{"id":20068,"date":"2018-08-17T06:24:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T06:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=20068"},"modified":"2018-08-17T13:27:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T13:27:11","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-wednesday-august-17-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=20068","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, August 17, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><strong>PUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>N189bn polls budget: National Assembly joint committee meeting deadlocked<\/p>\n<p>We were not elected to only pay salaries, governors declare<\/p>\n<p>Fix LAUTECH or resign, ASUU tells Oyo, Osun govs<\/p>\n<p>Eid: FG declares Tuesday, Wednesday public holidays<\/p>\n<p>NEMA to map disaster-prone communities<\/p>\n<p>Protesters storm Police HQ over detained Premium Times reporter<\/p>\n<p>Court bars Saraki from declaring Akpabios seat vacant<\/p>\n<p>Huge ransom paid for release of Dapchi girls UN report<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: NEC begins moves to decentralise police operations<\/p>\n<p>Court threatens to imprison IG over alleged contempt<\/p>\n<p>Learn from Nigerians, German pastor tells countrymen<\/p>\n<p>Plough back recovered funds, Baptist Conference tells Buhari<\/p>\n<p>APC women seek more female in governance<\/p>\n<p>Demolition: Landlords seek N2bn compensation from Aregbesola<\/p>\n<p>Bomb scare: Passenger jet carrying 250 people makes emergency landing<\/p>\n<p>We didnt pay a dime to free Dapchi girls, FG counters UN report<\/p>\n<p>Media isnt peoples enemy, U.S. Senate tells President Trump<\/p>\n<p>NNPC seeks clarification on proposed Petroleum Asset Management Company<\/p>\n<p>No automatic ticket for Ortom, PDP aspirants insist<\/p>\n<p>Baraje to Oshiomhole: Saraki can&#8217;t be impeached via Gestapo approach<\/p>\n<p>State&#8217;s money for development, not sharing &#8216; Obaseki<\/p>\n<p>NASS invasion: Senators to sponsor motion for judicial probe<\/p>\n<p>INEC bars 23 parties from contesting Osun election<\/p>\n<p>Declaring seat vacant illegal, PDP tells Niger Assembly<\/p>\n<p>NASS siege: ACF hails Osinbajo for sacking Daura, demands probe<\/p>\n<p>Conduct LG poll or face litigation, council warns Adamawa commission<\/p>\n<p>Return 5% lump sum to retirees, PenCom orders PFAs<\/p>\n<p>Split of NNPC into two may generate tension &#8216; Baru<\/p>\n<p>States failed to remit N41bn VAT &#8216; FIRS<\/p>\n<p>43% of Nigerians remain financially excluded &#8216;LBS<\/p>\n<p>Govt to commercialise scientific inventions, researches<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria needs maritime data bank, says NIMASA DG<\/p>\n<p>Landlords in Osun urge Aregbesola to pay their N2bn compensation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Group Condemns Nigeria Political Crisis, Lauds Acting President on NASS Invasion<\/p>\n<p>NEMA to Map Communities Vulnerable to Disasters, Says DG<\/p>\n<p>APC Names Campaign Committee<\/p>\n<p>Tambuwal Sacks Wamakko&#8217;s Allies<\/p>\n<p>FG Partners Chinese Firm on Smart Classrooms, Digital Education<\/p>\n<p>FG Declares Tuesday, Wednesday Public Holidays<\/p>\n<p>All-Share Index Sheds 1.3% to Close Below 35,000 Benchmark<\/p>\n<p>Siege to National Assembly: Two Senators Vow to Demand Judicial Inquiry<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia Airlines Offers Shares to African Countries<\/p>\n<p>EFCC, Interpol Partner on War against Human Trafficking<\/p>\n<p>NEC Constitutes Committee on Police Decentralisation<\/p>\n<p>Senators Disagree on 2019 Election Budget Proposal<\/p>\n<p>FG Strategizes to Improve Adolescents, Young People&#8217;s Health<\/p>\n<p>OOU Student Urgently Needs N5m to Treat Leukemia<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16852&amp;ad_type=62&amp;rl=180\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE SUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Electioneering activities may encumber PIGB implementation timelines &#8216; Stakeholders<\/p>\n<p>Dapchi girls: FG lied over ransom payment &#8216; UN<\/p>\n<p>NASS invasion: Senate mulls motion demanding probe<\/p>\n<p>2019: Buhari promises free, fair polls<\/p>\n<p>Normalcy returns in Anambra as IPMAN calls off strike<\/p>\n<p>INEC receives sensitive materials for by-election in Rivers<\/p>\n<p>PDP Apapa LG Chairman murder: Court