Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 18 March 2022

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Biden Names Ashish Jha As New White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator

Met Office Issues Statement As Orange Skies Hit UK

Police Kill Kidnap Suspect, Arrest 43 Suspected Cultists, Others In Delta

NPAN Condoles With Emeka Obasi’s Wife, Says He Left Enviable Legacies

Soludo: Igbo Youths Tells IGP To Arrest, Prosecute Obiano’s Wife

Group Charges FG On Modernisation, Transformation Of Port Management System

Ogun PDP, Crisis Free, Adebutu Sure Of Victory

It Won’t Be Easy To Beat Nigeria, Ghana Legend Warns Black Stars

7,000 Bauchi Orphans, Vulnerable School Children Get Free Educational Materials

Delta NUJ Warns Members Against Helping Politicians Fuel Crisis With 2023 Ambitions

PUNCH

Court fixes date for hearing against arrest of suspended Kano anti-corruption boss

Soludos administration will herald economic development Anambra Senator

Navy arrests seven Beninoise, other suspected oil thieves

APC in race to hold March 26 convention, battles injunction

AfDB secures $15.6bn for Lagos-Abidjan highway corridor

Lack of transparency, accountability compromised Ogoniland remediation UN

Court sacks Akpanudoedehe-backed APC exco in Akwa Ibom, orders replacement

Gunmen invade Kaduna community, abduct 47 in midnight raid

Ife indigenes protest as OAU names Bamire 12th VC

PCR tests for travellers fraudulent, probe NCDC, ministry WHO envoy

Umahi: INEC to decide on court ruling next week

Nigeria borrowed N6.64tn, serviced debt with N2.93tn in 2021, says DMO

Reps intervene as crisis threatens FCTA, hospital concessionaires agreement

Telcos mull tariff hike as diesel price skyrockets

OPEC quota: Elumelu disagrees with Sylva over low oil sector investment

National Assembly proposing criminalising illegal connection, metre by-pass NERC

Motorcyclists chase task force official over rumoured death of colleague

Church, Navy disagree over project in Akwa Ibom

Church founder wanted by FBI for wire fraud arrested in Enugu

Man arrested for beating 36-year-old wife to death in Delta community

Adamawa chemists inject man to death, steal motorcycle

Policemen guarding Ogun estate kill bricklayer, hide corpse

Suspected female ritualist arrested in Kwara, cash recovered, male visitor flees

Customs impound Dangote truck with 250 bags of foreign rice

Protest as police open fire on Oyo corps members car, flee

Edo PDP chieftain shot by gunmen, lands in hospital

JAMB discovers one million illegal admissions

Soludo sworn in as Anambra governor, retains Obianos SSG

EFCC picks up US-bound ex-gov Obiano at Lagos airport

Protest over Bamires appointment as OAU VC

Help fast-track approval of $500m NTA loan, Lai Mohammed urges Chinese envoy

2023: Northern businessmen buy N40m presidential form for Atiku

IPAC, Chinese Communist Party brainstorm on credible elections

Soludo appoints SSG, two others hours after inauguration

Restructure Nigeria before 2023 elections, Catholic archbishop tells FG

Sit-at-home: Stop playing with Igbolands future Soludo tells IPOB, ESN, others

Adebutu picks governorship form, says no crisis in Ogun PDP

Arrest, prosecute Obianos wife, Igbo youths tell IGP

No record Hushpuppi committed fraud in prison US court

THISDAY 

Nigeria Raises $1.25bn through Eurobonds as Public Debt Hits N41.026trn

We Have Settled N3.5trn of Your N4trn Invoices, FG Tells Gencos

Gender Balance: Emefiele Seeks Top Management Positions for Women

Yet to Decide Zoning of Ticket, PDP Releases Details of Presidential…

Court Orders Dikko to Refund N57m to FG Within Seven Days

Bill to Establish Single Board for Paramilitary Agencies Passes Second Reading…

Al-Makura Vows to Resolve Party’s Court Cases, Sustain Legacy if Elected…

Seaport Terminal Operators Urged to Collaborate with NDLEA to Curb Drug…

Edo Engages MDAs, Others on Design of Benin Technical College Flood…

Breaking: EFCC Arrests Obiano at Lagos Airport

MURIC Lauds Buhari over Improved Rail Services

Poor Leadership Pushing Nigeria to the Brink, NANS Warns

Buhari Approves Reconstitution of NBC Board

Obi: I’m Confident Soludo will Perform

FG Urged to Suspend Tax, Levies on Fuel Imports to Curb Inflation

Buhari Reappoints BOI Chairman, MD/CEO for Another Term

FGs Continuous Enforcement of PCR Tests Worries Nigerian Air Travellers, As Nations Relax COVID-19 Restrictions

