Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 17 October 2023

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

NEW TELEGRAPH

Davido Allegedly Gift Chioma $900K Mansion In Atlanta

Israeli Military Announces 199 Kidnapped By Hamas

Food Security: Peter Obi Calls On FG To Invest In Agriculture

Why We Seal PDP Secretariat – Police

Why We Rejected Odeyemi As New CEO – NIPOST Workers

Relationship between electricity consumers, DisCos oppressive –FCCPC

PENGASSAN raises concern over divested assets’ management

Police Arrest Rivers Woman For Pouring Husband Hot Water Over N15,000

Uneasy calm over rising crime wave

PUNCH

Blue rail line resumes, targets 74 daily trips November

Red Cross plans N23bn aid, says Nigerias hunger crisis worrisome

ICPC begins tracking N7.3bn projects in Borno

Consumers paid N268bn electricity bills in Q2 FG

14 killed, 31 abducted in Southern Kaduna attack SOKAPU

FUOYE medical students to pay N30,000 to resit failed exams

2024: FG plans N26tn budget, debt servicing to gulp N8.25tn

PDP youths protest Akeredolus absence, issue three-day ultimatum

Police arrest 30 trying to disrupt Kano mass wedding

Subsidy removal, naira fall push food inflation to 30.64%

New CEO resumes at NIPOST amid protest by workers

CBN approves Parallex bank for NESS collection

Nigerias blue economy worth N2.5tn, says NIS boss

How Sylvas running mate was released from jail NCS

Too many inmates remain on death row

Rising inflation, interest rates risky for Nigerias economy FTXM

Govt destroys 4,024kg leopard, python, crocodile skins

Ajaokuta steel faces disconnection over N25bn debt, says NERC

Credit rating agencies, others will boost infrastructure funding SEC

Kano spends N1.3bn on NECO, NBTE fees

Insecurity: Abia destroys 160 brothel rooms

Accurate data will help improve healthcare delivery, economy Minister

APC accuses Court of Appeal panel of being compromised

Israel slams American-Palestinian supermodel, Hadid over Instagram post

THISDAY

FEC Passes MTEF, Projects N26.01tn Budget For 2024

Akintola Williams Provided Professional Shade To Over 60,000 Chartered Accountants, Says ICAN President

Higher Energy, Food, Commodity Prices Drive Inflation To 26.72%

Adedeji: FIRS Under My Leadership Will Be Data-Driven, Signposted By Merit

Falana Faults Appointments Of EFCC, ICPC Chairmen

Conditional Cash Transfer: FG Urged To Access  The Poor  Through Microfinance Banks

Minister Flays Mismanagement Of World Bank’s $100m Nigeria For Women Project

Devt Banks Deliver Record Climate Finance Of Close To $61bn For Low,  Middle-Income Economies

FG To Partner GAIN To Combat Food Insecurity, Post-Harvest Losses

DBN Emerges Highest Ranked Public Institution In 2023

Oseni: How FG Can Drive Activities In Industrial, Medical Gases Industry

AKK Project Tests Indigenous EPC Firms’ Capacity To Deliver

FEC Passes MTEF, Projects N26.01tn Budget For 2024

SUN

Free Nnamdi Kanu or we kill ourselves

IMF cautions Nigeria on rising debt burden in 2024 amid growth prospects

Unease at Arik Air as AMCON commences redeployment of workers to NG Eagle Airline

Abia earmarks 100 hectares of land for modular refineries, petrochemical plants

Julius Berger projects: We will deliver Aba-Port Harcourt road to specification,

Nasarawa gov appeals tribunals judgement, lists 27 grounds

Lawyers group urges senate to confirm new EFCC boss

Again, inflation rises to 26.72% in Sept

Oborevwori attributes poor food production to flood, water pollution

Nigeria inflation climbs to 26.72%

Issue our passports, we want to go home, Nigerians in US appeal to consulate in New York

