Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

BUSINESSDAY

Funds are flying around for renewables. Nigeria needs more than just a passing interest

Nigeria’s agric sector investment rises 82% in 2018

Corporates’ profit margins dwindle over high logistics cost in Apapa ports

In refunding 100% of CRR to banks, CBN targets credit expansion to real sector

Success Adegor: Woman of the year!

CBN’s surprise rate cut questions FGs broader reform goals

First-time governors’ biggest challenge: fixing states’ finances

Economy: Buhari sees new hopes on sound tax Culture

Tax reform, digitisation key to financing development in Africa ‘ report

Stock market dips marginally by 0.01%

 

PUNCH

Six transmission towers vandalised in Delta, says TCN

NCAA faults new Consumer Protection Act

CBN cuts interest rate to 13.5%, seeks GDP rebasing

Amaechi didnt force us to sign resignation letters AAC gov candidate

Consumer goods, financial services top attractive investment sectors KPMG

Reps suspend MTEF meeting over Emefiele, Baru, others absence

Taxation: We need to enhance and expand govts revenue base Buhari

Boko Haram fighters on a revenge mission raze Adamawa villages

Senate presidency: PDP warns APC, Ndume tackles Oshiomhole

Court rules on AGFs objection to MTNs N3bn suit May 7

Building collapse: Buhari reads the riot act to offenders

Polls: Tribunal receives four petitions in Ondo

Abuja schoolboy remanded in prison for sodomy Minister

Insurgency: Japan donates $2m to 48,000 victims in North-East

Desertification: Nigeria loses 350,999 hectares of land annually, says NiMet

NEMA, SEMA distribute materials to 785 flood victims

Corruption level to rise under Buhari – SERAP

No school enrolment for children without birth certificate Akeredolu

Insecurity: Poor funding frustrating police, IG tells Reps

Troops must adhere to laws during operations, CJN tells military

Drama as court takes possession of UBA Enugu office

INEC suspends issuance of certificate of return to Zamfara gov-elect

Success viral video shows Delta govt has no shame Pat Utomi

9th NASS: Christian youths urge religious balance in appointments

Dont return Ekiti to despicable past, Afenifere tells politicians

INEC fixes Adamawa gov supplementary poll for Thursday, APC kicks

Ill surpass my first terms achievements, says Okowa

Ajimobi warns Oyo governor-elect against campaign of calumny

FG inaugurates inter-ministerial committee on collapsed buildings

25 elected Kebbi lawmakers receive certificates of return from INEC

Judge recommends partial ban on iPhone imports to US

Building collapse: Re-certify buildings on Lagos Island, surveyors urges

My teacher forced me to perform oral sex for marks Lagos schoolgirl

I want justice, says woman in viral nude video

APC rejects Adamawa Gov supplementary polls date

Slash political officials security votes to accommodate minimum wage, workers tell Govt

US to further restrict foreign aid for abortions

Case dropped against #JussieSmollet Lawyers

Ogun LP chairman dissociates himself from petition against INEC over APCs victory

Kano govt denies reports of killings, protests during supplementary election

 

THISDAY

526 Farmers to Benefit from Anchor Borrowers Scheme in Imo

Nigerias LPG Market to Boom with NLNGs Train-7 Project, Says NCDMBs Chief

NLNG May Face Sanction over Alleged Nigerian Content Policy Violation

Court to Resume $406.7m Oil Shipment Suit against Shell on June…

Zamfara: INEC Suspends Certificates Presentation to Gov, Assembly Members-elect

Acting CJN: Military Must Act Within the Laws, Critical to Democracy

SERAP: Corruption Still High Despite Buhari’s Efforts

FG to Review NERC’s Extant Regulations

Amaechi, APC Supported Us Unconditionally, Says Rivers AAC Guber Candidate

NDDC Sets 2019 Date for Completion of New Headquarters

APC Rejects New Date Fixed for Adamawa Supplementary Election

Algerian Military Chief Wants President Declared Unfit

Army: We Will Be Fair to All in Investigation of Abonnema Violence

 

SUN

Nigeria seeks UK’s help in anti-graft war

2019 polls: PDP vows to retrieve stolen mandate in Bayelsa

CBN crashes interest rate to 13.5%

Alleged campaign financing: Court to hear suit seeking to disqualify Buhari, Atiku on May 7

