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(Copyright ElohimTov.com). *NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR FRIDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2021* *THE NATION* Kano gives N18.5m to Shasha clash victims Fashola to Nigerians: join APC to sanitise polity Insecurity affecting development PDP to hold zonal congresses March 6 Spurious strategy How we escaped Kagara kidnap, by pupils, others An epitome of principle at 86 Kankara boys and now Kagara Governors, Abdulsalami: Ethnic profiling, clashes can trigger civil war Minister seeks unemployment benefit for youths Alleged N1.4b fraud: EFCC closes case against ex-NBA President Usoro Buhari appoints heads for NEITI, NSCDC, Correctional Service NAFDAC approves emergency use of AstraZeneca vaccine Dont issue death certificates to the living, Mamora tells doctors Customs ex-CG Dikko dies at 61 He has immortalised himself Abiola, Afenifere begged Jakande to serve under Abacha, says family Kagara: List of the abductees Nigeria and The Madhouse 2023: PDP canvasses electronic voting Former Ogun Gov Daniel registers as APC member PDP lifts suspension on House Minority Leader, 6 others NEXIM eyes N1.2tr balance sheet in 2022 APMT aquires more cranes 17 years after, Carbotage Vessel Financing Fund remains in limbo *VANGUARD* FG hands over 2km road to FedPoly Nasarawa Insecurity: Your failure to stop herdsmen impunities may lead to full-blown ethnic conflicts ' Moghalu tells Buhari Man allegedly uses matchet to inflict injuries on members of vigilante group Contractors responsible for failure of PAP ' Ijaw leaders lament 4 dead as truck rams into bus in Asaba Man, 40, in court for allegedly setting ablaze property worth N16m NUC approves Law, 13 other programmes for Atiba varsity Agribusiness: IITA, NASC, NRCRI to meet farmers' demand of over N10bn on cassava stems CNG mourns Junaid Mohammed, Dikko Breaking: Second Republic Lawmaker, Dr Junaid Mohammed dies at 73 Seven-month-old baby, 64-year-old man die, 6 others injured, in Jigawa auto crash ' Police INEC clarifies expansion of access to polling units nationwide After 6 months, Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars ' CNN Buhari mourns foremost lawyer 'Ziggy Azike Senate begins screening of Buratai, others behind closed door 2023: PDP BOT pledges support for Saraki's Committee Akeredolu dissolves state executive council Abdication: PDP demands Defence Minister's sack Sosan, Adebule, others reject plan to merge Badagry division with Alimosho federal Constituency Herdsmen/Farmers Clash: Bring back Nigeria from brink, Bode George tells Buhari 2023: Udeogaranya wants APC, PDP to zone Presidency to South-East APC governorship aspirant promises to replicate family's philanthropic gesture in Anambra Ehingbeti: Sanwo-Olu pledges to double investment in youth World Bank appoints Makhtar Diop IFC managing director, executive vice president JUST IN: FG, states, LG share N640b Minimum Wage: We are being sidelined, Delta primary school teachers cry out Bida Poly rector's tenure: ASUP asks FG to comply with Act COVID-19: Use AstraZeneca vaccine even if new variants are present, says WHO Africa is getting ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccines ' WHO COVID-19: WHO involves survivors to sensitise public Reps to investigate firm over alleged HealthPlus acquisition Court remands blacksmith for defiling 7-year-old girl We owe N257,000 hospital bill, parents of quintuplets cry out Twist over caretaker who allegedly killed student tenant in Imo Court remands labourer for allegedly defiling 7- year-old girl Court remands man for allegedly defiling 9-year-old girl Mechanic in court for allegedly attempting to steal vehicle Four men docked for allegedly stoning police officers I taught my wife how to cook and respect her father, man tells court Jungle justice' no longer allowed in Akwa Ibom, says Police Commissioner 63 Obigbo residents regain freedom after 4 