THE TORCH NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR SUNDAY 24TH JANUARY 2021.

THE NATION

Obey God to avert negative prophesy in 2021 says cleric

How do we know when our Prayers are Answered

Ijesha Grand Marathon gets AFN support

Afolayan scores debut goal as West Ham cruise into FA Cup fifth round

After Cicero

Legendary American talk show host Larry King, dies at 87

Woman strikes husband to death with shoe heel in Delta

Makinde, Igboho cross swords

Obaseki governing under a cloud

ACF, Afenifere clash as row deepen over herders quit order

IGP under fire over Sunday Igboho arrest order

How I escaped attack on my house Sarkin Fulani

Ogun probes alleged attack on farmers by soldiers

Sexual harassment: Why OAU victim is yet to graduate Source

2023: Mega party promoters woo Tambuwal, Obiano, Badaru, others

APC membership exercise on course, commences as scheduled

12 APC govs, Senators, Reps want new generation chairman

2023 Presidency: Who will run from Southeast

Kwara APC: Uncertainty mounts as crisis deepens

Wizkid opens up on parenting, finding peace, and music

Naira Marley is an intellectual, says Zinolesky

Zlatan Ibile: The new ad-lib star

Certain jobs will become obsolete

Post-pandemic: Are Nigerians prepared for the future of work

Lagos, UK sign MoU to improve access to energy

90 startups to benefit from SMEDANs empowerment nationwide

Finance Act 2020: Employees to pay more taxes, by expert

Fed Govt. tax revenue to rise on Heirs Holdings $1.1b deal

As the Sagamu-Abeokuta road again comes to life

The hard truth about Joe Biden

Banditry: All we ask is dont turn our land to A killing field

Coronavirus in Africa could reverse 30 years of wildlife conservation gains

Out Trump, In Biden

VANGUARD

IFAD charges world leaders to increase investment to assist small-scale farmers adapt to climate change

Okowa to inaugurates Teachers’ centre, FRSC training School in February

Kaduna:Commission PHC to reduce child, maternal deaths, community urges govt

Buhari canvasses restructuring of ECOWAS, orders release of $20m to counter terrorism

Social Crusader threatens to drag Gov Obaseki to court over insecurity in Edo

Agbor Gas Explosion: 4 dead, over 11 hospitalised

Insurgency: MNJTF seeks support from UK govt

Insecurity: CSO express worry over uncontrolled sale of machetes, daggers, bows and arrows

Bauchi Gov approves resignation of Private Secretary, says spokesman

Why state assemblies don’t override governors’ vetoes on bills,by Borno House Speaker

Black Lives Matter: US based director Olive Eko debut thrilling movie ‘Humanity

APC debunks rumoured postponement of membership registration

Dissolution of Cabinet: Abia govt exempts Attorney-General, 2 others

APC membership revalidation: NASS postpones resumption of plenary to February 9

Edo APC chieftains deny rifts over NDDC chairmanship, litigation

Stop agonizing, join us ‘ Yahaya Bello charges youths

COVID-19: NMA commends Kwara govt on oxygen supply

Governor Ikpeazu dissolves cabinet, recalls suspended Chief of Staff

PDP senator defends Akeredolu on quit notice to herdsmen

Italy places restriction on TikTok after death of 10-year-old girl

Inter Milan miss chance to go top in Serie A

Late goals spare Man City blushes at Cheltenham

CAF Confederation Cup: Rivers United to face Enyimba in final qualifying round

Conte sent off as Inter Milan lose chance to top Serie A

Arteta unsure of Aubameyang return date after ‘really sad’ FA Cup loss

Benitez quits Dalian Yifang due to family, COVID-19

Between Governors Rotimi Akeredolu & Yahaya Bello

Last year, this year, and beyond (1)

Free Will Does Not Exist (2)

Simple pleasures you need to beat

Kano govt to set up Covid-19 Marshals as death toll rises to 73

Get tested before receiving malaria treatment, expert urges Nigerians

Malaria: Bauchi govt spends N5m to fumigate metropolis

COVID-19: Red Cross urges govt to enforce guidelines

Borno first class emir, Shehu Abba Masta II, is dead

Attack on Fulani a social upheaval that may destabilise Nigeria ‘ ACF

Kidnappers killed my 6-year-old daughter, cut off her head ‘ Distraught man

Nigerian Navy Score card 2020: Arrests 87 vessels, 43 barges, 57speed boats, 393 others

