NIGERIA NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES, THURSDAY OCTOBER 27,2016

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines




DAILY TIMES:

Major, captain, others held for leaking information to Boko Haram

N8 billion CBN currency scam: Another suspect seeks plea bargain

Patience Jonathan: Court to hear suit against EFCC on December 7

N8bn currency scam: EFCC produces illegible documents in court

Ondo poll: PDP faction threatens INEC

Rivers: Weve spent N90bn on roads, says Wike

Hot debate in Reps over Muslim pilgrims handband

APC slams Oke for weeping at campaign ground

We must speak out when our laws are not obeyed Saraki

PDP, not APC killed Alamieyeseigha Late govs wife

See The Reasons APC accepted the blame for recession

Buhari seeks approval to borrow $29.96bn

Nigeria secures $575 million World Bank loan to rebuild north-east, combat polio

Alleged N3.2bn fraud: Ex-Gov. Kalu insists on being tried in Abuja

Senate suspends amendment of JAMB Act

No plan to increase electricity tariff DISCOs

Tribunal orders substituted service on Obaseki, APCnewspapers-2

FG begs foreign airlines over planned withdrawal of operation

Buhari re-appoints Yemi Kale as statistician-general

Two suspected ritualists arrested as police raid den

TRIBUNE:

Why we cannot abandon Nigeria ‘ Ethiopian Airlines

APC moves to probe Timi Frank over attacks on Oyegun

Army confirms return of missing soldiers in Borno

PDP kicks against FG’s planned $29bn external loan

NDDC fails to show approval evidence of 1,691 contracts

Buhari’s daughter, Fatima, set to marry

Implement National Health Act, Oyo NMA calls on FG

Extra judicial killings: Reps summon IGP, others

Recession: Nigerian leaders should look for solution, stop lamenting ‘- Oshiomhole

53 illegal immigrants repatriated to Niger Republic ‘NIS Comptroller

Accord petitions DSS over plan by splinter group to breach public peace

Nigeria breaches debt service country-specific threshold by 0.10%

Afenifere to Buhari: Remove ministers mentioned in corruption allegation

FEC approves roll out of N500bn social investment programmes

Boko Haram: Buhari inaugurates Danjuma-led Committee to rebuild North-East

Validating UTME exams for 3 years harmful ‘JAMB Registrar

AD suspends 3 NWC members, affirms Oke as Ondo guber candidate

Sack of 3,000 members: NUPENG threatens mass protest, gives FG 21 days ultimatum

 

SUN:

City of Kings : ‘ In Ibadan every male child is potential Oba

Police nab 40 for robbery, kidnapping in Ogun

Ooni, Kingibe, others seek better life for orphans, vulnerable kids

Stop toying with lives of citizens, cleric tells FG

I want to be remembered for destroying Edo godfathers ‘Oshiomhole

Buhari should assemble experts to fix economy -Ezeemo

Ondo Guber Watch: Anxiety in Ondo over court’s ruling on PDP’s candidate

Adeosun hosts IMF Director, saysFG committed to infrastructure devt

OPEC squabbles over output cuts hurt prices

Senate orders Customs to render 3 years account in 48 hours

Corruption allegations: Afenifere demands ministers’ resignation

Reps tackle Buhari over absence of parastatals, agencies’ boards

Worst insurgency days over ‘Buhari

PDP kicks against FG’s plan to borrow $29.960bn

Recession: NUPENG threatens mass action over job losses in oil industry

Edo election tribunal grants PDP, YDP leave to serve APC, Obaseki petition by substitution

Ngige, Onu, Amaechi working against Biafra -MASSOB, BIM

Patience Jonathan claims $200m from EFCC

Navy mounts surveillance on 37 creeks

Kalu: Why court should stop AGF, EFCC




NEW TELEGRAPH
Arms scandal: panel submits final report, indicts top FG officials
Afenifere demands Amaechi, Onu’s resignation
NLNG faces hurdles on 15 BN dollars train 7 investments
Banker sends assassins after husband
Kalu to court: stop EFCC from transferring my case to LAGOS.

