Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, March 22 2019

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

BUSINESSDAY

Focus on aggressive policy implementation, stakeholders task FG

Fringe players jittery as insurers look to bigger consolidation

Delayed reforms seen costing Nigeria gains of rising oil prices

How Nigeria can curb disease outbreaks through public-private coalition

Over $6bn flown into local bond market post-election ‘ CBN

Technologies making agriculture, farming smarter

FIRS denies contemplating 50% hike in VAT

Investors have ‘huge’ confidence in Nigerian economy- Emefiele

 

PUNCH

YPP protests INECs omission of partys symbol in Bayelsa

CBN to maintain tight monetary policy, estimates 12% inflation

Court admits additional exhibit in Synagogue engineers trial

NNPC begins rehabilitation of Port Harcourt refinery

Fashola faults housing deficit figures

NLNG to sign $1bn Train 7 project local content plan

Future looks gloomy for Nigerian forests FG

INEC holds supplementary election in Ibeju-Lekki state constituency

FG seeks to diversify stock market instruments

Nigeria produces 55.85 million tons of solid minerals NBS

Firm plans crypto-currencies for Africa

Nigerias balance of payment fragile Report

Saraki is the biggest loser in 2019 elections, says BMO

Tribunal: Edo, Niger govs mock Atiku, say he is wasting money

INEC reacts as US says voter intimidation in Nigerias 2019 polls disappointing

Nigeria more divided, in danger, says Obasanjo

FG closes case against Onnoghen with three witnesses

APC, PDP trade rigging allegations ahead of Saturday polls

Creation of Ondo LCDAs not for political gains Akeredolu

Rerun: Police deploy five DIGs, 15 CPs, AIGs

Census will cost over N220bn, says population commission

Police arrest 796 suspected electoral offenders during gov poll

Borno leaders, elders root for Ndume as Senate President

Dont be afraid, Ambode, Utomi tell intending retirees

Find killers of Afuze policemen, security expert urges IGP

Era of modulated salaries over in Osun, says Oyetola

NUJ meets Buhari, wants security architecture reviewed

Two NYSC members killed in renewed violence in Bayelsa

Tribunal grants PDP access to inspect electoral materials in Katsina

Pupils design app to curb underage smoking

Bauchi results: Court delivers judgment Monday

Million sign petition to stop Brexit

Africa needs policies to protect it from global conditions Economic Commission for Africa

Supplementary elections to hold in 18 states INEC

Governors-elect to get certificates of return between March 27th and 29th INEC

Delta Assembly passes FOI bill

Supplementary polls: Police arrest suspects with card readers in Sokoto

FG closes case against Onnoghen

 

THISDAY

Abba-Kura takes over as Apapa Customs Controller

Why the Armys Indictment of INEC Should Interest Everyone

Nigeria Imports N8.5tn Drilling Rigs from India

Clearing Agents Accuse Customs of Sabotaging Trade Facilitation

US Investigates FAA over Approval of Boeing 737MAX

As FG Begins Cargo Evacuation by Rail

NIMASA, Stakeholders Sign Agreement on Ease of Doing Business

Court to Deliver Judgment on Bauchi Guber Poll Results March 25

Bauchi Supplementary Election, Plot to Rob PDP of Mandate, Group Alleges

Bayelaa: YPP Asks INEC to Recall Certificates of Return Issued ‘Illegally

Acting CJN Swears-in Remaining Members of Election Petition Tribunals

Finance Minister Appointed BoT Chair of AU Peace Fund

Ex-Senate President, Ameh Ebute, Writes Trump over US Report on Corruption, Killings in Nigeria

GMO: DG Warns against Running down Biosafety Agency

Japan Emerges Nigeria’s Third Largest Donor with $1.4bn in 49 Years

Onnoghen Set for No-case Submission, as FG Closes Case of Alleged Non-asset Declaration

Gunmen Kill 2 Corps Members in Bayelsa

 

