Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 10 March, 2022

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Biden Signs Order On Cryptocurrency As Its Use Explodes

India Logs 4,575 New COVID-19 Cases, 145 Fatalities In 24 Hours

PTAD Allays Pensioners Fear Over Delay In Payments

Shipper’s Council Boss Tasks NIMASA, NPA, Others On Port Process Manual Implementation

Buni Remains Caretaker Chairman Of Our Party ‘ APC Senators

Buni, Akpanudoedehe’s Names Missing As APC Releases Committee List For National Convention

CSO Drags Fiscal Responsibility Commission Into A’Ibom Loan Deals

PUNCH

Insecurity threatens food security in Edo, Rep member laments

Oluwo marries Kano princess Saturday, monarch wont attend wedding

16 security agents killed as bandits attack Kebbi deputy govs convoy

Ortom asks residents to confront killer herders as gunmen kill five

Dont pay for posting, relocation, NYSC warns corps members

Drug abuse: Northern groups, others collaborate to check addiction

Catholic church recalls priest suspended for banning Igbo songs

Prosecute cases of child sexual molestation, Reps charge Malami

Generals killers, over 200 terrorists, others arrested in Kaduna

OAU to hold matriculation March 14

Soldier detained for refusing to fight Boko Haram, three bandits escape from Kogi detention

