*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR TUESDAY 5TH JULY 2022* *PUNCH* ISWAP behind attacks on Christians FG Firm pays ex-guards N2.4m after PUNCHs report Sports: Dare, Buharis interference unwarranted Bowen VC seeks intellectual engagement Lagos govt shuts school over pupils death Hoodlums injure six Bauchi lawmakers over leadership crisis Minister demands fairness in unity schools admission 20 RECs retire in Aug as tenure ends Adeleke has no cognate experience Senator Basiru Osun gov candidates sign peace accord next week 20 directors jostle to replace fired AGF FG issues guideline to retain oil sector spending in Nigeria FG probes firm for supporting illegal online lenders Concern mounts over rising import of contrabands Zenith Bank named best commercial bank Odua Investment eyes 102% growth consolidation Solid minerals imports rise by 74% in 12 months ICRC plans 53 PPP projects worth $22bn in 2022 PremiumTrust Bank expands to new state LIRS optimises payment procedure on eTax for taxpayers FG approves governing board for power liability company Bayern table '120m bid for Osimhen CAF's AFCON shift ridiculous, says Fashanu Fans aim dig at Oshoala after Banyana defeat Falcons bemoan 'misleading' Ordega reports Falcons lose to Banyana again Watford yet to receive offers for Dennis Lookman to rejoin Leipzig Odey opens door for Rangers, Celtic move Southampton lead chase for 10m Aribo Iheanacho resumes Leicester training Banned Banda inspiring Zambia President Buhari: Assessing an enigma Inflation, budget deficit reflect recession Traffic light: How policemen, LASTMA officers extort motorists in Lagos community Islamic cleric bags life imprisonment for defiling eight-year-old Lagos court remands woman for brutalising 11-year-old over N1,000 Microfinance firm disappears with customers funds, victims lament losses Edo family worries over sons whereabouts after police arrest Bandits kidnap Kaduna priest, Edo police free Italian cleric Kids rescued from Ondo church demand pastors release Adamawa law school student suffers head injuries in hostel attack Woman steals neighbours child in Anambra Zamfara bandits kill five, steal foodstuffs Ondo: Gunmen kill security guard, set filling station ablaze 615 million 5G devices launched in 2021 Report Inflation: Nigerias number one killer disease 2023 election: Have Nigerian youths finally woken up Thomas Adewumi university set to reposition STEM Chancellor Try transferred epithets, not transferred aggression Atiba varsity matriculates 174 students Govt not listening to statisticians Experts Lassa fever killed 159 in six months NCDC Owo massacre: Akeredolu backs Matawalle on self-defence 139 clerics, worshipers killed, 394 kidnapped in 18 months Reports INEC laments as arsonists burn Enugu office Telcos get 30 days deadline to resolve subscribers complaints Nigerias 26 power plants capacity drops by 70% *VANGUARD* Women-in-PENGASSAN create awareness against domestic violence Enugu fans express dismay over Super Falcon 2-1 loss to S/Africa Enugu fans express dismay over Super Falcon 2-1 loss to S/Africa Lagos closes Redeemers School over death of boy, 5 year old 2023: Fresh trouble for APC as group files perjury case against Tinubu 10 days after defecting to YPP, Abia gov replaces Obingwa council boss with deputy Uba Sani picks El-Rufai's deputy, Hadiza Balarabe as running mate Wale Tinubu addresses NOG conference on leadership Promoters of Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket do not wish Nigeria well ' Sheikh Maraya PDP crisis spills into Govs Forum, meeting yet to hold Edo: Police rescue Italian Catholic priest, kill three suspected kidnappers US: 6 dead, 24 injured in mass shooting at July 4 Independence Day parade in Chicago Water Resources Bill, recipe for wars 2023: 'Get your PVCs, end our collective misery', PDP youth leader urges Nigerians Primaries Crisis: Ibori'll never leave PDP ' Imegwu, ex-Delta Assembly speaker Governors have hijacked political parties ' ex-Minister, Tapgun Plateau 2023: I'll do abnormal things if elected says Yilwatda, APC guber candidate C'River PDP governorship candidate unveils ex-Channels TV broadcaster as running mate Olujimi takes over Ekiti PDP, as ally emerges substantive Chairman Njoku seeks INEC's recognition as APGA national chairman Adebayo, SDP presidential candidate, preaches African culture in US INFLATION PANG:Grow investments, rather than savings Why I'd love to work with Rema, Tems ' Supreme Swiss Oba Lurge signs with Universal Music; to work with Jadakiss, Joeboy, others Ondo Church Saga: My son left FUTA at 400 Level to join them, father laments Ondo End-Time Church: We won't leave our pastors in cell; we must rapture together' Rescued victims Police restore calm as unidentified hoodlums attempt to burn Bauchi House of Assembly How we escaped from Owo Prison through toilet within two weeks ' Cultist FCTA pulls down illegal structures on Gwarinpa road corridor Woman allegedly flogs minor with electric cable for losing N1000 The era 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