Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday October 18, 2018

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines




BUSINESSDAY

Executive order 6: Buhari taking us back to military era, says Afenifere, ADC

South-East governors not against Peter Obi’s candidacy ‘ Ikpeazu

Off-grid solutions attract US$410 million in new investments

Senate asks CBN to suspend Card Maintenance Charges

Nigeria moves 10 places up in global competitiveness index

Reps: Nigeria needs deliberate policy to maximise ports’ potentials

Need for insurance rises as flood risks ravages more states

Nigeria needs political, collective commitments to tackle malnutrition, experts say

Nigeria’s SEC still positive as investors count N1.8trn loss in equities

 

PUNCH

Senate wants ATM card maintenance fee suspended

External reserves drop by $1bn in 13 days

FG okays $2.9bn Eurobond issuance to fund budget

71% of gas power plants capacity lying unused Report

Ibori loses appeal against UK graft conviction

EFCC obtains court order to detain Fayose for two weeks ex-gov to sue anti-graft agency

Obasanjo/Atiku: Catholic Secretariat says Kukahs reconciliatory effort hijacked, politicised

Resign your Senate positions, Akpabio tells Saraki, others

Fayemi scraps education taxes, pupils to get free meal

Delta: Court bars APC from sending candidates list to INEC

FG pegs doctors residency training at 7 years to enforce no work, no pay

Electoral bill: Card reader splits Reps, PDP lawmakers protest consideration adjourned till Thursday

Insurgency: Military trains 158 combat pilots in US, UK, South Africa

Supreme Court orders FG to recover 18-year lost revenue from oil giants

Youre midgets, Ohanaeze mocks Igbo presidential candidates, backs Obi

Security expert warns FG over looming ISIS attack

Release seized Paris Club refund, Benue Speaker begs FG

Employment scam: EFCC arrests Gombe Peace Corps Commandant

Mother and her four children electrocuted in Niger

 

THISDAY

S’Court Orders FG to Adjust Oil Proceeds Sharing Formula When Price Exceeds $20

Senate Approves $2.786bn Eurobond to Finance 2018 Budget

Atiku Promises Women, Youth 40% of Cabinet Positions

FG Approves ‘No Work, No Pay Rule for Workers,’ Set Tenures for Unionists

FG, Lawmakers on Collision over N242bn Virement for 2019 Election

US Don’t Have Anointed Candidate for 2019 Elections, Says Envoy

Fayemi Declares Free Education in Ekiti, Abolishes Tax in Schools

Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen, Injure 5 Others in Kaduna

No Corruption Case against Abba-Aji, Says NJC

Kachikwu: Nigeria Grew FX Reserves by $20bn from OPEC’s Exemption

1.5m Students to Get IT Training as FG Partners Oracle

Unilag to Screen New Intakes for Drug Abuse

Atiku Commiserates with Abia Pipeline Explosion Victims, Donates N10m

Delta Gov Presents N367bn 2019 Budget to Assembly

GUARDIAN

Ibori loses appeal against UK conviction over graft, goes to European Union

FG extends verification for Nigeria Airways ex-workers

Bayelsa flood victims lament negligence by government, oil firms

U.S. has no preferences in 2019 polls, says envoy

Atiku promises 40 percent women, youth inclusion in his government

Delta governor Okowa presents N367 billion 2019 budget to State Assembly

Senate urges CBN to suspend ATM card maintenance charges

Buhari’s Executive Order important in rooting out corruption says British Envoy

 

SUN

2019: Former South East lawmakers drum support for Atiku/Obi ticket

Senate orders suspension of ATM, other charges

Prospective corps members protest ban in Benue

Fayemi cancels Fayose’s educational levies

FG to probe financial expenditure in Niger basin authority

Missing General: Army hands 13 suspects to police

Police nabs 8 suspects with 11 human skulls in Kwara

Abia Pipeline Explosion: Atiku commiserates with victims, donates N10m

Flood: Diseases hit IDPs camp in Bayelsa

UNILAG to screen new students for hard drugs, vows to withdraw admission if

Ekiti debt not N170bn, Fayemi preparing ground for failure ‘ Fayose

 

VANGUARD

S-East govs not against Obi’s nomination ‘Ikpeazu

FG, Oracle Academy partner on new computing education pathways for students

Stop borrowing, Senate, NSIA, others warn FG

17 parties submit presidential, NASS candidates list, ahead of today’s deadline ‘ Yakubu

Ohanaeze youths plan 2 million-man march for Atiku/Obi presidency

Senate asks CBN to increase maximum ATM withdrawal to N40k per transaction

We’ve invested N2.7trn on infrastructure ‘ FG

2019: Maintain status quo in Delta, court tells APC NWC

I move, my property move ‘ Aisha Alhassan

Naira up to N363.92/$ in I&E window

IPOB: Abia Community demands whereabouts of Nnamdi Kanu’s father

2019: CSOs caution security agents against partisanship

EFCC releases pictures of property wrongly acquired by Fayose

 