THISDAY

Nigerias Unorthodox Deregulation

Managing Debt in Period of Recession

As Nigeria Borrows to Finance Wastes

The Morning AfCFTA: How New Trade Agreement Will Make or Break Nigeria

From Oil Trading to Human Capital Transformation and Innovation

Downstream Oil Sector and the Dangote Factor

Without National Shipping Line, Nigeria Loses $15 bn Annually

The Oil Palm Opportunity in Nigeria

CDC Group Plans $1bn Investment in Africa

Bushbaby Empire to Explore New Sounds, Talents in Nigeria

COVID-19: Between Lockdown and Protocols Enforcement

That Ondo, FGs Needless Sparring

Biden: His Work Is Cut Out

My Thoughts on Nigerias Next Move

On the Social Revolution in Kwara

A Long Awaited Amendment

2021: Imaging the Anambra Spectacle

Amosun, the Atypical Politician, Is 63

Nasarawa: An Emerging Food Basket

The Test of Democracy in Rivers State

Strong Institutions, Pence And Democracy

The Numbers Have Been Counted

Beating the Drums of War

Oloriburuku Governor

Joe Aribo on Target as Rangers Stretch Lead to 23 Points

Southampton Knockout Holders Arsenal from English FA Cup

Henry Onyekuru: Still Dreaming Premier League

Tokyo 2020 Games may be Held Behind Closed Doors

NBBF in Talks with Sponsors to Kick-start 2021 Season

PUNCH

I knew I was gay at 10 Bolu Okupe

Islamic group threatening Bishop Kukah ignorant of what others can do CAN Vice Chairman

US wont allow mass migration of Nigerians, others International relations expert, Prof Fawole

Catholic canon law cant be waived for Biden Kaigama

PDP membership registration/revalidation to hold before April

My colleagues and I are facing hard times Demoted Cross River schoolteacher

Restructuring: PDP, pro-Buhari group clash over alleged campaign fraud

Okorocha, Uzodinma and the battle for the soul of Imo APC

Fans excited as Tinsel aired 3,000th edition

APC postpones membership registration

Electricity grid collapses 27 times in three years

Food prices rose in December NBS

Power sector loses N20.5bn as load rejection lingers

Experts to proffer solution to economic challenges

Why I left banking for bricklaying Muibi

Herdsmen kill, kidnap, rape our people Ibarapa monarch

Senate tackles Okupe over COVID-19 infections among elite

Oyo herdsmen crisis: Makinde, IGP team, monarchs meet today

Why Im angry with killer herdsmen Sunday Igboho

Restructure, let Fulani go their way, Miyetti Allah tells FG

Northern elders, Olubadan sue for peace

Afenifere, ACF disagree over clash

Gas explosion, truck, bandits kill 24 in Delta, Ondo, Kaduna

Long judgements, frivolous adjournments bad for judiciary Falana

Okorocha-backed Imo APC sues Buni committee over membership registration

Osun plans to empower 100, 000 residents

FG pledges $270m to ECOWAS security fund, $80m for counter-insurgency

Makinde needs ex-govs advice to tackle insecurity Alao-Akala

Anambra election: Uzodinma says forces will be mobilised to do the battle

SDP woos warring Kwara APC members

Senator demands probe of soldiers, herdsmens harassment of Ogun villagers

WTO leadership: Support Okonjo-Iweala, ex-UN envoy, others tell Biden

Again, APC postpones nationwide membership registration to February

Govs frustrating fight against gender violence Borno Speaker, WARDC

Igboho: Northern elders warn against reprisals, want victims compensated

University of Calabar resumes February 5

Kidnapping: ABU assures students, staff of adequate security

Outrage as soldiers who escorted herdsmen to Ogun villages flogged Obas, others for rejecting herders

Many feared killed in Ondo road accident

Sit-tight Museveni, a brutal blight on Uganda

Fulani herdsmen remove finger, shatter womans jaw in Ogun

Data security and the WhatsApp debacle

Mixed metaphors: Anambras Ebele Obiano

Nigerias medicinal plant: Bryophyllum pinnatum (abamoda)

Americas triumphant democracy

I lost my sight to glaucoma at 14 26-year-old final year psychology student

Remembering how I became blind makes me sad 31-year-old computer science graduate

Glaucoma robbed me, dad, two siblings of sight First-class graduate

I thought it was eclipse of the sun, says lady who became blind suddenly while watching cartoon

