News Headlines Jun 1, 2022. Headlines From Nigeria’s Major Newspapers
Compiled by Demola Adefajo
ThisDay
Bauchi PDP Set to Conduct Fresh Governorship Primary, as Candidate Withdraws from Race
APC Committee Screens Osinbajo, Bello, Lawan, Others
Methodist Prelate Speaks on Abduction, Says N100m Ransom Paid to Kidnappers for His Freedom
News in Photographs: Buhari Meets APC Govs Ahead of Presidential Primary
Buhari Leads 11-man Delegation on State Visit to Spain
Okorocha Meets Bail Conditions, Makes APC Presidential Screening as Exercise Ends
•Committee quizzes Osinbajo, Lawan, Fayemi, others •Senate President: I’m ready to support Buhari’s consensus candidate
Tinubu Made His Wealth Selling Rice, Chemicals, Says Campaign Organisation
I’ve Capacity, Competence to Turn Osun Around, Says Ogunbiyi
Obaseki: We’re Enhancing Access to Quality Healthcare in Edo
Atiku: Omokri Attacks Fani-Kayode, Says Ex-minister Displaying Multiple Personalities
Completed Voter Registration Exceeds 6m as INEC Suspends Online Application
Court Sends Prophet to Correctional Home for Raping 13-year-old in…
NUJ Calls for CP’s Removal as Police Shoot Journalist, Student…
Sovereign Trust Insurance Collaborates With Rotary Club on CRS for Lagos…
CBN Mandates OFIs to Enroll in Credit Risk System by August1
A’Ibom Insists on Private Running of Coconut Oil Refinery
Value of 14 Banks’ Stocks Appreciate Marginally by N73.09bn Despite Decline…
Bringing More Nigerians Under NHIS Coverage
CBN Intervention Towards Sustainable Growth
Of Pre-election Engaged and Post-Election Enraged Voters
Does APC Need a Northern Candidate to Defeat Abubakar?
APC Convention Should Not be Another Dollar Rain, Olawepo-Hashim Warns
Tulcan Energy Restates Commitments to Sponsoring NWFL Super Six
Heineken Ends UCL Season in Style with Fans
AFN Lists Amusan, Enekwechi, 51 Others for 22nd African Athletics Championships
Troost-Ekong Salutes NPFL Players in Super Eagles’ Camp
EDITORIAL: THE BAN ON ‘OKADA’ IN LAGOS
AUN Gets NUC Approval to Offer Data Science and Analytics, Others
Experts Advocate Increased Access to Digital Resources, Infrastructure to Boost Learning among Displaced Youths
Queen’s College Principal Advises Students to Focus on Career Choice
Children’s Day: Sanwo-Olu Harps on Parents’ Responsibilities
Children in Dalliance with Doom
CBN Mandates OFIs to Enroll in Credit Risk System by August 1
A’Ibom Insists on Private Running of Coconut Oil Refinery
Bringing More Nigerians Under NHIS Coverage
CBN Intervention Towards Sustainable Growth
A RECURRING DECIMAL IN THE POLITICAL FIRMAMENT
PETER OBI AS ‘THE GUARDIAN’
SANWO-OLU: A VOTE FOR CONTINUITY
DIGITAL LITERACY AND RISING CYBER CRIMES
UBA Promotes Saving Culture, Rewards Loyal Customers
Unity Bank Commits to Empowering Underbanked Women
ITF Gets PECB’s Recertification for Quality Management System
Mixta Africa Releases ‘Rent to Own Scheme’for Accessible, Affordable Housing
The Incurable Leakages in Public Finances
RIMAN Calls for Enhanced Cyber Security Risk Management
Realto Identifies Five Reasons to Invest in Real Estate in Nigeria
CWA Digitals to Train 1000 Entrepreneurs on Revenue Growth, Digital Sales
Former NIA Chairman Unveils New Claims Handling Firm
Mercy Corps Reiterates Resolve to Provide Critical Assistance to Vulnerable Nigerians
The Nation
Buhari and his unfolding succession plan
NWC members accuse party chair Adamu of taking unilateral decisions
What Buhari told us, by Sule
Governors’ meetings on President’s proposal deadlocked
Buhari seeks APC governors support to pick successor
‘We want a candidate that can win’ Governors’ meetings on President’s proposal deadlocked
NWC members accuse party chair Adamu of taking unilateral decisions
The Nation names Sobowale Ombudsman
Investors net N1.81tr gains in May rally
Sleepy driver kills conductor, injure four others in Anambra
Atiku to get Certificate of Return Wednesday
Fed. Govt receives terrorists’ demands for release of train…
2023: Fresh suit seeks Atiku’s disqualification over citizenship
Clark demands Ayu’s sack over Tambuwal
Three ‘global scammers’ arrested in Lagos, Benin
Give us prepaid metres, Lagos communities plead
