News Headlines Aug 25, 2022. Headlines From Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

Compiled by Demola Adefajo

ThisDay

Ayu: PDP’ll Win 25 States, Majority in National Assembly Seats Despite Crisis
Wike, Tinubu’s Pact is Real, He’ll Work for Us, Says Ibrahim Masari
Osinbajo: Nigeria Seeks $10bn Package from International Partners for Energy Transition Plan
The Case Against ASUU…1
July Allocation Rises by N151.6bn as FAAC Shares N954bn to FG, States, LGs
Discos Insist FG Expropriating Power Distribution Assets in Breach of Extant Laws
Artefacts: Oba of Benin’s Representatives, Others to Attend Berlin Humboldt Forum Arts Exhibition
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: PANDEF Warns Northern Youths against Incitive Comments
FG Urges States to Establish Digital Economy Ministries
Nwaka: Why PDP Must Redress Lopsided Sharing of Party Offices
Six Weeks After Surgery, Osinbajo Attends FEC Meeting
EFCC Arrests NDDC’s Account Director over Alleged N25bn Fraud
Domestic Airline Operators Accuse Foreign Carriers of Ripping off Nigerians with Outrageous Fares
NLC Seeks Downward Review of Media Operating Licence
Datapro Upgrades African Foundries to A+, Maintains Stable Outlook
Investors in Interest in Nestle, Others Lift Stock Market by N65bn
With 17.92% Contribution to GDP, ICT Has Consistently Enhanced National Growth, Says Pantami
AMS-IX, MDXi, Sign MoU to launch Internet Exchange Services in Lagos
Elumelu: Nigeria Needs Regulations that Encourage Business Growth to Rejig Economy
Koolboks Closes $2.5m Seed Round to Scale Solar Refrigeration across Africa
Maintaining Advertising Rules in Political Campaigns
Hero Launches 10th Anniversary Campaign to Reward Consumers
Tinubu Consults Ahead of Presidential Campaign
Master of Meditation’s Pursuit of Peace
Folayemi Joshua Fashion Combines Simplicity, Comfort and Elegance in Its New Look Henley Shirts
HORMONAL IMBALANCE AND INFERTILITY (Part 3)
Tristate Hospital Celebrates Successful Open Heart Surgery on 13-day-old Baby in Nigeria
LASG to Support LASHMA Health Insurance Plan for All Residents
Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Pro-health Tax Implementation
COVID-19: Africa CAC, Mastercard Foundation Commence Saving Lives Initiative in Nigeria
NOC Commends Nigeria Surfing Federation over Training for Coaches, Athletes
Woods, Mcllroy to Launch Virtual Golf League
NFF: Why Falconets Overstayed at Istanbul Airport
Edwards Blames Ekong and Partner for Watford’s Ouster
THE RECENT SIERRA LEONE PROTESTS
EDITORIAL: RAVAGES OF FLOOD IN JIGAWA
For Obi’s Sake, APGA Warns Members in Anambra against Campaigning for Other Parties
•No squabble between Obi, Utomi, Abure, says Labour Party •Party tells APC to prepare handover note
Enugu 2023: Ohanaeze Ndigbo Backs Ugwuanyi’s Choice of Successor, Zoning
NLC Seeks Downward Review of Media Operating Licence
Food Security: Sanwo-Olu Flags Off Logistics Hub in Epe
Ned Nwoko Sues Governors’ Forum for Libel
Keyamo Explains Refund of N400m Special Works Fund to Federation Account
Maintaining Advertising Rules in Political Campaigns
Nigeria’s Active Domain Name Users Increased from 178,813 in June to 180,162 in July
Imo State Governor commends NBC on Youth Empowered Initiative
Pantami Advocates Promotion of Indigenous Tech Solutions
Unlimint Launches Banking Service API Solution
UNDP Launches $1bn Startup Financing Facility for Africa
H1 2022: 8 Banks Generate N234.97bn from Account Maintenance, Other Commissions
Battle against Hike in Telecom Service Delivery
Rack Centre Achieves ISO 45001 Certification, Promises Better Operating Environments
Winners Emerge in FSI Financial Inclusion Hackathon

