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Naija Newspapers Headlines And Naija News For July 19th 2021
Naija Newspapers Headlines And Naija News For July 19th 2021
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NATION
*Kanu: Beneath the surface
*Insecurity and crisis that 2023 elections provoke
*Thank you, Governor Abiodun but…
*PMB and secessionist agitators
*Lesson from South Africa
*New members, returning executives free to contest, says APC
*IG orders tight security ahead Eid-el-Kabir celebration
*1.6m candidates register for 2021 WASSCE
*OPEC raises Nigeria’s output to 1,829,000mb/d from April 2022
*COVID-19: Why no herb has been approved, by NAFDAC
*Ebonyi community cries out over attacks, killings
*Lawan blames past administrations for Yobe neglect
*INEC upgrades 1,750 voting points
*Bishop urges traditional institutions’ involvement in security
*Auchi poly inaugurates 110 capacity ICT centre
*Katsina tops open defecation-free states
*Sule emphasises merit in Nasarawa council poll
*Kano sacks school headteacher over misconduct
*Monarch urges Nigerians to pray for Buhari
*INEC: We have capacity for electronic transmission of results
*VIDEO: Winners Chapel sacked me, 40 other pastors for not generating enough income
LEADERSHIP
*KADIPA Board Hold Inaugural Meeting
*Malali Low: Our Plans for the Low Cost Houses – KSDPC
*NSE Seeks Role for Private Sector in Infrastructure Provision
*AfCFTA: Osinbajo Seeks More Inclusive Trade in ECOWAS
*LEADERSHIP Staff Petitions IGP, DSS over Threat to Her Life By Bolt Driver
*On The Money: Opportunities In Bond Market
*Thailand Expands Lockdown As Cases Continue To Rise
*British PM Takes another Huge Gamble by Lifting Lockdowns in England
*Eid-el-Kabir: Police, NSCDC Beef up Security
*Federal Govt Mulls Establishment of Health Reform Council
*No Herbal Medicine Approved For COVID-19 Treatment – NAFDAC
*NIPRD Develops 3 COVID-19 Products, 10 Others
*[EDITORIAL] Taming the Cholera Scourge
*BACK STORY OF THE DAY: The Evolving Tussle In Zamfara Over Matawalle’s Defection
*E-Transmission Of Election Results: CSOs, Lawyers Chide NASS For Neglecting Will Of Nigerians
*Bandits Kill 15 Policemen In Zamfara, Niger
*Concerns Over Non-insurance For Money Agents Amid Insecurity
DAILY TRUST
*Despite N1.5tr Funding, Power Firms Still Unable To Deliver
*How Nigerian Federal Legislators Can Optimise Legislative Impact
*FG Floats N150bn Long-Term Bonds
*OPEC+ Crude Oil Production Raise Starts August
*Food Prices Soar As Inflation Drops To 17.75%
*Firm Debuts Waste To Electricity Tech
*Average Price Of Kerosene, Cooking Gas Rose In June – NBS
*IsDB, Kano Train 275 Youths On Agrochemicals
*Sallah: Ram Sellers Decry Low Patronage
*Entrepreneurship: Funding Your Business (II)
*NGO Rolls Out 2nd Cycle Of IVF Grants To 40 Couples
*NSCDC Deploys 1,000 Personnel For Eid
*Sallah: NGO Distributes Food, Clothing To IDPs
*Speaker’s Wives Donate Materials To Women In Ningi
*NDLEA Nabs Drug Kingpins In Anambra, Adamawa, Benue
*Navy Intercepts 162 Bags Of Smuggled Rice Off Lagos Shore
*One Killed In Renewed Cult War
*Police Nab ‘One Chance’ Robbers In Abuja
*Why We Voted For E-Transmission Of Results With Conditions — Lawan
*LG Polls: I Don’t Have Anointed Candidates — Gov Sule
*2023: Group Threatens Legal Action Against Perpetrators Of Violence
