Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, August 30, 2018

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines




BUSINESSDAY

You defected to APC for your inordinate ambition ‘ Lagos PDP tells Salvador

FMBN, labour unions target workers in new affordable housing programme

Pension funds can only be invested in 60 out of 200 listed companies on NSE

Blockchain to generate over $175bn in 2025, says Gratner

Lower transactions prevail as foreign outflows surge on NSE

Seplat lists $350mn Senior Notes on London Stock Exchange

Access Bank to pay N28.93bn interim dividend as H1 pre-tax profit moderates

 

PUNCH

Report on Sept 4, police tell Fani-Kayode

48,000 jostle for 2,000 jobs in Ekiti

Im for free, fair 2019 elections, Buhari assures Theresa May

Illegal funds repatriation: CBN fines four banks N5.8bn, orders lenders, MTN to refund $8.1bn

Pay back your bank loans, FG tells farmers

Only failed nations wont feed its people US Ambassador

NNPC to establish 200,000bpd condensate refineries

Rescue Leah, other girls in Boko Haram captivity, ACF tells FG

NIPOST set to begin electronic money transfer service

Let courts determine whats security threat, Falana replies Buhari

We’ve paid $15bn dividends, $6.5bn taxes to FG ‘ NLNG

Customs probe military wares importation

Banks release N77.4bn for agric projects

Suspected herdsmen attack Plateau, kill pastor, wife, three children

Why Buhari declined assent to Petroleum Industry Governance Bill ‘Enang

Flood may hit Niger, Kogi, Delta, four other states Agency

Enugu State pension bill rises to N500m monthly

15 billionaires to fund Ojukwus widows election Ohakim

Fayemi, APC hire 35 SANs, lawyers for defence

Direct or indirect primaries: APC NEC takes final decision today

Kwankwaso: Eagle Square belongs to all Nigerians, says Saraki

Gas project: Host communities seek MoU with Seplat

 

THISDAY

Regulators Urged to Wade into Sea Trucks Group’s Imbroglio

Danbatta: Over 40 Million Nigerians Lack Access to Internet

NIPOST Moves to Boost Revenue with ATM, PoS Services

Dimieari Von Kemedi: Why Our Banks Are Failing Farmers: An Irish Lesson in Finance

German Regulator Threatens Facebook Data Crackdown

Police: Angry Mob Kill Cop, Vandalise Patrol Car

Rights Activist, Aduwo Condemns Incessant Arrest, Oppression of Journalists

180 Nigerians Return to Nigeria from Libya Thursday

Falana Blames Govts’ Violation of Rule of Law on Attorneys General

2019 Presidency: Saraki Meets Jonathan

Court Gives Verdict on EFCC’s Power to Investigate Benue Accounts Oct 8

SUN

2019: Direct primaries tear APC NWC apart

Mbaka accuses FG of marginalising Igbo

Police confirm 8 killed, 95 houses burnt in Plateau fresh attack

CBN’s new lending policy for agric, manufacturing sectors

Nigeria, UK sign defence, economic deals

NSE moves 345.057m shares worth N2.27bn

Lagos ‘madwoman’ caught with human parts, corpses: I pose as prostitute to get victims

Ministry explains reasons for scarcity of local rice in Nigerian markets

WHO endorses campaign to protect health workers, facilities from attack

 

GUARDIAN

Your not signing PIGB unreasonable, stakeholders tell Buhari

Government to train 2,500 amnesty recipients, employ 2000

NIS urges passport applicants to use online portal

FG alleges diversion of school feeding funds in Benue State

Fayemi hires 35 lawyers for Ekiti election petition tribunal

Uduaghan defects to APC, cites Buhari’s engagement in Niger Delta, others

Nigeria’s elite use power against common interest, says Moghalu

Elumelu calls for urgent passage of healthcare bill

Buhari withholds assent to 17-year-old oil bill

Mobile payments record 4.1% growth in three months

EFCC seeks law to criminalise project abandonment

FG, AMCON undecided over Arik, Aero Contractors airlines

Aftermath of defection, APC seeks magic to down Saraki

Rising crude refining cost justifies need to harness Nigeria’s local capacity

 

VANGUARD

Ondo monarchs kick against renewal of BEDC licence

Osun workers down tools over unpaid salaries

No president influenced me as CBN gov ‘ Sanusi

Multi-faceted taxes killing small businesses ‘ LCCI

Maritime to lead economic diversification ‘ Buhari

DELTA: Uduaghan’s defection raises dust

NASS would have been in chaos, democracy gone if’ ‘ Jonathan

GEEP: BoI disburses N15bn loans to 400,000 micro-enterprises

Okagbare, Amusan chase cash as IAAF Diamond League end

PDP suffers massive defection in Abia as 3,500 members join APGA

May’s Visit: Nigeria’s business community expresses optimism on improved trade relationship

Reaction as Daura says siege to NASS, collective decision

Investors’ losses in stock market hit N701 bn

Oil price climbs back to $76, highest in recent time

40m Nigerians out of internet coverage ‘ NCC

Naira depreciates to N363.06/$ in I&E window

Bayelsa residents lament adverse impact of SPDC’s gas plant

Restructuring : PDP carpets APC, Presidency

I’ve nothing to do with attack on Obaseki ‘APC chieftain

NBA leadership: The issues Usoro must address

Angola says to request $4.5-bn IMF loan as crisis lingers

NNPC to start refueling services

We are not to be blamed over inability of Presidential aspirant to use Eagle square ‘ APC