months in dungeons *THISDAY* NLC Declares Strike in 18 States over Minimum Wage FBNQuest Projects 2% GDP Growth for Nigeria in 2021 IATA Introduces Travel Pass to Resolve Border Crises Sanwo-Olu Pledges to Double Investments, Youth Devt As Ghost of Fuel Subsidy Removal Lurks Around United Capital Approves N4.2bn Dividend for Shareholders Sigma Harps on Investor Education Air Peaces 13 E195-E2s:Continental Game Changer Premier Plantation Supports Ekiti on Agribusiness FG Awaits $1.2bn Loan Approval to Implement Critical Agric Initiative FG Shifts 2021 Petroleum Summit to June As More Airlines Enter Aviation Industry FAO Boosts MDAs Capacity on Credible Data Dissemination Air Peace Promises Superior Travel Experience MDXi to Promote Energy Efficiency, Environmental Sustainability Promasidor Imports Pregnant Jersey Breed Cows IFAD Reappoints Houngbo President How Customs Tariff, VAT Waivers Will Help Airlines New Cashew Project Targets $10m Investment Opportunities NAAPE Calls for Dialogue with Employers over Labour Issues ACI Confers Award to Abuja Airport OPS Bemoans Rising Inflationary Pressure Adloyalty Business Network Rewards Realtors With Cars, Vacation Abroad Nigerian Companies Targeting IPOs in US, London Exchanges Interrogating the Soft Landing for Retired Military Service Chiefs and Understanding... Journalists Estate Road Arepo, an Image Booster for Abiodun Kudos to PDP Leadership for Lifting Suspension on Members Is this America' Four Days Without Electricity, Gas, Water FAROUQ AND THE KWARA AMAZONS America and a Lost Africa Smiths Westbrook, Nigerias EbonyLife Collaborate on Film, TV Slate Super Eagles Drop One Place in February FIFA Rankings DTigers Beat Rwanda to Maintain Impressive Run Ndidi, Iheanacho, Olayinka in Action as Leicester Held by Slavia Prague Djokovic in Record-extending Ninth Mens Final Wenger Slams Proposed UCL Changes by UEFA Berlusconi Tells Zlatan to Spend Rest of Career at AC Milan Europa League Round of 32 Kicks off Today Live on StarTimes Waldrum Signs Contract With NFF Rohr Mute on if Club-less Musa Will be Called up for Benin, Lesotho *PUNCH* Nigeria, Benin Republic meet over weapons, drugs smuggling Ondo community decries herdsmen invasion, police harassment over cows death Kano tricycle operators protest planned hike in levies Abia removes 6,064 fraudulent names from pension list ACF seeks increased voter access to polling units Ondo CJ: Attorney General discontinues suit against Fagboyegun Governors agree to compensate victims of herders, farmers clashes Kagara abduction: Govt should pay ransom if Ex-DSS director, Ejiofor Bauchi man arraigned for kidnapping, raping neighbours wife Banks turning female marketers to sexual slaves Senator Experts rate economy as weak despite exit from recession NNPC, marketers differ on petrol price, queues surface Discos to pay for energy rejection NERC Electricity generation drops as idle plants rise to 11 Banks cut borrowings from CBN over excess liquidity Investors lose N130bn as 30 stocks slump Stop deducting revenue before remittance, Reps tell NNPC FG plans N493.4bn revenue from national assets sale Customs target N1.47tn, Senate condemns duty collection outsourcing FG inaugurates committee to standardise Nigerias agric exports Bank CEOs nominate 600 mentors FBNInsurance partners Collinson on healthcare Popular govt critic, Junaid Mohammed, dies at 71 Police operate in fear as herdsmen kill seven in Edo Miyetti Allah faction backs Bauchi gov on carrying AK-47 rifles Niger, Zamfara hold talks, troops locate students, workers in forest Fani-Kayode visits Igboho, canvasses Nigerians be permitted to carry guns Fayose, liability to PDP, says ex-National Assembly member Cocoa growers ask Buhari to stop farmers killing by herdsmen FG bars trainee doctors from joining strikes Kwara sets up panel over hijab agitation in public schools Ex-Customs CG, Dikko, dies at 60 Ex-service chiefs list factors for failed anti-insurgency war Ondo orders