The Nation

The Punch

Kogi court uncovers 268 ghost workers
Wadume: Military panel clears 10 soldiers, Balarabe promoted
Social workers association trains members in trauma treatment
PDP worries over Wike, NWC meets governorship candidates
Strike: No end in sight, state varsities insist
Abductors no longer reachable – NURTW chieftain’s wife
EFCC arraigns Cubana manager over $164,000 fraud
Police arrest ‘one-chance’ gang in Lagos
NSCDC nabs four Delta illegal bunkerers, intercepts tankers
NANS official jailed for fraud, EFCC arrests impostor
Delta cleric regains freedom from kidnappers
Gunmen kill policeman guarding Lagos bank
Resuming Abuja-Kaduna train service insensitive, says FG
NCDMB hands over vocational school to UI
TotalEnergies shifts drilling on Egina, Akpo to December
APGA warns members against anti-party activities
Buhari will support only APC candidates – Presidency
PDP will return 25 govs in 2023 – Ayu
Lamido, cohorts caused PDP’s defeat in 2015 – Wike
PDP gov candidates meet NWC amid party crises
Used and abused: Untold story of Falconets’ World Cup campaign
Why Falconets overstayed at Istanbul airport – NFF
Falconets not stranded in Turkey- NFF secretary
Advancing politicians’ personal interests
Fixing Nigeria’s haemorrhaging economy
Practising as medical doctors in Nigeria highly frustrating – NARD president
Strike continues, UNIABUJA ASUU tells Nigerians
ASUU-OAU backs indefinite strike

Leadership

Siemens Power Initiative: Federal Govt Investing $2bn In Distribution, Transmission – Osinbajo
Abuja-Kaduna Train To Resume After Abducted Passengers’ Release – Federal Govt
SECDAA To Recapitalise Taxi Operation In Abuja, Buys 50 Cars
Nasarawa Govt Donates 35 Vehicles To Security Agencies
Group Seeks Access To Reproductive Health For Women With Disabilities
NEMA Honours Victims Of Bandits’ Attacks
Centre Lauds Gov Bagudu Over Payment Of Gratuities
Ranching: Katsina To Spend N3.5bn On Structures In 10 LGAs a
Post Insurgency: Buni, Cameroonian Gov Meet On Transborder Security, Others
SGF Felicitates With Sultan Of Sokoto At 66
Police Foil Abduction In Bauchi Village
World Bank To Assist Kano Construct 6,300km Rural Roads
What Happened To The Uniformed Officials On Look Out For Wrong Parking?
Seven Tips: On Low Calorie Desserts You Can Feast On
2023 Population Census : Mixed Feelings Trail Exclusion Of Religion, Ethnicity
Charges Against Buhari
The New US Strategy For Africa
2023: APYF Unveils TPF, Set To Galvanise For APC, Tinubu
Police Parade Killers Of Bauchi Legislator, Police Officer
Kwara Govt Clears State Radio Station’s Outstanding N22.5m Debts To NBC
JUST-IN: EFCC Arrests NDDC’s Director Over Alleged N25bn Fraud
Nigeria Power Sector Awards’ Organizers Call For Nominations
Nigeria Info, Others Secure Broadcast Rights To Air EPL Games
Why Abuja-Kaduna Train Services Won’t Resume Now – Federal Govt
TETFund-Sponsored COVID-19 Vaccine Ready For Trial
APC Is A Party Set For Destruction, Says Ex-Chieftain In Rivers
JUST-IN: PDP NWC Meets Party’s Guber Candidates
Is Frank Lampard The Man To Unlock Alex Iwobi’s Potential?
Federal Govt, NFF Explain Why Falconets Overstayed At Istanbul Airport

The Sun

Strike: Our members’re borrowing money to survive –Osodekem ASUU president
IBB, Abdulsalami, Dogara, Babachir meet over Tinubu-Shettima ticket
2023: Rivers governorship candidate absent as Ayu hosts PDP nominees
Tompolo: Don’t provoke crisis in Niger Delta with your comments, PANDEF warns Arewa youths
FG launches energy transition plan, needs over $410bn
How Igbo can become president -Bianca Ojukwu
Lagos pastor, 9 others arrested for stoning Oro worshiper to death
No Villa candidates only APC candidates –Presidency
FEC approves N718m to protect rail tracks, 20 stations, N42bn roads in North East
Tompolo: Don’t provoke crisis in Niger Delta with your comments, PANDEF warns Arewa youths
Food security: Sanwo-Olu flags off biggest logistics hub construction in Epe
Out-of-school children in North West alarming –EU
2023: Rivers governorship candidate absent as Ayu hosts PDP nominees
Electronic voting’ll guarantee protection of voters’ mandate –Abe
Reasons Nigeria must get her politics right –Abba Gana, fmr FCT Minister
What fuels insecurity in Nigeria –Rafsanjani, TMG, CISLAC boss
FG, States, LGAs share N954.085bn in July
MTN rolls out 5G, targets 5 cities in 1 month
Koolboks solar-powered refrigeration system’ll stimulate businesses, economy –Ayoola, Co-Founder, Koolboks
Int’l Breweries declares N46bn gross profit at 45th AGM
Falconets stranded after delayed flight in Turkey
NFF blames FIFA for Falconets ordeal in Turkey
Lampard heaps praises on Iwobi after MOTM display
African Volleyball Championship: Nigerian stars make tournament’s Dream Team
Adesanya, considering higher weight divisions, says manager
Disobedience to court orders and anarchy in Nigeria (2)
The statistics Peter Obi quotes
The $418m Paris Club refund bait
ASUU and the turning tide
INAC: How Nigeria networked the world
Nigerians must not lose hope: My conversations with very young Nigerians
Internet fraud: NANS executive bags 1 year jail term, 39 others convicted
Alleged money laundering: EFCC arraigns Cubana manager, 1 other
Our mission to take back Nigeria under way –Ozigbo
FG, States, LGAs share N954.085bn in July
Lagos pastor, 9 others arrested for stoning Oro worshiper to death
Disobedience to court orders and anarchy in Nigeria (2)
The $418m Paris Club refund bait
2023: Rivers governorship candidate absent as Ayu hosts PDP nominees
Tompolo: Don’t provoke crisis in Niger Delta with your comments, PANDEF warns Arewa youths
‘Automated Lagos free zone to attract $5bn FDI, 20,000 jobs’
ASUU and the turning tide
INAC: How Nigeria networked the world
Food security: Sanwo-Olu flags off biggest logistics hub construction in Epe
Nigerians must not lose hope: My conversations with very young Nigerians
Insecurity impoverishing Nigerians
A waste of anger
Out-of-school children in North West alarming –EU
Bachelor wins N5m in Dangote Cement promo
Internet fraud: NANS executive bags 1 year jail term, 39 others convicted
Alleged money laundering: EFCC arraigns Cubana manager, 1 other

