NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES, TUESDAY 29 AUGUST 2017

Ladoja can’t rise to Olubadan without accepting beaded crown\\\

8-member US congressional delegation visit Nigeria over Boko Haram, others\\

More knocks for JAMB over cut-off marks\\

FG will not stifle the press over hate speech ‘Lai Mohammed\\

Buhari receives briefing from Udoma, Adeosun, Emefiele; pleased with state of economy\\

NASS, US Congressmen meet on North East, security\\

FG declares Friday, Monday public holidays for Sallah celebration\\

Diezani forfeits 7.6bn to FG\\

Why I crowned many kings in Ibadan ‘Ajimobi\\

Presidency raises alarm over campaign of calumny against COS Abba Kyari\\

Osinbajo not sidelined by cabal ‘Presidency\\

Buhari congratulates D’Tigress on African Basketball victory\\

Nigeria’s unity is negotiable\\

Re: Lagos’ 55 per cent VAT contribution\\

NLC asks Buhari to reshuffle cabinet, sack some ministers\\

Food prices hit 8-yr high, as Buhari tasks economic team\\\\\

Court orders final forfeiture of N7.6bn recovered from Diezani\\

Strike: FG, ASUU meet today\\

PANDEF/PNDPC face-off: NIDCA describes parties as ‘stomach activists,\\

Anambra: Obaze trounces Oduah, Ubah to pick PDP ticket\\

PDP blasts FG over claims of N1.3trn projectsBoroh engages more amnesty delegates\\

Notice of quit: Igbo groups urge Arewa youths to assist Army in fighting Boko Haram\\

East-West road, a national shame’ – Bayelsa monarch\\

Students admitted without post-UTME did not meet Unilorin standard ‘ Mgt\\

Kashamu denies assassination accusation by Daniel\\

Agitations, kidnappings: Army unit in communication drill\\

Any policeman arrested for extortion’ll be dismissed ‘ Abia CP\\

Customs officers dismissed over 661 rifles imported into Nigeria\\

Declare state of emergency on Education now, NANS tells FG\\

Accord Party chieftain lauds Makarfi’s reconciliation process\\

Lassa fever: 18 states record 82 deaths, 241 cases\\

Speakership: Edo Central monarchs to meet APC, Oshiomhole\\

PDP urges ICPC to probe ex-Edo gov’s gift of vehicles to ex-deputy speaker\\

Keep your word, Nwobodo tells APC aspirants\\

Join me in the campaign to win Anambra election, Obaze begs Ifeanyi Uba, others\\

Obaze defeats Ifeanyi Uba, others to emerge PDP flag-bearer in Anambra guber\\

Quit Notice: Igbo leaders drag Arewa youths, Northern governments, others to world court\\

Breaking: Oseloka Obaze wins Anambra PDP guber ticket\\

Kashamu writes IGP Idris, denies assassination accusation\\

Buhari has taken steps to restructure Nigeria, says Dafinone, APC Chieftain\\

PDP blasts FG over N1.3trn projects in 2016\\

FG to save N3trn from localisation of raw materials, others ‘ Onu\\

US committed to enabling environment for Nigerian businesses ‘Ambassador\\

Ship financing: NIMASA to disburse $100m fund at single digit interest rate\\

DPR to collaborate with Lagos State on oil, gas\\

DISCOs lack liquidity to provide pre-paid meters ‘ Investigations\\

Azura emerges with power for rural communities\\

Chevron trains 14 young Nigerians to acquire oil, gas skills\\

Foreign investors stake $291m in Nigeria’s oil sector\\

Nigeria strategic to our Africa plan ‘Eaton Electric\\

Ex-diplomats protest inclusion of Morocco in ECOWAS\\

Decline in Nigeria’s cocoa production not acceptable, says Buhari\\

Nigeria’s economy excites Buhari as NBS decries decreasing CPI\\

Governors demand relocation of oil firms’ head offices\\

ASUU on strike again\\

Eagles arrive in Uyo, begin training today\\

Food prices remain high despite easing inflation\\

Conveyor belt operators’ strike grounds flights at Lagos airport\\

Engineers accuse FG of indifference to local content in projects, pacts\\

Minister inaugurates N500m data centre for stock exchange\\

How JAMB is destroying education in Nigeria\\

Kidnap suspect allegedly used victim’s internal organs for pepper soup\\NSE’s market capitalisation down by N114 billion\\

