Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Sunday, May 5, 2019

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

BUSINESSDAY

Healthcare, tourism post unimpressive Q1 results as profits decline to N156bn

I did not rig election to favour any candidate, says Igini

Kogi’s months of unpaid salaries claims one, as judiciary staff slumps, dies

Household dust may be contributing to childhood obesity epidemic

Osinbajo to outline catalyst for nation building at LASU convocation

Edo Start-up Fund will spur entrepreneurship ‘ governor’s aide

IBEDC blames poor delivery on vandals tampering with electricity facility

India’s Bharti Airtel targets June for London IPO of $5bn Africa phone unit

 

PUNCH

Wase drops speakership bid, lobbies Gbajabiamila for deputy

APC leaders disagree over Obasekis adoption for second term

CP, Benin police meet on herdsmen killings in Ogun

NNPC to build condensate refinery for petrol production

US cuts monthly oil imports from Nigeria by 89%

Recurrent expenditure takes 70% of Consolidated Revenue Fund inflow FG

North-Central aspirants team up, vow to stop Gbajabiamila

FEC approves N169.74bn contracts for 10 roads

Threat to handover: PDP, ADC, SDP tackle army over alleged plot to truncate democracy

Diezani, Badeh, Fayose, Dasuki, Yuguda, 65 others forfeit 214 properties to FG

Sit-at-home: Anambra, Umahi attack IPOB, Ohanaeze rejects order

Okorocha inaugurates 52-member transition panel

NNPC negotiating, processing $15bn oil sector financing deals

El-Rufai begs NAF to end banditry on Kaduna-Abuja road

Ekiti APC elders reject Onis suspension

Pick ministers from outside APC, activists tell Buhari

IGs squad, counter-terrorism unit hunt for Daura monarchs abductors

Sharia police to arrest people eating in public during Ramadan

Yoruba youths fault Olugbos appointment of diasporan monarchs

Nigerians at mercy of kidnappers, Onaiyekan tells FG

Well meet Oyetola over minimum wage implementation Osun NLC

Devise ways to stop fake news, Osinbajo tells NGE

ADP expels national secretary, 16 others

Twitter erupts as police transfer ACP Abayomi Shogunle

Ramadan: Sultan tells Muslims to search for new moon

Imo monarch asks IG to resign

Religion, politics have disunited Nigerians Monarch

Kano holds mass wedding for 1,500 couples

Buharis UK visit should not extend beyond 10 days

CAN tasks northern govs on insecurity

Nigerias perilous low life expectancy index

South African robbers stab another Nigerian to death

 

THISDAY

Nigerians to Bear the Brunt of Trumps New Immigrant Crackdown

Security Agencies Get Additional N56.223 Billion of N90 Billion Added…

Buhari and Abike Dabiri as Poster Boys for All that is Wrong with Nigeria

Falana: APC Govt Has Turned Nigeria to Banana Republic

FG Approves N170bn for Road Construction, Rehabilitation Nationwide

Nigeria’s Muhammad-Bande Declares for UN General Assembly Presidency

NDDC Trains, Empowers Physically Challenged

Okpekpe Race: Police to Deploy Sniffer Dogs, Horses, Choppers

FEC Approves N9.2bn for New Model Schools, Others

 

SUN

INEC issues guidelines to external solicitors handling election petitions in Akwa Ibom

Atiku vs Buhari: Atiku support group expresses confidence in judiciary

2019 female candidates to Buhari: Include us in your govt

Oni’s suspension divides APC

Anxiety as ADP expels campaign DG, 16 others over anti-party activities

Security guard murders colleague, dumps body in canal

NGE Convention: Osinbajo, Ambode task media on adherence to professionalism

Anglican Church expels 2 priests over homosexuality

Boko Haram over runs military base in Borno

DSS raids two brothels in C’River

Anambra police arrest couple for selling 3-day old baby, nab 2 for robbing a Facebook friend

16 die in Kano multiple auto crash

Suspected gunmen kill ex-governor, Bafarawa security guard, kidnap one

May 29: Army raises alarm over plans by foreign elements to disrupt handover

Bandits,herdsmen may turn Nigeria to another Somalia -Olajide, YCE scribe

South East should produce president in 2023 -Gen Williams

Nigeria becoming a failed state ‘Olisa Agbakoba

Why south East should produce president in 2023 ‘ Balarabe Musa

How Ojukwu, Gowon’s personality clash caused Biafra war

My brother’s killing in Ibadan painful ‘Finidi George

GUARDIAN

DSS nabs 59 suspected sex workers in Calabar

Building Collapse: Committee recommends urban, regional planning tribunal

Kalu and quest to sanction APC leaders in Southeast

Sharia police to arrest adults eating in public during Ramadan in Kano

Press freedom not negotiable in Nigeria ‘ Dogara

Actors Guild of Nigeria Issues Warning To Tonto Dikeh

 