UK Snack Brand Announces Entry into Nigeria

NIMASA Act: FG Urged to Allocate 50% Cargo to Nigeria Flagged Vessels

SUN

Buni to harmonise zoning arrangements with govs

Soludo takes oath, tells IPOB: We cant turn against ourselves

2023: PDP slashes cost of nomination, interest forms for youths by half

2023: North East group purchases nomination form for Atiku

Nigerias loses over 95% of crude oil to thieves Elumelu

FG raises $1.25bn via 7-year Eurobond

Multiple taxation killing Nigerias recycling business Waste collectors

Adams urges religious leaders to reverence God

Outrage over Ebele Obianos physical attack on Bianca Ojukwu

Russia/Ukraine war: FG plans new trade policy with former USSR nations

2023: Group woos Enugu monarchs for zoning

Nigerians have no reason travelling abroad for medicare ABUAD CMD, Ogundipe

2023: Ill not resign before handover date -Malami

6 killed in renewed Delta cult war, Ebonyi/Cross River crisis

Exposed: Top officials of government ethnicising national security

Igbo youths declare war on Obianos wife for assaulting Bianca

Jonathan, Sylva perform groundbreaking of Lubricant Plant in Bayelsa

GUARDIAN

Present challenges require that we modernise governance for better delivery, says Edevbie

Egbeda: Hoodlums abduct, throw out 16-year-old boy from moving vehicle after collecting ransom

Federal Government to auction NIMEP to fund mineral exploration

Air Peace opens Niamey route to deepen integration

Russia-Ukraine war, fuel price spike airline costs

Incentivise IOCs to benefit from PIA, PENGASSAN urges FG

Profit taking in 17 stocks drags capitalisation by N6 billion

Obasanjo’s golden chance to make atonement with Yorubas

Buni returns as CECPC ‘sacks’ Akpanudoedehe

Atiku picks N40m presidential form as Tambuwal intensifies consultation

INEC to make pronouncement on Ebonyi next week

Fuel supply: Nigeria paying for 30 years neglect of pipeline, air ticket nears N120,000

Meter bypass: How we lost N36m revenue to Mexis Group ‘ DisCo

High cost of diesel killing businesses in Kwara ‘ KWACCIMA

NDLEA arrests 73 drug offenders, seizes 1,781.85 kg of hemp

Gas tanker explodes in Lagos

VANGUARD

Energy crisis: Price of cooking gas rises by 14% in 2 weeks

Emefiele moves to get more women into banks’ top management

Police arraign 2 men for allegedly assaulting EKEDC staff in Badagry

BREAKING: EFCC arrests Willie Obiano at Lagos Airport

Ogoni cleanup: Stakeholders brainstorm on strategies for seamless operations

Edo PDP chieftain shot by unknown gunmen

Ebonyi: INEC to take decision on Gov Umahi’s fate next week

Activation of MoU with China ‘ll boost tourism ‘ Lai Mohhammed

Business forum buys N40m 2023 Presidential nomination form for Atiku

IPOB denies recruitment of new ESN operatives, says politicians recruiting criminals

APC CECPC passes a Vote of no Confidence on Akpanudoedehe

APC Crisis: Bello’s CECPC insists on Akpanudoedehe’s sack, disclaims Buni’s Convention Sub-committees

Sacked APC lawmakers no longer part of Ebonyi Assembly, PDP lawmakers insist

Delta police arrest 2 for alleged murder of army officer

Five escape as kidnappers abduct 8 in Kwara

Adegoke’s death: We dragged pauper’s body into grave with ropes ‘ Health officer

Panic as elephants destroy farmlands, injure farmer in Ogun

EFCC arrests Church founder wanted by FBI for wire fraud in Enugu

Man allegedly attempts to kill father, familyin Benue

Akpanudoedehe absent as Bello, other CECPC members meet Buni

2023: PDP woos Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, set to reclaim NASS seats in Kogi

