Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 16 March 2023

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

US tells China-based company to sell TikTok share or face ban

DSS arraigns four suspected terrorists in Ogun

Lagos train crash: 66 patients out of hospital Health Commissioner

NNPP accuses DSS of plan to undermine Kano gov election

Election poster: Lagos summons principal for allegedly punishing pupil

NBA not a political party, endorses no candidate President

FG seeks repatriation of Nigerians in Ethiopian jail

Oro rites to end before Saturday elections Elegushi

New naira pains persist despite fresh CBN orders

Banknotes: CBNs directive too little, too late

INEC back from drawing board, faces governorship poll test Saturday

AAC suspends Rivers excos over endorsement of PDP gov candidate

Dont give in to apathy, Atiku tells Nigerians

Experts fault minister on 13million cyber attacks during polls

SVB: CBN urges African regulators to avoid bank failure

Telcos not responsible for failed bank transactions NCC

Inflation rises to 21.9%, private sector blames naira crisis

I’ll take Edwards’ soul, Usman vows ahead trilogy

How Abuja shylock estate agents milk renters, turn housing dreams into nightmare

Driver hospitalised after crushing two siblings dead

Graduate dispatch rider dies in Benin crash

CRiver undergraduates lament extortion over unaccredited courses

Election: APC has no gov candidate in Taraba PDP

Policeman guns down wife, lover, reports self

Gov poll: Delta govt orders closure of primary, secondary schools

THISDAY

Ahmed: FG to Abolish Petrol Subsidy Before May 29, Attributes Delay to 2023 Elections, Census

Emefiele Urges More Vigilance in Banking Supervision after Collapse of Two US Institutions

Higher Food, Commodity Prices Drive Inflation to 21.91%

Akere Market Fire: Sanwo-Olu Compensates Traders With N100m

Hope Rises for Nigeria as Shell Lifts Force Majeure on 250,000bpd Bonny Export Terminal

Firm Asks Court to Liquidate Akwa Ibom APC Candidate, Udofia’s Company over Alleged N416.8m Debt

Foreign Trade Hits N52.38tn in 2022, N11.72tn in Q4

Jega Laments Dearth of Quality, Competent Leadership in Public Service

Atiku: All Hope Not Lost, Expresses Optimism to Recover His Mandate

Court Permits Buhari, AGF to Reply Suit against Holding Elections, Exams on Saturdays

INEC: 4940 BVAS Machines Configured for Polls in Niger State

Gbajabiamila: Presidential, N’Assembly Elections about Ethnicity, Religion Than Performance

Atiku: Wike Deceived G-5 Govs into Committing Political Suicide

Amaechi: Rivers People Are Tired of Wike, His Stealing

ECOWAS Deploys 163 Observers to Nigeria’s Gubernatorial, State Assembly Elections

Omisore Threatens to Sue Lukman over Allegation of Campaign Funds Mismanagement

Guber Poll: Okowa Urges PDP Leaders to Work for Party’s Victory

Migrate to Renewable Energy to Reduce Service Cost, NCC Urges Telcos

Gunmen Kill 10 in Fresh Attack on Kaduna Community

Atiku Withdraws Motion Seeking Permission to Observe BVAS Configuration

Police Declare House Member, Abdullahi, Wanted in Bauchi

Your Justification of Arrests, Harassments of Our Leaders Confirms Allegation of Collusion with Police, Osun PDP Tackles APC

I Will Build, Improve on Tambuwal Legacies, Says Umar

No More Capital Flight, No More Bullion Van to Bourdillion, Reason Behind Our Success Story, Osun PDP Taunts APC

Proposed Subsidy Removal: FG Yet to Come up with Palliatives, Says Minister

SUN

Litigation: Were with you, Ohanaeze assures Obi

International Alert advises Tinubu to dialogue with aggrieved parties

Court fixes May 22 on suit by Seventh-Day Adventist to stop conduct of elections on Saturdays

Betrayal, deception, hypocrisy in Wikes DNA Atiku

Senate: LP candidate flays PDP for failing Enugu people

Dont be discouraged, Atiku begs Nigerians

Rivers candidates accuse INEC of plan to manipulate elections

INEC, PDP reach truce on inspection of election materials

Nigeria Decides 2023: PDP, LP need to build alliance Nwoko, Senator-elect

APC leadership crisis deepens

Relief as more banks disburse old, new naira notes in Abuja

More customers besiege banks for cash as businesses resume collection of old notes