Ekwulobia Four: Akpoyibo, others to be served hearing notice
Biafra Day: Hoodlums chase pupils, traders away
11 Filipinos arraigned over cocaine import
Okada ban takes off in Lagos
11 celebrity couples that make marriage look beautiful
Super Eagles: Chukwu, Okpala offer Peseiro tips for Ecuador
ITTF Championship : Bello reveals Africa Cup’s success…
Transfers: Napoli set July 8 deadline for Osimhen
The Punch
FG sends 640 soldiers on peacekeeping duties amid insecurity
Buhari embarks on eighth foreign trip in five months
Okorocha gets bail, leaves EFCC custody
Getting two votes at PDP primary was surprising, I thought I would score zero – Shehu Sani
Akwa Ibom prophet allegedly rapes 13-year-old student seeking prayers
Presidency: Search for strong consensus candidate, Buhari directs APC govs
Lagos int’l airport runway lights collapse, pilots warn FAAN
Kidnappers showed us decomposing bodies, church paid N100m ransom – Methodist Prelate
Akwa Ibom prophet allegedly rapes 13-year-old student seeking prayers
Robbery convict gets seven years jail term after appeasing victim
Plateau worker killed during street fight, police nab suspect’s family
Ebonyi police kill three suspected hoodlums in military uniform
Telcos blame govs, others as ICT’s GDP contribution tumbles
Lagos int’l airport runway lights collapse, pilots warn FAAN
Nigeria, others face high risk of food crisis – Report
CBN retains 5% interest rate for power sector, others
Getting two votes at PDP primary was surprising, I thought I would score zero – Shehu Sani
We’ll prevent vote-buying in Ekiti gov election – INEC
JUST IN: Okorocha released, arrives Transcorp for presidential screening
Screening: I’ll be addressing Nigerians next as APC candidate, Lawan says
Messi, Ronaldo missing as UEFA releases 2021-22 Champions League Team
Napoli set deadline for Osimhen suitors
Players stranded, groan over unpaid CBN tennis prize money
Leadership
Manufacturers’ Power Generation Cost Jumps By 12.86% To N45.036bn – MAN
In Final Push For Consensus, Buhari Says: I Will Choose My Successor
Monkeypox: US Denies Using Nigerian Labs To Spread Disease
Manufacturers’ Power Generation Cost Jumps By 12.86% To N45.036bn – MAN
NSCDC Arrests 19 Suspects, 81 Vehicles At Illegal Oil Storage Site In Lagos
NCPC Begins 2021 Pilgrimage To Israel, Jordan Mid-June
NYSC To Remain Transparent, Accountable, Says DG
3 Killed As Security Operatives Invade IPOB/ESN Camp In Ebonyi
Federal Govt Distributes ATM Cards To Household Uplifting Programme Beneficiaries
Man Killed In Ebonyi Drinking Joint
Shanghai Lockdown: China Eases Restrictions After Two Months
BREAKING: Bauchi PDP Gov’ship Candidate Steps Down
BREAKING: Buhari Meets APC Govs Over Presidential Primary Election
Sen Ikeyina Clinches SDP’s Presidential Ticket
PDP Presents Certificate Of Return To Atiku Today
Bauchi PDP Goes For Fresh Governorship Primary As Candidate Steps Down
2023 Presidency: Lawan States Agenda To APC Screening Panel
Imo: We Never Declared Ideato North Primaries Inconclusive – PDP
Developer Launches Multi-billion Naira Estates In Lagos
8 Years Post-privatisation: Stakeholders Seek End To CBN’s Persistent Lifeline To GenCos, DisCos
Gwagwa District: FCDA Begins Payment Of Compensation To Abuja Natives
Napoli Give Osimhen’s Suitors Ultimatum To Submit Bids
Oshonaike Distributes Table Tennis Kits To 50 Children
‘Sadiq Umar Key To Almeria’s Promotion’
The Sun
Anambra schools, markets close abruptly as soldiers, gunmen exchange fire
Primary: Buhari meets govs, gives hint of preferred successor
Search for Atiku’s running mate widens in South East
APC leadership crisis deepens
Boko Haram commanders killed in clash with Borno hunters
Resign now, you’re not fit to remain PDP national chairman, Clark tells Ayu
INEC to partner ICPC, EFCC to stop vote buying
Nigerian envoy receives newly acquired Naval ship in Gabon
2023: We’ll only endorse candidate with interest of tourism, says ABPFEON
Buhari embarks on state visit to Spain
Alleged fraud: Okorocha granted N500m bail
Ladoja addresses students in French language
Kebbi: APC guber aspirants’ agents endorsed primary results –Yakubu