*No One Will Scheme Me Out Of APC Chairmanship — Yari
*APC Convention Must Adopt New Manifesto For 2023 Campaigns — Chieftain
*Eid: FRSC, NSCDC Deploy 3,793 Officers In Edo, Ondo, Benue
*NEMA Launches Operation ‘Eagle Eye’ In Niger
*Shun Unpatriotic Conduct, Masari Tells Elite
*Jigawa Suspends Sallah Durbar
*Southern Senators Preach Unity
*Nasarawa Utd, Pillars Win To Close Gap On Akwa United
*11-Year Old Abigail, Olusanya Make History At Ijebu Half Marathon Race
*Zenith Bank Delta Principals’ Cup Returns In September
*We Made A Promise To Win And We Delivered – Pitso
*Zidansek Wins Lausanne WTA Title
*Musings On The World’s Capital Of Poverty
*Matawalle: We Are Our Own Problem In The North
*Atiku Bagudu On 2023: What Southern Governors Ought To Do
VANGUARD
*Kidnapped Kogi traditional ruler regains freedom
*Of youth inclusion in NSIPs and the narratives of North-Central zone
*Court remands man for alleged possession of human skull
*Gen Hussain Ahmed: Military, Security Agencies launch joint operation to fish out killers in Koton Karfe, Kogi
*Kidnapped Kogi traditional ruler regains freedom
*Women take center stage in 2021 Nigeria Int’l Book Fair
*Why we didn’t approve herbal medicine for COVID-19 treatment- NAFDAC
*Airtel yet to renew license, says NCC
*LG poll: Violence won’t do anyone any good — Lagos Speaker
*Shaba and the push for space technology for Nigeria
*Nigerian UK-based artist Remykid releases ‘Made In London’ album
*Requiem River Niger
*Peace in the Abyss: An exploration of marriage as unpredictable phenomenon
*Five kidnap suspects set ablaze in Edo
*EURO 2020: England deserves to lose
*End of the road for cultists in Lagos?
*EID-EL-KABIR: NSCDC deploys over 2500 in Kaduna
*Democracy, federalism and leadership debate
*Katung helps vulnerable Kaduna students to pay school fees
*Final showdown before Bini bronzes come home
*Otedola Bridge Accident: 40 feet container crushes 2 vehicles, kills 1
*Sustainable population growth and realities of climate change
*Atyap seek government’s help over Zangon Kataf conflicts
*LASTMA @ 21: The good, the bad and the ugly
*APC grants waivers to new members, returning executives to contest congresses
*El-Amin: Gov Emmanuel charges graduands on academic excellence
*Nigerians will be happy with Buhari by 2023 ― Gambari
PUNCH
*21 robbers, 18 suspected fraudsters, 140 thugs arrested in Kano operation
*NDLEA arrests Anambra drug kingpin, recovers 548,000 Tramadol tablets
*E-transmission of results: Buhari’s aide defends rejection, NBA, others say resolution illegal, selfish
*Commuters groan as ram sellers, buyers block Lagos-Ibadan expressway
*Lagos Assembly CSO, others brutalise lawyer over council poll suit
*Angry Edo community burns five suspected kidnappers arrested by vigilantes
*FG, Ogun to remove illegal structures along railway corridors
*Stock market sheds N24.5bn as 32 firms record losses
*Telecom sector depletes forex by $10.8bn in five years
*External reserves drop by $180m in two weeks
*Team nigeria’S chances: Ogunkoya predicts four athletics medals for Team Nigeria
*Team Nigeria arrive Olympic Games Village
*Falcons impress Waldrum in training
*Dosu, Ezenwa rue football teams’ absence in Tokyo
THISDAY
*PDP Asks Supreme Court to Sack Matawalle, Defected Zamfara Lawmakers