Daily Trust

Killer Soldier: What Yobe Cleric Asked Me Before I Pulled The Trigger
Collapse Of NNPP Romance: What Next For Shekarau?
Energy Transition To Gulp N172.8trn – Osinbajo
Bachelor Wins N5m In Dangote Cement Promo
MTN Rolls Out 5G Across 190 Sites, Targets More Cities
Another Reason To Live
Despite Hitches, Katsina Rice Farmers Begin Harvest
Fund Raises N1.2bn For Poverty Alleviation, Others
Nigeria’s First Hurdle Is Signing The Startup Bill Into Law
Coronation Rates Stanbic High After Growing Six Months Profit
EDITORIAL: Time To Rid Nigeria Of Malaria
Look Upon The Lion And Rejoice
Kashim Shettima: Dress Doesn’t Diminish The Man
DisCos Record N777bn Collection In Q1, Fault Restructuring
FG, States, LGs Share N954bn Revenue For July
North West Critical To APC’s Victory — Dattijo
That Truce With Turji
3 Arrested For Selling Pirated Books In Abuja
Misconception About Legislature Hampering Lawmakers’ Work — Prof. Sulaiman
‘Smart Schools Teachers To Receive Training Like Their Korean Counterparts’
FG Woos Stakeholders On Weights, Measures Act
NBS To Begin Release Of Unemployment Data Quarterly
Hijackers Of Cigarette Loaded Truck Arrested
Man Remanded Over Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl In Ekiti
APC Reps’ Ticket: Chieftain Seeks Candidate’s Disqualification Over Name Inconsistency
Police, Miyetti Allah Burst 4-Man Robbery Gang In Kwara
PTAD To Conclude 831 BOA Retirees’ Verification Sept
2023: Ayu Summons Gov’ship Candidates, Says Party Targeting 25 States
Man Bags 37 Years For Defiling Minor In Lagos
Kidnappers Kill Victim For Keeping Gun In His House
Why We Met IBB, Abdulsalami Over Muslim- Muslim Ticket — Babachir
2 Vigilantes Remanded Over Death Of Spaghetti Theft Suspect
5 Ambazonian Fighters Nabbed In Benue
Fact-Check: Did Peter Obi Demolish A Mosque In Anambra And Chased Out Northerners When He Was Governor?
FG, NFF Blame FIFA On Falconets’ Stranded At Istanbul Airport
Football Stakeholders Tasks NFF Congress On Credible Elections
Daily Trust Seeks Edo Partnership On Golf Tournament
Hoodlums Block Roads, Snatch Phones, Others In Kano
Scavenger Found Dead In Masaka
The Animals Of Aso Rock
8 Months After, FCTA Resumes Demolition At Mpape
Demand For Seed Mounts As Over 9,000 Farmers Plant PBR Cowpea
Fury Sets 7-Day Deadline For Unification Fight With Usyk
Pregnant Kerber To Miss US Open
FCT Council’s Elders Threaten To Sue Kogi Govt Over Land Encroachment
1 Stoned To Death, 10 Injured As Traditionalists, Other Worshipers Clash In Lagos
Women Now Abuse Drugs In Sokoto – Tambuwal
You Have Lost Political Relevance, Wike Blasts Lamido
Yobe Murder: If Muslims Had Killed A Pastor, The Story Would Have Been Different – Sheik
Stranded Players: NFF Clears Air On Falconets’ Plight, Blames FIFA
Real Reason Nigeria’s Falconets Are Stranded In Turkey
Lawmaker: Abacha’s $23m Loot Should Be Channeled To ASUU Crisis, Not 2023 Elections
Nigeria Ranks Second Among Countries Benefiting From Our Scholarships – EU
‘Why Creation Of Electoral Offences Commission Is Necessary’
I Was Blind When I Criticised PDP, But Now I Can See – Melaye
2023: Atiku Will Beat Tinubu In Lagos – Melaye
Energy Transition To Gulp N172.8trn – Osinbajo
Bachelor Wins N5m In Dangote Cement Promo
MTN Rolls Out 5G Across 190 Sites, Targets More Cities
Days After NNPC Pacts, Shell, Others Begin Process To End Lawsuits
How Schools Hike WAEC, NECO Fees, Deny Poor Students Opportunities
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Vanguard
