Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Saturday, 18 March 2023

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

GUARDIAN

ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin, another Russian official

Blinken hopes Nigeria addresses election grievances legally

Is the Saudi-Iran rapprochement making China the world’s new superpower

What IPOB is fighting for is not what S’East needs ‘ Okoli

Shehu Sani asks Lagos residents to vote Sanwo-Olu, ditches PDP candidate

Police begin probe of MC Oluomo’s threat against Igbo, Lagos CP reveals

Yoruba Council berates George over endorsement of LP candidate in Lagos

Naira Scarcity: Poultry farmers lose N30bn, lament poor sales

NJC recommends compulsory retirement of Taraba Chief Judge, others face probe

109 deaths in three months linked to 2023 polls, says CDD

APC, SDP seek leave to appeal judgment on polls result transmission

11 children killed in unexploded ordnance blast in S.Sudan

Court orders INEC to paste, transmit Saturday’s poll results electronically

UK charity tasks President-elect on out-of-school menace

 PUNCH

How to get pregnant when you have endometriosis

How electricity palaver plunged Benue communities into war

MC Oluomos video under investigation, says Lagos CP

Police, military talk tough, warn against violence

Money ritual seekers dark walk into deceit, misery

LP candidates killers knew he wouldve won Enugu senatorial election Sibling

Aregbesola asks states to decongest prisons

Inciting statements by politicians worrisome, says NHRC

Poll: Group seeks support for 24 female gov candidates

Dont allow traditional festival disrupt election, Sanwo-Olu tells organisers

Viral video: DHQ denies soldier trained Doguwa in firearms mastery

Upsets likely as 28 states elect governors today

Rivers gov candidates protest, allege intimidation by Wike

Elections: My ambition not worth life of residents Gombe gov

Awarding contracts to APC candidates partisan, Atiku tells INEC

FG gives subsidies to mini-grid developers

Rising poverty may hinder SDGs achievement, says ECA boss

Election: Immigration chief orders 24-hour border closure

Election: Dont allow over-voting, Cross River REC begs electoral officers

NYSC DG demands maximum protection for corps members

Elections: UK to shut visa centres in Lagos

British inquiry indicts FCDO for inaction in securing Kanus release

Defence ministry digitalises operations, adopts performance management system

Buhari signs bill mandating President-elect to appoint cabinet in 60 days

BREAKING: EFCC arrests alleged serial Canadian visa scammer in Abuja

Post election violence: UK to shut visa centres in Lagos

THISDAY

Election Violence: Lagos, Imo, Delta Top List Of High Risk States

Yiaga Africa Urge INEC To Avoid Pitfalls Of Presidential Election

Vote Buying: INEC Bans Party Agents From Taking POS To Polling Centres

Residents Lament Massive Police Deployment to C’River North

Use Saturday’s Elections to Redeem INEC’s Image, TMG Tells Yakubu

LP Accuses APC of Playing the Ethnic Card in Lagos

Adeleke Hosts Security Council Meeting, Reassures Osun People of Peaceful Polls

Lagos Re-Arraigns Kidnap Kingpin, Evans, for Attempted Murder

Dredge Rivers Niger, Benue, Build Dams, Kogi Monarch Urges FG

Edo People Charged to Vote LP Candidates

DSS Arrests Two Suspects over Call for Violence in Kano

Tinubu: Character, Competence Will Determine My Cabinet Make-up

Obi: My Trust in INEC Evaporated, I’m Confident in Judiciary

Presidency Insists Presidential Election Was Free, Fair

Buhari Identifies Corruption as Threat to Nigeria’s Existence

SUN

Dont take sides, South East youths charge INEC

Guber poll: CSOs charge INEC on transparent election

Presidential poll showed Nigerians are getting politically emancipated Prof Okaba, Ijaw leader

Afenifere to INEC: Ensure improvement on identified lapses

Guber, State Assembly elections should be credible, Ohanaeze urges INEC

Fresh moves to remove APC chair

INEC denies fixing supplementary elections

INEC explains how results will be transmitted after Saturdays polls

Delta community declares 21-day mourning for departed world oldest king

Saturday polls: PDP remains in contest in Lagos Official

Dont repeat mistakes of presidential poll, CDD tells INEC

Drug racket: Abba Kyari associate, ASP Ubua losses bid to regain freedom

VANGUARD

Coalition urges INEC to consider re-run instead of cancelling election results

22 BVAS machines missing in Rivers

Guber Election: Nigerians return to polls unsure their votes will count

Video of Ado Doguwa firing AK-47 was in Falgore forest ‘ DHQ

Kremlin dismisses ICC warrant for Putin

Only 2 suspended NASS elections will hold along state polls ‘ INEC

UK budgets 10m for energy solution in Sub-Saharan Africa

I’M BACK’: Trump writes first Facebook, YouTube posts after ban lifted

Census: Enumerators to start training March 31 in Kwara

ICC issues war crimes arrest warrant for Putin

Oyo guber: Folarin condemns political killings in Ibadan

Tinubu asks security agencies to caution Obi over inciting comments

Oro Festival: Sanwo-Olu cautions traditionalists to respect citizens’ rights

Buhari assents bill mandating president-elect, governors-elect to form cabinet in 60days

