Updates: Newspaper headlines for 18th of July, 2020

SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 18/07/2020

Punch

Akpabio hijacked NDDC forensic audit ordered by Buhari – Ex-MD, Nunieh

Court bars police from arresting ex-NDDC MD

Handover ex-NDDC MD to us, police tell Wike

COVID-19: Nigeria, four other countries to decide new WASSCE date

COVID-19: Reps set up committee on dead frontline healthcare workers

National Assembly commission replaces clerk, Sani-Omolori, others

Senate will decide on 774,000 jobs Tuesday –Abaribe

Court summons Malami, Emefiele, others over national theatre handover

Appeal Court orders removal of Akwa Ibom gov’s name from N1.4bn fraud case

Student mocking Jonathan on Twitter detained for 54 days

NAF opens investigation into Arotile’s death, two suspects held

NDLEA intercepts cocaine supplied to insurgents in North East

Nigeria, 24 countries to face hunger in coming months – UN report

COVID-19: Early pregnancies, marriages, female dropouts looming, says NPC

UK group donates N28m books to UI

I returned purse to show that most Nigerians aren’t criminals —Japan-based Nigerian who returned lost purse stuffed with money

Corruption: PDP raises concerns over integrity of Magu’s probe

COVID-19: Umahi suspends five aides for not wearing face masks

Ekiti postpones church, mosque reopening until Aug 14

We’ve revitalised primary healthcare centres overtaken by monkeys — Osun

Again, police recover three decomposing corpses in Rivers forest

Gridlock as tankers fall on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

I did plastic surgeries to enhance my flat buttocks –Cossy Ojiakor

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

Nigeria records 600 new cases of COVID-19, total now 35,454  

NDDC: I was pressured to spend N10b as Christmas ‘palliatives’ — Nunieh 

Court stops BPE, NERC on sale of Jos Disco’s shares 

Mompha knows fate on seized properties July 24

NDIC proposes stiff penalties for directors of failed banks 

Relief package scandal rocks IDP camps  

Interior Minister seeks drug test for security operatives 

Fed Govt sets up committee to preserve Zik’s Mausoleum 

Police arrest personal assistant over murder of Gokada CEO

Factory worker beheads colleague after seeing his N13m account balance  

I only got N500 for killing my boss, says Ibadan serial killer  

Lagos fixes alternative routes ahead Third Mainland Bridge closure 

NDDC probe: PDP demands Akpabio’s suspension, disbandment of IMC  

Ondo 2020: Oke threatens court action as APC insists on indirect primary 

Umahi suspends five aides over COVID-19 protocols

Psychiatric doctors arraigned for forgery in Enugu  

Heroic female combat pilot Arotile for burial July 23

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard

JOY NUNIEH TESTIFIES BEFORE HOUSE C’TTEE PUBLIC HEARING ON NDDC 

N40bn probe: Reps C’ttee summons Akpabio, NDDC MD, others

Police refute Wike, say IGP, Rivers CP aware of Nunieh’s home invasion

Akpabio threatens to sue ex-NDDC MD, denies allegations

TOLULOPE AROTILE TO BE BURIED IN ABUJA WITH FULL MILITARY HONOURS — NAF 

15M CASES OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION EXPECTED IN WEST, CENTRE AFRICA THIS YEAR — UN 

FG gives school operators 12 days to meet COVID-19 guidelines

Federal High Court Chief Judge goes on 14 days isolation over COVID-19

Vibration on Niger Bridge not a threat ― FG

Security: FCTA opens additional police formations in Abuja

Army kill seven bandits, destroy hideouts in North-West

Failed plastic surgery: FCCPC re-arraigns Lagos cosmetics surgeon

BACK-TO-FARM: NALDA SET TO TRAIN NYSC CORPS MEMBERS IN MECHANIZED FARMING 

NDDC crises: Akpabio should resign ― APC chieftain

COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu task Trade Fair leaders on safety precautions

Edo 2020: 35 political parties endorse Gov Obaseki

Ekiti Justice Ministry exposes 66-yr-old convicted sex offender

Akinyele killings: 50-yr-old herbalist gives me N500 anytime I kill my victims 

RON KENOLY, TOPE ALABI, TY BELLO, OTHERS FOR IBIDUN IGHODALO’S 40TH BIRTHDAY TODAY 

UNICEF, Patoranking re-release Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’

Niger Republic repatriates 42 Nigerians over COVID-19 violation

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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