NAIJA NEWSPAPER HEADLINES AND NAIJA NEWS FOR SATURDAY 31/07/2021.
Punch
El-Zakzaky, wife to jet out for check-up, face fresh terrorism charges
National Assembly plans to meet US Congress over $875m weapons deal stoppage
Tobi Amusan cruises into semi-final in women’s 100m Hurdles
Blessing Okagbare suspended for doping, out of Tokyo 2020 Olympics
How I was disqualified from Olympics on my 25th birthday -Athlete who dumped USA for Nigeria
Hushpuppi to be sentenced in October –US court
N3bn loan: Bayelsa whistleblower’s trial stalled by defense counsel’s absence
Hushpuppi: Kyari risks dismissal, criminal prosecution, says PSC
My heart bleeds, mum pays tribute as Super TV CEO is buried
AKK gas pipeline’ll revive 232 industries, others –NNPC
FG approves 114 new standards for SON
Over 300 human trafficking victims in Lagos rescued in 2021 –NAPTIP
CVR: We are positioned to serve Nigeria better –INEC
SON to build laboratory in Calabar
APC congress: Rivers faction demands boycott, exercise suspended in Zamfara, Kwara, Anambra
Obaseki vows to recover money looted through Benin Stormwater project
Bauchi removes 1,115 ghost workers, saves over N763m
Akpabio plotting to stop protests with N2.5bn compensation, Niger Delta group alleges
Man jailed seven years over sale of Kano children
Angry mum stabs daughter to death for spending night outside home
(www.punchng.com)
The Nation
Kaduna files fresh charges against El-Zakzaky
Sick El-Zakzaky’s wife still in Nigeria, says IMN spokesman
NASS urges FG to put new MMIA terminal to use
Nobody can disqualify APC’s presidential candidate in 2023, says Omo-Agege
Appeal Court declares Jarigbe Senator for C’River North, removes Odey
FG not aware of $875m ammunition deal with US – Minister
Extradition of Abba Kyari not automatic – Ajulo
Kanu’s lawyer institutes judicial process to access client in DSS custody
Ondo varsity students protest ASUU strike
Ohanaeze kicks as IPOB declares sit-at-home over Kanu’s detention
Court stops APC congresses in Imo
Anambra 2021: Okonkwo resigns from PDP
Abe orders loyalists to boycott Rivers APC ward congress
APC Caretaker blows hot, warns against parallel congresses
My 18-month ordeal in Italian prison – Ex-Edo Commissioner Osemwegie-Ero
Two missing, 250 animals dead as flood cuts off Bauchi-Ningi-Kano road
Anxiety as cholera death toll hits 69 in FCT
Herdsman impregnated my wife, vows to take my life, Nasarawa farmer cries out from hiding
Gunmen abduct Benue Commissioner’s wife
Sit-at-home: No sacrifice too much for Biafra – IPOB
(www.thenationonlineng.net)
Vanguard
Athletic Integrity Unit suspends Blessing Okagbare with immediate effect
Insurgency: 28 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, 41 family members surrender to troops in Borno
Kaduna files new charges on El-Zakzaky, to order for his arrest
Newly-promoted Somalia club, JCCI FC, lose 20 players to terrorist attack bombing
China investigates former senior banking regulatory official
Court remands man, 33, for attempting to defile minor
NAF establishes directorate of veteran affairs –director
I didn’t call Biafra, Yoruba nation agitators cowards – Onyema, Air Peace boss
Gani Adams slams DSS over failure to present Igboho’s aides in Court
We’ll consider all available options regarding Oladapo’s CAF ban ― Enyimba
NSCDC arrests notorious bandit in Sokoto while buying sex enhancers
169 killed, 191 hospitalised as Cholera ravages Kano LGAs
Over 4000 people apply for 2000 Taraba jobs in 3 weeks
Bauchi communities in pain, tears as flood washes away farmlands, amenities
Niger closes 10 boarding schools, relocate students to safer schools for exams
Wife of Benue Lands Commissioner kidnapped in Makurdi
There’ll be sit-at-home every Monday until Kanu is released – IPOB
(www.vanguardngr.com)
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