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Here are the major headlines for Thursday, July 16, 2020

The Nation

  • BREAKING: NDDC acting MD walks out on Reps 
  • BREAKING: Wike storms Nunieh’s house, takes ex-NDDC MD away 
  • Fintiri flouted airport COVID-19 protocol, FAAN alleges
  • BREAKING: Wike rushes to Nunieh’s house as policemen besiege home of ex-NDDC MD 
  • BREAKING: Gov Bello heads Ondo APC Primary Election Committee
  • Army rejig operations, appoints Omoigui as deputy director OPLD
  • National Assembly Clerk rejects retirement by commission 
  • Southwest states to reopen schools Aug for WASSCE 
  • Ex-NIMASA director jailed seven years for N1.5b fraud 
  • Diri: ‘don’t harass residents not wearing face masks’ 
  • There can’t be crisis between Oniru and I, says Ajasa 
  • Edo 2020: ‘Governor has no reason to intimidate anyone’  1
  • How first female combat helicopter pilot was killed by old schoolmate 
  • NLNG donates $150,000 medical equipment to Bayelsa 
  • Warri doctor dies in isolation centre
  • Tolulope was not just brilliant, but wonderful, says father
  • 12 top EFCC officials suspended as Magu regains freedom
  • E-payments value drops by N96b 
  • AA, LP, ADC substitute candidates 
  • Ajagba joins Mayweather’s ex-manager
  • Winning fight against virus not easy task, says AbdulRazaq 
  • Lagos: CDAs begin campaigns on home care 
  • UNILAG alumni honour ex-coach with cricket pitch 
  • Pioneer UNILORIN VC, Akinkugbe, for burial today 
  • YABATECH mourns former rector
  • SUBEB to involve special educators in e-learning content development 
  • Nigerian-American teen wins President’s academic excellence award 
  • FAAN chides Yari 
  • Group hails Buhari over ambassadorial appointments 
  • Ngige and July 10 uncommon courage 
  • Ebonyi council elections hold August 15
  • Weep not for Magu
  • Rotary flags off tree planting 
  • Ex-MAN boss: Second Niger Bridge will boost trade
  • Attack: IPOB threatens reprisal 
  • ‘How tractor platform will boost farming’ 
  • LCCI urges govt to implement sustainability plan 
  • Can schools meet new guidelines for resumption?
  • Zulum launches N1b interest-free loan 
  • Reps seek automation of courts 
  • Coronavirus and U.S. war on junk food 
  • Ijebu-Ode- Epe Road ready next year, says Abiodun 
  • Akeredolu, APC petition police over ex-SSG’s claim 
  • Bubonic plague rears head again in China 
  • Online platforms will boost educational system, says don 
  • MTN Foundation calls for STSS1 and SSBS entries 
  • Jamb score upgrade: Tale of swindlers and innocent Jambites 
  • Appeal Court upholds sack of Oyo council chairmen 
  • Erelu Kuti seeks peace in Iruland
  • Cracks in Ekiti APC widens
  • Period poverty: Free sanitary pads, conditional cash transfer to rescue women, teenage girls 
  • Magu’s war 
  • Sagay, Speaker Gbajabiamila slam NDDC for non-performance
  • Leadership deficit, not corruption will kill Nigeria 
  • Court adjourns suit seeking Uzodimma’s sack till Monday

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Punch

  • Protesters confront France president Macron in public garden
  • I bring a bundle of qualities, Okonjo-Iweala pitches at WTO
  • So This Happened (Ep 47) reviews Usman’s victory, teenager fleeing home for Facebook lover’s, others
  • Ondo primary: APC names Yahaya Bello as panel chairman
  • 57 health workers test positive for COVID-19 in Plateau
  • I spoke with Tolulope at 1pm but at 5pm, I was told she was in mortuary – Father of Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot
  • Gokada’s founder murder financially motivated – Police
  • Northern govs mourn first female helicopter pilot, Arotile
  • Adamawa gov, Fintiri, allegedly refuses temperature check at Port Harcourt airport
  • Twitter confirms ‘security incident’ involving hacked accounts
  • National Assembly commission sacks Sani-Omolori, 150 others, ex-clerk kicks
  • Corper, one other rescued as Ogun police, kidnappers clash
  • COEASU threatens strike, gives 21-day ultimatum
  • Umahi suspends FADAMA coordinator over alleged fraud
  • Conflicting court decisions make law teaching difficult – Abuah
  • WASSCE/pupils resumption: South-West states, Ebonyi, Cross River on collision course with FG
  • Eight Lagos cops detained for extorting social media influencer
  • Corper, one other rescued as Ogun police, kidnappers clash
  • Eight Lagos cops detained for extorting social media influencer
  • Two Rivers kidnappers nabbed, victim’s decomposing corpse recovered
  • Cleric arraigned for N5m fraud in Osun
  • Osun to prosecute policewoman for maltreating stepdaughter
  • Trader accuses Alaba market guards of arson, looting shop
  • Charcoal fumes kill woman, houseboy in Anambra
  • Community protests as Anambra, Imo, Abia, Rivers link bridge collapses
  • Robbers write Ebonyi banks over planned attack
  • Election rigging: APC petitions CP, demands ex-Ondo SSG’s prosecution
  • Edo APC, PDP exchange words on defection in parties
  • Ondo primary: APC appeal panel clears Akerodolu, 11 others
  • APC crisis surfaces as Senate screens ambassadorial nominees
  • Edo 2020: PDP campaign council meets in Rivers, eyes victory
  • NDDC probe: We’ll protect our daughter, Nunieh, Rivers vows
  • Labour ministry, senators clash over banking bill amendments
  • UK frustrated Air Peace attempt to evacuate Nigerians – Onyema
  • MTN begins trial of e-SIM in Nigeria
  • FEC okays 2021-2023 MTEF, projects N12.66tn 2021 budget
  • Firm rebrands three subsidiaries
  • NNPC’s losses increase by 200%, hit N30.8bn
  • Osimhen snubs Lille training amid Napoli rumours
  • Martins rejoins Shanghai Shenhua for €.4m
  • Arsenal shock Liverpool with comeback win at Emirates

(www.punchng.com)

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