Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 15 March 2023

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

PUNCH

Biden to host Irish PM on St. Patricks Day

Russian jet collides with US drone over Black Sea

Local experts divided over US banks collapse

OML 17: FG vows to fish out oil thieves

Nestle SA acquires over N90 billion shares in Nigerian subsidiary

Real estate firm advocates workplace gender equity

55 countries facing serious health worker shortages WHO

Truck kills three, injures two on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway

Police declare Bauchi Rep wanted, place N1m bounty

Three feared killed over power supply in Benue

How multiple taxation cripple businesses, companies in Nigeria

Buhari passes the buck as Nigerians battle cash crunch

Naira crisis: Banks ration old notes, NLC insists on seven-day ultimatum

INEC denies appointing ex-Lagos commissioner as ICT head

Opposition parties allege arms build-up ahead Ebonyi gov poll

Election tribunal: Obis legal team cuts across tribes, says campaign council

Police affairs ministry to support Presidential Transition Council

Ayade extends teachers retirement age by five years

Gunmen allegedly attack Delta PDP gov candidates convoy

BREAKING: Court jails ex-Imo commissioner for three years

Embrace bi-partisan approach to issues, Lawan advises 10th Assembly

Imo elders urge NLC to suspend strike

THISDAY

INEC to Political Parties: See March 18 Elections as Contest, Not War

Delta Governorship Candidates Debate on ARISE News Channel Today

Marginal Fields: NUPRC Moves to Mitigate Awardees’ Funding Challenges

OPEC Confirms Nigeria’s 1.3 Million bpd February Crude Oil Output

Alleged Pension Disparity: Court Fixes May 19 for Judgment in Retirees’ Suit against FG

Nigeria Missing as Vice President Kamala Harris Visits Africa This Month

Banks Begin Dispensing of Old N500, N1, 000 Notes via ATMs, Over-the-Counter

Alleged N9.4bn Fraud: Court Dismisses Lebanese Citizens’ Request to Quash Charge, Extradition Order

Osinbajo Launches $600m Programme for Young Nigerians in Technology, Creative Sectors

Mobile Money Transactions Volume Rose by 70% in Feb

Nigeria’s Politics Fascinating, Has Bright Future, Says British High Commissioner

I Will Build Lagos That Works for All, Says Rhodes-Vivour

Umahi: APC Must Guide Process for Electing 10th N’Assembly Leadership

Obi-Datti Campaign Cautions Against Stoking Ethnic Tension in Lagos

Ahead of Elections, Edo APC Accuses Obaseki of Recruiting Thugs, Vigilante, NURTW

Amaechi: Wike a Drunk, Spends N50m on Alcohol Weekly

IGP, AIGs, CPs, 200 Other Senior Officers to Retire after 35 Years in Service

Foreign Airlines’ Trapped Funds in Nigeria Hit $734mn

Police Recover 186 Arms, 430 Ammunition Ahead Saturday’s Polls

LP Suspends Guber Candidate for Anti-party Activities in Kwara

Osun PDP: APC Justifying Arrests of Our Leaders Confirms Collusion with Police

Accord Party Endorses Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat for Second Term

NUJ Urges INEC to Ensure Next Abia Gov Emerges through Credible, Transparent Poll

Polls: Call Your Supporters to Order, De-escalate Tension, NGO Urges Candidates

Perpetrators of Nembe Attack Must Be Brought to Book, Bayelsa Insists

SUN

NSA gives military, security agencies marching orders

Presidential election: PDP, Atiku return to tribunal with fresh application

Yakubu lacks credibility to conduct further elections, say Peter Obi supporters

Election: Ohanaeze wants FG, security operatives to arrest, prosecute those threatening Igbo in Lagos, Rivers, others

Indigenes group affirms Lagos LP guber candidate as bonafide Lagosian

Group condemns burning of Lagos market, tasks Igbo to vote wisely in guber elections

