NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21th, 2018

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines




DAILY TIMES

Folio Welcomes AMCON Takeover of Daily Times
 
Nigeria Is on auto-pilot and drifting to the precipice PDP Tells Lai Mohammed
 
Yobe State: Panic over safety of school girls as Boko haram terrorists attack Dapchi
In Nigeria, football is life, more than religion, says FIFA president
 
Nigeria among riskiest country for newborns, Pakistan leads list
 
Court dismisses corruption case against Sen. Nnamani
 
Treasonable Felony: Court orders separate trials for Nnamdi Kanu, co-defendants
 
China has no job for Nigerians – Envoy




TRIBUNE

Independence day bomb blasts: Court slates march 7 to decide Okah’s fate
 
Kwara communal clash: Policemen, naval rating shot
 
Re-organise security agencies now, CAN tasks Buhari
 
Fayose to FG: Publish list of recovered properties before sale
 
Human rights lawyer seeks speedy passage of not-too-young-to-run bill
 
PDP raises alarm over underage voting in Kano
 
Margi elders express gratitude to FG for release of their daughters
 
UNIMAID undergrads in police net over missing generator
 
Communal clash: One feared dead in Kwara
 
Protest rocks NNPC tower in Abuja over incessant fuel scarcity
 
Dana Air plane lands inside bush after overshooting runway
 
JAMB remits N7.8bn as against N500m expected in 2017 ‘Registrar
 
Dana Air: CPC demands responsive action for passengers
 
Constitution Amendment: Oyo Assembly approves ‘Not Too Young to Run
 
Dana commends Pilot-in-command for averting danger after runway overshoot




GUARDIAN

Troops seizes pump action rifle displayed for sale in Taraba
 
Court grants EFCC permission to freeze ex-naval officer’s accounts
 
Is “Black Panther” A Sign Of A New Inclusiveness Or A One-Off
Nigeria launches probe after plane overshoots runway
 
Sylvester Stallone Says Death Rumour Is Stupid
 
Okonjo-Iweala appointed into Commonwealth high-level group
 
Infants global mortality ‘alarmingly high’, says UNICEF
 
Samsung set to launch new flagship smartphones
 
Presidency debunks Yusuf Buhari’s death rumour
 
Okonjo-Iweala appointed into Commonwealth high-level group
 
Outrage as Governor El-Rufai demolishes APC faction’s office
 
$1.3b facilities idle as delay stalls upstream sector projects
 
Nigerians are receiving expired education, says U.S. varsity VC

THE SUN

Yenagoa: Death toll in cult killings rise to 5
 
Sokoto farmers get N1.4b Fertiliser subsidy
 
IPOB blasts Gov. Ikpeazu over comment against Nnamdi Kanu
 
UNDP launches 5-yr entrepreneur skill with 50 IDPs youths
 
Kano Police smash notorious kidnap, robbery gang
 
Offa, Ijagbo clash over land dispute, 2 killed, 21 injured
 
Minister urges Nigerians to embrace innovation
 
Bayelsa Court sentences man to death for murder
 
FG spends N2.5tr on petroleum products import
 
Monkey swallowed N70 million from senators farm, Sani mocks colleague
 
Abdullahi Adamu removed as Chair Northern Senators Forum
 
BREAKING: Billy Graham is dead at 99
 
NUJ seeks legislation against hate speech
 
Senate crisis: Omo-Agege makes U-turn, begs Saraki, colleagues
INEC lacks capacity for credible polls –Wike
N5.3bn fraud: Court dismisses charges against ex-Enugu gov, Nnamani, aide
Senate probes Buhari loyalists
Herdsmen-farmers’ clash: FG seeks ECOWAS solution
Farmer, herdsmen clashes: Taraba suspends grazing law
Dana Air crash-lands in Port Harcourt, overshoots runway
Biafra: Court orders separate trial of agitators
We lost 9 of our men in Benue, Nasarawa – Police
How poor documentation marred exportation of solid mineral
Dickson urges Bayelsans to own state trust fund
Direct flight to The Gambia, others’ll boost commerce –Envoy
FAAC disbursements hit N6.41tr in 2017
Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria not attractive –Itsede
Fuel scarcity: NNPC imports gulp $5.8bn
Afro-Colombians celebrate Christmas in February
South African president announces “lifestyle audits”
African govts hurry to beat higher borrowing costs
 

VANGUARD

Boko Haram attack: PDP expresses shock over alleged missing 94 Dapchi girls
 
Buhari directs military to take control of Yobe school
 
UNDP/FG to train Nigerian youths on entrepreneurship
 
Nigerian Stock Exchange sustains rally as 21 equities rise
 
ECOWAS inaugurates Regional Centre for Disease Control in Abuja
 
Missing Senate caucus’ N70m linked to Monkeys
 
VP Osinbajo advocates use of sports, entertainment as component tools of Foreign Policy
 