Inflation maintains rise as it hits 26.72% in Sept

Court stops NUPRC from joining suit on issuance of BOSIET certification

GUARDIAN

Court revokes suspected Jos organ harvester’s bail

Uber riders lament killing of members, theft of cars

Flooding: Enugu community laments destruction of homes, lands

Court hears theft case against bank officials next month

Lagos reopens Ladipo, Mile 12 markets, tasks traders on proper hygiene

Man accuses police of compromising 11-year-old defilement case in Rivers

Biden campaigns on Trump’s Truth Social network

DisCos, GenCos push for supply improvement as TCN rates operators low

Statistician General claims corruption thrives in Nigeria

Occult fears, road accidents, and widowhood in Edo

FG pegs FX rate at N700/$ as overhead costs spike N26tr 2024 budget

Nigeria edges 10-man Mozambique 3-2 in friendly game

IYN commends Tinubu, NNPC for renewing Tantita’s pipeline surveillance contract

Tinubu urges African leaders to leverage industry 4.0, disruptive technology to exploit existing business opportunities

EFCC arrests 46 suspected internet fraudsters in Calabar

VANGUARD

Biden weighs ‘risks’ of Israel trip as war with Hamas rages

2,000 US troops on notice for deployment as Israel-Hamas war intensifies

Women Affairs Minister to sue UN over mgt of donor funds

Why we can’t return $9.7m, 74,000 seized from ex-NNPC GMD’EFCC

Police arrest 3 kidnap suspects, recover IEDs, others in Delta

Hamas War: Biden to visit Israel Wednesday on cusp of ground invasion of Gaza

Gov Uba Sani appoints Dr. Mayere as SSG

Hamas says Israeli threat of ground invasion ‘doesn’t scare us

Dry season farming: FG hails Jigawa for offering 40,000 hectares for wheat production

NBS report: Tinubu, APC unprepared for governance ‘ PDP

Kogi election opportunity for INEC to become ‘born again’ ‘ Dino Melaye

Akpabio removed me, planning to remove Orji Kalu, four others ‘ Abbo alleges

Tinubu swears in 3 new ministers, presides over FEC meeting

NDPHC assures of reliable, cost-effective power supply to industrial clusters, homes

Bonny Light price leaps to $92.24 per barrel on positive forecast

PDP, LP fire FG as costs of food items drive inflation to 26.7%

Another look at Rhodes Vivours Position on Hamzat’s Eligibility

Ronaldo hits two as Portugal thrash Bosnia and Herzegovina

Southern Kaduna: How 14 persons were killed, 31 kidnapped ‘ SOKAPU

Pensioners slump while waiting for audit team in Osun

5 persons jailed 60yrs in Niger over possession of human skull

Strike: FG okays 30 days implementation of MoU with labour

Tinubu secures $1.5bn zero-interest World Bank loan

Nigerian roads in stark deprivation of needed devt ‘ NIHTE, FERMA, others

Again, Lagos reopens Ladipo Market

Impeachment: Court to hear Akeredolu, Aiyedatiwa’s applications Oct 30

NIS hosts blue economy workshop in Rivers, promises robust Opportunities

Stay out of Israel-Hamas war, French foreign minister warns Lebanon

LEADERSHIP

Super Eagles Break 5-year-old Jinx, Edge 10-man Mozambique In 5-goal Thriller

Heartland Coach Keen To Improve Team’s Defence

Israel/Palestine: Hamas Fires Rockets At Israeli Cities

Akpabio Leads Senators On Condolence Visit To Ex-Senate President Lawan Over Mother’s Death

Super Eagles Thrash 10-man Mozambique In 5-goal Thriller

Federal Gov’t Approves $1.5bn, $80m World Bank, AfDB Loans

American Actress, Suzanne Somers, Dies At 76

Super Falcons Star Alozie Joins Plug Sports Management

Senate Directs BPE To Stop Planned Sale Of NCC’s 5 Coal Blocks

Federal Govt Proposes N26trn For 2024 Budget

BREAKING: Appeal Court Sacks Adamawa North Senator Abbo

TRIBUNE

Presidency urged to make pronouncement over Postmaster-Generaloffice ‘ Coalition

FEC approves $1.5bn loan from World Bank

Anti-Corruption: Speaker Abbas proposes 1% of federal budget for Auditor-General’s office

