May 9, 2021 (Sunday) Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers



NATION
*Lagos LG polls: APC, PDP return to trenches
*Anambra 2021: Any hope for female governorship aspirants?
*2023: It’s unfair to say Igbo not prepared for presidency –Ikeyina
*Kwara APC will emerge stronger, says Abdulrazaq
*Tension in Osun community over imposition of N.2m land levy
*Poisonous junk! : Fast food exposes more Nigerians to heart disease
*SOARES ANTHONY : COVID-19 gave me new inspiration
*PRINCE IKPE EKONG : I run three companies and still pastor a church
*ANTHONY JOSHUA: I’m ready to face pain, torture for Tyson Fury
*ADERONKE OGUNLEYE-BELLO: How we secured Super Falcons dues within 24 hours
*KEMI STONE : How I got my first movie role
*Remembering Innocent Chukwuma
*IPOB’s fatwa on Uzodinma
*Quicker judgments
*Elite nationalism and the salvation of Nigeria
*NPA MD’s suspension unsettles Presidency
*The Beer Hall Putsch revisited
*Awuf dey run Okon him belle



LEADERSHIP
*Grief, Pain As Taraba Fire Victims Recount Ordeal
*India Records Over 4,000 Deaths In One Day
*Police, Vigilante Rescue 13 Kidnap Victims, Dislodge Abductors
*Investing In Large Scale Rice Farming
*PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: DARREN CLARKE, STEVE STRICKER PART OF FOUR – WAY TIE FOR LEAD AT REGIONS TRADITION
*Insecurity: We Should All Be Worried
*Fix Impunity, Fix Nigeria!
*#EndSARS: Witness Tenders Video Of Protesters Shot At Lekki Toll Gate
*Investigation Reveals Fake ‘Emergency’ Police Lines In Abuja
*EXCLUSIVE: Boom In Nigeria’s Micro Lending As Tough Times Get Tougher
*UNILAG Reopens Amidst Safety Concerns
*FG Will End Estimated Billing Syndrome In Power Sector – Omo-Agege
*NASS Under Fire Over Non-passage Of Electoral Act



DAILY TRUST
*I Lost My Pregnancy In Captivity – Freed Kaduna Student
*Lai Mohammed’s Claim On Kidnapping, Banditry Misleading
*7 Months After, Concerns Over Buhari’s INEC Commissioner-Nominees
*How Mantu Tactically Recoiled Into Political Shell
*Police Arrest 8 Kidnappers In Osun
*INEC To Create 3,148 New Polling Units In Kano
*8 Dead, 5 Injured In Niger Auto Crash
*We Won’t Succumb To Secessionist Agenda — Wike
*Mama Taraba For Burial Today
*Orlu Attack: Stray Bullet Kills Female NSCDC Officer
*Obaseki Seeks Review Of Transport System
*NCDC Tasks Nigerians On Hand Washing
*Poor Meat Hygiene Threatens Health Of Lafia Residents
*How Nigerians Lose Millions To Fraudulent Real Estate Developers
*Students Groan As Fresh Crisis Rocks Kano College
*What Has AGF Malami Sold? To Whom? For How Much?
*Buhari Vs Mbaka: When Friendship Turns Sour



VANGUARD
*Commercial motorcycle operators, tipper driver clash in Ondo
*Insecurity: Yoruba groups advocate self-defence against assault
*Fulani herdsmen, cows invade premises of FUTO, Owerri
*FG ‘ll end estimated billing syndrome in nation’s power sector- Omo-Agege
*Police arrest 8 suspected kidnappers in Osun
*Insecurity in FCT: Police told us to have minimal activities on campus – Veritas Varsity VC
*W/Africa generates 16% of world road crashes, fatalities- FRSC
*Abducted Miyetti Allah’s chairman regains freedom
*2023: Northern Nigeria keke napep, okada riders declare support for Moghalu
*2021 WARSO: FRSC warns against drunk-driving in Akwa Ibom
*Islamic Cleric cautions secessionists
*FG to strengthen ties with diaspora Nigerians – Minister
*Empowerment: Delta begins training of 1,000 STEP beneficiaries
*Gov Fayemi mourns ex-Minister Aisha Al-Hassan
*UNIBEN warns admission seekers against fraudsters
*10 suspected Boko Haram militants arrested in Kano



PUNCH
*Business not for the fainthearted — Williams
*I had no qualms marrying Spanish wife — Emmanuel Amunike
*How social media can be used to save marriages – Modupe Ehirim
*Without sound mental health, people become vulnerable — Oyinkansola Alabi
*Anyone who hasn’t been on boat cruise missing out –Chiazor Daniel
*Seven policemen, two gunmen killed in Rivers, five rifles stolen
*More Nigerians open to digital payments, says Mastercard
*How capacity building can accelerate Africa’s economic growth
*Many states not taking precautions against floods –NIHSA boss
*CBN, IITA, others to halt rejection of Nigerian
*Insecurity: Ebube Agu, ESN and the burden before South-East governors



THE SUN
*2023: It’s really turn of Southeast to produce president – Ogun, Reps member
*How to resolve Imo crisis – John Kennedy Osuala, former presidential candidate
*Insecurity: FG dynamism abysmal –Prof Sagey
*Terrorism: Military raids Niger, Kogi, Nasarawa forests
*Fr. Ejike Mbaka: A fiery priest with his heavy cross
*Causes of insecurity in Nigeria (2)
*Alleged infraction: Guild of Editors denounces NBC fines as punitive
*Benue: Decamped ward chairmen already suspended – APC
*Ugwuanyi reiterates commitment to youth welfare
*Fayemi hails deputy, Egbeyemi, at 77
*GOtv assures of maximum entertainment with DSO launch
*Alhassan, a courageous, outspoken politician – Okowa
*Bala-Usman: Controversy trails suspension as stakeholders tackle Buhari
*“Won’t they think I am a gold digger?”
*First Bank gets Fitch’s B-rating, says board changes won’t affect profit, asset quality
*2023: Southern C’River insists on zoning of gover’ship, other political offices
*FG establishes 20 new marriage registries
**Ikpeazu congratulates 5 ABSU graduates over Presidential Awards*
*APC, Akala call for postponement of Oyo LG poll
*Insecurity: Nigeria on verge of collapse –Anglican synod
*#EndSARS: Fayemi receives panel’s report, sets up Citizens Complaints Centre
*Ime-Obi, bishops wade into Ohanaeze crisis
*Black weekend: 12 policemen killed in Rivers, Akwa Ibom
*Ondo police arrest 20 suspects over alleged killings, chieftaincy crisis
*…Tipper drivers protest in Ondo, barricade major roads
*ACF appeals to bandits to free abducted Greenfield varsity students
*COVID-19: EU laments impact on Nigerians, provides £1.1b aid
*Insecurity: S’East at war with self –Gov Umahi
*Senate Press Corps nominates Ngige for award
*Insecurity: Oyakhilome declares 2-day prayer, fasting
*IPOB writes American president
*Ijaw elders applaud Okaba’s emergence as INC leader
*Irukka Online becomes Kurzwell sole distributor In Nigeria



GUARDIAN
*Insecurity: I’m ready to negotiate with unknown gunmen – Umahi
*Why Africans should preserve heritage, by Akindele, others
*Ebonyi slams southeast PDP’s misleading communiqué on Ebube Agu
*Bayer Nigeria bridges productivity gap in maize Cultivation



PRAY FOR NIGERIA



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