SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 14/12/2020

Punch
Katsina mass abduction: Outrage over Buhari’s failure to visit school, 333 still missing, says gov

Presidency disagrees with Katsina gov, says 10 schoolboys in captivity

Abducted Katsina students to return in few hours —Defence minister

Boko Haram attacks Borno town, kills soldier, four civilians

Civil servant paid self N145m PIB media fund – Senate

Senate to review 2014 confab, APC restructuring reports

Politics causing disunity among my kinsmen, says Omo-Agege

NDDC: Reps minority caucus rejects Buhari’s appointment of sole administrator

FG begins building of 300,000 houses this week – Presidency

Insecurity: Sagay backs Malami, says Buhari shouldn’t appear before Reps

Don’t forget Zaria massacre of 2015, Shi’ites tell ICC

Banks’ non-performing loans now N1.17tn – NBS

Moshood Abiola stadium to host Eagles’ W’Cup qualifiers

NIOB to partner Lafarge on alternative materials research

APC elders’ caucus rejects caretaker chairman in Kwara

Opposition parties kick as APC wins 21 Kogi LGs

Lagos lists 300 distressed buildings for demolition

Ogun 53 assembly casual workers groan, seek employment

Lagos establishes fish centre, targets 10,000 new jobs

Suspected ritualist abduct, murder Kogi hunchback

Delta LG boss arrested for allegedly attacking commissioner

Gunshots were fired because my life was under threat —Seun Kuti

PUNCH shines at DAME, wins three prizes

(www.punchng.com)




The Nation
774, 000 jobs get Jan 5 date

Governor: no contact yet from abductors of 333 pupils

NCDC warns of community transmission as Nigerians travel for holiday

18 Generals test positive for COVID-19 as SGF, wife go into isolation

Korea lifts Fed Govt with 30,000 PCR test kits

Germany tightens lockdown rules ahead of Christmas

Vaccine distribution begins in United States

Reps, SEC harp on importance of commodities, stock exchanges

Forex interventions give false hope on naira, says IMF

Govts, firms raise N2tr from capital market

Naira in mixed performance as forex reserves drop by $198m

Prison made me stronger, more focused, says Kalu

No plan to forcefully declare Biafra, says IPOB

Buhari has not abandoned Borno, says Zulum

FRSC links low rates in road accidents in Jigawa to lockdown

Kwara has entered second wave, says govt

Kano barber, 26, marries 46-year old American Instagram lover

Imo to return mission schools to churches

Nigerian, five others win Barjeel Art Foundation Inaugural Poetry Prize

The Nation is DAME Newspaper of the Year

(www.thenationonlineng.net)




Vanguard
Troops have surrounded kidnappers of Katsina students, says Garba Shehu

Protests rock Katsina over abducted 333 schoolboys

Buhari celebrates Anthony Joshua’s victory

COVID-19 Task Force Chairman, Boss Mustapha, goes into self-isolation, as family members test positive

26 Army officers test positive for COVID-19 – Official

CBN commits N200bn on 300,000 social housing scheme

Replace service chiefs now, Methodist Prelate tells Buhari

Pilot FedPoly Ede Dual Award Open Distance Programme is NBTE approved — Mgt

Stock market battles policy reversal in Treasury Bills

Banks’ income from forex trading jumps 114% to N145bn

Air passengers decry upsurge in fares, seek urgent attention to roads, railway

FCMB opens ultra-modern cash centre at Ipaja, Lagos

2023: Accord chieftain sets to turn waste, faeces to wealth in Oyo

Sam Nda-Isaiah’s death a big blow to media – Uzodimma

Okowa performs ground-breaking for Eagle’s Height Estate

Illegal demolition, acquisition of 300 houses in Lagos result in three deaths

Two Indian nationals kidnapped in Oyo ― Police

Police killed my son in 2008, ‘arrested’ his corpse, man tells Osun panel

Corporate support boosts Beeta Playwright Competition

Thousands march in anti-government protests in Polish cities

France, others withdraw from Iran business forum over execution

Rivers varsity undergraduate gets full scholarship, gifts for returning missing smartphone

(www.vanguardngr.com)


What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do. - John Ruskin

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Compiled by Joe Agbro Jr. (@joeagbro)