Public Hospitals FALLOUT OF S'COURT JUDGEMENT: Osinbajo, APC Governors, Ministers Explore 'Safe' Options Reject APC, PDP In 2023, Jega Tells Nigerians Forex: CBN Assures Customers Of Banks' Compliance BBNaija 6: Whitemoney, Yousef, Niyi, Beatrice, Yerins Up For Eviction BBNaija 6: Pere Declares Love For Maria JUST-IN: DCP Disu Replaces Kyari As Head Of Police IRT Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Kano, FCT Risk COVID-19 3rd Wave ' Federal Govt Reimbursement: Fashola Assesses Roads Constructed By Yobe Govt Ogun Gov, Abiodun, Loses Father At 89 [COLUMN] Sovereignty And Abba Kyaris Pending Extradition *NEW TELEGRAPH* Islamiyya 136: We know where the bandits, pupils are but' 'Niger SSG Senate uncovers irregularities in N1.1 trn FG investments in financial institutions Senate uncovers irregularities in N1.1 trn FG investments in financial institutions COVID-19 3rd wave: Sanwo-Olu laments mortality rate in Lagos COVID-19 3rd wave: Sanwo-Olu laments mortality rate in Lagos CBN allays fears over domiciliary account deposits CBN allays fears over domiciliary account deposits Jega to Nigerians: Reject APC, PDP in 2023 2023: Implosion in APC inevitable 'Banire, ex-legal adviser Why FG slashed gas-to-power price ' Sylva S'West has highest abusers of drugs in Nigeria 'NDLEA Apo killings: FG have complied with award of damages, says AGF FG receives 4m doses of Moderna vaccines from US Group expresses concern over INEC's online voter registration Ohakim: APC's gain, PDP's loss Organisers to name LOC for Zenith Bank/Delta Principals' Cup soon We are going for gold ' Igali Hassan recovers from fall to keep record bid on track Wife honours Joe Blankson with swimming competition Tokyo 2020: Unlucky Adegoke bows to injury in 100m final Kane misses Spurs' training amid transfer speculations ground Tokyo 2020: Oborududu makes Historic Final, Guarantees Silver Medal for Nigeria At an extraordinary Olympics, acts of kindness abound Tokyo 2020: American star Simone Biles to return for balance beam finals Belarus Olympian safe in Tokyo hotel after refusing 'forced' flight home *BLUE PRINT* Why Ajanaku disclaimed our commendation credited to him ' Moahz Oil Supreme Court ruling: Osinbajo, APC govs move to reconcile, Keyamo, others Breaking: Ese Brume jumps to victory, wins first 2020 Olympics medal for Nigeria NiMet advocates adoption, implementation of national planning weather information DBN gets 'AAA' rating from Agusto & Co Nigeria quits Maritime election over illegalities, disrespect for rule of law Seplat grows $62.1m half year profit before tax, declares interim dividend of 2.5 cents per share Customs FOU Zone 'C' intercepts 6 containers of unprocessed timber, arrests 2 FCMB to provide long term funding to agribusinesses, healthcare, others Experts allay fears over possible conversion of Dollars in domiciliary accounts Breaking: Confusion as BBNaija season 6 Shine Ya Eye show shuts 7 days after Forex ban: Experts commend CBN, knock BDC operators Mompha's 'fraud' indictment: EFCC opens up Youth parliament wants presidency ceded to north central How we turn to lizards, cats, cows, consume human flesh, 3 bewitched children open up Ibori at 63: Uduaghan extols ex-gov's leadership qualities Ibori at 63: Uduaghan extols ex-gov's leadership qualities After 44 years in operation: NNPC ready to declare 2020 dividend ' GMD Coalition backs Emefiele over ban on sale of dollars to BDCs Nasarawa assembly uncovers purported employment of 366 teachers Justice Barnett seeks ECOWAS support for AU job Anambra: Guber aspirants dump APC, join other parties MPB pays gratuities of retirees discharged between April 2019 and May 2021 Doctors strike: Hospitals shut as consultants fill gaps at UITH APC Congresses: Aggrieved party members 'll get justice, Buni assures SGF lauds EFO for addressing erosion, flooding in hospitals Erosion: FCT minister urged communities utilize projects Don cautions journalists against sensational journalism Fuel explosion: DPR, NGO train downstream on MISTDO NYSC deploys 2207 corps members in Anambra UNGA: Yoruba group petitions UN, others against pro-Igboho groups Don advovates Nigerian agency to authenticate foreign documents FG tasks senior citizens on addressing health, welfare issues Manu-Soro's quality representation