Don’t turn APC convention into another dollar rain –Olawepo-Hashim
Hull City makes transfer approach for Nwakaeme
Napoli gives Osimhen’s suitors deadline to submit bids
Onuachu weds Ghanaian girlfriend
Public servant wins medal at Okpekpe race
UCL Final Show: 32FM, Imperial Blue thrills football fans in Ibadan
Zenith Bank/Delta Headmasters’ Cup kicks off June 3
Torino slams ₦4.5bn price tag on Ola Aina
Osimhen misses European Golden Shoe award
Africa Day celebration and industrialisation shortage
Bauchi reviews 24-hour curfew on Yelwa to 12-hour
INEC to partner ICPC, EFCC to stop vote buying
Anambra schools, markets close abruptly as soldiers, gunmen exchange fire
Free Kanu and save Igbo land, town unions beg Buhari
Insecurity; NIPSS DG commends army for keeping Nigeria United
Nigerian envoy receives newly acquired Naval ship in Gabon
2023: We’ll only endorse candidate with interest of tourism, says ABPFEON
Kebbi: APC guber aspirants’ agents endorsed primary results –Yakubu
Buhari embarks on state visit to Spain
Alleged fraud: Okorocha granted N500m bail
Ladoja addresses students in French language
Abuja-Lokoja highway reopens, 16 hours after blockade
Primary: Buhari meets govs, gives hint of preferred successor
Search for Atiku’s running mate widens in South East
Don’t turn APC convention into another dollar rain –Olawepo-Hashim
APC leadership crisis deepens
Oyetola condemns shooting of The Nation reporter
NDLEA arraigns 11 Filipinos over alleged importation of 13.65kg cocaine
Police recover assault rifles from Delta shrine
Boko Haram commanders killed in clash with Borno hunters
PDP primary: Why Bala Mohammed didn’t step down for Atiku
Resign now, you’re not fit to remain PDP national chairman, Clark tells Ayu
First Baptist Church crisis: Court shifts hearing to July 6
Man, 80, arraigned over forgery in Enugu
Police kill 3 gunmen in Ebonyi
Daily Trust
How Sons Of CJN Clinched PDP, APC Tickets For National Assembly Contest
Kaduna Records 8 Deaths From 118 Fire Incidents In 2 Month
Girl, 4, Drowns In Kano
FCTA Directs Increase In Corps Members Intake
Why We’re Clamping Down On Unregistered Cars, Bikes – Ogun CP
Illegal Diesel Refinery Uncovered In Lagos, 19 Suspects Arrested
‘Prophet’ Remanded For Raping Minor
…As Vigilante Caught With Human Part In Zamfara
Man Breaks Into Lagos Cemetery, Steals Skull
Oyo Poly Lecturer Dies In Auto Crash
Ekiti Man Bags 56 Yrs For Fraud, Forgery
Traders In Kano’s Rimi Market Lament Eviction
2 Killed In Kwara Knife Attack
Concerns Over Poor Condition Of Police Vehicles In Osun
How To Make Your Windows PC Easier To Use
Women Directors Seek Reduction In Digital Gender Divide
Improving Passenger Facilitation At Airports
U.S. Grants Adeosun’s Dash Me Foundation Non-Profit, Tax-Exempt Status
ZirooPay To Tap Africa’s $500bn Retail Market With Unique Mobile POS Technology
Nigeria Must Address Poverty Amidst Plenty – ICAN
Zenith Announces Redemption Of $500m Eurobond
Customs Hands Over 3,712 Seized Donkey Skin, Others To Quarantine Service
Inaction Against Climate Change Will Cost Nigeria $460bn
Power Firms Piled N62bn Energy Debt In 2 Months – Report
The Politics Of Zoning
Tobacco, Still A Silent Killer
2023: INEC, Election Timetable And The Conduct Of Primaries
EDITORIAL: Reverse Interest Rate Hike
2023 And The Nigerian Progressives
Politics, Poverty And Dearth Of Public Purpose
Tambuwal Moves To Run For Senate After Stepping Down For Atiku
CSOs Seek Extension Of CVR
Ekiti 2022: INEC Promises Credible Poll
Citizenship: Fresh Suit Seeks Atiku’s Disqualification
NECO: Parents, Students Fear Losing Out As Govt Raises Bar
Okada Ban: Lagos Govt Dismisses Anxiety As Enforcement Takes Effect
Coalition Calls For Calm Ahead Of 2023 Elections
Buhari Told Us Kind Of Presidential Candidate He Wants – Gov Sule
No First Term Senator Can Match My Record – Ifeanyi Ubah
‘Atiku’s Emergence Has Sealed PDP’s Victory In 2023’
2023 Presidency: Why Atiku Is Not A Threat To APC – Katsina Gov’ship Candidate
PDP Leaders Divided Over Atiku’s Running Mate
Fresh Crisis In APC As NWC Members Ask Colleagues To Rise Against Adamu