Off-season polls: INEC raises concern over shortfall of ad-hoc staff in Imo

Tinubu’s administration moves FEC meeting from Wednesday to Monday

Food prices soar as inflation rate rises to 26.72% in Nigeria

JUST IN: Tinubu swears in three more ministers

FG projects N26trn for 2024 budget

Kano govt pays N1.3bn NECO/NBTE fees for 57,000 students

N-Power: FG set to commence payment of 9-month allowance backlogs

NDE empowers 75 unemployed youths with vocational skills in Niger

Aggrieved Akwa Ibom monarchs call for reversal of TRC law

NATION

Pipeline protection contract renewal: Southsouth groups hail NNPCL

Red Cross to lift 1.09m Nigerians with 27m Swiss Francs

Shettima to Nigerians in China: there’s light at end of tunnel

Coalition seeks girls’ interest in STEM

Oyetola: Fed Govt to reactivate $1b fabrication yard

Declining water resources threat to food security, says Agric minister

N-Power: Payment for nine-month backlog allowance begins next month

Court sacks Adamawa North APC Senator Abbo

Busted: Atiku signed his 1973 ‘Sadiq’ WAEC affidavit in court on a Saturday

‘INEC must obey court order on Sylva’s disqualification’

Yar’Adua granted Sylva’s running mate MacIver amnesty, says NCS

INEC chair to parties: don’t break the rules

Why Nigeria experiences fiscal strains, by stakeholders

Nigerian prof wins $100,000 health prize

Nasarawa guber: Gov Sule appeals Tribunal’s judgment nullifying his election

IPOB: Banks, govt offices resume business operations in Umuahia

NIPOST chief applauds Tinubu for bridging age, gender gap in governance

Why Nigerians must take advantage of health insurance, by NHIA DG

Dangote vows to increase power generation to national grid to boost nation’s economy

NBS: Food, fuel push inflation to 26.72% in September

Family businesses contribute $200b to GDP, say stakeholders

Microsoft, Flutterwave to fast-track payment innovation in Africa

New fleet requirement threatens airlines’ sustainability

HERALD

FG Approves FEC Meeting To Be Held On Mondays, Projects N26.01tn For 2024 Fiscal Year

Shehu Sani Expresses Displeasure As Super Eagles Struggle To Defeat Mozambique

Akpabio removing his opponents from Senate, Orji Kalu next ‘ Elisha Abbo

Hunger will kill many Nigerians ‘ Peter Obi

Appeal Court sacks Elisha Abbo as Adamawa North senator

FG, Wema Bank launch digital skills programme for MSMEs (How to apply)

PDP Tasks INEC To Redeem Image With Conduct Of Off-Cycle Elections

Borno court jails two for selling fake Patience Jonathan’s gold

Children must never be used as pawns’ ‘ Media personality, Nedu

DAILY TRUST

Gaza War: Putin Speaks With Mideast Leaders, Warns Of Regional War

Impeachment: Court Fixes Date To Hear Akeredolu, Aiyedatiwa’s Applications

Enact Law That Will Force Civil Servants To Marry More Wives, Cleric Tells Jigawa Lawmakers

EFCC Nabs 37-Year-Old Forex Dealer Over N2bn Fraud

2024 Budget: FEC Okays N26.01trn Expenditure

Tinubu’s Minister Gives UN Deadline To Account For Nigeria’s Funds, Threatens Lawsuit

Son Hacks Mother To Death Over Food In Akwa Ibom

PDP Kicks Over Seige, Asks Akeredolu To Resume Or Resign

NCAA To Resume Certification Of Airline, Clears NSIB DG

Tax Properties To Raise Revenue, FG Urged

FG Bars Contractors Handling 4 Projects From New Contracts

CIBN Begins Certification Of POS, NIN/BVN Agents

Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria CIBN-logo

Bandits Kill 2, Abduct 14 In Kaduna

Lagos Issues 7-Day Quit Notice To Truck, Bus Drivers On Bridges

Food Prices Shoot Up As Inflation Hits 26.72%

New NIPOST CEO Defies Aggrieved Workers, Assumes Duty

AUTHORITY

Abia North: Disqualify Orji Kalu for admitting fraud conviction Nnamdi tells Court

Firms to empower Nigerian entrepreneurs with SME Accelerator Program

Imo NASS Polls: Groups Seek Probe Of Alleged Leak Of ACourt Judges Names To Gov Uzodimmas Loyalist