ANLCA crisis ends with CRFFN inaugurating board

FEC approves N15bn for 2nd Niger bridge link road, 3.7m for power

CBN advocates healthier commercial banks in Africa with tighter regulation

FGs I-DICE programme to support tech startups with $600m

Nigeria accounts for over 70% of global yams production NRCRI

SON, NCDMB, 3 others emerge most business-efficient agencies

Post election: Tinubu advised to dialogue with aggrieved parties

Why police declared member representing Bauchi Federal Constituency wanted- CP

MNJTF intercepts 7 BHaram/ ISWAP food, logistics suppliers

Presidential, NASS elections electronically, clinically and scientifically rigged -Ortom

FG, World Bank partner to train 5,000 technical teachers on innovative skills

GUARDIAN

Russia begins naval drills with China, Iran

Vienna police tighten security over ‘Islamist’ attack threat

Malawi calls for international aid after cyclone ‘tragedy’ kills 225

Ogun NSCDC impounds 88 sacks of PMS, warns oil thieves

Man defiles 11-year-old girl, bags life imprisonment

Kano sets up committee over fire in markets as fire guts ATM booths

Police nab seven suspected killers of Ebonyi traditional ruler

UN global body names Nigeria’s Tallen advocate for change

Flutterwave secures Electronic Money Issuer, Remittance licenses in Rwanda

Manufacturers set 100-day agenda for Buhari’s successor

NNPCL seeks $32.61 billion to overhaul refineries, pipeline infrastructure

NCC tasks telcos on clean energy, claims 5G will drive high consumption

Investors lose N127 billion amid sustained profit taking

Oro festival should not be used to disenfranchise voters ‘ GRV

FG, World Bank partner to train teachers on digital skills for student

Subsidy removal: FG yet to conclude on palliatives – Minister

VANGUARD

Emefiele advises Central Bankers on industry stability

Two Days To Polls: Candidates, parties trade words over violence, rigging, apathy

Gbagi, Ogboru, Ofehe, Pela unveil programmes at Delta guber debate

INEC Re-strategizes to conduct Credible elections in Sokoto ‘ General Alkali

Equities market declines further due to profit-taking

Naira appreciates against dollar by 0.07%

Train-bus accident: 66 patients out of hospital ‘ Commissioner

Abia: ADP candidates defect to LP, promise to deliver Otti

What manufacturers expect from incoming govt ‘ MAN

Police will protect your votes, AIG assures voters

INEC starts distribution of election materials in Delta

DSS arraigns four suspected terrorists in Ogun

PDP groups join APC in Oyo, vow to unseat Makinde

Police arrest 7 suspects over murder of monarch in Ebonyi

Afenifere to Tinubu: Prioritise security, economy, unemployment, others

Deregistered parties back APC’s Uba Sani; aggrieved members unite for Emenike

Poll: I’m disappointed with INEC’s performance ‘ Atedo Peterside

Nigeria’s export to rise as Shell resumes operations at Bonny

INEC: Nigeria’s institutions act irresponsibly with impunity’ Sad!

Chinese doctor who exposed SARS virus conspiracy dies

Pope appoints Nigerian archbishop as new Secretary of Dicastery for Evangelisation

Tension in Rivers as gunmen attack, shoot Ogoni leader, three others

BBC correspondent quits following family’s role in historic slave trade

Poll: Okowa Urges PDP leaders to work for Party’s victory

Why Buhari’s silence on allegations against INEC dangerous ‘ Southern, M’Belt leaders

Rivers people tired of Wike, Tonye Cole best candidate ‘ Amaechi

Wike is sliding into political oblivion ‘ Atiku

Poll: INEC begins distribution of sensitive materials to LG offices in Osun

LEADERSHIP

Adopting MMS To Reverse Maternal, Child Mortality In Nigeria

Healthy Environment Key To Sustainable Development ‘ WHO

Cash Crunch: Sack Malami, Others, APC Chieftain Tells Buhari

INEC Denies Appointing Odubiyi As Head ICT

Guber Polls: We’re Not In Alliance, NNPP Tells Nigerians

Sanwo-Olu Doles Out N100m To Victims Of Akere Market Fire

COVID-19 Vaccination: As LASG Sets To Achieve Herd Immunity By May 2023

Election Petition: Why I Withdrew My Motion ‘ Atiku

NBC Sanctions 25 Stations For Contravening Broadcast Code During Presidential Poll