SUN

APC desperate on Benue rerun ‘Ortom

North’ll field better candidate for 2023 presidency ‘Shettima

INEC must use supplementary elections to rewrite some wrongs ‘Ajaero

N17bn treasury: PDP in hurry to resume looting in Imo ‘Okorocha

INEC proceeds with Bauchi, Adamawa supplementary guber polls

AFCON 2019 Qualifier: Eagles set to feast on Pirates in Asaba

NCDMB, NLNG sign $1bn Train 7 Project Nigerian Content Plan today

Clearing agents threaten to shut Lagos ports over multiple Customs checkpoints

Expect 12% inflation rate this year -Emefiele

New minimum wage, proposed VAT: Expect tougher times, Umahi warns Nigerians

Obaseki warns against disruption of activities at Benin Central Mosque

Ijaw nation has made political progress in Delta ‘Clark

Delta Assembly passes Freedom of Information Bill

Ex-NYSC boss appeals to Buhari on gratuity, pension

Borno APC stakeholders urge Ndume to contest Senate president

Niger votes N3.7bn to renovate governor’s lodge

Ekiti hands over 41-year-old abandoned road to contractor

 

VANGUARD

Mob burns suspected ritualist to death in Bayelsa

Nigeria more divided than during civil war ‘ Obasanjo

Boko Haram: More children die from lack of access to safe water than by bullets ‘ UNICEF

INEC holds make-up polls in 17 states, FCT tomorrow

Obaseki warns against disruption of activities at Benin Central Mosque

Benue guber re-run: Tiv leaders, IPAC urge youths, stakeholders to eschew violence

Presidential poll: Atiku’s legal battle may be a rip-off ‘Gov Bello

Madumere’s aide escapes assassination

Nigeria will lose exotic plant species if forests’ abuse continues ‘ Odusote

Breaking: Bandits kill policeman, abduct four others in Zamfara

Fibre optic cables are an important infrastructure for modern living ‘ Obaseki

CCT Charge: I’ve no case to answer, Onnoghen insists

Report of diversion of N20bn IDPs money, fake news ‘ Gov. Lalong

Polls: FG orders closure of land borders in Adamawa, Benue, Sokoto

NIMASA, stakeholders seek end to cabotage waivers

Shippers’ Council targets 30% reduction in cost of clearing goods

Govt. will no longer invest in excesses of sports federations ‘ Minister

Osun Gov Poll: Tribunal to deliver judgment in Adeleke, PDP’s petition Friday

It’s wrong to say election was militarised, says Gen Buratai, Chief of Army Staff

Militarised elections, worse than military regime ‘ Shonibare, Afenifere Chieftain

Kano re-run: Police restrict human, vehicular movement

INEC set for Lagos supplementary election

Supplementary polls: Police IG directs AIGS, CPS in affected states to ensure adequate security

No Bauchi re-run without T/Balewa result, PDP writes INEC

INEC sets timelines for Rivers governorship poll

Kano PDP tasks INEC, security agencies on fairness in re-run election

Empowerment: Dangote refinery flags off vocational skills for host communities

I will run corrupt free administration ‘ Buhari promises

U.S report on Nigeria’s anti-graft war false, misleading- EFCC

Police rescues 8-yr- old kidnapped victim in Bayelsa

Elections: U.S. Embassy expresses disappointment in interference by security forces, others

