Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 17 March 2022

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

NATION 

Joe Biden: U.S. will send more weapons to aid Ukraine

British PM: ‘no way’ Ukraine is joining NATO soon

Hallmark publisher Emeka Obasi dies at 58

VC urges industrialists to commercialise innovations for growth

Foundation lifts 100 widows, aged, single parents

Russia expelled from EU Council

ICJ orders Moscow to suspend invasion of Ukraine

‘Decentralise national grid to tackle system collapses’

Marketers, airlines in talks over aviation fuel price hike

PUNCH

Abducted Mayor of Ukraine city released by Russian forces

Tinubu berates presidential aspirants over defections, sells bid at NAssembly

El-Rufai, other APC govs lose out, Buni meets Buhari, returns today

Umahi withdraws suit over names error judge adjourns case

Families, kings cant participate in monarchs installation, burial Ogun traditionalists

Four months after Nembe oil spill, residents bemoan hardship, praying for help

Nigerias unending electricity woes

Wike-Obaseki feud: No PDP leader should attack another Ayu

Umahi: You cant get certificate of return, Ebonyi APC tells PDP

CSO demands Southern president in 2023, backs Jonathan

APC chairmanship: Yari shuns zoning, buys N20m form

Lies, forgeries, persecutions wont stop Ekweremadu Campaigners

Resign if nursing political ambition, El-Rufai tells appointees, officials

Katsina SSG hints at resignation, says gov bid not do-or-die

Atikus former spokesman declares Ogun governorship bid

PDP presidential candidate to emerge May 29

Certificate of Return is illegal, Ebonyi APC tells PDP

Most port scanners are obsolete, says Customs CG

NUPENG cries out as cooking gas price rises again

Banks total assets rose by N8.25tn in 2021 CBN report

Empowering girls, women essential for sustainable development, says NDIC MD

Nigeria refused to save $342m from debt service suspension in 2021

Senate amends Money Laundering Act, banks to report deposits to EFCC

Ganduje sacks Kano chambers exco for failing to hold election

Blackout: FG blames gas shortage, vandalism, okays N40bn for Discos

Poor facilities denied Nigeria benefits of global energy crisis LCCI

Outages: Experts advise companies to embrace renewable energy

FG agency lauds local firms, Tag inaugurates PH facility

Rising crude prices may erode Nigerians purchasing power NACCIMA

NAssembly proposing criminalising illegal connection, metre by-bass NERC

Varsity builds solar generator for rural electrification

Reps orders probe of banks over excessive, illegal charges

Dispatch riders plan protest over extortion, multiple permits

Truck drivers blame poor financing for bad trucks

Adductor injury may force Omeruo out of Ghana clash

CAF rejects Cape Coast stadium for Eagles, Ghana clash

Ukraine: France opens war crime probe into death of Fox News cameraman

IGP suspends Edo community relations chairperson for wearing police uniform

Full letter: Why Buni cant be removed as chairman now, Buhari writes APC govs

United by medical trip, Buhari, Buni meet in London

OAU student: Adegokes death caused by severe haemorrhage -Pathologist

Police arrest native doctor, five others for parading widow naked in Anambra

Convention: Buhari backs Buni, cautions Akeredolu, other APC govs

THISDAY

Biden to send more weapons to Ukraine

PDP NEC Sets Up 37-man Committee over Presidential Ticket

Including Litigation, FG Considers Three Options to Address Electoral Act Impasse

Deep Blue Project: House Queries NIMASA over Arms’ Procurement

Reps Grill NERC over Non-remittance of Operating Surplus to Rural Electrification…

Lagos State Gives Reasons for Planned Reopening of Lekki Toll Gate

Senate Passes Bill to Amend Money Laundering Act

Reps, CBN, Trade Ministry, Others Investigate Challenges Confronting Industrial Centres

Convention: Yari Undermines APC Zoning, Obtains Chairmanship Form

COVID-19: UK Removes All Travel Restrictions

INEC Plans Redistribution of Voters to New Polling Units

My Ambition Not Blind, Tinubu Tells APC N’Assembly Members

Sack: Court to Hear Umahi, Deputy, 16 State Legislators’ Request for Stay of Execution March 21