Kaduna Govt Condemns Renewed Killings In Zangon Kataf, Pays Condolence Visit

What Should I Save On And Where Should I Invest It

Benue SEMA Denies Diverting IDPs’ Relief Materials

NUJ Takes AEDC’s ‘Outrageous’ Billing System To Gov Yahaya Bello, Assembly

Mother, Son Brutalise Teenage Girl In Kwara

Police Arrest 44 Suspects For Thuggery, Restiveness In Niger

TRIBUNE

Guber polls: NSCDC deploys personnel to flashpoints, warns mischief-makers

March 18: Come out enmasse to vote, group charges Edo voters

March 18: You are chasing popularity with governor’s name, Soludo’s CPS blasts Anambra lawmaker-elect

2023 elections: Gbajabiamila reveals why good legislators lost during party primary

Naira swap: Buhari’s statement belated ‘ APC chieftain

Ondo: We are ready, BVAS re-configured ‘Ondo REC

Inflation rate in Nigeria hits 21.91% amidst cash crunch

Kaduna govt condemns renewed killings in Southern Kaduna

DSS arraigns four suspected terrorists in Ogun

Group threatens to picket NYSC HQ over alleged certificate forgery by PDP guber candidate

Protest: Ondo community leaders seek intervention over property destruction, harassment

Nigeria, Israel to strengthen partnership on innovation, technological devt

FCTA vows to transform fisheries sector to cash-cow for national economy

Election: NSCDC assures Oyo residents of adequate security

Rivers: 5 guber candidates allege plot by INEC to rig election in PDP’s favour

NATION

ECOWAS Court rejects Yoruba nation agitators’ suit

PDP governorship candidates in Rivers, Cross River, others sue party over planned suspension

Wike: PDP governors betrayed our quest for southern President

Nigeria, 54 others battling serious health workers’ shortage

FEC okays N15b for road linking Second Niger Bridge, €3.7m for power

Fed Govt shifts population, housing census till May

Subsidy: Fed Govt, states yet to harmonise palliatives plans

‘LP governorship, Assembly candidates belong to other parties’

Food, fuel jack inflation to 21.9 percent in February

FG, States yet to harmonise palliative plans ahead of subsidy removal

Terrorists kill three, abduct 70 others in Niger communities

Church marks centenary, laments B’Haram destroys 1,390 branches

Pope appoints Nigerian for evangelisation top post

Telecoms voice customers hits 226 million, says NCC

NBC sanctions 25 stations; 16 others get final warning

CBN old Naira directive: Traders still skeptical on collection

ECOWAS Court rejects suit by Yoruba nation agitators

Court denies Ex-Imo Deputy Gov bail

Wike to Rivers CAN: don’t allow politicians divide you

Sanwo-Olu donates N100m to Akere traders

We are working to fix recruitment application portal- NDLEA

HERALD

Davido Clears Up His Media on His Instagram Page

Nigerian brothers involved in Jussie Smollett hoax re-enact incident for Fox Nation

Alex Otti lauds DSS for picking up Abia govt official threatening voters

Old notes: Nigerian people won ‘ Orji kalu

Court jails Yobe Auditor General 5 years for fraud

How Ex-Minister Wakil, Abacha, others shared N450m 2015 election bribe cash ‘ EFCC witness

DAILY TRUST

Election materials: Atiku withdraws fresh application against INEC

Wike: Why we supported Tinubu to win presidency

Crack in APC’s NWC as Omisore demands N500m damages from vice chair

15 political parties sign peace pact in A/Ibom

My re-election a hard-won battle against many forces ‘ Gbajabiamila

INEC fixes Saturday for postponed elections in Edo

Last elections in Borno far from free and fair ‘ PDP guber candidate

#NigeriaDecides2023: Factors that will influence Bauchi gov’ship election

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

AUTHORITY

FCTA moves to boost fish production

Ganduje Inaugurates Committee On Kano Markets Fire Incidents, Commiserates With Traders