Nigeria-Benin bid for 2025 AFCON: CAF schedules inspection visit for March 31

Naira notes: Nigerians knock Buhari, Emefiele over response to SCourt ruling

Marginal Fields: NUPRC brokers financing model to grow oil production

Banks slash PTA/BTA to $2000

Buhari to intervene in travel industry crisis as foreign airlines blocked funds hit $743m

Over 12m cyber attacks recorded during 2023 elections -Pantami

Anti-corruption: CSOs resume protest against EFCC boss

Adeleke inaugurates 10.5km Osogbo-Ikirun-Ilaodo Kwara boundary road

Police nab fake soldiers for armed robbery, cultism in Edo

Kanu suffering from heart, nutrient deficiency IPOB

Kaduna guber: Stop wooing our candidate, LP warns PDP

Consider restructuring as priority, Gani Adams tells Tinubu

Delta PDP guber candidate, Oborevwori escapes assassination attempt

Ogun: Customs intercepts 11 truck loads of foreign rice, other prohibited items

GUARDIAN

Family, corps members remember corper killed in Lagos train-bus accident

Three years after Abule-Ado explosion: Rev Sister Alokha, SSH receive another posthumous award

Ogun police to charge 33-year-old woman for landlord’s death

Police confirm death of UNICAL lecturer found dead in apartment

Ease of doing business: Maritime stakeholders back FG’s low ranking of Customs

Small-scale mining in Nigeria: Potential for growth, but at what cost

Stakeholders revisit Nigeria’s wheat production targets

CAMA amendment will enhance shareholders’ participation, attract FDIs

Gender Equality: How technology amplifies women’s voices

Size, tenor of loans to manufacturing sector discouraging productivity

Sanwo-Olu: Running on experience and track record

Two African banks stake $16 billion in oil, gas projects

Lassa Fever: 22 states recorded 109 deaths in January ‘ NCDC

Police arrest suspected car snatcher, recover 2 cars

Nigerian Military, Police lauded over relative peace during 2023 Presidential polls

Zainab Marwa unveils ‘101 Nigerian Women of Impact’ in New York

FG, pensioners suit: Court to deliver judgment May 19

VANGUARD

Nigerians should be proud of 2023 presidential poll ‘ Outgoing British envoy

Polls: NSA threatens severe sanctions for electoral offenders

LP candidate sues INEC over Eti-Osa Rep election

Lagos ranks 133rd in world’s most polluted cities ‘ Report

Rail accident: NRC to construct flyovers at level crossings

Polls: Desist from ethnic violence, coalition tells Nigerians

Pay our entitlements before you go, Police officers appeal to IGP

We’ve ‘lost confidence in INEC boss’ ‘ National Youths Alliance

Assassination: Further attempt on Oborevwhori ‘ll attract serious consequences ‘ Mayor of Urhoboland

3 Days To Polls: Intrigues as govs, others intensify battle for states

Court sentences man to death for killing his father in A’Ibom

Election: PDP, APC, other guber candidates, sign peace accord in A’Ibom

Okowa underscores importance of technical education in societal growth

Police arrest 13 criminal suspects, recover firearms, ammunition in Enugu

I killed over 15 persons in Katsina ‘ 28-yr-old terrorist confesses

Certificate forgery: 43 Nigerian nurses face criminal charges in US

#EndSARS: Court orders Lagos govt to pay assaulted Uber driver N5m

Nigerian man jailed for life over South African singer’s murder

Two schoolgirls stab 12-yr-old to death in Germany

60% of out-of-school children are girls

Polls: INEC suspends Abia REC

NLC suspends strike in Imo for 2-weeks

Lassa Fever: 22 states recorded 109 deaths in January ‘ NCDC

Obidients movement endorses Peter Mbah

Polls: Arrest those threatening Igbo in parts of Nigeria, Ohanaeze tells FG

NLC suspends strike in Imo for 2-weeks

FG committed to bilateral air service agreement’Sirika

LEADERSHIP

Ekweremadu’s Wife Denies Involvement In Organ Harvesting Saga

Halleys Homes Director Speaks On Focus, Integrity As Keys To Real Estate Success

Wike Is A Drunk, Spends N50m On Alcohol Per Week ‘ Amaechi

Old Naira Notes: Despite CBN Directive, It’s No Show In Borno

Assembly Polls: Obaseki’s Massive Road Construction ‘ll Give PDP Candidates Victory ‘ Iyoha

