NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2018

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines
SUN
Ekiti APC primary: Twists and turns of an aborted race
 
PDP protests assault on Urhoghide, petitions CP
 
2,092 delegates to choose PDP candidate today
 
We’ll leave behind a more peaceful, secure state ‘ Bayelsa Govt
 
Croatia match crucial for Nigeria ‘ Kanu
Airtel launches 4G LTE in Abuja
 
We’ve saved over N200bn from ghost workers ‘Osinbajo
 
WASRA moves to boost cross-border listing
 
Nigeria, S’Africa grow Africa’s air traffic by 11% ‘IATA
 
NSE: Market cap dips by N17bn
 
NIMASA moves to tackle insecurity in Gulf of Guinea
 
SEC optimistic companies’ll raise over N200bn instruments
 
Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria unattractive ‘Dr. Itsede
 
FRSC boss warns NARTO against transporting adulterated products
 
First Bank, 6 others axed for delayed financial results
 
Luxury bus owners, drivers protest members’ killing in Onitsha
 
FG extends human trafficking probe to Saudi Arabia
 
Bail: Melaye to know fate Thursday
 
Evans rebels, refuses to enter courtroom
 
Loot in Jonathan’s govt under probe in UK ‘Presidency
 
Buhari goes to UK on 4-day medical trip
 
 
PUNCH
Buhari embarks on four-day medical trip to UK today
 
Bribery: Rickey Tarfa calls FHCs DCR as witness
 
Evans weeps, says they’ve been beating me, no good food
 
Killings: Buhari okays new security measures for Kaduna
 
Codeine syrup: NAFDAC shuts Emzor, two others
 
Presidency lists corruption cases under Jonathan
 
Saraki, Dogara report IG to Buhari over Senate, Melaye
 
Court hears Melayes bail application Thursday
 
Nigerias fight against corruption applauded globally, says Osinbajo
 
Lagos develops master plan to strengthen tourism
 
LG party chairmen protest, sack Ekiti APC exco
 
EFCC charges ex-Plateau gov Jang with N6.3bn fraud
 
APC to disqualify Ekiti gov aspirants over violence
 
2019: Amosun visits ex-gov Osoba at Lagos home
 
2,092 delegates pick Ekiti PDP gov candidate today
 
Stop conducting night primaries, congresses, INEC tells parties
 
Ambode, Anglican bishop ask Nigerians to get PVCs
 
Nigeria can survive without oil Segun Awolowo
 
2019: Nigerians will elect president without a godfather- Sowore
 
Account for post-privatisation spending on power sector, SERAP writes Fashola
 
ICPC charges suspended SEC DG, Gwarzo, with N115m fraud
NIMASA calls for regional cooperation on goods’ safety
 
$36.3bn spent on petroleum products’ importation in four years ‘ CBN
 

FG’ll start scheme to support power distributors ‘ Fashola
 
Why railway sector is inefficient ‘ NARTO
 
Account for power sector spending, SERAP tells Fashola
 
Banks’ credit to economy dropped by N136bn in Q1 ‘ NBS
 
Rivers air pollution may spread to other states
 
Unity Bank, UPDC, NPF MFB top losers, equities shed N17bn
 
FirstNation MD files preliminary objection against N1.7bn theft charge
 
PDP petitions police over attack on Edo senator
 
Soot: We are dying in Port Harcourt; help us
 
Nigerian politicians, Ekiti, and the Myth of Sisyphus
 
Lagos lawyer bought new knives to kill husband Police
Girl friend arrested for S’Africans death in Lagos hotel
 
Man jailed four years for trafficking nine children to Sudan
 
Cult member kills man over N20,000 politicians gift
 
 
 
THISDAY
President Meets Saraki, Dogara, Says N’Assembly Invasion an Embarrassment
 
Buhari Heads to London on a Four-day Medical Trip
 
UBA Partners MasterCard to Ease Payments by SMEs
 
Birnin Gwari Attack: Death Toll Rises to 61, El-Rufai Visits Community
 
Buhari Condemns Attack, Approves New Battalion, Police Command
 
Troops Rescue 1000 hostages from Boko Haram terrorists
 
Melaye’s Bail Application for Thursday
 
US Blocks Malami’s Lawyers from Taking a Cut on $500m Abacha Loot
 
Marafa: Yari Working with Others to Sabotage Buhari’s Re-election
 
Codeine Crisis: NAFDAC Shuts Emzor, Bioraj, Peace Standard Pharmaceuticals
 
 
GUARDIAN
Google urges early stage funding to stimulate Nigerian technology ecosystem
 