LEADERSHIP

30,000 Received Trader Moni After Elections ‘ Presidency

1,800 In Prison For Thuggery In Kano ‘ Police

Acting CJN Swears In 13 New Election Petition Tribunal Members

Police Deny Killing NSCDC Personnel In Abuja

Akwa Ibom APC Seeks Relocation Of Tribunal To Abuja

Assembly Polls: Gang Up Affected APC’s Chances In Keffi East ‘ Adamus

Treat Nigerian Workers With Respect, FG Tells Indian Coys

Police Deploy 5 DIGs, Others For Supplementary Elections

Students Sensitise Community On Pre-marital Sex, Drug Abuse

Suspected Herdsmen Kill LGA Secretary In Enugu

My Faith In APC Behind My Gov’ship Ambition ‘ Rukayat

Atiku, PDP’s Claim Of Winning 2019 Election, Hallucination ‘ Gov Obaseki

CAC’s Cost-friendly Business Registration Exercise Ends This Month

Post Election: CBN Expresses Optimism On Economy

FG Will No Longer Invest In Excesses of Sports Federations ‘ Minister

Finance Minister Appointed Chair Of AU Peace Fund

NNPC Commences Rehabilitation Of Port Harcourt Refinery

Clearing Agents May Shut Lagos Ports Over Multiple Checkpoints

NCDMB, NLNG To Sign $1bn Train 7 Project Content Plan

Consolidated Insurance Bill To Add N1.5trn To Nigeria’s Economy

IOCs Fueling Insecurity In Niger Delta ‘ Gov Dickson

MAN Cautions FG Against VAT Increment

Pandemonium In Lagos, As Masked Gunmen Kill Globacom Staff

Businessman Convicted In Absentia Over N6m Fraud

Ekiti Awards N8.9bn Ado-Osun Boundary Road Project To Contractor

Oyetola Tasks Councils On Independent Funding To Deliver Development

Gov Urges Traditional Rulers To Preach peace, Ensure Security Of Lives

#Ronaldo Fined $22,000 By UEFA For Celebration Gesture

Kano Inconclusive Election: INEC Sets To Conduct Re-Run In 28 LGAs

Gender Inequality: Nigeria Losing 63% Of Potential Human Development ‘ Awolowo

Brazil’s Ex-President Temer Arrested In Connection With Graft Scandal

 

TRIBUNE

Ex-Senate president writes Trump over US report on corruption in Nigeria

#BillGates joins Amazon’s #JeffBezos as a ‘Centi-Billionaire

New Zealand bans military style weapons used in mosque massacre

First 100 days: I read SDP handwriting in APC Governor Oyetola’s move in Osun

Six dead, 30 injured in China chemical plant blast

NNPC to transport petroleum products to North-West via system 2B pipeline

Senate Presidency: Borno stakeholders insist on Ndume

Census: Population commision expends N3.5bn on demarcation of 112 LGAs

Edo State university Iyamho matriculates 450 student

Assets declaration: FG closes case against Onnoghen

Agents serve Customs CG 72hours strike ultimatum

 

NATION

Local bond market attracts $6b, says CBN

Four vehicles burnt in Lagos gas explosion

Rivers: INEC to resume collation of election results

DHQ:military, police not at loggerheads

U.S. Report over anti-graft war false, says EFCC

Well complete N50b bond repayment in June

Cultists kill corps members in Bayelsa

Borno stakeholders back Ndume for Senate President

Falana urges Fed Govt to obey judgments on asylum seekers

Prosecution closes case in Onnoghens trial after three witnesses

Benue PDP petitions CP over alleged soldiers brutality, electoral violence

Industrialist seeks increased surveillance on harmful frozen fish import

Online shopping in Nigeria, others may hit $75b by 2025

APC, PDP disagree on INECs new timelines for Rivers

Court schedules judgment for March 25 in Bauchi gov poll

Synagouge: collapsed building foundation didnt fail soil test Witness

Patience Jonathans $5.7m, N2.4b forfeiture case adjourned

 

DAILY TIMES

Onnoghen: CCT chairman threatens journalists with 28-year jail term

Re-run polls to hold in Bauchi, Adamawa as INEC vacates court orders

Air Peace gets 3rd Boeing 777 aircraft, to provide 1,500 jobs

Re-run polls: Police deploy 5 DIGs, 3 AIGs, 15 CPs to provide supervision

PDP exposes APCs plot to hijack re-run elections using military

EFCC kicks against US Report on anti-graft war

PDP again demands suspension of Bauchi re-run

R-Kelly seeks court permission to perform in Dubai concert

Tonto Dikeh allegedly issued death threat to Lagos socialite

 

DAILY TRUST

Defence chief urges media to correct misconceptions about military

Alleged diversion of N20bn IDPs money -fake news: Gov. Lalong

Stop paying lip service to water provision, FG urges states

Kano CP apologises to NBA over detention of members

Fresh fish consumption can work against asthma ‘ Study

NNPC begins first phase rehabilitation of Port Harcourt refinery

Presidency plotting to hijack rerun polls ‘ PDP

Tribunal orders INEC to grant Shehu Sani access to inspect election materials

Governors-elect to get Certificates of Return next week ‘ INEC

INEC sets timelines for Rivers governorship poll

APC kicks as INEC declares PDP house of assembly’s candidate winner in Niger

DPR to clamp down on illegal LPG skid operators- Official

2019Elections: Over 1,119 suspects arrested over electoral offences ‘Official

Kano re-run: Police headquarters deploys more units to Kano’official

Police assure full protection in Sokoto supplementary poll

 

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