Creation of Civil Service Commission excites FCTA workers

Tinubu appoints mandate Secretary for FCTA Women Affairs Secretariat

BUSINESSDAY

INEC short of 6,154 ad hoc staff in Imo, others,seeks neighbouring states help

Bad roads contributing to Nigeria’s high food inflation says Bismarck Rewane

Boost for naira as Nigeria to receive $1.5bn World Bank loan by year-end

Why FG won’t allow asphalt for Third Mainland Bridge renovation ‘ Umahi

Naira redesign: CBN only printed 13% of currency called in ‘ Falana

FEC approves N26.01trn for 2024 budget proposal

Africa’s 10 riskiest countries for businesses

Opinions split over appointment of fresh graduate as FERMA chairman

Reps to take delivery of ‘130m Prado SUVs

Atiku accuses Bola Tinubu of serial forgery and lying

Blue Line Rail line electrified, poses electrocution risk to trespassers

Nigeria can seek loan to stabilise naira amid pressure says IMF

Sheikh Jassim tipped for Spurs takeover after failed United bid

PEOPLESDAILY

Akpabio Behind My Removal From Senate, Orji next -Sen Abbo

Appeal Court sacks Ishaku Abbo as Senator

Ahead Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi guber: INEC tasks participating parties to study provisions of constitution, Electoral Act, others

PDP’s Guber Appeal: Legal Experts rue Premium Times Report on Kaduna

Abia North: Disqualify Orji Kalu for admitting fraud conviction ‘ Nnamdi tells Court

Ahead Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi guber: INEC tasks participating parties to study provisions of constitution, Electoral Act, others

Fake news, a serious threat to election process in Nigeria, INEC warns

Appointment of Mayor: Don’t set Abia on fire, Ex-Commissioner warns Alex Otti

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Fake News, Major Cause Of Election Violence ‘ INEC

Naira Redesign: CBN Collected N3.2trn, Printed Only N402bn ‘ Falana

How Payment Of N3.8bn Gratuity, EBSU N700m Boost Gov. Nwifuru’s Popularity

NECA Lauds Labour Minister For Ensuring Industrial Harmony

Senate Halts BPE’s Planned Sale Of NCC’s 5 Coal Blocks

FG Reviews FEC Meeting Day, Adopt Monday Of Every Week

Top 3 Lucrative Skills Every Nigerian Should Learn Before Relocating To Canada, USA Or UK

FG Pledges Accelerated Progress Towards Attaining SDG Target For Water, Sanitation

Ondo Community Hails Jimoh Ibrahim For Sponsoring Bill For College Of Education

ICAN President Calls For Culture of Accountability, Transparency To Immortalise Akintola Williams

Police Arrest Three Suspected Kidnappers In Delta

BLUEPRINT

Israeli apartheid regime and Adeboye’s laughable prayers

International Day for Poverty Eradication: Humanitarian ministry at a glance

Delegates adopt global framework on chemicals, waste

Infrastructure, positive narratives key to tourism  growth – Sterling Bank

Nigeria’s inflation rate rises to 26.72% in September

Controversy trails $500m World Bank loan for TCN

Kogi guber: Ododo promises agro-free zone, massive public works

We ‘ll deliver Aba-Port Harcourt road to specification, Berger assures

November 11 2023 governorship election: Declare emergency in Kogi, SDP chieftain tells Tinubu

Fish out those impersonating me, Igbokwe tells IGP, DSS

Reps task Tinubu to appoint substantive Auditor General of the Federation

Akeredolu’s whereabout: APC, PDP bicker over police siege

Expand congress to accommodate more stakeholders, Enoh tells NFF

Nigeria 3 -2 Mozambique: Super Eagles win first friendly in 5 years

Lagos: Human rights groups back ban on street trading

How IPOB killed my bosom friend Gabriel for refusing to join group – Godstand

EFCC arrests suspect for N2bn fraud in Lagos

120 PWDs to receive wheelchairs from JAMB, other stakeholders

We’ve discovered high value sodium deposits across Nigeria – NASSMCS

IFAD-VCDP urges farmers to insure farms, invest in profitable agric

 


 

 

 

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