NJC Places Judge on Watchlist, Recommends Appointment of Six Others as…

Delta Court Adjourns Olu of Warri’s Missing Crown Case to April…

Ganduje Lauds Buhari for Enhanced Fiscal Transparency, Accountability in States

Self-Regulatory Framework for CSOs Out in April

Strike Cripples Academic Activities in Akwa Ibom Public Schools

Commuters Stranded as Pensioners, Transporters Protest in Edo

Labour to Recall North Central Lawmakers Opposing LGAs’ Autonomy

Police Arrest Native Doctor, Others for Stripping Woman in Anambra

Modele Sarafa-Yusuf, Our Sports Girl, Who Would be Governor

Meta Celebrates 50 Women Entrepreneurs for International Women’s Day

Buhari Apologises to Nigerians over Power Outage, Fuel Scarcity

PDP Approves Election Timetable, Pegs Presidential Forms at N40m

Group Hails Senate President’s Support for NDDC Board Inauguration, Urges Buhari…

Breaking: Buni Cancels APC NEC Meeting Slated for Thursday

SUN

2023: PDP presidential candidate emerges May 29

Buni gets Buharis full backing

INEC lists operational challenges in new law

Ebonyi: Court to hear Umahi, deputy, 16 lawmakers motion for stay of execution March 21

APC slams PDP for demanding certificate of return from INEC

2023: NCFront disowns Kwankwaso, NNPP

Forex: MAN urges CBN to establish monitoring, evaluation mechanisms

Marketers, airlines dialogue over aviation fuel price hike

Osun, Ekiti polls: Yoruba group moves to stop election, sues INEC, AGF

Reject VP slot, Ohanaeze tells South East politicians

No going back on Lagos tollgate reopening

NJC issues warning letters to 2 judges, places another on watchlist

FGll pursue Buharis Electoral Act amendment request with all available options Malami

Rivers: 3 to die by hanging for murder

UK cancels COVID-19 test for Nigerians

Vandalism of pipelines, cause of nationwide blackout, says Minister of Power

We can only beat our own record, Abdulrazaq says as Kwara APC exco is inaugurated

Nasarawa: Sule inaugurates APC state executive council

Ekiti seeks stronger partnership with NEMA for disaster victims

GUARDIAN

APC crisis: Buhari takes charge, pushes back govs

Despite backstabbing, God will see me through, says Tinubu

FG considers refusal of Buhari’s Electoral Act amendment by Senate

Abba Kyari’s extradition process on, says Malami

Yoruba self-determination groups ask courts to stop Ekiti, Osun, 2023 general elections

NJC issues warning to two judges, places other on watch list

Woman bathes 12-year-old girl with hot water in Cross River

Residents lament restriction at Soludo’s inauguration

Stakeholders lament as Jonathan’s N1.5b Almajiri Schools rot away

How proposed NITDA Bill 2021 is unsettling ICT sector

APC calls off national executive committee meeting

Gunmen kidnap 30-year-old lady in Delta

Court sentences Okada rider to life imprisonment for defiling 10-year-old girl

Police Inspector quizzed for alleged disappearance of Delta ‘cleric

Late OAU student dies of hemorrhage, traumatic injury, says pathologist

Imo youths protest deplorable state of Owerri-Port Harcourt expressway, others

Organisers pick Easter for Owerri basketball classics

Stakeholders hopeful of improved transmission as investment hits N1.6tr

Investors count losses as fall in stock prices defy market dynamics

FG woos investors to Lekki seaport, rail infrastructure

AfDB seeks $58 billion for Lagos-Cotonou-Lome-Abidjan highway, others

EU urges Nigerian scientists to tap into ‘100b science, tech research initiative

Nigeria’s slow, steady path to sugar self-sufficiency

Power plants require $4.78bn as forex challenges cripple generation

FG targets $1bn from sale of leather by 2025

Nigeria, 16 others raise $112 million, create 2800 jobs via Google initiative

Despite backstabbing, God will see me through, says Tinubu

FG considers refusal of Buhari’s Electoral Act amendment by Senate

Abba Kyari’s extradition process on, says Malami

Electoral Act: National Assembly members should bury their heads in shame over section 84(12) , says Sule Lamido

Establishing sustainable vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa vital to continent’s health security

Nigeria’s rig count up as OPEC warns of uncertainty from impact of Ukraine conflict

Yoruba self-determination groups ask courts to stop Ekiti, Osun, 2023 general elections

EFCC nabs 13 suspects over internet fraud in Enugu State

Buhari backs Buni to conduct APC national convention

Six in police net for allegedly parading widow naked in Anambra

NJC issues warning to two judges

VANGUARD

Obaseki, Wike face-off a result of desperation for power ‘ Edo APC chairman

BREAKING: APC releases final list of Sub-Committees ahead of national convention

Court orders final forfeiture of property, over $228,428 linked to retired Air Force Chief