suit against CJ accuser dropped Court refuses to unban preacher accused of incitement Curbing rising fraud in university admissions Tension in Imo community over impending soldiers, IPOB groups clash Govs pledge to compensate farmers, herdsmen clashes victims NAFDAC approves Astrazeneca for COVID-19 vaccination Lagos partners FG on poverty alleviation Lr-Ir leadership and herdsmen nationalism Climate change policy could hurt more Student scolded for tainted hair attempts shooting teacher in Cross River After reporting arms, ammunition recovery, I was arrested Suspect EFCC busts Internet scam training centre, arrests 27 Worker falls from eight storey building, estate tackles Lekki Gardens Court jails electrician for Internet fraud, romance scam Were prepared to release part of ECA for insecurity fight NGF Gunmen kill riot policeman, steal rifle in Delta Two nabbed for impersonating policeman, soldier in Lagos Police go after invaders as cultists storm Osun school Osun motorcyclist remanded for hitting pedestrian Women protest against Anambra gov aspirant, monarch Calabar varsity worker in court over N11.4m fraud Two babies, four passengers killed in Delta road crash Many injured as hoodlums clash in Lagos EFCC uncovers another internet fraud centre in Abuja More than Fulani banditry Jakande: The leader as co-visioner *NEW TELEGRAPH* INEC pushes for new polling units Wage: NLC to embark on strike in defaulting states Kagara abduction: IGP deploys 4 MOPOL units, Special Forces Govs to FG: Equip security agencies to tackle insecurity NEC endorses prompt arrest, prosecution of criminals Ex-Service Chiefs: Why we failed to tackle insecurity NNPC forecloses fuel price hike in February Nigeria's economy exits recession with 0.11% growth FG, states, LGs share N640.310bn in January COVID-19: NAFDAC approves AstraZeneca vaccine for Nigeria Small in salt intake improves health ' Study Evaluating impact of EU's ban extension on beans German govt partners Edo to tackle unemployment MAN: Headline inflation data threatens economic recovery Illegal fishing: UN boosts Nigeria, others' security measures Manufacturers lament unfriendly regulatory policies Union registration: NUT clarifies ASUSS's position Firm rewards winners with N10m worth sholarship grants Analysts: Naira may slide to N419/$1 at I&E window UPL, Chams lead in N133bn market loss Ehingbeti: Sanwo-Olu pledges to intensify investment in youths Okonjo-Iweala: Why Lagos needs infrastructure of the future Nigerians must hold their leaders accountable ' Ubani Super Falcons pip CSKA, look to overwhelm Uzbekistan, E-Guinea Rohr lists 40 Eagles for Benin Republic, Lesotho Afrobasket ticket excites D'Tigers' skipper Wikki Tourist bus catches fire, players escape death Agali Scouting Tourney: Rohr, Baribote storm Delta for final Europa League: Impressive away wins for Man United, Spurs; Leicester draw Super Falcons pip CSKA; look to overwhelm Uzbekistan, Equatorial Guinea Australian Open: Djokovic beats Karatsev to reach final Wenger: Mbappe could have joined Arsenal NPFL: Wikki Tourists' bus burnt *THE SUN* Nwakali's former club ASJ sues Arsenal Super Falcons pip CSKA Moscow Afrobasket 2021 qualifiers: Nigeria maintains unbeaten run in Group D, stops Rwanda ANFSC launches new logo, season jersey Go Round FC players get largesse Japan names Hashimoto as Tokyo 2020 chief BREAKING: Wikki Tourists bus burnt to ashes in ghastly accident Poor infrastructure may shortchange Nigeria in AFCFTA ' NACC NAICOM decries low participation of insurers in oil, gas, aviation sectors Nigerian Breweries tours four cities with Desperados Afreximbank, AAAM sign MoU to deepen automotive investment in Africa Bezos reclaims top spot as world's richest man Buhari appoints Orji as ES NEITI as Adio bows out Second Republic legislator,Dr Junaidu Mohammed is dead Insurgency, banditry may last 20 years Buratai Army uncovers criminals hideout in Calabar, arrests suspects New army spokesman calls for