Defective/distressed buildings: LASG opens resettlement camp

Cultists set man ablaze in Rivers

Supreme Court judge emerges new Emir of Lafia

Oby Ezekwesili named Forbes Woman Africa social Influencer

Court clears NASS to probe alleged students brutality by Madonna University

Court takes possession of UBA Enugu headquarters for N5m damages

Ekiti Govt. goes tough on school land grabbers, threatens arrest, prosecution

Reps: South East APC demands speakership position

Ganduje to Kano people: I accept your trust with humility

Buhari’s policies’ll stabilise economy ‘APGA

What happened in Kano was licence to violence -Obi

Father protests INEC’s non-payment of allowance to 2 children

Imo: 69 political parties, 50 ex- guber candidates back Ihedioha’s victory

9th Senate: APC has learnt its lessons, won’t repeat 2015 mistakes -Lawan

Nigeria may not exist after Buhari,unless ‘ -Attah

2019: INEC failed to conduct free, credible elections -‘Ezike

 

GUARDIAN

Fair to leverage technology, innovation for SME development

AFICTF targets two-year developmental plan for region

CBN tweaks 32-month-old policy rate, opts for growth

Manufacturers want harmonisation of taxes, levies for higher productivity

APC, Amaechi supported us unconditionally, says Rivers State AAC gubernatorial candidate

Why Nigeria must reduce tax uncertainties, retain high returns

INEC suspends presentation of Certificate of Return in Zamfara

23 dead as Iran battles heavy rain and floods

Boeing holds test flights for 737 MAX fix

APC rejects new Adamawa governorship supplementary election date

I’ll not approach election petition tribunal ‘ Yobe PDP governorship candidate

Up to 500,000 displaced by southern Africa cyclone

VANGUARD

Senate scores Finance Ministry F9 in budget releases to FCT in 2018

War over NASS leadership as Ndume, PDP blast Oshiomhole

Court frees 73 persons in Imo

Gabriel Okara: Africa has lost a literary giant ‘Obi

Building Collapse: Ikpeazu bans schools in flats

VAT increment will slow down Nigeria economy’ACTIONAID

We built infrastructure to attract investment to Bayelsa ‘ Dickson

Auchi Poly lecturer commits suicide

Man burnt alive, as cultists clash in Rivers

Suspended Polls: PDP, APC tango over security threats, fraud

Presidential Poll: Tribunal begins hearing on Atiku’s petition against Buhari Wednesday

Dark days of impunity are gone for good ‘ Buhari

Why I defected to PDP ‘ Yeeh

I wouldn’t be that stupid to join APC ‘ ‘ Ifeanyi Ubah

Yeeh’s induced decampment, a plot dead on arrival ‘ Eze, Green

FG at FBN anniversary laments infrastructure gap, calls for real investments

Seafarers not involved in piracy attacks ‘Union

Bonny Light price leaps to $68.01

Naira down at N358.5/$ in parallel market

Militarisation of electoral process is an ill-wind ‘ Sunday Oibe, NCEF PRO

I am not part of Kano election violence ‘ Kwankwaso

Breaking: INEC withholds Certificates of Return of Zamfara Gov, Lawmakers-elect

What’s your take on INEC’s statement that no election is perfect

Buildings collapse: Offenders ‘ll face full wrath of the law ‘ Buhari

Forum of Southeast APC state assembly candidates urges balance of appointments

Breaking: We will not accept new date for Adamawa Guber supplementary election ‘ APC

Lawmaker decries incessant building collapse in Nigeria

 

LEADERSHIP

FG Failed Woefully On Budget Releases To FCT In 2018

Ex-NIA Boss, Wife, Yet To Report At EFCC

Importers Are Nigeria’s Greatest Enemies ‘ Ogbeh

EFCC Seeks Increased Budgetary Release

Building Collapse: Stakeholders Task LASG On Enforcement Of Regulations

Commercial Driver To Die By Hanging For Killing Colleague

Lagos Needs N69bn To Fix Public Schools

Kwara Poly Didn’t Fund Saraki’s Campaigns ‘ KWSG

Ifeanyi Ubah Still YPP Member ‘ Amakiri

Shipowners’ II Monitor Disbursement Of $100m Cottage Fund’ Disbursement

FG To Harmonise Petroleum Industry Data, Fiscal Policies

OPEC Supply Cut Firms Up Oil Prices

Forbes Names Ezekwesili African Woman Influencer

CBN Slashes Lending Rate To 13.5%

DPR Sanctions 21 Unlicensed Fuel Stations In A/Ibom

Oshiomhole’s Adoption Of Lawan Shocking ‘ Ndume

Osun PDP Accuses Oyetola, APC Of Blackmailing Judiciary

Japan Provides $2m To WFP To Strengthen Resilience Among Conflict-Affected Nigerians

Shettima Inaugurates Panel To Investigate Alleged Sodomy, Others In Maiduguri Prison.