Marine notice 106: IOCs begin compliance ‘ Maritime workers

PENGASSAN expresses fear over IOCs’ divestment

Olu of Warri’s missing crown : Magistrate court declines transfer of case, adjourns to April 20

How I risked my life to end banditry ‘ Katsina SGS

Buhari apologises over petrol, electricity shortages

BREAKING: Buni on the rebound, cancels APC NEC meeting fixed Thursday by Bello

Kanu’s ill health: Court declines to summon DSS DG to give evidence

Delta senator, Patrick Osakwe, dies in London hospital

Nigeria’s import bill on used vehicles rises 12% to N617.5bn

Amended Electoral Act’ll be used against political opponents ‘ Ede, SAN

COVID-19: Six million people killed globally, says DG, NCDC

Gunmen kill 2 prison officers in Imo

Herdsmen attack: Staff, students flee Delta school

Benue: Tension in Katsina-Ala as bandits threaten mayhem over killing of colleagues

Adegoke murder: Deceased not suffering from any disease prior death ‘ Pathologist

6 in police net for allegedly parading widow naked in Anambra

Actress remanded in prison custody over ‘malicious facebook post’ against Abia chief

Edo PDP Crisis: External forces, meddlesome interlopers should leave us alone, Urhoghide

2face gives back to OAU as he commissions multimillion studio built for music dept

Malami makes further clarifications on DCP Abba Kyari

Obiano hands over to Soludo, conducts him round Government House

APC Crisis: Buhari backtracks, recognises Buni’s CECPC

Many women of easy virtue in Nollywood end up as Instagram stars ‘ Kanayo .O. Kanayo

Energy Crisis: FG raises electricity tariff amid growing shortage

Electricity has improved under Buhari’s administration, says presidency; Nigerians react

LEADERSHIP

Marketers In Talks With Domestic Airlines Over Aviation Fuel Price Hike ‘ MOMAN

Custodian Investment Records 14% Revenue Growth

Home-grown Industrialisation Key To Economic Recovery ‘ NASENI

Airline Operators May Suspend Friday Strike As Senate Intervenes

Equities Participation By Foreign Investors Rises To N41.3bn

Consumer Rights Day: FCCPC Vows More Clampdown On Loan Sharks

NCC Tasks Telecoms Firms On Protection Of Consumers Digital Transactions

Amended Bill: Banks To Report N5m Transaction In Writing To EFCC

Expert To NASS: Expedite Legislation On Decentralisation Of National Grid

TRIBUNE

Nigeria can beat poverty by empowering women, says FAO Foundation CEO

Old Students associations, alternative means of funding education sector

(JUST IN): PDP fixes N40m as cost of forms for presidential candidates, N21m for governorship (Read details of the communique)

Fuel scarcity, poor power supply leave residents, business owners groaning

Buhari to APC govs: Allow Buni to conduct national convention

Export: NPA flags-off Ikorodu export processing terminal

Private security practitioners association holds health workshop for members in Oyo State

Reps to probe excessive charges imposed by banks on transactions

BUA Cement donates transformers, power solar boreholes to Sokoto community

Governor Diri, Odi School alumni raise funds for science laboratory project

Power outages: FG blames menace on attack on pipelines

NULGE, PASAN, JUSUN rally S/West Assemblies support for LG, judiciary, legislature autonomy

Soludo to be inaugurated as Anambra governor on Thursday

2023 election: Reps APC Caucus endorses Tinubu as only Presidential candidate

Reps urge FG to grant automatic employment to First Class graduates

HERALD

TEF, Google.Org partner to support 1 million African entrepreneurs

Gunmen kill 2 prisons officers in Imo

NEITI Report: Reps demand evidence of N2.6trn taxes, royalty, others from companies

N139m theft: Court issues bench warrant against company boss Osita Ojeah

Why Nigeria’s experiencing epileptic electricity supply ‘ Power Minister

NGO raises alarm over increasing rate of incest in Plateau

No light, no fuel!’ Citizens cry out over the deplorable state of affairs in Nigeria

DAILY TRUST

APC cancels NEC meeting as Buhari backs Buni c’ttee

NURTW Attack Zamfara Fire Service, Injure State Director, Principal Officers

We’re talking with airlines over aviation fuel price hike – Marketers

Youths arrested over ‘robbery’ to be arraigned after two years in detention

‘200 universities not enough for Nigeria’