Whats in a vaccine

Delayed circumcision predisposes children to urinary tract infection Expert

Ibarapaland: Oyo community laments ordeals at the hands of killer herdsmen

From Showbiz to pulpit: World of entertainers turned clerics

Fans should stop telling celebs how to act Joke Silva

Celebs mourn iconic talk show host, Larry King

How I went blind for six months Maryann Apollo

Love inspires me Femmia

Were joined by blood, acting Jide, Sola, Bidemi Kosoko

Confed Cup: Rivers advance, set up Enyimba clash

THE SUN

Infiltrators hijacked APC after electoral victory ‘Okorocha

2023 presidency: Why other Nigerians should give Igbo a chance’Dr. Sylvan Ebigwei

Umahi connived with Ogah to upturn my victory through courts ‘Ogbee, ex-NASS member

One Nigeria’ mere slogan without constitution review ‘Adegoke, SAN

Imo PDP flays Uzodimma for insulting workers

The Senate, law-making and benchwarmers

APC denies postponement of party membership registration

Oyo: Convene council of state meeting to address insecurity, Alao-Akala advises Makinde

Don’t be used by politicians for political hooliganism, Lagos PDP cautions young people

APC is the best political party in Nigeria, says Kogi governor

Southwest/Fulani crisis: Another civil war looms, ACF warns

Igbohos arrest will break Nigeria, Pastor Giwa warns

Eze Bernard Enweremadu dies at 77

Bornos Shehu of Dikwa dies at 75

Onibeju stool: Ruling family kicks over selection process of new king

Yoruba, Northern elders flay attack onSarkin Fulani

Bishop Okeke blessing to society Peter Obi

Support NDDC interim mgt, Annkio Briggs tells Ijaw

Ikpeazu dissolves Abia exco, retains SSG, 3 commissioners, recalls CoS

N500m donation: Wikes critics, uncharitable, ill-mannered Nsirim

Donald Trump a blessing, not a curse

Regional security: IPOB, SEast govs on collision course

Tribute for Kenny Ashaka: When death arrived like a passenger-train

Nigeria has no structure to treat pandemic, recession-related mental health stresses

Stiffer sanctions for violators of expatriate quota

My close shave with double heart attack Prophetess Tola, singer, actress, movie producer

OzzyBosco marks birthday with challenged kids, dropsOmaha Baby

GUARDIAN

Again, Sagamu-Abeokuta road comes to life

Time tolls for Ogun APC as 2023 challenges fester

Sanwo-Olu commissions Badagry medical facilities, other projects

Bello rallies support for APC ahead membership registration exercise

Okorocha scores Uzodimma low on one year in office

Why I rebuilt Milverton road, three others in Aba, by Ikpeazu

Biden speaks with Canada’s Trudeau in first foreign leader call

Protest caravans in Brazil demand Bolsonaro ouster over pandemic

Man United battle Liverpool as English FA Cup takes centrestage

Laloko tells NFF to soft-pedal on winning Cadet Championships

Hazard leads Real Madrid to Alaves rout to relieve pressure on Zidane

Villa at the double as Newcastle lose again

Klopp believes Burnley ‘low point’ can inspire Liverpool turnaround

Mbappe admits mind not made up on PSG future

Facing reality

The misunderstanding of leadership vision

Mobilising women for 2023 general elections

It is fight to finish

The wreckage of Trump’s presidency

Why all Nigerians should be treated fairly, equally

Concerns over safety of 340 Enugu students locked up by AMCON

Yoruba Elders condemn burning of Sarkin Fulani’s residence

Rivers United beat Bloemfontein Celtic 5-0 on aggregate

When ex-president Jonathan, others differed on restructuring

Armed bandits kill six in Kaduna

Does South West need a Federal Development Commission’ – Part 2

Lagos set for Primary Schools Poetry Festival

Gas explosion: Four feared dead, two injured in Delta

J. B. Yusuff… Coming after the obituary

SPORTS

AC Milan 0-3 Atalanta: Visitors stun Serie A leaders – BBC

Akinade vows to impress Rohr – New Telegraph

Alaves 1-4 Real Madrid: Karim Benzema scores twice as Real win – BBC

American Express 2021: Max Homa, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim Share Lead After Round 3 – Bleacher Report

Anthony Lynn Reportedly to Sign Contract as Lions OC After Stint as Chargers HC – Bleacher Report

Arsenal crash out of FA Cup – The Cable

Arsenal knocked out of FA Cup with defeat by Southampton – CNN

Arteta unsure of Aubameyang return date after ‘really sad’ FA Cup loss – Vanguard

Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United: Watkins ends goal drought as pressure on Bruce grows – BBC