*Eid-el-Kabir: IG Orders Police Chiefs to Beef up Security Nationwide
*At Sallah, Southern Senators Preach against Insecurity, War
*Presidency Tackles Kukah, Says His Disparagement of Nigeria Disappointing
*Osinbajo Canvasses Inclusive Trade to Boost Sub-regional Economy
*NAFDAC Warns against Use of Unverified COVID-19 Herbal Medicine
*APC Releases Timetable, Guidelines for July 31 Ward Congresses
*To Stop Alleged Assault Probe, CCT Chairman Sues Senate, Others
*APC Chairmanship: Serving, Former North-west Govs Ganging up against Me, Says…
*Ekiti Assembly Condemns Rising Cases of Kidnapping, Promises Legislative Action
*NSCDC Deploys 1,750 Personnel to Kano Ahead of Eid-El-Kabir
*Foundation Urges El-Rufai to Reduce Fees, Offers Scholarships to Indigent Students
*Nigeria’s Unity Remains under Threat, Says PGF DG
*SERAP Threatens to Sue FG over Gag Order on Reporting of…
*Obiano, Oye, Umeh Lead Soludo’s Campaign for Anambra Election
*Electronic Transmission of Results: No Plan to Rig 2023 Poll, Says…
*Two Nigerians Become Partners in American Law Firm
*Oyo NUJ Launches Journalists Estate, Names Streets after Makinde, Ladoja, Ajimobi,…
*I Warned about this ‘Evil’ Govt in 2015, Says Oyedepo
*Information Minister Denies Asking Cubana to Loan Nigeria Money
*WAEC Concludes Arrangements for 2021 WASSCE as 1.6m Candidates Register
*Police Officers Feared Killed by Bandits in Zamfara
*Electoral Act: You Have Destroyed Democracy in Nigeria, Ozekhome Tells N’Assembly
*NAF Refutes Report of Another Jet Crash
*NCC: We Have Not Renewed Airtel’s Operating Licence
*NDLEA Arrests Anambra Drug Kingpin, Nabs Notorious Traffickers in Adamawa, Benue
*NECA Advocates PPP Framework for Infrastructure Devt.
*WTO Secures Consensus to Commence Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies
*Customs Seizes Smuggled Goods worth N3.3bn in One Month
*CBN, NSDC Mull Special Funding for Sugar Industry
*How the Partisans Crippled the Electoral Act, PIB
*RAISING THE BAR OF EXCELLENCE
*MICROFINANCE IN THE AGE OF DISRUPTION
*COVID-19 DELTA VARIANT: TIME TO ACT IS NOW
*Kunda Unveils New Books
*AND NOW, THE ‘HOLLOW-MPIC’ GAMES…
Benin Group Faults Position of Igun-Igbesanwan-Owina Descendants on Custody of Looted…
Eurafric Debunks DPR’s Claims, Alleges Bias
DPR: Without Alternative Energy, Petrol Price Will Rise on Subsidy Removal
Airline Supports Nigeria Olympics Team
Afreximbank, Others Honour Mahamadou
Managed Labor Migration Can Help Unlock Nigeria’s Unrealised Economic Potential
Trading Value Falls as Investors Adopt Cautious Trading
US Varsities Offer $4.35m Scholarships to 30 Nigerian Students
Coca-Cola, BAF’s Tech Project Impact 24,000 School Pupils
CSR: Airtel Reaffirms Commitment to Building Communities
Customs Agents Commend NSC on Digitalisation of Ports’ Operations
NGX, Greenwich Securities, Africa Prudential Educate Retail Investors
Traders Protest Demolition of Market
Group Sensitises Women on AfCFTA’s Opportunities
NEPZA, Sokoto Partner to Stimulate Economic Devt
Standard Chartered to Commit $200m to COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Programme
EEDC Takes Safety Awareness to Schools
BAGAIA Adopts Safety Regulations 2021
‘Government Support, Effective Policies, Key to SMEs’ Growth’
NECA Advocates PPP Framework for Infrastructure Devt.