Benue police bars escorts, private security units from polling units

Election violence: A’Ibom group urges IGP to arrest YPP guber candidate

INEC threatens to punish ad-hoc personnel that compromises election

Abe dares Wike, says ‘you lack powers to declare my supporters wanted

No date yet for supplementary polls, says INEC

Shi’ites vow court action over 5 members allegedly killed in Kaduna

LEADERSHIP

Makoko Lagoon Sand-filling: Residents Raise Alarm Over Climate Apocalypse

President Muhammadu Buhari Condoles With Malawi Over Cyclone Deaths

Federal Govt Shuts Land Borders For Polls

Polls: Resist Pressure, Security Chiefs Warn Personnel

JUST-IN: ICC Issues Warrant Of Arrest Against President Putin Over War Crimes

Emirates Rules Out Return To Nigeria, Says CBN Yet To Release 50% Of Trapped Funds

We Lost 5 Members In Clash With Kaduna Gov’s Convoy ‘ Shi’ites

Constitution Review: Next President, Govs Must Nominate Cabinets Within First 60 Days In Office

Vote Trading: EFCC Deploys Teams For Guber, Assembly Polls

Constitution Review: Buhari Signs State Legislature, Judiciary Autonomy Bill, Others Into Law

NJC Recommends Compulsory Retirement Of Taraba CJ As 4 Others Face Probe Panel

TRIBUNE

Lagos guber: Gbadebo is still our candidate, we don’t know Awamaridi ‘ LP

#NigeriaDecides2023: Supplementary election still tentative ‘ INEC

IGP orders restrictions in 36 states except FCT

Top 5 things to know about BVAS before Saturday polls

Alleged threat: MC Oluomo makes U-turn, says ‘Mama Chukwudi is my sister

5 months after suspension of flights to Nigeria, Emirates says funds still trapped with FG

EFCC steps up action against vote buying, deploys teams

Lagos guber: MC Oluomo’s video ‘threatening Igbo’ under scrutiny ‘ CP

Guber/Assembly polls: There will be massive rigging, BVAS won’t stop it ‘ Primate Ayodele

Railway removed from Exclusive List as Buhari signs 16 Constitutional alteration bills

FIRS signs MoU with UK’s HM Revenue & Customs on capacity building

Court orders arrest of IG, others over molestation of citizens in Osun

Compromise election duty and be punished, INEC warn ad-hoc staff, others

Labour Party forms alliance with PDP in Ogun

Delta’s oldest monarch, Ohworode of Olomu translates at 106

NJC retires Taraba Chief Judge, sets up panel to investigate four Judicial officers

Guber Poll: Learn from presidential election flaws, CDD tells INEC

March 18: Bayelsa CP debunks rumours of violence in Nembe, Brass

March 18: Sokoto Police bars local security outfits from participating in election

NATION

Parties waiting for IREV to collate results kidding – Aluko

PDP condemns arrest of chieftains in Imo

Customs seizes N231m contraband in Ogun

How Nigerian, other African nations’ economy can experience positive growth -ECA

Zamfara CP cautions politicians against do-or-die affair politics

208 candidates battle for 26 seats in Ondo Assembly

How alleged international prostitution ringleader was arrested, extradited

Only PDP members are satisfied with Adeleke’s performance in 100 days -APM

Five die in Kaduna Gov convoy’s, Shi’ites clash

FG orders total closure of land borders

What I noticed when Imam prayed against election riggers- Shehu Sani

Woman nabbed with laminated INEC materials in Lagos

UPDATED: Appeal Court rejects Abba Kyari’s associate’s bail request

MC Oluomo denies threatening Igbos in Lagos

NJC recommends compulsory retirement of Taraba Chief Judge, 4 others to face probe panel.