Bunis lawyers, rebels colluded to procure judgment stopping convention El-Rufai

Dont be distracted, Akeredolu tells APC chairmanship aspirant

Soludo lists Anambra multiple challenges, seeks freedom to work

DSS summons Reps leader, gov aspirant, LG bosses over Kano violence

Aviation fuel: Airfare hikes loom as marketers predict N700/litre

IOCs exit stalls Nigerias ability to meet OPEC quota FG

FG bans direct farmers, foreigners trade, demands agents

Anchor Borrowers scheme faulty, selective, AFAN tells CBN

Shettima advocates N12bn annual investments in Chibok, others

Fresh strike looms in maritime sector, NLC writes Amaechi

Pipeline vandalism, reason for high fuel trucks WARTO

Review mass transport scheme, National Assembly urges FG

Akwa Ibom Assembly approves N150bn facility, group faults serial loans

Tackle insecurity to attract investors, NESG tells FG

FG denies naming Qatar Airways preferred bidder for Nigeria Air

Okomu seeks hosts protection, lists N20m whistle-blowers cash, 50 convictions

Senate passes bill proposing two percent recovered loot for anti-graft agencies

Oil producers demand tough actions against oil theft

Buhari appoints Dumbari as hydrocarbon remediation boss

FG woos Turkish investors for Nigerias oil sector

Fuel scarcity: Nigeria now has 1.9bn litres of petrol Minister

THISDAY

REDAN: Money Launderers Blocking Bill to Sanitise Real Estate Business

Obasanjo Laid Enduring Foundation for Fourth Republic, Says ADP

FG Blames Waning Investment, Insecurity for Declining Low Crude Oil Production

Barkindo: No Shortage of Oil Despite Surging Prices

Fashola: No Death in Second Niger Bridge Convoy

FRCN Commences Online Submission of Code of Corporate Governance Report

Deep Blue Project: Armed Forces, CBN, NPA Distance Selves from $195m Contract

NNPC: There Is Enough Petrol to Last One Month

Nigeria Seals Oil, Gas Local Content Development Deal with Senegal

Court to Hear FG’s Extradition Suit against Abba Kyari March 23

No Preferred Bidder Yet for Nigeria Air, FG Clarifies

To Us, Buni Remains CECPC Chairman, Say APC Senators

Akeredolu: APC Needs Energetic, Accessible National Chairman

Ex-PDP Governors Allege Nigeria Heading for Disaster

Police Announce Death of DIG Egbunike, Officer Investigating Kyari

Amina Mohammed: We Need to Recommit Our Energies Towards Gender Equality

Seven NDLEA Officers Injured During Arrest of Taraba Drug Kingpin

Lawmakers Demand Justice for Slain BRT Passenger, ‘Bamishe

Insecurity: Tambuwal Vows to Flush Out Bandits, Informants

Five Killed as Suspected Herdsmen Attack Benue Community

Agboola: SMEs Will Benefit from Flutterwave’s New Investment Plans

NIRSAL Facilitates N73bn to Agro-processing, Focus on De-risking Agriculture

Professionals in Politics Call on Jonathan to Join 2023 Presidential Race

Defection: Umahi, Deputy Ask A’ Court to Reverse Sack

SUN

Were yet to receive certified copy of judgment INEC

6 Nigerian airlines form Spring Alliance to tackle flight delays, cancellation

Zero investment, insecurity reasons for not meeting OPECs production quota Sylva

2nd Niger Bridge may be tolled as FEC develops National Tolling Policy

Senate rejects request to amend new Electoral Act

Banning of Igbo songs: Archbishop recalls suspended priest

15 suspected cultists arrested with hard drugs in Delta

7 officers injured, vehicle damaged as NDLEA nabs Taraba drug kingpin

Court fixes March 23 to hear FGs request to extradite Abba Kyari

Again Bayelsa Assembly approves N30b loan request by Diri

Bandits attacks Kebbi Deputy convoy,killed Police officer attached to him

Osun Guber: APC, PDP trade tackles over emergence of Adeleke

Chairmanship: Sani Musa visits, receives Gov Akerodolus blessing

No preferred bidder for national carrier yet -FG

Banditry: FG, international community will stand by Kebbi Govt- Onyeama

GUARDIAN

Russian forces close in on Kyiv on eve of talks

Why Nigeria is unable to meet OPEC quota ‘ Sylva

Electoral Act Amendment: Lawyers, others hail as Senate rejects Buhari’s request

After knocking Justice Ekwo, Umahi hires SANs to reclaim Ebonyi guber seat

Fuel scarcity bites harder in Gombe

Traditional ruler burnt to death in Ogun

Government denies having preferred bidder for Nigeria Air

DSS quizzes Ganduje’s loyalists over political thuggery

Fire guts building as PMS tanker explodes in Lagos

Seven officers injured, vehicle damaged as NDLEA arrests Taraba drug kingpin

Pathologist to testify as court adjourns OAU student murder trial till March 16

Police arrest 220 suspected bandits, robbers in Kaduna

APC should not use insecurity to prevent 2023 poll, says Bafarawa

Likely implications of APC’s zoning formula

Police arrest 220 suspected bandits, robbers in Kaduna

Tricycle operators pledge loyalty to Lagos NURTW boss

Former Super Eagles midfielderJustice Christopher is dead

NESG, AERC advocate sectoral reforms to aid industrialisation

NLC writes Amaechi, backs maritime workers on strike against IOCs

Mobile technologies generated $4.5tr in 2021, target 400m new subscribers

Customs FOU records N79m from public auction of PMS in Southwest

University as catalyst for national development in post-COVID-19 era

Electoral Act Amendment: Lawyers, others hail as Senate rejects Buhari’s request

VANGUARD

Civilians in armed conflicts in Nigeria: 7,691 killed in 2yrs; women, girls sexually molested, forced to keep mum ‘ Report

India overtakes Nigeria as world’s poverty capital

One Dead, 7 Injured as NDLEA Operatives, Hoodlums Clash in Taraba

Why Nigeria can’t meet OPEC’s 1.8mb/d oil production quota’FG

52 Northern groups move to tackle drug abuse, addiction in North

Int’l Women’s Day: SWAN urges NASS to reconsider proposed gender/affirmative action bills