to hear bail application<\/p>\n<p>Rising tide of ethno-regional populism in northern Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Improper e-waste disposal: Nigeria&#8217;s deadly time bomb<\/p>\n<p>Climate change: No longer debate for distant nations<\/p>\n<p>Niger PDP dares Assembly over defected APC lawmaker&#8217;s seat<\/p>\n<p>3 Ugandan lawmakers charged with treason over stoning of president&#8217;s convoy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GUARDIAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Suspected pipeline vandal escapes from court during proceedings<\/p>\n<p>CBN, commercial banks to revive real sector with N4 trillion facility<\/p>\n<p>NEC sets up committee to decentralise police operations<\/p>\n<p>Court strikes out anti-GMO case as activists move to fight on<\/p>\n<p>ASUU to protest today against poor funding of LAUTECH<\/p>\n<p>Ghana accepts FIFA&#8217;s directives, Dalung insists on rule of law<\/p>\n<p>Cross River governement accuses APC chieftains of disrupting by-election<\/p>\n<p>South West urged to resist immigrants threatening peace, security<\/p>\n<p>Lagos debunks alleged anti-Igbo moves by Ambodeitor<\/p>\n<p>Government tasks herbal medicine practitioners on cure for cancer<\/p>\n<p>2019 Election Budget: Senate invites INEC Chairman again for clarifications<\/p>\n<p>Italian bridge company under fire as rescuers toil for third day<\/p>\n<p>Gombe APC lawmaker defects to PDP, resigns as minority leader<\/p>\n<p>States owe FIRS N41bn tax &#8216; NEC<\/p>\n<p>Falconets lose to Spain, out of World Cup<\/p>\n<p>FG pledges to boost welfare of retirees<\/p>\n<p>5 lawmakers defect in Ogun<\/p>\n<p>Why presidency deliberately delayed INEC budget &#8211; Abaribe<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria paid &#8216; large ransom&#8217; to free Dapchi girls, UN says<\/p>\n<p>3 lawmakers charged to court for treason<\/p>\n<p>Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin Is Dead<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian police secretly arraign detained Premium Times journalist<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>VANGUARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FG paid huge ransom to free Dapchi girls &#8216; UN<\/p>\n<p>Keep up the good fight, Jonathan urges Nigerians<\/p>\n<p>US Embassy closure, vote of no confidence on Buhari&#8217;s govt&#8217; &#8211; Biafra Zionists<\/p>\n<p>2019: Nigerians deserve better than what APC is giving &#8216; Dankwambo<\/p>\n<p>Army to commence Operation Python Dance 3 in S-East<\/p>\n<p>Forgive your political godsons who betrayed you, Wike begs Odili<\/p>\n<p>APC gov aspirants used cultists to disrupt bye-election &#8216;C-River govt<\/p>\n<p>Alleged murder: Court grants 5 PDP members bail application<\/p>\n<p>Afenifere, APC lawmakers condemn killings in Ekiti<\/p>\n<p>NASS invasion : Senators to sponsor motion demanding judicial probe<\/p>\n<p>Holding bays: Shipping companies flout NPA&#8217;s directive<\/p>\n<p>US Embassy may resume Abuja consular services after Eid-el-Kabir holidays<\/p>\n<p>2019: Kaduna PDP gov aspirants agree on consensus candidate<\/p>\n<p>EFCC can&#8217;t &#8216;freeze&#8217; public treasuries<\/p>\n<p>Delay in presentation of election budget to NASS, ridiculous<\/p>\n<p>Saraki stands a better chance to send Buhari packing in 2019 -ex lawmaker<\/p>\n<p>FIRS shuts NNPC subsidiary, others over tax default<\/p>\n<p>Blackout looms as GENCOs threaten to shut down plants<\/p>\n<p>How maritime industry boosted Nigeria&#8217;s economy &#8216; NIMASA<\/p>\n<p>Does Delta APC really want to defeat Okowa come 2019<\/p>\n<p>We will not share Edo people&#8217;s money &#8216; Obaseki<\/p>\n<p>Bayelsa women urged to key into safe motherhood campaign<\/p>\n<p>IPDI flays delay in integrating some ex-agitators into Amnesty Programme<\/p>\n<p>Intersociety faults SARS reform<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16852&amp;ad_type=62&amp;rl=180\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEADERSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thirty Five Reasons Governor Ambode Deserves To Be Re-elected<\/p>\n<p>Dankwambo Will Never Back Out Of His Presidential Bid &#8216; Nafada<\/p>\n<p>Defections Will Improve PDP&#8217;s Chances In 2019 &#8216; Shagari<\/p>\n<p>2019: Saraki Will Make Nigeria Envy Of Other Nations &#8216;Lawmaker<\/p>\n<p>Firefighting App Will Attract $10bn FDI, N10bn IGR Annually &#8216; FFS