Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

BUSINESSDAY

Buhari sides with private sector, declines assent to housing bill

ExxonMobil’s potential $3bn Nigeria asset sale opens opportunity for indigenous firms

How agritech start-ups connect smallholder farmers with investors

Nigeria loses 80% fishing capacity in two years over security concern, pollution

NPA shows renewed effort to decongest Apapa through revival of Eastern Ports

Entrepreneurship: Ideas precede capital

Nigeria raked in N2.30trn in taxes, royalties from Shell in 2018

ECOWAS headlines common currency for 40% inter state trade in West Africa

FG offers 2, 3-year savings bonds at 11.27%, 12.27% for April ‘ DMO

PSBs will complement banks in driving financial inclusion

 

PUNCH

NLC intervenes to end doctors strike in Nasarawa

FIRS targets N750bn from 55,000 millionaire tax debtors

FG expresses commitment to promotion of decent work environment

FG to fund 2019 budget deficit with new taxes, concessions

Shells yearly payment to Nigerian govt hits $6.39bn

Marketing experts advocate corporate investment in social development

ExxonMobil considers sale of Nigerian oil, gas fields for $3bn

Nigeria at moderate risk of debt distress AfDB

CBN auctions N95.7bn Treasury bills

We are exploring options to commercialise gas flare sites NNPC

40 years after, Lagos airport due for decongestion FAAN

NSE canvasses regular upgrade of air navigation infrastructure

Buhari rejects Ajaokuta Completion Bill, National Housing Fund, others

Ex-General, 25 officers petition Reps over compulsory retirement

ISWAP hoists flag in Borno as air force jets kill scores

Pro-Buhari group tackles Obasanjo, faults Nigerias misery index ranking

Presidency says FG proposing bill to tackle poverty

Why Kaduna killings persist MBF

Aisha Buhari never got contract from amnesty programme

Senate will pass budget on April 16, says Saraki

Drug trafficking: 20 Nigerians on death row in Saudi Arabia

Ndume defies Buhari, Oshiomhole on Senate presidency, unfolds nine-point agenda

ADC asks Buhari to apologise to Onnoghen

Olubadan attacks obas, insists they’re wearing illegal crowns

Wike leads as INEC begins declaration of Rivers gov poll results

UNTH gets machine for brain surgery

Why LUTH cancer centre has yet to begin operation

Four feared killed in fresh Jukun/Tiv clashes in Taraba

Police disown vigilante group accused of extra-judicial killings in Adamawa

Five faculties produce 104 first-class graduates at UNILAG

FG trains 76 women farmers in ICT

Court adjourns ex-Katsina govs N5bn fraud trial

FG inaugurates scheme to encourage declaration of offshore assets

 

THISDAY

Equities Market Declines Further as Investors Ignore Companies Results

Nigerian Agric Export Fees Lowest in Africa, Says NAQS

NMA Seeks to Incorporate ICT in Health Care Delivery

Samson: Lack of Financial Managers Bane Business Failures

ExxonMobil Considers Sale of Oil Stakes in Nigeria

Presidency Appeals to Saudi for Leniency over 20 Nigerians on Death Row

In Kano, PDP Exaggerated APC’s Problems, Using Propaganda to Create the Wrong Impression

Using Technology To Boost Nigeria’s Real Estate Industry

Tender Unreserved Apology to Onnoghen Now, ADC Tells Buhari

Presidency: We Have Spent N300bn on Social Investment Programme

180 Nigerians Deported from Libya

Tackling Controversies at Ondo State Radiovision Corporation

Trade Ministry Clarifies Status of Special Economic Zone Company

Court Reaffirms Omo-Agege’s Candidacy for APC

Court Nullifies Adeleke’s Nomination for Osun Guber Polls over Certificate Forgery

Court Martial to Promote Professionalism among Soldiers, Says Court’s President

Adelabu, APC Head to Tribunal over Makinde’s Victory in Oyo

Japan Releases $1.5m for Community Stabilisation in N’east Nigeria

AfDB: Fragile Security Conditions Pose Major Economic Risks for Northern Nigeria, Mali, Niger

Tribunal Orders INEC to Release Plateau Poll Materials for Inspection

FG Woos Owners of Undeclared Foreign Assets with Amnesty, Waiver

Execution of Nigerian in Saudi Arabia Tragic, Says FG

Anambra Laments N600m Tax Debt by Firms, Begins Enforcement of Payment

 