Aston Villa’s Traore extends impressive Premier League run against Newcastle United – Goal

Benitez quits Dalian Yifang due to family, COVID-19 – Vanguard

Brandon Boston Jr., Kentucky Beat Cameron Thomas, LSU to Earn SEC Upset – Bleacher Report

CAF Confederation Cup: Rivers United Qualifies For Final Preliminary Stage – Daily Independent

CAF Confederation Cup: Rivers United to face Enyimba in final qualifying round – Vanguard

Celtics’ Payton Pritchard to Miss Around 2 Weeks with MCL Injury in Knee – Bleacher Report

Cheltenham Town 1-3 Man City: Six-time winners avoid FA Cup shock – BBC

Clippers’ Tyronn Lue Opens Up About Coping with Kobe Bryant’s Death – Bleacher Report

Confed Cup: Rivers advance, set up Enyimba clash – Punch

Conte sent off as Inter Milan lose chance to top Serie A – Vanguard

David Bettoni praises Real Madrid’s return to form with win over Alaves – Yahoo

Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski Takes Exception to Student Reporter’s Question After Loss – Bleacher Report

Eagles Rumors: WFT’s Chris Harris Interviewing for DC Job Under Nick Sirianni – Bleacher Report

EPL: Watkins scores as Newcastle lose again – Punch

Ex-Chelsea and Argentina star Crespo wins first coaching title with Sudamericana triumph – Goal

FA Cup: Man City avoid upset as Saints knock holders Arsenal out – New Telegraph

FA Cup: Man City avoid upset as Saints knock holders Arsenal out – New Telegraph

FA Cup: Man United, Liverpool in winner takes all showdown – New Telegraph

FA Cup: Saints knock out holders, Arsenal – New Telegraph

FA Cup: Superb Vitinha goal helps Wolves edge past Chorley – New Telegraph

FA Cup: What happened in Saturday’s fourth round – BBC

First Flow beats Politologue at Ascot to give Kim Bailey first Grade One win in 26 years – BBC

Former FIFA President, Blatter, in coma after heart operation – New Telegraph

Former FIFA President, Blatter, in coma after heart operation – New Telegraph

Hazard leads Real Madrid to Alaves rout to relieve pressure on Zidane – Guardian

Henry Onyekuru: Still Dreaming Premier League – Thisday

I’ve never had a problem with Paul Pogba, insists Solskjr – Yahoo

Inter Milan miss chance to go top in Serie A – Vanguard

ISL 2020-21: Bengaluru vs Odisha – TV channel, stream, kick-off time & match preview – Goal

ISL 2020-21: Jamshedpur vs Hyderabad – TV channel, stream, kick-off time & match preview – Goal

Jessica Korda shoots 60 at Tournament of Champions in Florida – BBC

Jets Rumors: NY Would Listen on Lions Trade for No. 2 Pick Amid Stafford Buzz – Bleacher Report

Joe Aribo on Target as Rangers Stretch Lead to 23 Points – Thisday

Jrgen Klopp believes Liverpool can make Burnley loss a turning point – Yahoo

Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool boss hopes Burnley defeat will be turning point – BBC

Karim Benzema brace helps Real Madrid emphatically respond to cup embarrassment – Yahoo

Karim Benzema scores twice as Real Madrid stop the rot with 4-1 win at Alaves – Yahoo

Kings Trade Rumors: Nemanja Bjelica Shopped Amid Reduced Playing Time – Bleacher Report

Klopp believes Burnley ‘low point’ can inspire Liverpool turnaround – Guardian

Laloko tells NFF to soft-pedal on winning Cadet Championships – Guardian

Lampard admits struggling Chelsea have ‘lost some of the basics’ amid poor run of form – Goal

Late goals spare Man City blushes at Cheltenham – Vanguard

Man City survive FA Cup scare, Arsenal crash out – Punch

Man United battle Liverpool as English FA Cup takes centrestage – Guardian

Man Utd boss Solskjaer says he has open and direct conversations with Pogba – Goal

Matthew Stafford Trade Rumors: Lions Seeking Move After Agreeing to Part Ways – Bleacher Report

Mavs’ Kristaps Porzingis Won’t Play vs. Rockets for Knee Injury Maintenance – Bleacher Report

Maya Weug becomes first female driver to earn a spot in the Ferrari Driver Academy – CNN

Mbappe admits mind not made up on PSG future – Guardian

Michigan Athletics Reportedly Shut Down for 2 Weeks Amid COVID-19 Spike – Bleacher Report.