2023: Business forum buys N40m Presidential nomination form for Atiku

FG/ASUU face-off: Masses may join NANS protest over biting hardship in Nigeria’ Middle Belt groups warn

Fighting Ojukwu’s wife, disgrace to Ndigbo ‘Bishop Onuoha reacts

LEADERSHIP

EFCC Arrests Church Founder On FBI Wanted List

JUST-IN: Report Of Hushpuppi Committing Fresh $400,000 Fraud From US Prison Fake

Customs Intercepts Trucks Of Foreign Rice, N37.8m Second-hand Shoes

Buni Denies Disbanding Bello-constituted Convention C’ttees

Davido To Gift N20m Startup Support To 20 Young Entrepreneurs

Federal Govt Blames National Grid Collapse On Gas Shortage, Others

As Commercial Aviation Grounds To A Halt Over Fuel Scarcity, Price Hike

2023: Dattijo Meets Kaduna Lawmakers On Sustaining El-Rufai’s Legacies

Customs Orders 135 Units Of Scanners For Seaports, Land Borders

NASS Commends NIMASA Over $195m Deep Blue Project Execution

JUST-IN: Federal Govt, States, FCT Debt Rises To N39.556trn

Digital Transformation: NITDA Begins Building Capacity Of Civil Servants

Lagos Assembly Adopts Recommendations On Human Organs, Tissue Transplantation Bill

Lagos Set To Implement Public Complaints, Anti-corruption Laws

ASUU Vows To Fight For Members’ Welfare In Federal, State Varsities

Governor Bagudu Approves N3.1bn For Workers’ Gratuity, Death Benefits

MURIC Declares Buhari Father Of Modern Nigeria On Infrastructure Development

Shoemaker Stabs Landlord’s Son To Death In Ondo

FCTA Disburses N200m Scholarship To 8,236 Students

NANS Gives FG, ASUU 2-week Ultimatum To End Strike

Businesses Are Suffering, Nigerians Should Be Vocal About 2023 ‘ Elumelu

TRIBUNE

2023: Delta Traditional Rulers Council distances self from proposed monarchs summit

Delta emblem sticker for minibus N8,000, not N25,000 ‘ Contractor

Local stock market goes bearish as investors lose N6.05bn

NCS makes u-turn on introduction of new e-invoice, e-valuation policy by CBN

APC Convention: No going back on March 26 ‘ Governor Buni

Gov Emmanuel to dissolve cabinet, sends five commissioner-nominee names to Akwa-Ibom Assembly

Soludo names SSG, makes two other appointments

70% of patients at Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital are drug addicts, says Provost

FG moves to improve revenue generation, block tax leakages ‘ Ahmed

APC has destroyed Nigeria, says Bauchi gov

2023: Atiku gets PDP presidential nomination form

NATION 

Soludo begs after Bianca, Obiano’s wife brawl at inauguration

CECPC members pass vote of no confidence in Akpanudoedehe

Atiku picks PDP form, Tambuwal digs in

Umahi sack: INEC gets nine orders, motions from courts

EFCC arrests Obiano at Lagos airport

ASUU strike: UI closed down till further notice

God will show us our presidential candidate, says PFN

Bandits abduct 48 in Southern Kaduna community

HERALD

Diesel hike: Manufacturers suffering dwindling production capacity utilisation ‘ MAN

My tenure in office has not yet ended’ ‘ Malami debunks resignation report

JUST IN: Ex Gov Obiano’s wife, Ebelechukwu, slaps Bianca Ojukwu at Soludo’s inauguration

Buhari apologises to Nigerians over inconvenience caused by petrol, electricity shortages