Breaking: 48 of 94 missing Yobe students return ‘ Yobe Govt
 
Turkey concludes plan to recriminalise adultery
 
Maritime varsity gets NUC undergraduate degree programmes approval
3 women sell 2-month-old baby for N300,000
New dividend policy shocks banks as investors lose N100bn in 2 days
NNPC GMD lauds Azikel Refinery
I took actions based on instructions by President’s wife, Jonathan’s aide tells court
Osinbajo meets LCCI over Apapa gridlock, says FG’ll fast track economic growth policies
Senate to probe N3.4bn NNPC/Agip security account
Herdsmen take oath in Ekiti to stop killings
‘Catholic Church doesn’t run on tithes, has never taught that God’s blessings depend on tithes’ RETIRED
Dana Airlines plane runs into bush
Killings: Reps opt for ranches, turn down proposed cattle colonies for Fulani herdsmen
Land dispute: Owerri residents threaten petition against Imo CP
S’East governors asked to invest in ranches
Buhari and Trump: Comparisons, contrasts of Consolers-in-Chief
Breaking: At last, police nab masterminds of Benue killings
Looters now posing as Nigeria’s messiahs, says Lai Mohammed
Groups advocate increase in Amnesty Programme’s budgetary allocation
N’Delta agitators call for halt to cult-related killings
 

PUNCH

Three Kubwa pupils die after allegedly eating biscuits from classmate
 
Missing pupils: Buhari directs military to take charge of Yobe school
CCT rules on Justice Ngwuta’s trial March 21
Senate, others attack el-Rufai’s govt over demolition of APC faction’s HQ
Dana plane overshoots runway in P’Harcourt
Oduah shuns fifth EFCC invitation in three years
Jonathan gave order for cash delivery to BDC —Dudafa
APC Senate caucus crisis over election timetable deepens
Herdsmen killings: Reps begin probe, propose loans for ranching
PSP officials arrested for dumping refuse on road
FG resolving Apapa gridlock with private sector — Osinbajo
Senate urges Zamfara to equip vigilance team to tackle killings
Okorocha’s son-in-law, deputy gov’s supporters clash in Imo
NSCDC arrests woman for husband’s offence, shoots vigilante
Man, 50, sodomises four apprentices in Niger
‘Petrol queues, power failure’ll persist without adequate pricing’
BPE probes 52 privatised enterprises for poor performance
FG must pay subsidy arrears to end fuel scarcity – MOMAN
Scarcity: We’ve imported $5.8bn worth of petrol, says NNPC
Why we demolished APC faction’s secretariat – Kaduna govt
‘Police release stolen car seller, detain buyer’
Seun, Akuoma make Winter Games history
Police arrest alleged mastermind of Benue killings
Beninnoise abduct Lagos motorists, sell stolen vehicles..
Five arrested for murder of PDP chieftain in Rivers
The Fulanisation of Nigeria and the perfidy of the British (part 1
 




THISDAY

Dana Aircraft Overshoots Runway, Runs into Bush at Port Harcourt Airport
Review Anti-Open Grazing Law, Osinbajo Committee Tells Ishaku
Underage Voting: PDP Asks INEC Chairman to Sanitise Voter Register or..
Discord in Corruption War as Malami Queries Magu over CCT
Electoral Act: Senator to Face Ethics C’ttee over Comments on Election Order
N5.3bn Fraud: Court Strikes Charges against Ex-Enugu Gov, Nnamani, Others
Bill to Establish Excess Revenue Fund Account Scales Second Reading
Military to Comb Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi and Taraba for Killer Herdsmen, Says Buratai
Kaduna Govt Demolishes Factional Party Secretariat
Justice Ngwuta to Know Fate March 21
Treasonable Felony: Court Orders Separate Trial of Nnamdi Kanu
Azikel Refinery: NNPC GMD Calls for Encouragement, Lauds Eruani
Lagos Police to Destroy over N200m Worth of Seized Hard Drugs
Don’t Allow Destroyers of Nigeria to Pose as Saviours, Minister Charges MediA
Chairman, Umar’s Prosecution
Court Jails Two for Stealing Cable Wire, Handset
Civil Defence Officers Shoot Vigilante Leader in Bayelsa
Police Parade Suspected Killers of PDP Ward Chairman, Others in Rivers
Six Suspects Arrested for Cybercrimes in Lagos
IPOB Turns Against Abaribe, Accuses Him of Aiding Unnecessary Court Adjournments
 

DAILY TRUST

Kawu warns against impunity in APC, seeks cooperation for Tinubu
 
2019: PDP passes vote of no confidence on INEC
 
Fuel crisis: NNPC imports N1.8tr worth of petrol Baru
 
Pipeline blown by militants cost us N36bn to fix-Shell
2018: Civil defence budgets N5bn for nuclear weapon equipment, others
Police arrest 17 over Gboko, cops killings
After B/Haram attack on Yobe school… 94 girls still missing
BREAKING: Passengers escape unhurt as Dana Aircraft overshoots Port-Harcourt runway
INTELs admits 125 women from 700 applications for empowerment
Reps move to legalize Excess Crude Account
Chairmanship tussle: C’River APC may hold congress Feb 24
Egba chief rejects Bible, Qur’an, swears with iron to seek dissolution of marriage
Forex, others delay privatisation of $5.7bn NIPP GenCos
Between Adeosun, Oando and Gwarzo
Oil spillage: How benzene contaminates our water — Rivers community
El-Rufai’s suspension a nullity – Kaduna APC
Lagos police smash cross-border armed gang
Herdsmen and the Borno example
‘Whale, shark species at increasing risk from microplastic pollution’
Nigeria imported 17.3bn litres of petrol in 2017- NBS
N21.7m fraud: Doctors beg court to quash charges
Businessman kidnapped in Imo
14 years after, man returns from abroad to claim son he asked to abort
We’ll provide land titles for schools to avoid encroachment – SEB board boss

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