Onazi thanks Rohr, declares readiness for World Cup
 
Security forces and herdsmen attacks
 
How Nigerian youth should respond to Buhari
 
Prosecution ambushes Dino Melaye’s bail application with counter affidavit
 
Want to get pregnant’ Stop too much junk food, eat lots of fruit, study finds
 
CCT chairman faces contempt of court charges
 
SERAP urges Fashola to disclose power sector’s funding since privatisation
 
Why authors experience intellectual property theft
 
 
 
VANGUARD
Ekiti: PDP set for unity primary today
 
APC NWC to decide today
 
Ekiti: Oni, Bamidele, Ojudu, 24 others tackle APC NWC claims
 
Ekiti: Don’t attempt to disrupt our gathering PDP vice-chair warns APC
 
Sorry, you can’t remove Awe, Oni to protesters
 
Fayemi faults Jide Awe’s removal as Ekiti APC chair
 
Omo-Agege says Delta APC ward executives must focus On uprooting PDP
 
2019: Soyode, BEN TV founder joins presidential race
 
Aspirants guilty of disrupting Ekiti governorship primary to be disqualified
 
Investment tribunal resolves 93 cases in seven months
 
Fragmented insurance industry cost Africa substantial businesses ‘ Ghana president
 
Nigeria spends $36.3bn on fuel importation in 5 years ‘ CBN
 
WAV, others stake $.5m in human capital development
 
Group begins legal move to revoke OPL 245 from Shell, Eni
 
We are not fixed on Niger-Delta; looking elsewhere ‘ Aiteo
 
Access Bank’s exposure to energy sector rises to N545bn
 
Warren Buffet loses $1.14bn
 
Codeine Syrup : NAFDAC shuts 3 drug firms
 
Investors lose N17bn on sell-off in value stocks
 
Farmers/Herders Crisis: Reflecting on Buratai’s sermons in Benue State
 
2019: Permutations House Speaker may contest
 
Kanu: Wenger believed in me when others wrote me off
 
N6.3bn fraud: EFCC slams 12 charges against ex-Plateau Gov. Jang
 
Class action suit against Eko Electricity Distribution Plc
 
TAX EVASION: OAU may resume today
 
Protest rocks Ekiti Varsity over high internet fee
 
WHO, leaders ready to end malaria in our generation!
 
Bomadi women protest NDDC’s refusal to launch ultra modern market
 
Fresh hope as work resumes on Yenagoa-Oporoma road project
 
Oborevwori shocks constituents: Gives out over 250 with cars, buses, tricycles, others
 
 
 
LEADERSHIP
NCC Suspends Operating Licence Of Copyright Society Of Nigeria
 
Billionaire Kidnapper’, Evans Alleges Maltreatment By Prison Officials
 
EFCC Docks Man Over Fake $492,000 Notes
 
Uproar In CCB Over Reabsorption Of Retired Executive Secretary
 
IBB Varsity Begins Use Of Coal To Generate Electricity
 
LASU Produces 26 First Class Graduates
 
Hearing On Melaye’s Bail Application Holds May 10
 
Ambode Charges Religious Leaders On 2019 Election
 
Graft Allegation: Osinbanjo Misinformed ‘ Omokore
 
Customs Intercepts Containers Load Of Tramadol In Lagos Port
 
FG Set To Deliver 90 New Transmission Projects
 
FirstNation Boss Asks Court To Quash N1.7bn Theft Charge
 
ATM Transactions Hit N32.48trn In Q1 2018
 
 
 
TRIBUNE
Catholic Bishop raises alarm over looming herdsmen, farmers’ clash in Osun, Ondo states
 
Kaduna killings: Buhari okays new army battalion, police command
 
BREAKING: Buhari off to London Tuesday to meet his doctor
 
Birnin-Gwari killings: We buried 58 bodies ‘Emir
 
Presidency condemns PDP’s petition to UN; says Buhari not behind herdsmen killings
 
Tension in Abuja as El-Zakzaky members stage evening protest
 
NASS leadership discussed Melaye with Buhari, not impeachment process ‘Saraki, Dogara