PEOPLE’S DAILY
FG: 2016 capital projects implemented by 50%
FG, States, LGs to fund NE reconstruction panel: Buhari
Forum of NGOs demands indicted judges vacate offices
Ngige debunk US report of Child soldiers in Nigeria
Nigeria retains ease of doing business rating by World bank

THE AUTHORITY
ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR: we cant follow rule of law- APC
NUPENG gives FG deadline to end mass SACK IN OIL SECTOR
NO GOING BACK on Oye’s suspension
Turkish investments in Nigeria exceed N240 BN – Ambassador
Nigeria vrs Algeria cracker: Rohr meets Wenger, Emenalo in London

NIGERIAN PILOT
Police parade female banker, 2 others over assassination attempt on husband
Naira depreciates thrice in 6 hours
Nigeria spends $10m daily on wheat – El-Rufai
Ex-council boss brought to court in stretcher as CJ withdraws from trial
Dankwambo set to establish 5 new tertiary institutions
Senate begins probe of Customs
N8bn CBN scam: Illegible writing stalls trial

NATION
$2.2b arms cash: Military rejects Jonathan’s claim
Obanikoro targets first N100m refund for freedom
NLNG to raise $15b for Train 7
Danjuma: donors yet to redeem N27b Northeast fund
Women protesters storm court over Jonathan’s wife’s N5b case
2016 Budget: Fed Govt achieves 50% capital implementation, says minister
Senate: no evidence of approval for 1,691 NDDC contracts
Money laundering’: Diezani back in London court March
‘Ex-NIMASA chief rented Banana Island home for N40m’
Reps to Buhari: reconstitute boards of agencies

PUNCH
Ministers accused by judges should resign, says Afenifere
Seized $15m: Patience seeks N200m damages
Social media sustained Chibok girls campaign –BBOG
‘Bullet that hit Lagos teenager was a ricochet’
Fayose’s ally, Agbele, fails to stop new EFCC prosecutor
Oyo Assembly directs commissioners to evacuate beggars
Worst of Boko Haram insurgency over, says Buhari
Reps summon IGP over extrajudicial killings
Police to deploy 24,000 officers for Ondo gov poll

VANGUARD
APC, PDP bicker over Fayose’s achievements, 2 yrs after
Man, 35, rapes 14-yr-old girl in Minna
Agric City ready in 4 years—Ogbeh
Ondo polls: Jimoh Ibrahim remains PDP candidate – Oladipo
NMA makes case for National Health law
NUPENG gives FG 21 days to halt sack of workers by oil majors
FG set to commence local production of vaccines
Senate gives NDDC 7 days to tender evidence of approval on 1,691 contracts
FEC approves 215MW power plant for Kaduna
Police uncover ritualists’ den in Ogun, arrest two
Delta PDP group denies belonging to any faction

THISDAY
Ijaw Women Besiege Court, Want EFCC to Unfreeze Mrs Jonathan’s Account
Discos: No Plan to Raise Electricity Tariffs
FG Appeals to Foreign Airlines Not to Suspend Operations
Presidency Unperturbed by Nigeria’s Ranking in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report
FG to Spend 61% of External Borrowing on Power, Rail, Other Infrastructure Projects
Senate Decries Obsolate Equipment at Population Commission
Sizeable Number of Missing Soldiers Back to Base, Army Insists

LEADERSHIP
Sheriff , Makarfi Talk Tough As INEC Releases Candidates’ List
Nigeria To Begin Production Of Vaccines
We’ll Boycott 2016 AWCON, Falcons Threaten
Beware Of Scammers, Dalung Warns Ministry’s Contractors
Nigerian Emerges UK’s Most Powerful Black Person
Reps Probe Extra Judicial Killings, Summon IGP
Recession: Chevron, Mobil, Other IOCs Sack 3,000 Workers
Infrastructure Development, FG’s Priority, Adeosun Tells IMF
Nigeria Doesn’t Have Technical, Institutional Framework To Resettle IDPs – Ndume




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