Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Monday, April 8, 2019

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

BUSINESSDAY

Was Buhari right to reject $1bn Ajaokuta Completion Bill

Poor power supply, low access to credit, high interest rate constraining Nigerian businesses

Buhari’s planned tax hikes fail the magna carta test

Can fashion be inclusive’ Small-scale trade can reach customers directly

Nigerians binge on dollar savings as naira devaluation memory lingers

Rivers now fastest growing state IGR despite political instability, exodus of companies

Trouble looming: S/East, S/South on verge of losing out in the in-coming administration

How individual poor diet steers on mortality globally

It’s a miracle that Nigerians are still surviving

States that are moving closer to becoming Nigeria’s mining havens

 

PUNCH

Lekki Free Trade Zone has improved economy Ambode

Ogun Labour Party sues INEC, others over exclusion

APC knocks PDP for opposing Fayemi in Ekiti

CSOs fault INECs decision on Imo North senatorial election

Lagos silent on amount spent on Tinubu, others pension benefits

APC says it lost governorship seats for shunning PDPs style

Obi did not introduce zoning in Anambra

PDP accuses Amaechi, others of plotting constitutional crisis in Rivers

Benue prepares for fresh LG polls

Concerns as 211 Nigerian oil blocks remain idle

Lagos, Edo, Kaduna, CRiver owe over half of states foreign debt

Nigeria needs growth to defuse poverty time bomb Bloomberg

Over 20 million bags of rice smuggled into Nigeria in three months Rice Millers

RMAFC to probe 22 banks over stamp duty collections

FG approves N2.6bn to pay pension increment arrears

NAF helicopter blade kills personnel in Borno

Zamfara killings: PDP advises Buhari, FG orders foreigners to leave mining sites

FG to introduce health care fund for Lassa fever patients

FG says polls delayed NHIS fraud probe report, CDHR disagrees

Dickson blames illiteracy for environmental terrorism against Niger Delta

10 die in Tiv/Jukun clash, five in Borno suicide attacks

Account for money spent on education, SERAP tells Okowa

Saraki urges Qatar to end visa restriction on Nigerians

Insecurity: Ex-APC spokesman wants Buhari to account for $1bn

UKs May warns deal with opposition only way to secure #Brexit

Three killed, 30 injured in suicide bomb attack

FG to inaugurate health insurance for Lassa fever patients

Its unrealistic to expect rollout of new meters by May 1, manufacturer tells NERC

 

THISDAY

Survey: Only 9% of Nigerians Have Health Insurance Cover

Shareholders Oppose National Housing Bill, Urge Buhari to withhold Assent

US Eyes China in New Electric Vehicle Push

CSOs Give INEC Ultimatum to Issue Certificate of Return to Imo…

ALGON Threatens to Sue Anambra Govt over Failure to Hold LG…

Bauchi Gov-elect Berates Incumbent over Alleged Sabotage

Yoruba Elders Laud Immortalisation of Four Members by Ekiti Govt

End Visa Restriction on Nigerians, Saraki Urges Qatar

ALGON Threatens to Sue Anambra over Failure to Hold LG Election in 13yrs

Bayelsa Gives Automatic Employment to 107 PhD, 200 MSc Holders

EU Election Observation Mission Departs Nigeria

Banditry: FG Suspends Mining Activities in Zamfara, Gives Foreigners 48hrs to Vacate Fields

N’Delta: We Made Oil Theft Unattractive, Says Outgoing JTF Boss

Bandits Kill Two Policemen, Others in Kaduna Community

 

SUN

Power shift to South in 2023 non-negotiable ‘APC chieftain

8th National Assembly worked against Buhari ‘ Adeniran

South West can’t produce VP and Reps Speaker ‘Ogunlewe, PDP chieftain

MMIA: Airlines, FAAN bicker over parking space for wide-bodied aircraft

NCC ready for 70% broadband penetration ‘Danbatta

FCT community laments 40 years of no basic amenities

LG vice chairmen caution new govs against dissolution

Dickson offers automatic jobs to 307 scholarship beneficiaries

Ambode performs pre-launch of $50m Lekki factory

Gunmen abduct director of Lagos fire service, 7 others

Despite AU passport, I still need visa to enter Angola ‘Dangote

FG partners OPS on labour-friendly policies

Osun: Adeleke eligible to be governor ‘ Appeal Court

Presidential polls: Why Buhari, Atiku dominated contest ‘ Prof Akintoye

 

GUARDIAN

Every zone must have one of six National Assembly positions

Sodje raises alarm over influx of foreign coaches to Super Eagles

Between Inuwa Yahaya’s victory and challenges of governing Gombe

Controversy over air traffic figures, N525 billion ticket sales

FG rebuilds 4000 healthcare centres, earmarks N14b for facilities

Father, son, allegedly impregnate 13-year-old girl

VANGUARD

Market sentiment may worsen this week ‘ Analysts

Land grabbers poison OAU varsity dam; VC petitions police

Bayelsa govt seals Agip facility over alleged safety checks violation

World health day: AGPMPN calls for re-introduction of community health inspectors

Killings, banditry : Sorrow in Anambra, Zamfara, Katsina, Rivers, Borno

Rivers: Amaechi, Malami pressuring Acting CJN to reverse Supreme Court judgement- PDP

RMAFC set to probe collections of stamp duty by banks

PoS transaction failures threaten cashless policy, financial inclusion

Review decision on digital rights and freedom bill, group urges Buhari

World Health Day: Obaseki harps on attaining Universal Health Coverage in Edo with reforms

We’ve revitalised over 4,000 PHCs ‘ Health Minister

MANGO TREE DEATH: ‘Son told me he was going for tutorials, l didn’t know he was going to die!