Human rights activist, Bulama Bukarti, now eligible to practise law in UK

Bandits kill four, abduct village head, others in Taraba

Power outage: National Grid Restored, says Minister

Reps to probe banks over excessive deductions from customers’ accounts

Journalists threaten to boycott INEC’s activities in Ebonyi

Police in Borno get British Council’s COVID-19 items

2023: El-Rufai directs governorship aspirant, Dattijo, to resign

Why we can’t join ASUU strike – Kwara varsity

NUT strike cripples academic activities in Akwa Ibom schools

#EndSARS: No going back on Lekki tollgate reopening as LCC owes N24.52bn — Commissioner

2023: PDP presidential aspirants to pay N40m for forms

AUTHORITY

WCRD 2022: NCC assures of robust digital infrastructure for financial services

NCC upgrades emergency communications centres

LASU to break Cocoanut to mark 25th convocation

Chaos as FCTA demolition team hits Utako

2023 politics: Tinubus crabby posture and Jonathans exemplary disposition

EFCC IS ON A VENDETTA AGAINST CHIEF WHIP OF THE SENATE FOR POLITICAL REASONS: SAYS HURIWA

BUSINESSDAY

Petrol imports double to N3.96trn in one year

Commodity exchanges seen as better deal for farmers

Germany should look to Africa instead of Russia for gas

How Europe’s hypocrisy enables Putin exploit EU’s weaknesses

Nigerians’ misery rises as living standards fall

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Thirty Nigerian Youths Graduate From U.S. Consulate Fashion Entrepreneurship Programme

2022 FIFA World Cup Playoffs: Ghana High Commissioner Visits Nigeria’s Sports Minister

Gunmen Kidnap 30-Year-Old Lady In Delta

Women Group Condemns Striping Of Widow In Anambra Community

Autopsy: We Can’t Entrust Bamise’s Body To Lagos Pathologist ‘ Family

Tinubu, APC Stalwarts To Storm LASU For 25th Convocation Lecture, As 112 Bag First Class

Ibadan: NLC Protests, Demands Autonomy For LGs, Legislature, Judiciary

2023: ‘We Are With You,’ Lawan Assures Tinubu

Alleged Malicious Facebook Post: Actress Remanded In Prison Custody

NEW TELEGRAPH

Paying refinery workers, others billions for doing nothing

2023: Reps APC Caucus endorse Tinubu

Ill-health: Court dismisses Kanu’s application inviting DSS DG for oral evidence

We’ll explore options to deal with rejected Electoral Act Amendment ‘Malami

NJC warns two judges, places one on watch list

2023: PDP sets up 37-member zoning committee

2023: Buhari moves to rescue APC from implosion

Electoral Act: El-Rufai directs appointees with 2023 ambition to resign

Convention: APC rakes in N140m from Chairmanship Nomination Forms

COVID-19 loans: CBN extends forbearance by 12 months

NITDA Bill: Avoiding regulatory confusion in ICT industry

30 Nigerian youths graduate from U S Consulate fashion Programme

FG to boost economy with 179,000TEUs dry ports

NLC to FG: Deploy oil windfall to fix refineries

BLUEPRINT

Ukraine not joining NATO ‘ President Zelensky

Russian troops take hospital staff, patients hostage in Ukraine

Power collapse: NERC launches probe as FG restores full operation, addresses vandalism

Buhari breaks silence on fuel scarcity, electricity collapse

Sowore: Fresh arraignment of cybercrime charges stalled at FHC

Kwara APC inaugurates new excos, sets agenda for aspiring members

Reps canvass automatic employment for 1st class graduates

Pipeline vandalisation, others responsible for grid collapses ‘ FG

Nasarawa APC swears in state working committee members

Kaduna: Ex-CoS receives el-Rufai, Speaker’s blessings, declares for guber race

Exclusive: Buhari recognises Buni, orders status quo ante ahead convention

Why we can’t participate in ASUU strike ‘ KWASU branch

Breaking: Yari defies APC zoning arrangement, picks nomination form for Chairman

Ukraine invasion: EU slams sanctions on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich

Illegal possession of firearms: Court sentences hunter to 10 years

NGO seeks policies to curb sexual harassment in workplace

Zaria agric institute hails journalists on professionalism

15 sacked Ebonyi lawmakers declare 3 seats vacant

FG to restore livelihood, socio-economic status of Northeast ‘ Minister

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