 
Stolen $3bn: Osinbajo releases more details
 
Buhari meets Saraki, Dogara over budget in Aso Rock
 
Why I jumped from police vehicle ‘Melaye
 
Leaving PDP was painful, but’ ‘Ambassador Bejide
 
Kwankwaso as Nigeria’s symbol of new leadership
 
With proper agricultural management, no state in Nigeria should be poor ‘Babalola
 
Food prices held steady in April ‘FAO Report
 
We are ready to march to state assemblies to demand passage LG autonomy ‘NULGE President
 
 
 
NATION
Ekiti APC aspirants, NWC disagree over shadow poll
 
Govt recovers N7.8b, $378m through Whistle-blowers policy
 
Killings meant to instigate war, says Buhari
 
Death toll in Kaduna attack rises to 71
 
Buhari off to London for medical
 
Evans weeps, says no good food in prison
 
Court dismisses suspects N200m suit on seized trucks
 
Ambodes re-election certain, says Ademowo
 
Oni writes Oyegun, NWC, says system compromised
 
Fayemi faults Awes removal as Ekiti APC chairman
 
Ekiti Apc electoral panel scribe nominated by an aspirant, says Oni
 
Ikeyina: SDP will take Nigeria to prosperity
 
CBN: Nigeria spends $36.371b on fuel importation
 
Only telcos have technical resources for pay-as-you-go
 
Nigeria loses N1b daily to foreign vessels
Remove black spot label on Warri Port, stakeholders urge IMO
 
 
 
DAILY TIMES
APC Congress: There was no parallel congress in Enugu- Nwoye
 
BREAKING: Court adjourns hearing on Dino Melayes bail application till 10th may.
 
I did not collect any money from Dasuki, Secondus tells EFCC
 
I never said Malabu was a presidential scam – Adoke
 
Ekiti PDP guber primaries: 2,132 delegates to pick candidate today
 
APC Ward congress: Lagos Island members disagree on consensus arrangement
 
Nigeria Is A Failed Country- Ali Baba
 
My 2nd term ambition borne out of will to serve, not personal gain Buhari
 
Presidents second term will further divide, impoverish Nigerians -PDP
 
U.S. embassy makes final preparation for Jerusalem move
 
The Dogara Game Plan for 2019
 
Ekiti guber aspirants risk disqualification over disrupted primary APC
 
Uneasy calm in CCB over reabsorption of retired Acting Secretary without boards approval
 
Our anti-graft war winning global accolades Osinbajo
 
Buhari okays new security measures to curb killings in Birnin Gwari
 
Codeine Syrup crisis : NAFDAC shuts down Emzor Pharmaceuticals, 2 others
 
Buhari returns to London for medical treatment
 
Court lifts injunction restraining LASG from enforcing consumption tax law
 
7 months after, NASS sets to pass N8.612trn 2018 Budget
 
 
DAILY TRUST
Aspirants, committee differ on ward congress in Katsina
 
2, 092 delegates for PDP guber primary in Ekiti
 
Corruption: Secondus, others will be docked soon Presidency
 
Abaji chairman to provide shelter for 1,200 IDPs
 
FCTA denies cholera outbreak in territory
 
Thugs attack Kuje chairmans aide at police station
 
Privatisation is only solution to railway sector NARTO
 
NITDA saved N10bn in 2yrs through IT regulations DG
 
AfDB approves $1.5m for Jigawa power project
 
Banks allocate N15.6trn credit to private sector in Q1 NBS
 
Electricity grid loses 1,015MW over gas, distribution constraints
 
… commissions two 60MVA, 132/33KV
 
FG to unmask people behind companies, property SGF
 
 
 
BUSINESSDAY
Solvency ratio of 5 Nigerian insurers fall below regulatory threshold
 
Solving right of way issues will reduce cost of broadband, increase last mile penetration ‘ Sean Hsu
 
APMT to develop cargo terminals along GE rail concession corridor
 
Germany says no reason to scrap Iran’s nuclear deal
 
Inflation rate to drop to 12.43% in April ‘ FSDH Research
 
Subsidized FX rate as major downside to Nigeria ‘ China $2.5 bn swap deal
 
UBA partners Mastercard to revolutionise ease of payment for SMEs
 
FirstBank’s profit growth, best among peers in 2017
 
Seplat still at risk despite higher revenue

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