media support to end terrorism My vision, mission for army Gen. Attahiru Nigeria exits recession with 0.11% GDP growth in Q4 2020 NBS Edo varsity begins postgraduate programme Land tussle: Enugu community hail Ugwuanyis intervention Minimum wage: NLC declares strike in defaulting states Invest in ultramodern hospitals, Kalu charges govs Lori iro: It is all lies INSECURITY: TIME FOR SENATE TO ACT, NOT LAMENT Okonjo-Iwealas triumph and lessons for Nigeria CBN and cryptocurrency palaver Anyim: Impacting his milieu at 60 *GUARDIAN* Pirlo's 'clueless' Juve under-fire after Porto flop Mbappe and Haaland show that their time is now FIFA Ranking: Nigeria drops by one spot, now world 36th Wikki Tourists players escape death as club vehicle catch fire Puff Adder' operatives deployed to curtail banditry in Nasarawa, says CP Police arrest woman for beating, blinding grandchild in Osun Top dignitaries for ground-breaking of Ado-Odo monarch's palace Police arrest fake inspector, soldier in Lagos Makoko residents get medical care Badagry residents assured of good roads, bridges Foundation hosts exhibition to raise funds for cancer patients Group trains Nigerians to serve correctional facilities, inmates CPC directs compulsory HIV, TB tests for food vendors in Kano Hisbah confirms arrest of senior officer over affair with married woman in hotel Africa is getting ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccines ' WHO One in two South Africans infected by Covid: study and estimates Former Malaysia first lady's graft trial to proceed Air pollution caused 160,000 deaths in big cities last year: NGO Guardiola inspires Man City masterclass, Liverpool face Everton test Victor Agali satisfied with players' conduct at AS Racine U-17 football scouting tourney Again, Osaka ends Serena's quest for grand slam record Nwakali's ex-club petitions English FA over Arsenal's alleged refusal to compensate academy Rickie Fowler, from great promise to flop Re-elected club captain Ebreneyin promises more innovations at Ibori Club Anthony Joshua now UK's first 100m boxer D'Tigers continue 2021 Afrobasket qualifiers unbeaten run, face Mali today Fernandes double helps Man United thrash Sociedad, Bale stars for Spurs Leicester held by Slavia Prague in Europa League FG, Brazil seal $1.2 billion loan to boost agric sector NACC restates commitment to trade ties between Nigeria, United States COVID-19 pushes 27m Nigerians into extreme poverty, says NLC Sell-off persists as stock market plunges further by N132 billion Adegbite tasks operators on flat sheet production U.S. to support Nigeria's dairy through capacity building Operators adopt smaller airplanes for survival ASHON advises on commodities exchanges' growth Global stocks mostly fall amid angst at inflation risk Lateef Kayode Jakande (1929 ' 2021) Driving the point home State of the mess - Part 2 Our anesthetic Nigerian processes - Part 2 Tony Momoh (1939 ' 2021) Chamberlain Akarue's burial-day To reclaim our native nationality *TRIBUNE* Valentine: Day of love or lust What the ruling elite fear most may come upon them On the travails of Neera Tanden COVID-19: Nigeria records 877 new infections, total now 150,246 Fani-Kayode in Ibadan, meets Sunday Igboho BREAKING: Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, is dead Nigerian Idol season 6 set for screens in March Herdsmen killings: Protesters take corpse to Edo Governor's Office WOFAN trains 60 extension workers on drone, technology deployment Africa is getting ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccines ' WHO Malaysian police investigate sugar daddy website after complaints NEXIM targets N1.2trn balance sheet in one year Nigeria exits recession, grows 0.11 per cent in Q4 2020 Moghalu, blockchain association president ask CBN to regulate, unban cryptocurrency in Nigeria *SPORTS* 76ers' Joel Embiid Left off 1 Media Ballot for 2021 NBA All-Star Game Voting - 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