NCC approves harmonized short codes, directs implementation

Outrageous Electricity Bills, NUJ Send SOS To Assembly, Gov. Bello In Kogi

Old naira notes: Respite as banks comply with CBNs directives

Ganduje Describes Singer, Rimi, Kurmi Markets Fire Incidents As National Tragedy

HYPPADEC To Relocate 10,000 Displaced Flood Victims In Kogi

BUSINESSDAY

Train-bus accident: 66 patients out of hospital ‘ Health Commissioner

Rent, inflation push low-income Nigerians to suburbs

First-time voters find voice in contest for Lagos

Nigeria delays unemployment data for two years, lags peers

Cash still scarce as banks await CBN supply

Naira loses 3.8% value against dollar in one month

Market drops by 0.42% as investors sell United Capital, GSK, others

Open banking: Opportunities seen for financial institutions, Nigeria

Results uploaded by INEC is an insult to anyone’s intelligence ‘ Atedo Peterside

How low technology use limit agric potential

Explainer: How music royalties are earned and shared

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

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Why I Ordered Arrest Of APC Reps Member ‘ Bauchi CP

APC Has No Governorship Candidate In Taraba State ‘ PDP

Police Express Readiness For Saturday’s Elections

NNPP Accuses DSS Of Plot To Subvert Kano Guber Election

INEC Receives Sensitive Materials In Enugu ‘ REC Chukwu

Four Dead, Many Injured In Two Fatal Crashes At Sango-Otta Tollgate

Flood Control: FCTA Raids Squatters’ Settlement In Wuse Zone Three

NEW TELEGRAPH

FEC okays N2.8bn for conduct of census

NCC To Telecoms: Switch to renewable energy, reduce cost on consumers

Presidential Poll: Nigerians know who won – ‘NNPP

Elections: INEC failed, deserves sanction, says Ikponmwen

Benchmark: 2023 Budget threatened as oil plunges below $72pb

Feb 25 Poll: Atiku, PDP withdraw fresh application against INEC

NBC sanctions 25 stations, gives 16 final warning, over polls

Nigeria to increase oil production as Shell lifts force majeure

Inflation inches to 21.91% in Feb on the back of spike in food prices

Emefiele tasks Africa’s central bankers on tighter regulation

Cash Crisis: Stakeholders urge banks to upgrade technology

MAN rues high energy cost on manufacturing sector

Nigeria’s broadband subscription increases by 0.84% to 92m

Osun: PDP, APC in tough battle for Assembly seats

Regional govt only solution to Nigeria’s political problems ‘Oluwatade

Public office holders should be assessed based on scorecards ‘Dauda

Poll: Plateau Guber Candidate Tasks Supporters To Remain Steadfast

Naira Crisis: Why APC Can’t Sanction Emefiele ‘ Morka

BLUEPRINT

Alleged appointment of a partisan person as ICT head false ‘ INEC

Echoes from victory rally for Tinubu/Shettima in Kogi west

Equity market sustains bearish run, sheds N127bn

Nigeria may lose N15trn to Naira redesign policy, expert warns

Lagos, Kwara, others pay more for food in February as inflation soars

AFC channels $800m to finance petroleum refining in Africa

Gig economy market size hits $310bn, employs third of world’s workforce ‘ Rewane

Banks cut PTA/BTA to $2,000/quarter, student upkeep $1,500, school fees $7,500

Nigeria’s inflation hits 21.91% amid cash crunch

How Ugwuanyi, Ortom, Ikpeazu, Obi became victims of Wike’s deception ‘ Atiku

DMO reopens four FGN Bonds valued at N360bn

Jealousy taken too far! How policeman killed wife, estranged lover

I’m pained by Zangon Kataf killings, this impunity must end ‘ Uba Sani

Don’t go on exile, I won’t persecute you, Tinubu assures Bode George

Jigawa: Journalists barred from inspection of INEC sensitive materials

Nasarawa: Forum distances self from PDP governorship candidate’s endorsement

NASS election: Ethnicity, religion dominant factors ‘ Gbajabiamila

FG shifts 2023 national population census to May

Election materials: PDP, Atiku withdraw court application against INEC

Nigeria bleeding under your watch,EYN tells Buhari

 

 

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