2023: PDP approves election timetable, pegs presidential forms at N40m

ICJ orders Russia to `immediately suspend’ military operations in Ukraine

Buhari backs Buni-led CECC, warns APC governors against divisive utterances

Judicial misconduct: NJC issues warning letters to 2 judges

DAILY TRUST

1 dead, others injured as another building collapses in Kano

Obiano arrested hours after losing immunity

We’ll take a decision on Umahi next week, says INEC

2023: North East business forum buys PDP Presidential form for Atiku

’46 kidnapped’ in fresh Kaduna attack

Fresh crisis in APC as Buni Committee asks Akpanudoedehe to step down

Anxiety as court decides on APC convention today

Buni returns, says Bello did a good job in his absence

Court finally acquits ex-Chief of Air Staff over N66m fraud

FG to hold primary healthcare summit in Abuja

How drug abuse among youths fuels conflict in Jos

Tobacco: Coalition tasks FG, security agencies on graphic warning enforcement

I won’t resign until the end of my tenure – Malami

Soludo: Why Bianca, Obiano’s wife clashed at my inauguration

Visitors decry extortion by Kwara correctional Service officials

Saudi Arabia imposes special tax on soft drinks, e-cigarettes

Obiano’s wife clashes with Bianca Ojukwu at Soludo’s inauguration

Over ‘100 bandits killed’ by security operatives in Niger community

Pensioners shut down Edo, protest N400 monthly pay

Ogun: Steer clear of obas’ rites, traditionalists warn Muslims, Christians

Reps move to regulate Nigeria’s participation in peacekeeping operations

AUTHORITY

APC chair: Omo-Agege, other senators back Adamu

2023: North East Business Community procures Presidential form for Atiku

NCC bags Best Public Sector Regulator Award

2023: A united PDP will win the Presidency says Tambuwal

Sonwo-Olu Mourns The Publisher of Hallmark Newspapers, Emeka Obasi

Akwa-Ibom APC Crisis: Court sacks Ekanem led EXCO

BUSINESSDAY

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Survey shows India, China support Russia

No Chinese money, no problem, says DMO

Cash-strapped Nigeria’s desperation shows with $1.25bn Eurobond sale

Nigeria’s debt hits N39trn, says DMO

Nigeria’s struggling economy in 7 charts

Lagos Aviation Academy students emerge IATA best performers in Nigeria

FMDQ Exchange welcomes NECIT Nigeria Limited Series 1 Commercial Paper on its platform

Investors lose N6bn as equities fail to sustain gain

NEW TELEGRAPH

Court orders ex-COAS Umar to refund N57m to FG within 10 days

Lawan: Arms proliferation cause of insecurity

Fresh loans push Nigeria’s total debt to N39.556trn

Arewa group commends Kalu for receiving Tinubu

Anambra’ll be Nigeria’s compass for the future ‘ Soludo

NYSC: JAMB asks graduates to hold institutions responsible for failure to get admission letters

APC Convention: Govs angry over Buhari’s support for Buni

Agency banking faces increasing threats from stolen data

APC: Decisions taken in my absence remain valid, binding ‘Buni

Politics is about building better society ‘Obi

Nigeria raises $1.25bn via Eurobond to finance 2022 budget

IWD: NDIC board chair tasks women on networking

Russia/Ukraine war: Another test for Nigeria’s agric sector

IMF: Fed tightening raises risks of emerging markets

BudgIT to lawmakers: Eliminate corruption loopholes in 2022 budget

LPG price hike: Retailers seek FG’s intervention

BLUEPRINT

Breaking: EFCC arrests ‘fleeing’ Willie Obiano at Lagos airport

Soludo announces first appointments, retains Obiano’s ex-SSG

Taking youths out of crime through artisanal mining

Youths gradually taking rightful place in politics ‘ Adamu Aliyu

Navy warns against constructing storey-buildings opposite its Akwa Ibom base

Centre trains journalists on investigating illicit financial flows

Kaduna governorship aspirant donates bus to NUJ

Akpanudoedehe absent as Buni, Sani-Bello, other CECPC members meet

2023: Save Nigeria Project backs Emefiele for presidency

PDP slams speaker, others over ‘sack’ of 3 Ebonyi lawmakers

Many Nigerians experienced bullying in school ‘ Polls

Fire destroys 450 IDPs’ tents in Mafa camp

Akpanudoedehe: APC forum demands arrest of 10 CECPC members for flouting Buhari’s directive

Refrain from malicious publications, Malami tells Journalists

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