Bayelsa Assembly approves Diri’s N30bn loan request

2023:Equity means Abia Governor from Aba ‘ Ukwa-Ngwa leaders

Drugs menace: NDLEA admonishes parents to monitor children closely

Sack of Umahi: Judgement aimed at heating up polity in Ebonyi

We’ll continue to occupy NASS until demands are met ‘ Nigerian women

APC edges out Modu Sheriff, Yari, others, zones Chairmanship to North Central

Blackout: GENCOs, FG trade blame over low generation

IWD: Breaking the bias to further financial inclusion in Nigeria

Real Madrid vs PSG: Benzema hat-trick knocks Messi, Neymar, Mbappe out of Champions League

Singing with Burna Boy will be Good Combo, Says Sparrowh

Blackout: GenCos, FG trade blame over low power generation

BREAKING: Bandits kill 15 soldiers, burn patrol van in fresh attack in Kebbi

People tired of reporting kidnap by terrorists in Kaduna ‘ CAN

Police arrest 200 suspected bandits in Kaduna

Hanifa’s murder: Court overrules defendants’ claim of giving confessional statements under duress

DIG Joseph Egbunike: It was medical error to operate him with high BP ‘ Source

Nigerian Consulate in New York laments increasing fake divorce documents

Kebbi killings: Threat to life by murderous gangs, my greatest preoccupation ‘Buhari

2023 Presidency: Group mobilizes for Jonathan, says ‘he is best among those that have shown interest

A country without justice, equity won’t have stability, success ‘ Obasanjo

Group blasts Lori-Ogbebor, says Senate confirmed NDDC Board never nullified

LEADERSHIP

Federal Govt Bans Direct Sale Of Agricultural Produce To Foreigners

Kaduna Police Parade 220 Suspected Bandits, Armed Robbers

Jubilations As Kaduna Senator Lights Up District, Donates Transformers

2023 Presidency: Coalition Lobbies Jonathan To Contest

No Justice League: Obiang Regime Unlawfully Holds Prisoners In Equatorial Guinea

7 Officers Injured As NDLEA Arrests Suspected Drug Kingpin In Taraba

TRIBUNE

Okumu oil paid whistleblowers N20m in 2021, got 50% theft conviction, says MD

Investment in women key to nation’s economic development ‘ Makinde

APC Convention: North-Central to produce National Chairman, as Southeast loses Secretary to Southwest

Women, girls more vulnerable to changing climate conditions ‘ WHO

Establishment of Law School campuses should not be regarded as constituency projects (2)

Order police to pay me N10m compensation for my arbitrary arrest, trader pleads with NHRC panel

NHRC panel orders police to release bus, speed boats, others to Merchant Navy Coast Guard

EFCC arraigns man for N6.1m investment fraud, secures conviction for another on internet fraud in Oyo

Oyo majority leader, others pelted at PDP meeting in Ogbomoso

Bandits kill scores of soldiers in Kebbi

NATION

APC NEC meeting now holds next Thursday

El-Rufai: 19 APC governors endorsed Buni’s removal

Umahi under fire for attacking judge

Senate refuses to amend Electoral Act

Fed Govt’ team to Second Niger Bridge not involved in ghastly accident

Many killed in bandits’ attack on deputy governor’s convoy

ASUU strike: We’re waiting for lecturers for upgraded UTAS, says Fed Govt

Firm handling multi-million dollars Deep Blue project not registered by CAC, Reps…

Kyari’s extradition suit for hearing March 23

Aviation fuel scarcity, price hike disrupt flights nationwide

FIRS, MultiChoice Nigeria agree to resolve tax dispute

HERALD

APC National Convention: Niger Governor Vows To Resist Change In March 26 Date

Oil production: Why Nigeria is unable to meet OPEC quota ‘ FG

Hanifa’s killing: Prime suspect’s confessional statements not obtained under duress ‘ Court

Timaya accused of leaving hit-and-run victim in a pool of her own blood

Accident Claims 3 Lives, Injures 1 On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

