Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, March 8, 2019

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines




BUSINESSDAY

MTN’s N1trn revenue signals resilience of Nigerian business ahead IPO

Nigeria’s agricultural trade records N548bn deficit in 2018

International Women’s Day: Nigeria in focus

Experts bank on FDI to spur growth in Nigeria’s troubled pharmaceutical sector

Google demos African-tailored apps for Next Billion Users of the Internet

Building materials prices soar despite lull in property market

Seven things Buhari needs to fix in agriculture over the next 4-years (2)

Stock market loses additional N42bn

 

PUNCH

INEC replaces collation officers in Kwara

Court orders arrest of APC gov candidate in Akwa Ibom

Nigeria produced above #OPEC oil quota in Feb Report

NECA condemns regulatory barriers under Buhari

NNPC wants DSDP partners to patronise NIDAS

CBN, EFCC may bar culprits from opening bank accounts

CBN, NIPOST to kick off microfinance banking in seven locations

Social media, vital tool for business development Experts

Aero to maintain aircraft for West African countries

Plastic recycling firm invests $8m in Nigeria

Oil industry can attract $25bn in two years NCDMB

INEC to pay CBN, air force N1bn to store, transport materials

No certificate of return for candidates declared winner under duress INEC

PDP bashes Buhari as President insists party wasted Nigerias resources

INEC will cancel votes where communities reject card readers REC

Lassa fever: Death toll hits 93 in Nigeria

One dies, scores injured as APC, APM supporters clash in Ogun

Tribunal: Atikus lawyers to re-present rejected requests

Crisis: INEC stops deployment of corpers in Kaduna councils

Gunmen shoot Imo PDP senatorial candidates aide

Bribery video: NGO sues CJN over Ganduje

EFCC charges bank with fraudulent conversion

Elections: Nigerian Air Force replaces helicopter with military jet in Kwara

ASCSN warns Buhari: Stop naming non-civil servants as perm secs

Army redeploys senior officers days to election

Oyetola seeks private sector partnership

Appeal Court affirms Ayogu Eze as APCs gov candidate

Assembly poll: PDP accuses Fayemi of plotting violence

Enugu APC asks INEC to postpone Saturday polls

Violence against children costs Nigeria N1.42tn annually UNICEF

Ambodes aide woos civil servants for APC

Residents urged to shun tribalism

Osun gov tribunal reserves judgement on PDP, Adelekes petition

Adamawa APC assembly candidate dies

PDP candidate protests exclusion of five polling units

Saturday poll: Abdulsalami, Kukah, Obi of Onitsha sue for peaceful poll

EU, ECOWAS observers meet Buratai over security preparations

Channel money for litigation to orphanages, Satguru Maharaji tells Atiku

Violence against children impacts Nigerias economy FG

Ahead of elections, FG orders closure of land borders

Three ADC House of Reps candidates defect to APC

Dangote, Adenuga, Alakija rank among richest Blacks

 

THISDAY

Nigerian Airports Record 41,745 Flight Delays

Togo Overtakes Nigeria in Container Liner Shipping Services

Osoba: We Have Resorted to Self-defence Because Ogun CP Cant Protect…

APGA Denies Withdrawing from Nasarawa Governorship Race

Appeal Court Stays Order Disqualifying Taraba APC Guber Candidate

Anti-graft War: EFCC Faults UK Agency over Alleged Lack of Cooperation

Tribunal Reserves Judgment in Osun Guber Election Dispute

FG Closes Land Borders Ahead of Saturday’s Elections

MTN Nigeria Hopeful of Listing on NSE as EBITDA Earning Hits N453.1bn

Kwara APC Guber Candidate in Alleged Forged Certificate Scandal

Akwa Ibom Govt Raises the Alarm over APC’s Plot to Manipulate Guber Election

NCDMB: Nigeria’s Oil Sector to Record $25bn Investment in Two Years

INEC: We are Ready for Saturday’s Elections

Economic Cost of Violence against Nigerian Children Hits $6.1bn

Guber, Assembly Polls: Abdusalami, Kuka, Achebe Call for Peace

Tribunal Reserves Judgment in Osun Guber Election Suit

Notorious Ilorin Criminal, Ariyo, 4 Others to Die by Hanging

 