Ex-Imo Deputy Gov regains freedom after nine days in prison

We are yet to fix date for supplementary NASS elections – INEC

Opposition responsible for planned nation wide protest – Obi

Cash crunch: Catfish farmers lament low patronage

Court orders INEC to paste, transmit Saturday’s poll results electronically

Ebonyi PDP chairman endorses APC Gov candidate

March 18: We didn’t collapse our structure for any party in Enugu – APGA

DAILY TRUST

 Business Boom For Petty Traders As Old Naira Notes Bounce Back

You Are Working For APC, Atiku Knocks INEC

Ex-Imo Deputy Gov Freed After 9 Days In Detention

MC Oluomo Bows To Pressure, Withdraws Anti-Igbo Threat

Gov polls: Court orders INEC to Transmit results electronically

Of progress in Nigeria’s maritime sector and Akinola’s ethnic baiting

Politics of 10th Assembly and Challenges Before APC

ICC issues arrest warrant against Putin

AUTHORITY

Guber polls : Learn from presidential elections flaws, CDD tells INEC

Gov: Why Timipre Sylva unfit to fly APC ticket in Bayelsa Forum

Guber Polls: Group accuses Abia PDP of planning to cause mayhem on Saturday

Constitution Amendment: Wase commend President Buhari over assent to some momentous legislations

Forum on Opportunities Arising from Chinese-style Modernization held in Nairobi

BUSINESSDAY

How diverse leadership teams boost innovation

Politicians are buying votes with food items, money, others ‘ EFCC

Cash crunch: Households unable to stock up home ahead election

How cash crunch has further improvised Nigerians ‘ CPPE

Stock market drops by 1.58% in week ended March 17

Obi urges LP members to troop out, vote for party’s candidates

Naira redesign implementation failure and its consequences

Five things to know to start your Friday

FG’s failure to revamp health centres threatens millions of children

Why human interference is behind INEC’s server crash

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Trump Returns To YouTube, Facebook After Two-Year Ban

NYPD, FBI, Other Law Enforcement Agencies Prepare Possible Trump Indictment

Defamation: Prince Harry Sues ‘Mail On Sunday’ Over Security Story

Guber/Assembly Polls: Sanwo-Olu Assures Lagos Residents Of Peaceful Elections

JUST IN: Crystal Palace Confirm Vieira Sacking

Guber/Assembly Polls: Nigeria Closes Land Borders

EFCC Arrests Alleged Serial Canadian Visa Scammer In Abuja

March 18 Polls: Lagos Residents Pledge Total Support For Sanwo-Olu

ICC Issues War Crimes Arrest Warrant For Putin For Alleged Deportation Of Ukrainian Children

INEC, Security Agencies Must Uphold Democracy On March 18

#NigeriaDecides2023: Desist From Actions Capable Of Promoting Election Violence, Atiku Cautions Political Leaders

Oldest Monarch Joins Ancestors In Delta

Polls: NUJ Condemns Pre-Election Violence In Ibadan

NEW TELEGRAPH

Presidential Polls: INEC voted against Nigerians’ choice ‘ Edaghese

Anambra women protest alleged ritual killings in communities

Financial Crunch: 7,000 IDP children cry out for help over hardship

Fuel subsidy removal, most important step for Nigeria’s prosperity ‘ MOMAN

NSCDC impounds 88 sacks of PMS from oil thieves in Ogun and

Farmer predicts food shortfall, tasks govt on inputs to support production

God will raise new generation of leaders in Nigeria ‘Iyunade

JUST-IN: Imo Ex-Deputy Governor Freed After Nine Days

JUST IN: ICC issues arrest warrant for Russian president

UK Earmarks 10m For Energy Solution In Sub-Saharan Africa

Multi-billion dollar rescue deal for US bank

Presidential polls an illegality that shouldn’t stand ‘Adebanjo

Factors, issues at play as Nigerians elect governors, assembly members

Polls: Atiku Berates Tinubu’s Silence Over MC Oluomo’s Threat To Igbos

Election: Obi Will Reclaim Mandate In Court ‘ Ex-Minister

Poll: Anambra Will Resist Soludo’s Move To Have Rubber-Stamp Lawmakers ‘ YPP Chieftain

BLUEPRINT

Policeman caught, killed while having sex with lover inside bush

Peter Obi speaks on #EndINEC , #ENDNigeria planned protest, reveals only move

2023 governorship election: EFCC operatives storm states, hunt vote buyers

Killing of 3 in Oyo APC, PDP clash barbaric ‘ NUJ

Gov’ship poll: Army reiterates commitment to adequate security in Gombe

ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukrainian children deportation

Tinubu’s victory a new dawn for maritime sector ‘ Group

FIRS, HMRC UK sign capacity building pact

We’re not compromised, come out en masse and vote, INEC tells electorate

We lost 5 members in clash with governor’s convoy ‘ Shi’ites

We’ve not fixed date for supplementary NASS elections ‘ INEC

Police deny carting away N55m during raid on Gombe NNPP officials

 

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