SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 17/06/2020

New electricity tariffs effective July, says minister

Resident doctors’ strike: FG orders attendance registers, meeting deadlocked

Buhari restates commitment to protect children

Why NYSC camps should be closed for two years –Osinbajo

Court martial dismisses ex-GOC over stolen N400m

Kyari’s burial: Court to hear suit against ministers, SGF

2nd Niger Bridge: Berger faces N2.5bn lawsuit

ICPC seizes Bauchi gov’s FCT property

Businessman being investigated for N75m fraud dies during COVID-19 test

FG releases 3,955 inmates

Two million farmers’ll get zero interest financing –FG

FG needs $100bn investment in roads – IMF

Foreign reserves fall by $129.83m in one week

JAMB, varsities adopt 160 as UTME cut-off mark

NBET boss defies power minister, remains in office

Protesting northern youths lucky we’re in democracy –Presidency

Akwa Ibom village head nabbed for raping 11-year-old girl

Osun driver burns 18-month-old son with cigarette

C’River begins trial reopening of schools

JOHESU gives Emmanuel 15 days to recall 720 sacked LG workers

Police prevent driver from jumping into Lagos lagoon

COVID-19 kills mother of twins, infects Imo lawmaker

Three killed in Bayelsa rival cults clash

LAWMA contractor accused of fraud hospitalised

Robbers break into judge’s home, steal $1,000, others

Rape: D’Banj demands N100m compensation from accuser

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation
Nigeria records 490 news cases of coronavirus, total now 17,148

Minister: it’s shocking doctors go on strike during pandemic

COVID-19 medicine not approved in Nigeria, says NCDC

Dexamethasaone not approved for treating COVID-19 patients, says NCDC

Buhari approves appointment of 12 new Permanent Secretaries

Saudi Arabia may cancel 2020 Hajj

Senate urges decentralisation of Army Varsity

Missing funds: Army dismisses Gen with ‘dishonour, disgrace’

How grandpa’s caregiver raped me, teen tells court

Fed Govt to capture Armed Forces under GIFMIS

FCT minister to prosecute musician, others over concert

Lottery, betting firms withhold Fed Govt’s N100b

Non-sovereign bonds hit N1tr as Dangote Cement lists N100b bond

Wike threatens to lock down Bonny as Rivers records 103 cases

Kwara: viewing centres can’t open

Falana seeks inquest into artisan’s death in police custody

Soldiers gun down suspected cultist in Imo

Teen dies after giving birth to triplets

Mother beats seven-year-old to death in Delta

Burna Boy, Rema pick up BET awards nominations

Mo Abudu to adapt Soyinka, Shoneyin’s best-selling books for Netflix

Uzodimma, commissioner condole with The Nation over cartoonist’s death

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard
Insecurity: Be patient with my govt, Buhari begs Nigerians

Power Sector: New electricity tariff regime starts in July, FG tells Senate

Appeal Court upholds Oshiomhole’s suspension as APC Chairman

Businessman sues EFCC over alleged human rights violation, demands N100m in damages

Man in court for allegedly reneging on promise to marry woman

14-year-old girl tells court how grandfather’s caregiver raped her

Man in court for sexually abusing 4-year-old daughter

Inspector General of Police regulates social media use for officers

Six pirates killed in raid off Nigeria, Cameroon waters

2 Customs commands bicker over sealing of a controversial terminal

NiMet predicts thundery, cloudy weather conditions Wednesday to Friday

500 CONTAINERS OF COCOA SHIPPED THROUGH PTML IN MAY

North will not cede power to South in 2023 — AYCF

OSHIOMHOLE’S SUSPENSION: GIADOM FAULTS AJIMOBI’S APPOINTMENT AS APC ACTING NATIONAL CHAIRMAN

Sanwo-Olu suspends reopening of Mosques, Churches indefinitely

Delta govt. approves establishment of modular refinery

CUSTOMS IN KATSINA RAKES IN N3.2BN FROM SEIZURES

Naira Marley to ExecuJet: We will stop using your useless airline for calling us useless