LEADERSHIP

We Will Resist No Work No Pay Policy ‘ NLC

FG Approves White Paper To Stem Industrial Disputes

Senate Approves PMB’s $2.786bn Loan Request

No Threat To 2019 Polls, INEC Insists

NAPTIP Records 217 Human Trafficking Cases In 5 Years In Benue

2019: Sing Foundation Takes #VoteAMust Campaigns To Niger Delta

NYSC Bans Benue Varsity Graduates From National Service

Senate Asks CBN To Suspend ATM Charges, Summons Emefiele

Asaba Airport To Be Operational Hub Of Air Peace ‘ Okowa

Police Arrest 8 Suspects With 11 Human Skull




TRIBUNE

Mimiko advocates election finance reforms to fight corruption

Obasanjo’s son joins Buhari Campaign Team

WAEC to publish names of students, schools involved in exam malpractice

Abuja, Port Harcourt airports’ terminals for inauguration in October

$40m given to me was for special assignment, Jonathan’s cousin tells court

Benue Police Comm raises alarm over politicians stockpiling arms

Lagos resumes work on Okokomaiko-Badagry road

 

NATION

NWC primaries report indicts Ogun APC Chair Adebiyi

Amosun restates opposition to Ogun APC candidate Abiodun

Akpabio to Saraki: Senate leadership must change

Imo APC: Court declines to substitute Nwosus name

EFCC may seek permanent forfeiture of six assets traced to Fayose

Fake news greatest threat to 2019 polls, says minister

Federal Govt, Labour head for showdown over Minimum Wage

Missing General: Army hands 13 suspects to police

FEC, Senate approve $2.9b Eurobond to fund 2018 budget

SEast govs never against Peter Obis candidacy Ikpeazu

Aba explosion: Atiku gives N20m to victims

IPMAN feud stalls $3b refineries project

Nuclear energy will boost Nigerias economy

FEC approves disbursement of processing machines to farmers

Five killed in Ebonyi/Benue land dispute

Akpabio to Saraki: Senate must be restructured, reconstituted

Cultist threatens to kill Lagos DPO

Fayose still in our custody, says EFCC

Ibori drags UK to EU Court of Human Rights

Kachikwu eyes over $3b investments for refineries

DAILY TIMES

We dont have $3.5bn subsidy fund NNPC

Missing General: Army hands over 13 suspects to police

Senate investigates pipeline explosion in Abia

Gov Okowa presents N367bn 2019 budget proposal to Delta Assembly

Fayemi abolishes Fayoses tax in schools, declares free education in Ekiti

2019: Obasanjo, others endorsement of Atiku will count for nothing, says Buhari group

Alhassan strips Taraba APC office, retrieves all donated furniture

Osun 2018: Adeleke challenges Oyetolas victory, asks tribunal to declare him Governor

Abia pipeline explosion: Atiku Abubarkar donates N10m

2019: APC appeal panel upholds Sen Shehu Sani as Kaduna Central candidate

8 in police net for ritual killings, exhuming dead bodies from cemetery

Mama Taraba, APC in war-of-words over ex-ministers removal of computers, furniture from party

FG goes tough on labour unions, introduces no-work, no-pay policy

FG approves issuance of N2.9bn Eurobond, N21.839bn for families in NDelta

 

DAILY TRUST

Senate leadership must change ‘ Akpabio

2019: US has no preferred candidate ‘ Envoy

Labour Party’ll field candidates for all elective positions

Igbo groups back Peter Obi for VP

Ekiti gov’ship: PDP, Kolapo to tender election materials today

NLC faults FG’s no work, no pay policy

FEC approves no-work, no-pay principle, pegs residency for 7yrs

Missing General: Army parades 13 suspects

Alleged N5.7bn fraud: Shema pleads not guilty

6 killed in fresh Benue, Ebonyi boundary crisis

Nigeria’s life expectancy may rise to 74 in 2040 ‘ Study

NHRC, UNHCR raise alarm on post-B/Haram crisis in Borno

2018 budget: FEC approves issuance of $2.9bn Eurobond

8 parties submit presidential, N/Assembly candidates ‘ INEC

Senate panel grills ICPC chair nominee Owasanoye

In NHIS, corruption fights back even harder

Our graduates are job creators ‘ Tech-U VC

1bn girls lack knowledge to succeed in job market ‘ Malala Fund

Leventis offers agric courses to 5,000 people

Storm over Chinese student visa denial

UniAbuja, Animal institute conduct joint research

PEEF seeks solution to education challenges

LAUTECH’s tuition hike: AD guber candidate carpets Osun, Oyo govts

Five arrested over abduction of doctor, lecturer

CANADA: Sale and use of cannabis legalised

Invalid documents: Vehicle inspectors deploys street cameras in Lagos

Lagos resumes work on Okokomaiko-Badagry road

TURKEY Khashoggi: Police search Saudi consul’s residence

Cult leader in trouble over threat to life of DPO

COMOROS: AU calls for peace talks in Comoros

2019: Group advocates credible, violence-free elections in Nigeria

RUSSIA: Teenager kills 17 in Crimea college shooting

PAKISTAN: Imran Ali hanged for six-year-old’s death

INDIA: Minister quits after #MeToo allegations

CHINA: Woman kills self, children after husband ‘fakes death

Nigeria, Botswana sign pact to deepen diplomatic relations

US has no preferred candidate in Nigeria’s 2019 poll ‘ Envoy

NGO demands release of all Nigerian detainees in Libya

How Nigeria’s reserves grew by $20bn from OPEC exemption, Niger Delta peace ‘ Kachikwu

Ogun APC guber ticket: Amosun adamant, says no going back on Akinlade

2019: Labour Party will field candidates for all elective positions ‘ Spokesman

FEC approves $2.9bn Eurobond for capital projects

Alhassan strips Taraba APC office, retrieves all donated furniture

Abia Pipeline Explosion: Atiku commiserates with victims, donates N10m

Senate orders CBN to suspend ATM card maintenance charges





 

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