Stanbic IBTC Restates Commitment to SMEs
Emefiele Named ‘Public Sector Icon of the Year’
FirstBank Empowers Firstmonie Agents with N100bn Loans
Lagos State to Raise $2bn for Agriculture, Food Security
40 Couples to Get IVF Grants from IIF
THE SUN
I warned Nigerians about this govt in 2015 – Oyedepo
Why senate attached conditions to e-transmission of election results -Lawan
2021 WASSCE: WAEC concludes arrangement as 1.6m register
GOC urges public to partner army to fight crime, insurgency
How local government autonomy can curb insecurity –Stakeholders
Let’s drive inclusive trade to boost sub-regional economy, Osinbajo tells TPO Network
Clamour for state police invitation to anarchy –Suswam
Insecurity: 36 state bishops invoke God’s presence for peace, unity
COVID-19: Jigawa bans Sallah durbar as NAFDAC, UNIJOS disagree on drugs
APC grants waivers to new members, returning executives
Ohanaeze, groups in UK demand Kanu’s immediate release
FG tasked on changes in global ecosystem
ECOWAS, FIRS chart new course on revenue mobilisation
Nigeria’s oil production hits 1,829 mb/d as OPEC approves increase
Firm rewards customers in promo
‘FG should reinstate Alata Oilfield to Bayelsa Oil Company, JV partners’
CIGA virtual roundtable: Stakeholders chart new course for Aba economic hub
GUARDIAN
Emir suspends Kano village head for selling land to herders
Kogi first class monarch regains freedom
Sallah ram sales at Kara market halt movement on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Abiodun promises rural development
Presidency dismisses critics on Buhari’s appointments
Jonathan, ex-governor offer path to insecurity
Nigeria hopeful of improved earnings from OPEC’s 1.8mbpd revised allocation
Cross River community accuses government agencies of neglect, land grab, threatens action
Eid-El-Kabir: IGP promises security as *FRSC, NEMA mobilise men
New members get waivers as APC releases timetable, guidelines.
A human rights lawyer and lead counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has urged South-East residents to completely ignore what he described as a “fraudulent” sit-at-home order allegedly scheduled for Monday, February 2, 2026, by a faction of the group.
Recall that the pro-Biafran group, through its spokesman Emma Powerful, had directed a sit-at-home on February 2 across the region in solidarity with traders at the Onitsha Main Market.
Powerful said the total shutdown in Biafraland is a direct, peaceful, and unified response to the actions of Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, who ordered the closure of the Onitsha Main Market for one week.
But in a counter statement released on Saturday, Ejiofor said the source behind the directive, operating under the guise of “Emma Powerful,” has been compromised and is acting against the collective interest of Ndi-Igbo.
He insisted that IPOB has formally and decisively distanced itself from the false sit-at-home order and directed Ndi-Igbo to go about their lawful activities without fear.
The statement read in part: “Once again, the well-worn theatre of misinformation has opened its curtains, this time with a particularly lazy script and an insultingly predictable cast.
“Late yesterday, a report was widely circulated alleging that a total lockdown of Ala-Igbo had been ordered under the guise of a sit-at-home directive purportedly issued by ‘Emma Powerful,’ slated for Monday, February 2, 2026.
“Let it be stated clearly, unequivocally, and without ambiguity: this directive is fake, a phantom, a calculated falsehood.
“Upon careful inquiry and diligent verification, especially considering the delicate and hard-won calm presently returning to our homeland, it became glaringly obvious that the so-called ‘Emma Powerful’ platform has been fatally compromised.
“It has been hijacked by vested interests whose business model thrives on fear, disruption, extortion, and the cynical exploitation of vulnerable communities.
“The peaceful global movement of the IPOB has formally and decisively disowned this fabricated publication, categorically distancing itself from the false sit-at-home order and directing Ndi-Igbo to go about their lawful and normal activities without fear.
“Going forward, the message from IPOB is unmistakable: any publication attributed to ‘Emma Powerful’ should be treated with extreme suspicion, if not outright contempt.
“Frankly, one cannot but express astonishment, bordering on disbelief, that at such a critical juncture, when relative peace is cautiously resurfacing in Ala-Igbo, anyone would recklessly circulate information capable of reopening wounds and inviting criminal infiltration.
“History has taught us, at unbearable cost, what happens when fake directives fall into the hands of violent opportunists masquerading as enforcers.
“It is therefore no longer sufficient to merely advise our people to ‘ignore’ publications from this source. The time has come for greater clarity and firmness. The platform known as ‘Emma Powerful,’ in its current corrupted state, has positioned itself as an adversary to Ala-Igbo’s peace, progress, and collective well-being.”
According to Ejiofor, the peaceful global movement must go further by publicly and definitively explaining why this source has become unreliable, compromised, and hostile to the collective interest of Ndi-Igbo. Silence, ambiguity, or polite distancing, he said, only leaves room for further abuse.