 

TRIBUNE

No outsider will impose Senate President, leaders on 9th Senate ‘ PDP caucus

Pursuing a dream in Nigerian tertiary institutions

NASS leadership as APC’s Sword of Damocles

Out-of-school children: The prosecution threat

#FactCheck: Has INEC issued Certificate of Return to Ademola Adeleke as Osun governor-elect’ Tribune has an answer

Nigerian Police ranks most corrupt institution in Nigeria ‘ SERAP

Irate youths destroy Gov Abubakar’s posters, billboards in Bauchi

BREAKING: INEC suspends issuance of Certificates of Return to Zamfara APC’s Gov, Assembly election winners

JUST IN: #Boeing737Max aircraft on emergency landing after experiencing engine problem

ITC judge recommends partial ban on iPhone imports to US

Over 1.85 million people affected by cyclone in Mozambique ‘UN

JUST IN: CBN slashes monetary policy rate from 14% to 13.5% for first time in 2 years

Tribunal receives 16 petitions in Oyo, grants APC leave to issue substituted service on PDP’s Kola Balogun

Court sentences driver to death by hanging over murder of colleague in Ekiti

FG inaugurates inter-ministerial committee on collapsed buildings

 

NATION

Buhari, APC chiefs endorse Lawan for Senate President

CBN slashes interest rate to 13.5%

Ajimobi to Makinde: shun politics of bitterness

EFCC arrests six `Yahoo boys, recovers exotic cars

Two hospitalised as fire ravages Lagos community

Rivers PDP, AAC row over alleged N3b offer

Transcorp to scale up power business with $2.5b new investment

Zamfara Police confirm abduction of expatriate doctor

Corruption still high despite Buharis efforts SERAP

Importers are greatest wreckers, says Ogbeh

 

DAILY TIMES

Buhari: My administration committed to creating inclusive, diversified economy

Finally, CBN cuts benchmark interest by 0.5%, two years after

Senate Presidency: APC, Oshiomhole imposition of Lawan unconstitutional,will backfire says Ndume

INEC fixes Adamawa supplementary govship election for March 28

Subscribers demand prosecution of MTN over data theft

We have right to field candidates for Senate President, House speaker, PDP insists

EFCC obtained 313 convictions in 2018 Magu

Namdas joins race for House speaker

 

DAILY TRUST

Leave Saraki out of Senate leadership tussle, PDP caucus tells APC

Akpabio’ll reclaim his senatorial seat ‘ Ex-SSG

CAN commends peaceful polls in Plateau

Rivers PDP denies offering N3bn to AAC guber candidate

Namdas joins race for office of Speaker

Birth certificate now compulsory to enrol your child in schools, hospitals ‘ Ondo governor

Trained health workers push up treatment for diarrhoea, anaemia

Poor access to water leads to high mortality rate ‘ Ayade

56% Nigeria’s rural population to get broadband services soon

Micro pension: PenCom targets coverage of 30m informal sector operators

Centre wants N/Assembly to review N74bn ‘frivolous estimates’ in 2019 budget

Nigeria spends N2.88trn to import 400,000 cars yearly ‘ NADDC

CBN’s fiscal policy uncoordinated ‘ LCCI

DisCos got N438bn energy revenue in 2018, hit 66% efficiency

Facebook removes accounts from Russia, Iran for ‘coordinated inauthentic behaviour

FG committee to harmonise oil, gas revenue

Reps cautions Aviation minister over planned US $461m loan

CBN cuts lending rate from 14% to 13.5% to fast track growth

PDP will field candidates for National Assembly offices

DisCos get N438bn energy revenue in 2018, hit 66% efficiency rate

APC rejects new Adamawa governorship supplementary election date

Kano re-run a big shame to democracy in Nigeria ‘CSOs

 

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