SUN

Lagos: Ohanaeze members disown president over Sanwo-Olu’s endorsement

Orji Kalu’ll not disappoint his people as senator ‘Ben Kalu

Ninth Assembly: S’East deserves Senate presidency -Osaretin

Guber poll: PDP, APC renew battle for Borno

Presidential/NASS elections: APC trying to cover up its woeful failure in Enugu-Ogbodo

FG closes borders till Sunday

African trade: Full implementation of AfCTA’ll industrialise Africa, says Cameroun’s PM

Nigeria to benefit from Azuri technologies 2.5m solar in Africa project

UPMFB contributes N1.1bn to economic growth in 2018

Notorious criminal, Ariyo, 4 others to die by hanging in Ilorin

Why we chop off victims’ fingers, wrists ‘Robbery kingpin

How Jonathan, Fashola ended Ebola spread in Nigeria ‘Iwu

2023: Yorubas should go for presidency- Afenifere group

 




VANGUARD

2023: Afenifere leaders push for Yoruba Presidency

EFCC arraigns bank worker for defrauding Army General

We should never allow politics to become a do or die affair, PRP Chairman cautions politicians

Poll: Accord Party debunks alliance with Lagos ex-commissioner, Afikuyomi

Breaking: Tonye Cole endorses Amaechi’s choice of AAC’s candidate for Rivers guber

Shehu Sani backs Buhari’s call that PDP should explain how they squandered $592bn

Rita Lori-Ogbebor leads Itsekiri women in campaign for Okowa’s re-election

Lagosians need to end era of overbearing godfather ‘ FLOM

Osun Gov Poll: Tribunal reserves judgment on Adeleke, PDP’s petition

Attacks on trawlers have reduced ‘ FG, Fishing trawlers

Capacity building: NIMASA committed to developing blue economy ” Peterside

Millions of barrels of crude stranded in the Atlantic

Dangote Cement targets $600m annual exports to African countries

Appeal Court reverses High Court ruling that disqualified Taraba APC Governorship Candidate

Gov Poll: HOSTCOM endorses Okowa

S-South APC youth leader woos electorate ahead Saturday’s election

 

LEADERSHIP

We’re Set For Gov’ship, Assembly, FCT Polls, Says INEC

Borno, Yobe People Genuinely Voted For PMB ‘ Group

Police Deploy 15,544 Officers In Rivers

APC, PDP In Fight For Their Lives In Adamawa, Benue, Plateau, Kwara, Lagos, Oyo

Enugu Polls: APGA, SDP, PDP Deny APC Allegation Against INEC

Why We Must Tackle Post-election Crisis ‘ Lt-Gen Buratai

PDP Still Has Questions To Answer ‘ PMB

Vote Buying Attracts 12 Years Jail ‘ EFCC

13 Die In Suspected Meningitis Outbreak In Katsina Community

Police Arrest 10 During Feb 23 Polls In Katsina

Shake Up: Army Redeploys 13 Senior Officers

Election: Again, A’Court Strikes Out Rivers APC Appeal

NSE Records IPO Worth $571.1m In 5 Years

BPE Seeks Ways To Address Challenges Facing Govt Privatised Companies

Clearing Agents Back Shippers’ Council’s Registration Policy

MTN Plans Mobile Money Service In Nigeria, 3 Others

NNPC’s Shipping Subsidiary, NIDAS, Recorded 15 Voyages In 4 Months

MTN Nigeria To List On NSE In H1 As 2018 Revenues Top N453.1bn

36-Yr Concession: FAAN Refutes Plot To Take Over MMA2

Seplat Records $746m As 2018 Full-year Revenue

Sustained Profit Taking Drags Stocks Market Down With 0.35% Loss

Oil Sector To Attract $25bn Investment In 2yrs ‘ NCDMB

7 Nigerians Emerge WHO Innovation Challenge Finalists

N25bn Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Ex-Skye Bank Chair, Ayeni