Naira Scarcity: Buhari’s Quick Response Excites ACF, Seeks Immediate Implementation

Cash Crunch: Bank Customers Lament In Kaduna

Cash Crunch: e-Transactions Volume Soar To 121%

Old Naira Notes: Banks Paying Maximum N5,000 To Customers In Rivers

TRIBUNE

Lift executive order on monarchs denied salaries, entitlements ‘ Iwo charges Adeleke

FG pledges commitment to air travel agreements

N90bn Osun allocation: Your allegations spurious, unfounded, PDP tells APC

Thousand of Folarin no match for Makinde, Arapaja lambasts APC guber candidate

NASS leadership: Use zoning to ensure balance, equity ‘ Umahi tells APC

Lagos ranked 313th in world’s most polluted cities, Nigeria 10th in Africa

Naira Scarcity: Banks in Ibadan dispense old naira notes to customers

LP urges supporters to remain calm ahead of Saturday’s election

Gani Adams sets agenda for President-elect, Tinubu

Police launch special investigation team on electoral process in Sokoto

Adeleke commissions 10.5km Osogbo-Ikirun road, assures Osun indigenes of infrastructural development

UK High Commissioner lauds Reps on passage of Electoral Act 2022

Guber poll: Come out enmasse to vote, group tells Kaduna youths

Foreign airlines trapped funds in Nigeria increases to $743m

Nigeria’s politics fascinating, has bright future ‘ British envoy

NATION

Foreign airlines’ trapped cash now $743.7m

Be proud of Feb 25 polls, says UK envoy

Elections: Don’t surrender to ethnic hate promoters, Nigerians urged

China reopens borders to travellers

Fed Govt reserves $618m for youths in Tech, Creative sectors, says Osinbajo

‘We blocked 12.9m cyber-attacks during February 25 polls ‘

Rivers govt to Atiku: call your attack dogs to order

Alleged N304.1m fraud: Ex-NIMASA DG used kids’ firm to launder N120m, witness tells court

Court jails Ex-Imo Commissioner for three years

$498,000: Court reserves judgement on bail application of Rivers Rep

Wike inaugurates Justice Odili judicial institute with N500m grant

Lagos residents accept old naira notes as banks struggle

FG reads riot act to trouble makers over Gov, Assembly polls

Police place N1m reward on wanted Reps member

Court remands farmer for causing wife’s death

Rail accident: NRC begins construction of flyovers at level crossings

HERALD

Inflation Gauge Increased 0.4% in February and Up 6% From a Year Ago, As Expected

Denrele Edun Reveals Time He Was S3xually Harassed While in Unilag

EndSARS anniversary: Court orders police, Lagos govt to pay Uber driver N5m for assault

EFCC arrests 21 ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Abuja

2023 election destroyed many political myths ‘ Falana

Asake Performs on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

How I Got To Collaborate with Fireboy and Asake’ Dj Spinall

Guber elections: Vote APC candidates in Lagos, Kaduna, Borno, others ‘ Orji Kalu urges Igbos

DAILY TRUST

Tackle nutrition crisis among girls, women

NASS leadership: Why APC must zone positions ‘ Umahi

LP suspends gov’ship candidate in Kwara

Gov’ship poll more complicated than presidential ‘ NSA

Gombe: PDP, APC trade blames over rigging plot

Despite setbacks, Nigerians should be proud of 2023 elections ‘ British envoy

Gov’ship polls: INEC completes BVAS re-configuration, begins deployment

Governorship, State Assembly polls as redeeming opportunity

AUTHORITY

Cyberspace threats reached 6,997,277 on Presidential Election Day Pantami

Ugochinyere Commends Emefiele Over Compliance To SCourt Verdict On Naira Policy

Xi Jinping stresses unswervingly advancing high-quality development

Christ Embassy Healing Service 7th Edition Preparation in Top Gear

Highlights of foreign congratulatory messages on Xis election as Chinese president