DAILY TRUST

APC Crisis: El-Rufai, Umahi divided over Buni

ECOWAS engages stakeholders on security of citizens

How Bandits Forced Kidnapped 13-Year-Old To Rear Cattle For Two Years

Fuel scarcity: Reps direct marketers to make aviation fuel available

FEC To Ban Foreigners From Buying Produce Directly From Farmers — Minister

FG: ASUU Yet To Meet Demand On UTAS

Bandits gun down soldiers in Kebbi

It’s no longer fashionable to cry for help, we must confront our killers — Ortom

‘Thuggery’: DSS arrests two LGA chairmen in Kano

Tanker explodes in Lagos, guts three-storey building

Gunmen kill five in fresh attack on Benue community

2023: Sokoto gov’t asks workers contesting election to resign immediately

Land dispute: ABU lecturers protest, want El-Rufai stripped of degree certificate

FG/ASUU agreements: C’ttee given 3 months to renegotiate terms

Troops kill insurgents, repel attack on Borno town

Corruption: EFCC boss backs Obasanjo on 2023 presidential aspirants

BUSINESSDAY

Russia ‘ Ukraine war stoking into Nigerians’ rising living costs

Abba Kyari is a perfect reflection of the Nigerian system

Nigerian airlines make instant payments for fuel amid scarcity

Pension assets hit N13.6trn, govt securities remain dominant

Africa can lead the world by putting nature at the heart of finance

NIRSAL credit to agro processing industry hits N73bn

2023: Putting weight behind the candidate of your choice

Strengthening women-led organisations in trade facilitation in Africa 

AUTHORITY

Reps investigates Arm forces involvement in over $195m deep blue contract

Sack: Ebonyians hold solidarity rally for Umahi, as gov appeals judgment

Energy transition capable of creating 840,000 jobs Ikeazor

BRT Bus: Reps call for urgent intervention to end ritual killing in Nigeria

Shettima calls for federal presence in Chibok, other Borno communities

IWD: CAN urges Buhari, Govs to listen to women for Nigeria to make progress

2023: The Time To Write Your Name In Gold Beckons, Mr President Prof. Nwaokobia Jnr

Assent to NYSC trust fund act will curb crime among youths

NEW TELEGRAPH

Nigeria’s not yet a nation, says Obasanjo

Senate rejects Buhari’s request to amend 2022 Electoral Act

Ortom to Benue people: Get lawful weapons, confront invaders

Nigerian airlines form historic alliance

APC CECPC CHAIR: Buhari told Bello to take over, says El-Rufai

Nigeria’s external reserves halt 17-day uptrend

Dangote emerges 73rd world richest person

Strike: ASUU yet to meet our prescriptions on UTAS ‘FG

APC Convention: CECPC Zoning C’ttee adopts PGF model with alterations

Ukraine crisis triggers raw material supply disruption

MAN admits Nigeria yet to benefit from $3trn AGOA pact

World Bank mobilises $700m package for Ukraine

INEC ready to implement new Electoral Law ‘Aluko

BLUEPRINT

Women coalition urges NASS to revisit rejected gender bill

Imo: Uneasy calm in Uzodinma’s APC camp over Buni’s ouster

NDLEA arrests Taraba drug kingpin, 7 officers injured, vehicle damaged

Court set to rule on Buhari’s N40m libel suit against Atiku

Create wealth, opportunities through innovation, NYSC DG tells corps members

Pilgrimage to Rome: NCPC flags off intending pilgrims’ screening

Gombe: KFP slams NASS, advocates women participation in politics

Enoh, Usani to stakeholders: Only C/River Central can deliver APC in 2023

We’re not part of Deep Blue Project conception ‘ Army

Anglican Bishop decries leadership failure in Nigeria

Defection: Umahi, deputy approach Appeal Court to set aside judgment

Kwara completes 11 water works, 57 motorised boreholes in 3 years

Defection judgment: NBA hits Umahi over comment, demands apology, retraction

We warned APC over Umahi’s defection, Reps member mocks Ebonyi governor

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