Police arrest father, son who raped, impregnated 13-year-old girl

IGP warns against fake news as FG takes over mining fields

EU 2019 election observation mission departs Nigeria

Gunmen kidnap Lagos fire service boss, seven others

 

LEADERSHIP

S’ South May Get Deputy Senate Presidency ‘ Oshiomhole

FG Mulls Healthcare Fund For Lassa Fever Patients

PDP Alleges Plot To Invalidate Rivers Gov’ship Poll

Lagos Fire Service Director, 6 Others Abducted By Gunmen

RMAFC To Probe 22 Banks Over Unremitted Stamp Duty

New $50m Factory Lekki Free Zone To Create 1,000 Jobs ‘ Ambode

I Have No Regret Over Senatorial Election Loss ‘ Ajimobi

Police Confirm Kidnapping Of Bayelsa Council Chairman`s Father

Gloria Regain Freedom From Kidnappers Dem After 26 Days

Cult Clash Claims Eight Lives In Rivers Community

 

TRIBUNE

Robbers, drug dealers, others will take over power, if’ ‘Adeniran

Why equities market may improve in Q2 ‘Expert

CBN intervenes as naira exchanges higher at parallel market

Dangote Sugar posts N34.6bn profit, recommends N1 dividend

Foreign powers begins evacuation as Libya crisis worsens

Rwanda honors over 800,000 killed in genocide 25 years ago

Operators jostle for NCDMB’s $100bn business opportunities

Woman dies as vehicle plunges into river in Ogun

APC, AGF, allegedly pressuring CJN to cause constitutional crisis in Rivers ‘ PDP

Benue LG election holds in few months time ‘ Electoral Commission

Police confirms death of 2 policemen, 3 bandits in Birnin Gwari fresh attack

Oyo Assembly lawmaker, others induct CIFIAN professional members in Abuja

Onnoghen: It’s a surprise, but full drama yet to play out ‘ Lawyer Jakpa

Insecurity: Give account of $1bn from ECA, Timi Frank tells Buhari

 

NATION

Malami distances self from Rivers election

Pressure on Goje to accept Lawan for Senate President

RMAFC to recover N100b stamp duty funds from banks

Lagos Fire Service chief, six others abducted

Smugglers threaten CBNs rice intervention, say processors

Five killed, 45 injured in Borno bomb blast

Senate Presidency: erring senators risk expulsion from APC

Lawan, Goje, Ndume: Who becomes next Senate President

New commissioners will drive Fayemis vision, say APC chieftains

Setting agenda for Buharis next level governance

Gov Abubakar tipped for Bauchis ministerial slot

Oil firm on strong economic data, supply risks

Breaking: 8 feared dead as cultists sack Rivers community

Ive nothing to do with alleged plot to void River poll, says Malami

Court orders sale of properties to defray N35.9m tax debts

 

DAILY TRUST

How we were threatened during 2019 elections ‘ Female candidates

Malami, Amaechi plotting constitutional crisis in Rivers ‘ PDP

Court verdict: Declare me winner now, Rep Orji tells INEC

North West group endorses Gbajabiamila for speaker

Edo PDP demands prosecution of APC member- elect over certificate

PDP militarisation claim usual song of losing party ‘ Arc. Bulama

Senate presidency: N’East youth rally support for Goje

Gunmen abduct politician’s son in Abaji

Ibadan Electric decries loss of N250m equipment to hoodlums

Residents, commuters groan over gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

LIBYA: Fighting near Tripoli leaves 21 dead

Saraki urges Qatari govt to end visa restriction on Nigerians

FG to introduce healthcare fund for Lassa fever patients

Akwa Ibom govt reacts to high HIV/AIDS prevalence, says ‘We are not promiscuous

Why women must stop wearing tight jeans ‘ Microbiologist

NCDMB to drive policies for modular refineries

House c’ttee laments liquidity crisis in electricity market

PDP accuses Malami, Amaechi of plotting constitutional crisis in Rivers

NASS leadership: We won’t allow Tinubu to control APC by fiat ‘ Commander

2023: Power shift to South non-negotiable ‘ APC chieftain

Sokoto governorship: We won but INEC and PDP rigged the elections ‘ APC

How Kano CP helped PDP to rig guber poll, unlawfully arrested my deputy ‘ Ganduje

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