Feb 25 elections: IGP charges CPs to submit case files of electoral Act violations to INEC

BUSINESSDAY

Outdated laws rob artistes of music windfall

What Nigerian songwriters must know about music publishing

Employers’ penalties on non-remittance of pensions triple in Q4

February’s inflation seen slowing ahead of NBS report

Nigeria’s economy seen shrinking in first three months ‘ KPMG chief economist

Stocks move further south as investors take profit

Flutterwave backs Africa fintech summit

In race to tackle children menace, Kellogg offers scholarships to 150 students

Electricity demand in Africa to rise by 4.1% in 2025

Global offshore oil, gas sector to hit $200bn greenfield investments by 2025

Jumia Nigeria kicks off online food festival to boost meal orders

Strengthening public health policies for better healthcare in Africa

Vote Lagos thugs out on March 18th

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Kidnappers Still In South West Forests, Soludero Hunters Cry Out

Police Confirm Abduction Of Rivers Assembly Accord Candidate

Delta State Government Still Owing Us Over N.6 Billion, Ex-Councillors Tell Delta ALGON Chairman

Obaseki Extends Retirement Age For Teachers

2023 JOF U13 Football Championship Kicks Off In Lagos

FIFA Restores Traditional 4-Team Format For 2026 World Cup

Death Toll At 111 From Cyclone Freddy In Malawi

Pakistan Busts Gang Transplanting Kidneys To Wealthy Foreigners

Ohanaeze Warns Against Using Its Name For Political Canvassing

Obidients Movement Endorses Peter Mbah, Says Competence, Character Speak For Him

Youth Clash In Benue Turns Bloody Over Power Cut, Claim 3 Lives

Don’t Succumb To Alleged PDP’s Violence Threat, Come Out To Exercise Your Rights On Saturday, Oyo APC Admonishes Voters

FG Commits To Bilateral Air Service Agreement ‘ Hadi Sirika

50 Benefits From Olu Of Warri Skills Acquisition Programme

EFCC Nabs 21 Suspected Fraudsters In Abuja

Appeal Court Reserves Judgment In Adeleke’s Case

NEW TELEGRAPH

Banks cut PTA, BTA requests to $2,000

Foreign airlines’ trapped funds mount, hit $743m

Guber Poll: Election a contest not war, INEC tells parties

Nigeria’s politics fascinating, has bright future ‘British envoy

FG issues N360bn bonds for subscription

Oil prices continue to crash over SVB shutdown

NLC suspends strike in Imo for 2 weeks

Oil Production: NUPRC to help Marginal Field awardees source funds

IMF: Global food crisis to persist as prices remain elevated

NBS: Petrol imports gulped N11.89trn in 3 years

Customs battles to end cloning of clearing documents at ports

Rise in non-oil export bolsters CBN’s RT200 programme

Edo: Assembly poll rekindles Obaseki, Oshiomhole’s feud

Lagos Guber: Sanwo-Olu running on experience, track record

Alleged Vote Buying: Rivers Reps Remanded In Police Custody Till May

Abia Guber: Massive Defection Hits LP As Members Decamp To PDP

Atiku Replies Wike, Says ’40-Year-Old Whisky’s Comment Confirms You’re Under Alcohol Influence

BLUEPRINT

Umahi calls for zoning of NASS leadership

Industrial action : NLC wants Buhari to call Uzodinma to order

Ayuba, Katung others commiserate with victims of southern Kaduna attacks

Osinbajo launches $600m scheme for Nigerians in technology, creative sectors

Lassa fever spreads to 22 states, death toll hits109

Rule of law: 120 CSOs,20 lawyers insist Bawa must step aside

Wike tasks Rivers civil service commission on employment, promotion

Akwa Ibom: NEPC charges exporters to develop ethnic products, meet export demand

Niger: Senator redeems N100m pledge, pays WAEC, JAMB fees for 1, 400 students

Banditry: 17 public schools closed in Shiroro ‘ Niger council chair

 

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