SUN

Rivers guber:Wike in comfortable lead

Remember our people’s sacrifice, gov tasks senators-elect

Rivers Election: Court dismisses suit seeking to stop collation of results

Osun guber: Court nullifies Adeleke’s PDP nomination

Court dismisses case against Borno governor-elect, Zulum

Sen. Olujimi dismisses PDP’s loss in Ekiti as temporary setback

9th NASS: Zone Deputy Senate President to South-East, group begs APC leadership

180 stranded Nigerians deported from Libya

Woman, 77, bags UNILAG degree

Olubadan replies Ibadan Obas: You’re rubbishing traditional institution

Cancer patient, 47 inmates get CJ’s pardon in Delta

APC’s future in South East depends on senate presidency -Okorie

 

GUARDIAN

Plans to celebrate 60th anniversary of first television in Africa hot up

Senate gives committees deadline to submit reports on budget

Organisers begin hunt for female boxers as GOtv Boxing Night returns to Ibadan

Kano IPMAN distances self from planned fuel price hike

FG okays tax amnesty for defaulters of offshore assets declaration

At NFF-AITEO Awards, Eguavoen again pleads with FG to release 1994 Super Eagles’ houses

Why academics must return to academia, by Babalakin

NNPC says no new gas policy without zero flare

#MeghanMarkle and #PrinceHarry Have Launched Their Own Instagram Account

Oyo APC, Adelabu file petition against Makinde’s election

 

VANGUARD

Nigerian woman executed in Saudi Arabia

2019 budget: FG forecasts 3.01% GDP growth rate

We’re elated by signing of $1bn local content plan for Train 7

Benue: Aged woman burnt alive, 4 others killed, over 300 houses razed

Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet : Interest groups bicker, lobby Tinubu

NCC jails 200 over pre-registered SIMs

Abandoned national library project in Bayelsa to be completed soon ‘ FG

Presidency, NASS differ on N11.635b refund for Delta, Taraba

UNN alumnus, Engr Anthony Oguike donates N120m building to his alma mater

5 persons arrested for attacking police station in Anambra not our members ‘IPOB

Anambra govt seals firms over N600m tax evasion

9th NASS: Why APC must shun imposition, discrimination ‘ Lawyers

Rivers Poll: Wike leads in 13 LGAs as AAC takes 2

Shell pays $6.4bn as production entitlement, tax to govt, NNPC, others

Insecurity challenge to ECOWAS economy- AfDB

March allocation: Edo JAAC declares N2.6bn for LGAs, as monthly IGR hits N354m

No plan to sell fuel above N145 per litre ‘ IPMAN chairman

Starch processor wants FG to increase import duty on starch

No approval for new gas projects over flaring ‘ NNPC

Depot price of PMS remains N133.28 per litre, NNPC insists

Buhari declines assent to Ajaokuta Completion Bill, 7 others

Hatred, revenge are not legitimate ways to ensure quick, effective justice ‘Pope

2019 Budget: Reps queries Trade Ministry over N600m increase in personnel cost

Elections tribunal receives 42 petitions in Anambra

Rivers’ Poll results collation: Gov. Wike takes early lead

 

LEADERSHIP

Olubadan Orders Monarchs To Remove Illegal Crowns

Tribunal Receives 51 Election Petitions In Delta

AAC Fails To Stop Collation Of Rivers Poll Results

Rumble In APC Over NASS Leadership

Police Confirm Attack On Kaduna-Abuja Highway, Debunk Kidnap Of 30 Persons

ICPC Launches Constituency Projects Tracking Group

NAFDAC Should Beam Searchlight On Producers Of Sachet Water ‘ Osondu

Pipeline Issue In Nigeria Cause Of Ghana energy Crisis

N1.2trn Assets Registered Under National Collateral Registry

Shell Paid FG, Agencies $6.397bn In 2018

AfDB Projects 4% GDP Growth For Nigeria, Others

FIRS Targets N750bn From Millionaire Tax Debtors

Ignore Illegal Interception By Police, NSC Tells Clearing Agents

FG Spends N300bn On Social Investment Programme In 3years

Snakebite Kills 2,000 Nigerians Annually ‘ Experts

Ignorance, Poverty Responsible For Youths Role During Polls ‘ Stakeholders

Apologies, Reinstate Onnoghen Now, ADC Tells FG

Elections Tribunal Received 51 Petitions In Delta

Why Bala Mohammed’s Administration Will Be Legendary In Bauchi ‘ PDP Chieftain

JAMB Releases Results Of 2019 Mock UTME

110 Osun Residents Benefit From Oyetola Free Surgery

 