UNILAG, OAU emerge winners of Maritime Blueprint competition\\

W’Bank: Nigeria, Others Require $150bn to Achieve Clean Water\\

Creates 5,500 Jobs in Rivers\\

Report: Nigeria’s Fiscal Terms among Five Most Unfavourable Regimes\\

SME100 Rewards 25 Young Nigerian Entrepreneurs\\

Ghana Trying to Avoid ‘Nigeria Scenario in Oil Sector\\

Azuri Technologies to Deploy PayGo Solar Systems to 1m Homes\\

Setting the Stage for Renewed Executive, Legislature Hostilities\\

Nigerias Justice Sector Requires Urgent Radical Intervention\\Minister Commends Nigerian Stock Exchange on N500m Data Centre\\

CBN Injects Additional $250m into Forex Market\\

Buhari Weighs Options as Cabinet Reshuffle Tops Agenda\\

President Says Hes Pleased With State of Economy, Inflation Dips to…\\

 

B’Haram: US sells N181bn warplanes, weapons to Nigeria\\\

Buhari says economy improving, Labour Party disagrees\\

We’ve reached out to US on stolen funds’ repatriation – Osinbajo\\

FG withdrew N359.39bn from ECA for fuel subsidy –FRC\\

We’ll extradite Diezani, EFCC assures protesters\\

Fayemi’s govt didn’t remit N18bn, panel told\\

Kashamu writes to DSS, IGP, denies plot to kill Daniel\\

Inflation rate drops again, food prices rise\\

Man pardoned for life imprisonment arrested for theft\\

Farmer steals colleague’s crop, kills him for protesting\\

The needless admission cut-off controversy\\

Court orders permanent forfeiture of Diezani’s N7.6bn to FG\\

Sallah: FG declares Friday, Monday public holiday\\

Nothing to show for FG’s 2016 capital project spending –Reps\\

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan\\

Olubadan replies Ajimobi: Don’t drag me into partisan politics\\

Osibanjo report: Buhari resists pressure, set to punish Lawal, Oke\\\

South-South/South-East Governors Forum agree to align politically\\

OPC warns against eviction threat to Yorubas by Niger Delta militants\\

Delta @ 26: We have a lot to celebrate, says Okowa\\

Owerri market demolition: Zinox boss, Ekeh, donates N50m to victims\\

Why Nigeria’s unity is negotiable\\

Recession: Nigerians reeling under prolonged economic downturn —Investigation\\

LG AUTONOMY: A tonic for labour at the grassroots\\

Diezani loses N7.6b loot\\\

Inflation drops to 16.05, says NBS\\\

Southeast/Southsouth governors vote for Nigeria’s unity, greatness\\\\

Lawmaker, others injured as governor’s, senator’s supporters clash\\

Olubadan to Ajimobi: I’m not a politician\\

Boko Haram: Escapee recounts orderal in Sambisa forest\\

Fed Govt, U.S. congressmen discuss security, humanitarian issues\\

FG to establish commodities’ certification centres – Ogbeh\\

D’Tigress Triumph: Basketball fan names baby after Evelyn Akhator\\

Renewed Boko Haram Attacks is caused by Economic Sabotage – Group\\

Suspected gunmen kidnap four in Ondo\\

Fresh trouble for Diezani\\\

Nigerians unhappy with APC performance –Wike\\

Buhari expresses happiness over budget performance\\

Olubadan dares Ajimobi on new monarchs\\

Friday, Monday declared public holidays\\

Senator Misau challenges IGP\\

PDP: South-West intensifies lobby for national chairmanship\\

Criticisms over cut-off marks unfair –JAMB\\

Anambra guber: Obaze emerges PDP candidate\\