PIGB panacea for investment in oil, gas sector ‘ Expert




LEADERSHIP

Ekiti Tribunal: 10 SANs, 25 Others Lead Fayemi, APC’s Defence

2019: APDA Set For Primaries

2019: Lawmakers’ Interest Robs INEC N45.6bn ‘ Senator

Nigerians Should Rise Against Vote Buying ‘ Abuda

2019: Aspirant Hails Oshiomhole On Direct Primary

25 States Yet To Domesticate UN’s Security Resolution On Women

Rampaging Youths Kill Police Officer, Set Patrol Van Ablaze

Police Burst Ritualists’ Den, Arrest Clerics In Ogun

2019: Dankwambo Demands Template For PDP Presidential Aspirants

CBN Orders MTN To Refund $8 billion, Slams N5.87bn Fine On 4 Banks

Protesters Storm PenCom Hqts Over Botched Recruitment

Toyota Pumps $500m Into Uber To Mass Produce Self-Driving Vehicles

Boko Haram: ACF Tasks FG On Rescue Of Leah Sharibu, Remaining Chibok Girls

Fear Grips Ibadan Residents Over Reprisal Cultists’ Attack

Journalists Decry High Rate Of Crime In Cross River

 

TRIBUNE

2019: I’m all out for free, fair election, Buhari assures UK Prime Minister

Kenyan court halts criminal action against deputy chief justice

Brazil sends army to border as Venezuelans flee economic crisis at home

Lagos retains highest foreign debt portfolio, says DMO

FIRS noncompliance tax report causes stir at CCECC office

Lagos PDP picks Dominic to replace Salvador as chairman

Failure to pay workers’ wages ungodly, Adeleke tells Aregbesola

 

NATION

MTN to refund $8b as CBN fines four banks N5.87b

Ex-DSS boss still in custody

Buhari to May: 2019 polls will be free, fair, credible

APC decides on primary today

I defected to APC to help stabilise Niger Delta, says Uduaghan

Flood alert in states as residents count losses

Falana to leaders: you have contempt for rule of law

Akpabio Ill assist Buhari fight poverty

Sharia Court affirms 4-month-old babys paternity

Akwa Ibom 2019: Nobody can stop Emmanuels second term

I want to replace our non-performing 79-year old Rep

FG must balance human rights, national security Falana

N126.2b lost to abandoned Fed Govt properties

2019: Kwankwaso declares for president, pledges paradigm shift

Flood kills 8000 birds in Edo, submerge houses

Govt. will tackle farmers/herders clashes by end of this year

Dangote, Otedola, others meet Theresa May in Lagos

DAILY TIMES

PDP, APC youths call for credible elections in 2019

Lagos/Ibadan railway: APC, Buhari cant afford to disappoint Nigerians -Amaechi

10 ships arrive Lagos ports with petrol, other products

Kwankwaso declares presidential ambition, sets priorities

Jonathan lauds Sarakis leadership of National Assembly

2019: The challenges before Kebbi governor, Bagudu

Kaduna 2019: Yerima, Arewa Youth Leader to contest House of Reps on PDP Platform

Fallout of Kogi governorship race: Group tells Faleke to hands-off Ikeja Reps ticket

Nigeria, home to poorest people in the world PM Theresa May

As 30 days to assent lapse Sunday: Buhari under pressure to sign amended Electoral Act

Rivers Govt denies plot to levy students for Wikes campaign

NNPC to establish 200,000bpd condensate refineries

Buhari rejects assent to PIGB, says bill unconstitutional

Buhari assures Theresa May of credible polls in 2019

APC poses threat to conduct of free elections in Rivers, PDP alleges

Benue v. EFCC: Court fixes Oct 8 for judgment over state accounts

Benue killings: Judge hands off suit seeking proscription of herdsmen as terrorists

Finally, NCC approves sale of 9mobile to Teleology Holdings

 

DAILY TRUST

APC picks 14 govs, 8 ministers for Osun govship campaign

Imo 2019: Ihedioha picks PDP govship form

Sheriff not interested in any elective position

My presidential ambition not do-or-die Dankwambo

I wont defect if I lose presidential primary – Lamido

FG should increase social services in S/Kaduna Senator

2019: Will the narrative change for women in Sokoto

Manufacturing, trade soared in Q2 Data

Firm, AfDB, NDF to launch $58m off-grid energy fund

N1bn project grant targets six ICT entrepreneurs

Customs raises panel to probe 15,632 illegally imported military hardware

750m credit finance available for Lagos to explore Theresa May

Illegal forex deals: CBN slams N5.87bn sanctions on 4 banks

NNPC considers setting up bunkering company

Its wrong to call Buhari Igbo hater, says Civil Engineer

I defected to APC to support Buhari’s development agenda – Uduaghan

30,000 metric tons of cocoa trapped in Apapa gridlock

CVR: Akeredolu declares Thursday work-free in Ondo

2019: Saraki, Jonathan in closed-door meeting

Defection: Nasarawa Assembly declares APC member seat vacant




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