VANGUARD

Pipeline survelliance contractors appeal to NNPC to pay arrears

Obaseki’s road projects connect more Edo communities

Nigerian Army warns media against unverified information

Press freedom under Buhari is banality ‘ Dogara

Osinbajo to NGE : ‘speak up against bastardization of the new media

Edo govt lauds petroleum marketers for stable supply, price of PMS

Osinbajo assures on completion of 2nd Niger Bridge

Prices of tomato, pepper increase by 60% in Lagos ahead of Ramadan

On Banditry: Will someone please tell Mr.President

Oil market dynamics amid US sanctions on Iran

Malaria: Some people collect mosquito treated nets and use them as fishing nets ‘ Expert

 

LEADERSHIP

Army Alleges Plot To Scuttle May 29 Inauguration

Nigerians Flay N23.7bn Severance Package For Senators, Reps

Press Freedom In Nigeria Not Negotiable ‘ Dogara

Kidnapping Along Kaduna/Abuja Highway Will Soon Be Over ‘ el-Rufai

Kano State Government To Pay Dowry Of 1,500 Brides

DSS Arrests 59 Sex Workers In Calabar

Police Deploy New Mobile Units To Tackle Kidnapping, Banditry

All 143 Passengers Cheat Death In US Plane Crash

Another Nigerian Stabbed To death In South Africa

APC Leaders Disagree On Suspension Of Former Governor From Party

Agitation For Young Candidates Rattles Power Blocs In Bayelsa

Apapa Traffic: NPA Truck Transit Park Set For Take-Off

Only FG Can Reduce Duty On Imported Vessels ‘ Customs

Maritime Workers Lament Sack Of 300 Nigerian Seafarers

Fishery Technology College Moves To Produce Self- employed Graduates

Customs, Clearing Agents Bicker Over Strike Force At Seaports

Insurgency: AI Calls For Prosecution Of Perpetrators

OML 29: Oil Exports Resumes As Aiteo Fixes Vandalized Nembe Creek Oil Pipeline

ILO, The Netherlands Project Against Child Labour Gulps ’28m

Nigeria Needs Nation-Builders, says Citizens’ Town Hall Meeting

Insecurity: el-Rufai Commissions 271 NAF Detachment In Birnin Gwari

 

TRIBUNE

Another Nigerian ‘Okechukwu Henry’ stabbed to death in South Africa

Lai Mohammed to Media Practitioners: Let’s fight terrorism together

16 men including homosexuals, brothel owner, underage girls in custody

NGE will continue to provide training, direction for members ‘ Egbemode

Muslim youths urged to proffer solutions to global challenges

Guard killed, another kidnapped as gunmen attack Bafarawa’s house

DSS arrests 59 commercial sex workers in Calabar

Kano govt to conduct mass wedding for 1,500 couples

APC elders reject Oni’s suspension from party

Couple nabbed for selling 3-day old baby for N300,000 in Anambra

 

NATION

Army: Foreign interests ploting to scuttle May 29

How we busted drug cartel that implicated Zainab, by NDLEA chief

Husband from hell: He raped my daughter and bathed me with acid

APC picks Wase as Deputy Speaker, says Jibrin

Child trafficking: ILO executes 28m project in Nigeria, four other African countries

Union, workers demand probing of Enelamah over alleged impunity, corruption

Abuja/Kaduna road: Onaiyekan urges FG to step up security

Unpatriotic elements, foreign collaborators plan to disrupt Nigerias democratic process Army

Nigeria in worst period of insecurity- Dogara

 

DAILY TRUST

In Imo, Ihedioha raises alarm over alleged booby traps

Ekiti: APC elders reject ex governor Oni’s suspension from party

See college which allegedly produced 75% of teachers in Kaduna

Another Nigerian stabbed to death in South Africa

Foreign interests undermining peace, scuttle Buhari inauguration, says Army

Fiona Onasanya: Peterborough MP jailed for speeding

Scientists find `oldest human’ footprint in Americas

ADP expels national scribe, 16 others, summons Owie

Senate figures ‘catastrophic health fund’ into 2019 budget

Darius aide debunks social media claims the governor is ‘critically ill

How I’m making N60,000 monthly from beauty business ‘ Corps member

Osun guber: Scores of judgement as Adeleke, Oyetola lock horns in courts

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