NIGERIA NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES, WEDNESDAY 16 AUGUST 2017

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Boko Haram attacks 2 villages in Adamawa\\\

Delta govt committed to peace, youth development ‘Okowa\\

Gov Mohammed, Dogara, instigating crisis in Bauchi APC ‘Ngige\\

6 feared dead as pro-Buhari attacks resume or resign group in Abuja\\

Army launches strike forces in North East theatre\\

Delta govt removes 530 staff members from payroll, recovers N12.319bn\\

10 years after, FRCN Asaba station yet to take off\\

Ijaw youth decry oil blocs allotted to politicians outside Niger Delta\\

Group sues for peace as militants set Oct 1 deadline for Niger Delta Republic\\

No substitute for restructuring, Niger Delta elders, group insist\\

Use religion to promote peace, FCT minister urges Nigerians\\

Nigeria’ ll save N3 trillion from reduction in importation if’ ‘FG\\

NSCDC commences operation flush out illegal miners\\

Minister lauds agency for improving people’s livelihood\\

Grace Mugabe in police custody, due in South Africa’s court over assault\\

NSE ASI down 0.65% as CI leasing, Total, Medview lead losers\\

CBN injects $364m into Inter-Bank Forex Market\\

GTBank reports 18% increase in PBT at N101.1bn\\

Blue chip stocks loss dips market at 2.3%\\

2015 independent audit of oil, gas has recorded 94 percent compliance ‘NEITI\\

Dangote to invest $450m on agriculture in Niger\\

Government records 5000 whistleblowing reports in eight months, says Adeosun\\\

Niger Delta group asks Yoruba, northerners to disregard quit notice\\

Suspect lynched for kidnapping three school pupils in Lagos\\

Two youths shot dead in Lagos Island mayhem\\

ASUU strike may end in two days, says government\\

Pro-Buhari protesters attack The Guardian reporter, Charly Boy, others\\

CBN injects $364m into inter-bank forex market\\

Nigeria’s Future Eagles go up against Morocco U15 squad\\

Minister urges Nigeria to prepare for post crude oil era\\

ASUU Strike: UNIJOS meets, joins struggle today\\

Gas production to grow faster than oil, coal by 2022\\

Obasanjo eulogises Adeboye at book launch\\

ASUU Strike: Government, union agree on forensic audit of N30 billion subvention\\

BudgIT unveils platform to close citizen, governance gap\\

FG Receives 365 Actionable Tips from Whistleblowers\\\

Amaechi Defends Cost of Chinese Funded Railway Projects\\

Clash over Anti-Buhari Protest Leads to Closure of Abuja Market\\\

Forex: CBN Takes Further Step to Crash Parallel Market Rate\

Why More Expensive Wine Tastes Better\\

Suspected Target of Ozubulu Church Attack, ‘Bishop’, Visits Injured Victims\\

FG Appeals to ASUU to Suspend Strike, Reaches Accord on Audit of N30bn\\

Suicide Bombers Kill 27, Wound 83 in Borno\\

Local Rice Production Hits 15m Tonnes\\

Apapa Gridlock: Council, NPA, Others Endorse Prosecution of Traffic Violators\\

APC Heading for Disaster in Ebonyi\\

Ikpeazor: With TSA, Pension Funds Abuse Over\\

Drama as Pastor Adeboye kisses, lauds wife

Airman who killed lover to die by hanging

Stone-throwing mob attacks #ResumeOrResign protesters, damages Charly boy’s car

Fashola makes a U-turn, says consumers can pay for meters

PDP: Between Obasanjo and his ‘boys’

Customs intercept FUNAAB bus conveying cannabis

Rohr confident of Enyeama Eagles’ return

North Korea: World on the brink of nuclear war

Wrong people visiting President Buhari

Restructuring: N’Delta leader backs Obasanjo

Court rules in Evans’ case today

Katsina headmaster sodomises four-year-old boy

Hit-and-run driver kills PDP supporter in Abuja

Naira drops to 370 on lack of dollar supply

SARS detains wrong suspect, collects N100,000 for bail

Buhari shunned official for undermining Osinbajo, says presidential aide

Whistleblower: 5000 tips received, N11bn recovered – Adeosun

FG secures $1.5bn fund for power transmission

Market CAP sheds N294bn, closes below N13trn mark

Boko Haram attacks 2 villages in Adamawa

Building collapse: 272 killed in 17 months

FG meets ASUU, seeks end to strike

I didn’t decamp to PDP — Kwankwaso

PDP berates APC over Jonathan comment

APC members grumbling over appointments — C’ttee

Wike threatens APC with machete in sting video

D’Tigress depart for Mali for 2017 Afrobasket championship

Like Obasanjo, I consulted Adeboye before becoming VP — Osinbajo

Notice of Quit to northerners, Yoruba: N-Delta leaders, stakeholders disagree with

Ozubulu: Police invite Ikegwuonu

Many killed, as terrorists loot, set 2 Adamawa communities ablaze

Protesters should go look for work, says Garba Shehu as pro, anti-Buhari groups clash in Abuja

Lockdown in varsities continues as ASUU, FG begin talks

CBN injects $364m as naira depreciates to N370/$ in parallel market

We got over 5,000 whistleblowing tips – Adeosun

IPOB to Okorocha: We can’t deceive millions of Biafrans

The changing patterns of August meetings in Igbo land

Hoodlums attack Lagos Task Force personnel over okada seizure

Obiano has performed, deserves second term — Obi, Anambra APGA boss

Video: Charly Boy speaks after attack, ‘we will continue tomorrow’

LASSA FEVER: LUTH discharges 1, clears 60 under watch

14-yr-old girl aborts three pregnancies for father

Oil firm organises leadership training for N-Delta youths

Sokoto Assembly removes Deputy House Leader

NEITI indicts BPE, 15 oil firms for audit non-compliance

Revealed: Buhari may return before August ending

Anambra Govn’ship election: Obiano clenches APGA ticket

NCC unfolds mandatory Corporate Code of Governance for Telcos

Belema Gas pipeline attack: Shell paid FG, NDDC $31bn between 2002 and 2016

Gov. Lalong, Jang feud: Court insist Lalong presents white paper over Jang

NCC unfolds mandatory Corporate Code of Governance for Telcos

NiMet, telcos partner on meteorological services

FG appeals to ASUU to shelve strike

Anambra Govn’ship election: Obiano clenches APGA ticket

Charly Boy, others escape death as Wuse market protest turns violent

Anti-Buhari protesters escape death

Kalu condemns altercations at Wuse market

Fight in Sokoto Assembly

Emohua: Rivers inaugurates peace committee

ASUU strike grounds varsities

Ozubulu: Police invite ‘Bishop’ for questioning

Whistle-blower policy: FG gets 5,000 tips –Adeosun

Anambra poll: Obiano emerges unopposed APGA candidate

Smart cities: Stakeholders advocate public-private sectors synergy