TRIBUNE

Nigeria: We can only access 1.8m IDPs, UNHCR says, as Daystar donates N10m to support victims

Olubadan to High Chiefs: Remove your ‘illegal’ crowns and return to palace

Bauchi election petition tribunal receives 26 petitions

Voter participation certificate, VPC panacea to voter apathy, says CODER

New NAFDAC policy targets local manufacturing of 50 imported drugs

Alleged certificate forgery: Court nullifies Adeleke’s nomination for Osun gov poll

Speaker slot: Crack in APC deepens as North central group protests

Kogi Assembly recommends removal of Chief Judge

2019 Budget: FG proposes 2.3m BPD oil production, $60pb oil benchmark

PDP hails court verdict on Rivers election result collation

Robbery suspect allegedly kills partner while sharing loot in Yenagoa

Adelabu heads to tribunal over Makinde’s victory in Oyo

Court reaffirms Omo-Agege’s candidacy for APC

Tramadol abuse: Oyo Assembly calls for overhaul of primary health centres

Fayemi presents names of 14 commissioner-nominees to Ekiti Assembly

 

NATION

Court: Adeleke unfit to run for Osun governor

Police name men who killed soccer fan

Shell pays Fed Govt, agencies $6.397b

Adelabu, APC challenge Makindes victory

N1trn projects: ICPC to probe Senators, Reps

Amnesty coming for owners of undeclared foreign assets, ministers assure

Buhari turns down $1b Ajaokuta completion fund bill, seven others

APC gubernatorial aspirants brothers abducted in Zamfara

Daystar church gives UNHCR N10m for conflict victims

Kolade not killed by stray bullets, family insists

11-year-old girl dies in Anambra kerosene explosion

Three killed as Tiv, Jukun crisis escalates

 

DAILY TRUST

Rivers: Wike leads in 12 LGs as collation continues today

With 2.4m votes for Buhari, N’Central deserves speakership

APGA to sponsor state chairmen for overseas training

PDP gets relief to inspect election materials in Plateau

Oyo APC gov’ship candidate heads to tribunal

Atiku: Buhari, INEC conspiring against people’s will ‘ ADC

Election tribunal gets 2 petitions in Kwara

Court reaffirms Sen. Omo-Agege’s candidacy for APC

Execution of Nigerian in Saudi: Pathetic, tragic ‘ Dabiri-Erewa

Kidnappings: Kaduna govt orders intensive security patrols on Abuja, Birnin Gwari highways

Buhari declines assent to Ajaokuta Completion Bill, 7 others

FG spends N300bn on social investment programme- Presidency

Alleged kidnap of 30 people along Abuja-Kaduna expressway, fake news- Police

77 years old woman bags UNILAG first degree

Unilag graduates 74-year-old woman at 50th convocation

2019 UTME: JAMB reschedules printing of exam slip

115 students to participate in 2018 Mathematics competition

Hatred, revenge are not legitimate ways to ensure quick, effective justice ‘Pope

Presidency appeals to Saudi for leniency over 20 Nigerians on death row

BREAKING: Saudi Arabia executes 8 Nigerians, 20 others on death row

We offer free dialysis to indigene patients ‘ Yobe hospital CMD

Nasarawa govt about to end doctors’ strike ‘ Commissioner

Children with poor oral health likely to suffer from low self-esteem, underdevelopment ‘ Report

ALERT: Fake cholera vaccine in circulation, says NAFDAC

Nigeria recording steady macroeconomic stability, says Finance Minister

Imo guber: Court dismisses suits against Nwosu’s candidacy

Depot price of PMS remains N133.28 per litre, NNPC insists

Kano IPMAN calls for calm over threat of fuel price hike

Election tribunal receives 2 petitions in Kwara

FG grants amnesty to tax defaulters of undeclared foreign assets

Gbajabiamila appoints Olawuyi as D-G North Central coordinator for Speaker’s race

Rivers’ Poll results collation: Gov. Wike takes early lead

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