Kaduna Guber Polls: Vote Buying Attracts 12 Years Jail ‘ EFCC

FG Orders Closure of Borders For Gubernatorial, State Assembly Elections

EFCC Faults UK Agency Over Comments On Anti-graft War

Guber Polls: Appeal Court Upturns Judgment On Taraba APC Governorship Candidate

 

TRIBUNE

Baker sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery

Ogbomoso stands still as Alao-Akala campaigns for Adelabu, APC candidate

Iwu lauds Jonathan, Fashola for funding Ebola research

Elections: Call Oshiomhole to order to prevent violence, Delta youth leader tells Buhari

Two feared killed, many vehicles damaged as APC factions clash in Lagos

Kogi East: Court threatens Saraki, NASS clerk with jail for violation of order

Court asks Kwara APC gov candidate to authenticate WAEC Certificate in 30 days

Police will build on successes recorded in last election on Saturday ‘ IGP

Adebutu, loyalists adopt APM candidate in Ogun

Russia laws ban ‘disrespect’ of government, ‘fake news

I was raped by a superior officer ‘ US Senator

CBN, EFCC strengthen ties against economic crimes

Maize farmers begin repayment of N3bn loan from CBN

INEC to conduct supplementary election in 14 States Saturday

15 political parties adopt Adelabu’s candidacy for Oyo gov

48 ‘hours to gov election, Ogun PDP chieftain, Salako defects to APC

 

NATION

EFCC advises tribunal judges, lawyers against stolen funds

Ex-Air chief got N6b from NAF funds, court told

PDP must explain what happened to our wealth

Accord party guber candidate declares support for Wike re-election

248,000 retirees earn N9.36b monthly pensions under CPS, says PenCom

Failure to inaugurate NSITF board stifles productivity, says NECA

INEC to issue certificates of return next week

Ex-air chief received N6b from NAF funds, says EFCC investigator

EFCC warns tribunal judges, lawyers against stolen funds

Guber poll: MPN candidate steps down for El-Rufai

Lai Mohammed to Kwarans: Ignore threat of attack by opposition

Dont be intimidated by PDP blackmail, pro Buhari group tells Army

 

DAILY TIMES

No court barred us from Rivers guber poll, Accord chairman insists

Anambra uncovers plan to cause ethnic, religious war on Saturday

Ignore intimidation, troop out and vote , Secondus urges Nigerians

Govship Election: Ortom cried Wolf, says FG, APC ready to truncate democracy

PDP to Buratai: Stop pitching Military against Nigerians

Tough time awaits thugs, ballot box snatchers IGP

Nigeria loses $6bn annually to child violence, says FG

Tribunal reserves judgment in Osun governorship election petition

FG orders closure of borders for Govship, State Assembly polls

ASUU restates commitment to 2019 Memorandum of Action with FG

EFCC witness denies signing letter of payment for Okupes programme

Buhari pledges to transform Nigeria in second tenure

EU to launch 30m sustainable energy investment fund in Nigeria

Armed security men will be closer to polling units CP

Wildlife expert predicts epidemic A/Ibom

Group canvasses suspension of Ebonyi APC guber candidate

Delta PDP uncovers APCs plot to disrupt March 9 polls

 

DAILY TRUST

One killed as APC, APM supporters clash in Ogun

APC chieftain wants state of emergency declared in Rivers ahead of election

Anambra elections: Abdulsalami, Obi of Onitsha sue for peace

FG orders closure of borders for Gov’ship/State Assembly polls

Armed policemen will be stationed close to polling units ‘ Lagos CP

Refugees, IDPs undergo skills acquisition training in Lagos, Ogun

FG orders closure of borders for Gov’ship/State Assembly polls

Ogoni clean up: Oil firms pay 42.1bn into Escrow account

NCDMB reviews conditions for accessing $200m oil sector fund

Financial crime: CBN, EFCC to monitor politically exposed persons

INEC holds National Assembly bye-elections in 14 states

Katsina: 23 political parties endorse PDP’s candidate, Lado

39 parties adopt PDP candidates in Gombe

Christian leaders pray for PDP governorship candidate in Nasarawa State

Ogun 2019: Atiku’s DG, Gbenga Daniel backs APC’s Dapo Abiodun

 




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