“A masquerade that dances with fire should not be mistaken for a messenger of truth,” the statement concluded.
In recent operations across the North East, troops of the Joint Task Force Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have neutralized scores of terrorists and recovered a significant cache of arms and ammunition.
Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East) in a statement said intelligence has confirmed the killing of JULAIBIB, a top ISWAP commander operating within the Gujba axis of the Timbuktu Triangle, during an encounter around Kimba, Damboa LGA of Borno State, on 30 January 2026.
According to the statement, the elimination of the terrorist leader has thrown ISWAP elements in the area into disarray, with several fighters reportedly neutralised during the operation.
In a related operation, troops of OPHK, working in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force, neutralised 3 terrorists during a well-coordinated ambush between Ngazalgana and Lamusheri communities in Borno State.
It said the operation followed credible intelligence on insurgent movements in the area, as troops laid an ambush along the identified route and engaged the terrorists with effective firepower, resulting in the neutralisation of 3 insurgents, while others fled with gunshot injuries.
The statement said troops recovered two AK-47, adding that the operation forms part of sustained efforts to deny terrorists freedom of movement and degrade their operational capabilities across the Theatre.
It said troops also recorded multiple successes in Adamawa State, adding that on 29 January, 2026, troops responded swiftly to a distress call from Barama community, Mubi North LGA, foiling an armed robbery attempt. Two armed robbery suspects attempting to attack a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, were arrested. One suspect sustained a gunshot wound to the thigh while attempting to confront the troops and was evacuated to the Federal Medical Centre, Mubi, for treatment.
The suspects were subsequently handed over to the Nigeria Police for further investigation. Items recovered include 3 cutlasses, 2 laptops, 4 mobile phones, and one power bank.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State has affirmed the death sentences passed on five 2018 Offa robbery convicts.
The court dismissed their appeals as lacking merit.
The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the state, Mohammed Akande, who witnessed the proceedings, said that the three Appeal Court judges unanimously agreed on the judgement and affirmed the verdict of the state High Court condemning the five persons to death by hanging.
“The Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division comprising of Hon. Justice Ridwan Maiwada Abdullahi JCA, Hon. Justice Gabriel Kolawole JCA and Hon. Justice Abdul Dogo today, Friday affirmed the judgment of Hon. Justice H. A. Saleeman of the Kwara State High Court, that sentenced the Appellants: Niyi Ogundiran, Salawu Azeez, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Ayoade Akinnibosun and Adeola Abraham to death by hanging for the involvement in the Offa Bank Robbery”.
Another official of the Court also said that the appellate court rejected all the grounds of appeal filed by the convicts and ordered their immediate return to prison custody.
“The court dismissed all their grounds of appeal and upheld their convictions. They have been taken back to prison,” the official said.
The official said that the arguments raised at the Court of Appeal were unconvincing and may not succeed if repeated at the apex court.
It is recalled that Ayoade Akinnibosun, Azeez Salahudeen, Niyi Ogundiran, Ibikunle Ogunleye and Adeola Abraham were convicted of armed robbery, illegal possession of firearms and culpable homicide.
A sixth suspect, Michael Adikwu, a retired police officer, died in custody before the commencement of the trial.
At least 32 people were killed, including nine police officers, two of whom were women, making it one of the deadliest bank robberies in Nigeria’s history.
Justice Haleemah Saleeman of the Kwara State High Court had earlier sentenced the five convicts to death by hanging after a trial that lasted about six years and attracted nationwide attention.
In her judgment, which lasted over four hours, Justice Salman held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
She said the convicts “acted contrary to the law and allowed their connections with those in power at the time to lead them astray”.
In addition to the death sentence, the trial court also sentenced them to three years’ imprisonment for illegal possession of firearms, in line with provisions of Nigeria’s penal laws.
Lead prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), described the appellate court’s decision as thorough and well considered, despite the prolonged delays that characterised the trial.
On the defence side, Abdullah Jimba, counsel to one of the convicts, said that preparations were underway to pursue a final appeal at the Supreme Court.
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