Kaduna Police Thwart Terrorists Ambush On Motorists Along Kaduna -Birnin Gwari
Remembering T.B. Joshua: A Personal Testimony Of Warmth, Compassion And Industry
Policeman Shoots Five-Year-Old, Journalist Covering Protest In Osun
World MS Day: Nigeria Has Only 80 Registered Neurologists – Experts
BBNaija Star, Pere, Debunks Affair With Kogi Gov’s Wife
Edo Hospitals Short Of Doctors — Obaseki
TETFund Intervention In Benue Varsity Now N7bn, Says Pro-Chancellor
Don’t Give APC Presidential Ticket To Highest Bidder, Olawepo-Hashim Warns
30 Vigilantes Feared Killed In Zamfara Bandits’ Attack
Women Directors Seek Reduction In Digital Gender Divide
Improving Passenger Facilitation At Airports
Deschamps Leaves France Team After Father Dies
Perez Extends Red Bull Contract Until 2024
Africa After The Ukraine War
WNBA Star Liz Cambage Denies Calling Nigerian Team ‘Monkeys’ During Pre-Olympic Match
Ex-Nigerian League Coach, Maurice Cooreman, Dies
NPFL Preview: Rivers Utd, Plateau Utd In Top Of Table Clash
Vanguard
2023: Jonathan’s fate sealed as Okorocha’s hangs in the balance
Did Wike just run for president?
Foreign capital inflow rises 60% to $610m, outflow rises faster
Money, not ideology, will drive the next elections
COVID-19: 18 million Nigerians fully vaccinated so far,says FG
Importation of wheat from Russia
Understanding consumer behaviour, their impatience and expectations
TETFund blames slow pace of work in projects to cost of materials, COVID-19,others
Edo APC, govt bicker over land grabbers, insecurity
Politics of the barber’s chair
Nigeria has no laboratories where Monkeypox Virus is generated, says NCDC
‘How my dad’s neighbour repeatedly defiled me’, 14-year-old girl tells court
African brands leap 17% in global ranking
Businessman, wife, 3 children found dead inside Lagos apartment
Lagos govt dismisses anxiety over okada ban
For the NBC, a nightmare that may heal
Barbaric invasion of Anambra State
Hunters kill Boko Haram Commander, Deputy in Borno clash, recover 1 AK47 rifle, motorcycle
PDP’s gov’ship candidate in Bauchi withdraws from race
Thugs destroy Federal government housing scheme in Ondo
Court jails Chinese two years for Naira mutilation
Photos: Buhari arrives Spain ahead of State Visit
2023: Muslim Scholars reject Atiku, insist on Yoruba-Muslim Presidency
GUBER ELECTION:’Calls for cancellation of Sokoto APC primary mischievous’
Okorocha appears before APC Presidential Screening C’ttee
3 killed in cult attack in Ilorin
COVID-19: 18 million Nigerians fully vaccinated so far – FG
Again, APC Govs meet over Buhari’s successor
Unintended Gestation: 19% of teenage girls are pregnant — NPC
We used escort in delivering bike, phones to kidnappers for my sister’s release — Brother
Igbo communities beg Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu to them
2023: Jonathan’s fate sealed as Okorocha’s hangs in the balance
Nigeria has no laboratory where monkeypox virus is generated – NCDC
Crisis erupts in Benue APC over direct guber primaries
Okada ban: Lagos deploys enforcement squad to rid state of menace
Stock market: Capitalisation loses N422bn
PDP’s gov’ship candidate in Bauchi withdraws from race
Okorocha appears before APC Presidential Screening C’ttee
Again, APC Govs meet over Buhari’s successor
Bauchi PDP sets to conduct fresh guber primary election
Labour Party members in Ekiti defect en-masse to APC
BBNaija Pere breaks silence over rumoured affair with Yahaya Bello’s wife
Actress Stephanie Linus, hubby welcome second son after 7 years
Relationship? See why Burna Boy, Nengi are trending today
Ejike Okoye tackles domestic violence in new flick
Kanayo O. Kanayo paints Muson white as he rounds off 60th birthday celebration
Foreign capital inflow rises 60% to $610m, outflow rises faster
African brands leap 17% in global ranking
Stock market: Capitalisation loses N422bn
VFD Group shareholders okay N1.36bn dividend, get 1for 2 bonus shares
AfCFTA: Nigeria must focus on $10m export advantage — SSA to Buhari
Uber hits 1bn trip milestone in Africa
Money, not ideology, will drive the next elections
NECO extends registration period for 2022 SSCE internal
EDITORIAL: Curbing electoral corruption