Boss<\/p>\n<p>NEPC, UNIDO Move To End Rejection Of Exported Dried Beans<\/p>\n<p>Contempt: Court Adjourns INEC Chairman&#8217;s Trial Indefinitely<\/p>\n<p>NASS Invasion: Senators To Sponsor Motion Demanding For Judicial Probe<\/p>\n<p>FG Declares Tuesday, Wednesday As Public Holidays<\/p>\n<p>2019: Only Saraki Can Unite Nigeria &#8216; Baraje<\/p>\n<p>NEC Orders Decentralisation Of Police Operations<\/p>\n<p>We Didn&#8217;t Pay A Dime To Free Dapchi Girls, FG insists<\/p>\n<p>Secondus Meets IBB In MInna<\/p>\n<p>NEC: States Owe FIRS N41bn Tax<\/p>\n<p>Stock Market: Investors Lose N607bn In 2 Weeks To 2019 Election Tension<\/p>\n<p>Brent Crude Rebounds As China, U.S. Move To Resolve Trade Disputes<\/p>\n<p>I Will Devote 20% Budget To Education If Elected President &#8216; Moghalu<\/p>\n<p>ACF Tasks Presidency, NASS On Good Governance<\/p>\n<p>Afenifere Tasks Security Agencies On Ekiti Killings<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t Pay Money For PVCs, HAEDA Warns Farmers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIBUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saraki has been nursing presidential ambition since 2011 &#8216; Baraje<\/p>\n<p>How PDP&#8217;ll sweep Osun gov election &#8216;Oladimeji<\/p>\n<p>Mother of 5 slumps, dies after s*x romp with lover in Ogun<\/p>\n<p>Eko DISCO moves to eradicate &#8216;crazy bills<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria records US$57.32bn surplus foreign exchange inflow in 2017 &#8216; CBN<\/p>\n<p>Stakeholders raise concerns over PIGB<\/p>\n<p>Naira closes at N362.30 to dollar at investors&#8217; window<\/p>\n<p>Abuja Chamber calls for protection of personal data<\/p>\n<p>Omisore&#8217;s victory at polls not affected with Oladipo&#8217;s exit &#8216; SDP<\/p>\n<p>Kwara Gov&#8217;s Aide: Court threatens IGP with contempt proceeding for disobeying its order<\/p>\n<p>Five Ogun lawmakers defect to PDP, APC and ADC<\/p>\n<p>Police commence investigation on mysterious death of two kids inside soak away pit in Kwara<\/p>\n<p>Alleged contempt: Court adjourns INEC Chairman&#8217;s trial indefinitely<\/p>\n<p>NEC moves to decentralization of police<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New police operations guidelines coming soon<\/p>\n<p>Offa robbery probe: Saraki not exonerated, say AGF, IG<\/p>\n<p>CBN orders banks to give loans to agric, manufacturers at 9%<\/p>\n<p>Sowores party gets INEC nod<\/p>\n<p>Banjo: Why I want to succeed Gbajabiamila<\/p>\n<p>Released Dapchi Girls: UN reports claims government paid huge ransom<\/p>\n<p>NNPC to list 40% of shares on NSE<\/p>\n<p>States owing Fed Govt N41b VAT revenue<\/p>\n<p>Journalists barred from covering Atikus visit to Govt. House<\/p>\n<p>Customs again seize container load of military camouflage<\/p>\n<p>Edo pays Libya returnees N60.17m in 10 months<\/p>\n<p>Bayelsa to aspirants: Election is not war<\/p>\n<p>France 2018: Super Falconets bow out of FIFA World Cup<\/p>\n<p>Medical doctor in Abia protest kidnap of colleague<\/p>\n<p>Presidency, NASS should concentrate on governance ACF<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2019: CACOL applauds Lagos APC over direct primaries<\/p>\n<p>Italy hunts for blame in bridge collapse that killed 39<\/p>\n<p>EFCC, Interpol parley on human trafficking, migrant smuggling<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: FG moves to decentralize police, as NEC set up cttee<\/p>\n<p>2019: Dont allow desperate politicians use you, Bayelsa commissioner tells youths<\/p>\n<p>2019 polls: Finally, INEC releases timetable today<\/p>\n<p>I am more qualified to be elected president in 2019 Atiku<\/p>\n<p>Police accuses Ogundipe of theft amidst CSOs protests<\/p>\n<p>Minimum Wage: We were not elected to pay salaries alone- Governors<\/p>\n<p>N220bn MSME Fund: CBN disburses N76.9bn to entrepreneurs in 5 yrs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TRUST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gombe assembly minority leader dumps APC for PDP<\/p>\n<p>Bauchi group petitions Oshiomhole over opposition to direct primaries<\/p>\n<p>Group lauds INEC over voter registration extension<\/p>\n<p>PDP asks N\/Assembly to override Buhari on electoral act amendment bill<\/p>\n<p>Electoral act: PDP asks National Assembly to override Buhari<\/p>\n<p>2019: Why Nigeria can&#8217;t wait for N\/Assembly September resumption &#8211; 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