Keystone Bank donates sanitary kits to over 3000 marginalized girls in North-east Monarch bags law degree, urges colleagues to pursue education Anglican cleric laments hardship, insecurity in Nigeria *DAILY TIMES* Biden announces end of combat mission in Iraq Facebook to block ad targeting under-18 If U.S. has real shooting war it could be result of cyber attacks Biden Femi Adesina: Why Buhari cant seek medical attention in Nigeria China invites Taliban delegation to discuss security Taliban spokesperson Why I appointed Buharis ally, Mustapha as Sarakis replacement Emir of Ilorin Buhari without certificate attending global education summit, its a shame Dino Melaye NAPTIP decries Nigerias Tier 2 ranking by United States Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report BASKETBALL: US men get back on track as Germany beat Nigeria Tokoyo 2020: Simone Biles withdraws from individual all-around event to focus on mental health Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury beaten by Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig Tokyo 2020: Naomi Osaka out of Olympics tennis tournament *GUARDIAN* Euro hero Chiellini signs two-year deal with Juventus Former England winger Downing retires Group urges INEC not to enlist Uba, Soludo, others Nigerian goalkeeping prospect Adeleye keeps another clean sheet in Toto Cup triumph East Sudan residents say bodies seen in river bordering Ethiopia Traders move to avert total closure of Ladipo spare parts market Rapinoe quiet on future as USA suffer Olympic heartbreak Schools in US state offer $1,000 bonus to vaccinated staff Kane skips Spurs return amid Man City transfer talk Police arrest five suspects for kidnapping, robbery in Imo EU sanctions Nicaraguan leader's wife, son over repression England's Mings reveals mental health issue before Euro 2020 Police kill three kidnappers, rescue commissioner's wife, driver in Benue Libya gets 2 million Sinopharm doses with more expected Enugu cleric denies alleged complicity in Nnamdi Kanu's repatriation NIM charges women leaders on organisational leadership And they also came for Igboho - Part 2 Italian police disrupt mafia ties to health agency Uzodimma directs state attorney general to resume work Reinvigorating labour market institutions for inclusive growth For sanity to prevail in Ladipo market EU sends help to Turkey as wildfire death toll hits eight Marwa seeks Ogun support in war against drug abuse The Obi Cubana lessons for youths 33 killed as bus hits fuel truck in DR Congo Death toll in Bassa crisis rises to 20, coalition says it's reprisal Homework Mexico referendum on prosecuting ex-presidents draws few voters Akwa Ibom orders one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines Insurance: Underrated, overlooked safety net for SMEs Ex-president brought back to Kyrgyzstan in graft probe: govt Lori-Ogbebor sues Buhari, others, demands NDDC audit report before board composition A griot's tale: Revisiting Durban conference against racism Iran warns against any action over tanker attack Media, democracy and future of Nigeria - Part 2 Dear Olusegun Odebunmi Abuja's poor lighting - What Buhari, Bello, FCTA must know *TRIBUNE* NGX: Investors gain N30.1bn as market begins August with positive sentiments Firm hosts Nigerian Idol top 11, seeks to support youth-themed events BDCs: Lawyers, NGO hail CBN's move on forex supply Tambuwal tasks corps members to take advantage of camp training Access Bank to give 1,000 women free breast, cervical screening Dangote Cement posts resilient performance in first half 2021 Corruption: Don't compare us with PDP, APC counsels Jega Police nab abductors of wife of Oyo APC youth leader, other suspects Christian pilgrims to Jordan return, trip worthy and successful, says NCPC boss NPHCDA inspects 4 million Moderna covid-19 vaccines donated by US Kokori, Aremu, other board members meet NLC leadership on how to reposition MINILS 2023: APC, PDP have failed, don't vote them 'Jega Wogu backs Buhari, NULGE over undue control of LG by govs Aggrieved APC stakeholders set for showdown as govs, ministers hijack structures NCC set to improve broadband infrastructure in Nigeria NITDA to leverage on AfCFTA to build digital market in Africa SSANIP 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