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2023: Wike’ll work for Tinubu, says Masari, as Atiku jets out
4 kidnapped Catholic Reverend Sisters freed in Imo
International Breweries to increase market share
FG launches plan for energy transition
POOR REVENUE: Govt borrowings from banks rise to N20.1trn
BBNaija: Moment Chichi, Diana had heart-to-heart conversation to settle differences [VIDEO]
Netizens drag Iyabo Ojo over seductive dance steps with Fuji singer, Kwam1 [Video]
Video from Funke Akindele’s 45th birthday party, JJC Skillz absent
Naira extends losses to dollar at Investors and Exporters window
1, 086 oil spills recorded in 7 years in Bayelsa – NOSDRA
Buhari celebrates Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III at 66
Shutdown: Kwara Govt pays outstanding N22.5m NBC fee
IG deploys new CPs for Kano, 2 other states
Drop in Nigeria’s out-of-school children population excites Buhari’s group
Nigeria seeks stronger military cooperation with Iran
Sharia Court judge offers to pay N100,000 bride price to assist 2 lovers’ marriage
Abia confirms 9 cases of Monkey Pox
2023: ‘Don’t allow APC fool you again’ — PDP advises Nigerians
2023: APC candidates’ll enjoy my support – Buhari
After herdsmen attack: Ebonyi Community celebrates peace, construction of road
FG charges Nigerian students abroad to be law abiding
ICPC Chairman, Owasanoye berates lawyers for aiding money laundering
Education: Nigerian youths are equal to their foreign counterparts — Minister
Police arrest 11 undergraduates over cultism, unlawful possession of firearms
Miyetti Allah warns against profiling, killing of Fulani in Southern, Middle belt states
Your arrogance’ll earn Atiku another electoral failure, Lamido told
Wike: Rivers PDP opposition mobilises 10million-man-march for Atiku/Okowa
Migration: FG to introduce policy to replace medical personnel
MTN launches 5G pilot
Delta 2023: Edevbie absent as Oborevwori attends PDP NWC meeting in Abuja
Youths must play larger roles in policy formulation — Yishawu
FAAC shares N954 b to FG, states, LGs
Remove stringent conditions on visas — FG begs Canadian govt
Nigeria gets $3bn from World Bank, US to boost energy transition
Nigeria missing in top African busiest air routes — Report
Refuse: Umahi sacks Ebonyi contractors after Vanguard’s report
Nigeria gets $3bn from World Bank, US to boost energy transition
Ukraine President, Zelensky hails citizens on 31st independence anniversary
Shekarau: NNPP won’t be dragged into unnecessary controversy – National Chairman
2023: Desist from misinformation, Nigerian fact-checkers warn politicians
Police arrest 11 undergraduates over cultism, unlawful possession of firearms
Varsity student clubs stepmother to death
Police, Miyetti Allah arrest 4 suspected robbery gang in Kwara
BBNaija: Moment Chichi, Diana had heart-to-heart conversation to settle differences [VIDEO]
FG launches plan for energy transition
POOR REVENUE: Govt borrowings from banks rise to N20.1trn
F1: Ricciardo to leave Mclaren end of season
Osimhen heads better than Ronaldo – Giordano
Everton eyeing Super Eagles defender, Zaidu Sanusi
Novak Djokovic out of US Open
Onazi confident Nigeria will qualify for CHAN
Abia confirms 9 cases of Monkey Pox
Intensify fight against cervical cancer, FG told
Brain drain: There are enough medical doctors in Nigeria— Ehanire assures
Commence immediate rollout of Child Protection Bill, SCI tasks Zamfara State govt
Gerocare seeks improved care for elderly