{"id":21722,"date":"2019-03-08T06:23:49","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T06:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=21722"},"modified":"2019-03-08T06:23:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T06:23:49","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-friday-march-8-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=21722","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, March 8, 2019"},"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>BUSINESSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MTN&#8217;s N1trn revenue signals resilience of Nigerian business ahead IPO<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s agricultural trade records N548bn deficit in 2018<\/p>\n<p>International Women&#8217;s Day: Nigeria in focus<\/p>\n<p>Experts bank on FDI to spur growth in Nigeria&#8217;s troubled pharmaceutical sector<\/p>\n<p>Google demos African-tailored apps for Next Billion Users of the Internet<\/p>\n<p>Building materials prices soar despite lull in property market<\/p>\n<p>Seven things Buhari needs to fix in agriculture over the next 4-years (2)<\/p>\n<p>Stock market loses additional N42bn<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>INEC replaces collation officers in Kwara<\/p>\n<p>Court orders arrest of APC gov candidate in Akwa Ibom<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria produced above #OPEC oil quota in Feb Report<\/p>\n<p>NECA condemns regulatory barriers under Buhari<\/p>\n<p>NNPC wants DSDP partners to patronise NIDAS<\/p>\n<p>CBN, EFCC may bar culprits from opening bank accounts<\/p>\n<p>CBN, NIPOST to kick off microfinance banking in seven locations<\/p>\n<p>Social media, vital tool for business development Experts<\/p>\n<p>Aero to maintain aircraft for West African countries<\/p>\n<p>Plastic recycling firm invests $8m in Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Oil industry can attract $25bn in two years NCDMB<\/p>\n<p>INEC to pay CBN, air force N1bn to store, transport materials<\/p>\n<p>No certificate of return for candidates declared winner under duress INEC<\/p>\n<p>PDP bashes Buhari as President insists party wasted Nigerias resources<\/p>\n<p>INEC will cancel votes where communities reject card readers REC<\/p>\n<p>Lassa fever: Death toll hits 93 in Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>One dies, scores injured as APC, APM supporters clash in Ogun<\/p>\n<p>Tribunal: Atikus lawyers to re-present rejected requests<\/p>\n<p>Crisis: INEC stops deployment of corpers in Kaduna councils<\/p>\n<p>Gunmen shoot Imo PDP senatorial candidates aide<\/p>\n<p>Bribery video: NGO sues CJN over Ganduje<\/p>\n<p>EFCC charges bank with fraudulent conversion<\/p>\n<p>Elections: Nigerian Air Force replaces helicopter with military jet in Kwara<\/p>\n<p>ASCSN warns Buhari: Stop naming non-civil servants as perm secs<\/p>\n<p>Army redeploys senior officers days to election<\/p>\n<p>Oyetola seeks private sector partnership<\/p>\n<p>Appeal Court affirms Ayogu Eze as APCs gov candidate<\/p>\n<p>Assembly poll: PDP accuses Fayemi of plotting violence<\/p>\n<p>Enugu APC asks INEC to postpone Saturday polls<\/p>\n<p>Violence against children costs Nigeria N1.42tn annually UNICEF<\/p>\n<p>Ambodes aide woos civil servants for APC<\/p>\n<p>Residents urged to shun tribalism<\/p>\n<p>Osun gov tribunal reserves judgement on PDP, Adelekes petition<\/p>\n<p>Adamawa APC assembly candidate dies<\/p>\n<p>PDP candidate protests exclusion of five polling units<\/p>\n<p>Saturday poll: Abdulsalami, Kukah, Obi of Onitsha sue for peaceful poll<\/p>\n<p>EU, ECOWAS observers meet Buratai over security preparations<\/p>\n<p>Channel money for litigation to orphanages, Satguru Maharaji tells Atiku<\/p>\n<p>Violence against children impacts Nigerias economy FG<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of elections, FG orders closure of land borders<\/p>\n<p>Three ADC House of Reps candidates defect to APC<\/p>\n<p>Dangote, Adenuga, Alakija rank among richest Blacks<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Airports Record 41,745 Flight Delays<\/p>\n<p>Togo Overtakes Nigeria in Container Liner Shipping Services<\/p>\n<p>Osoba: We Have Resorted to Self-defence Because Ogun CP Cant Protect&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>APGA Denies Withdrawing from Nasarawa Governorship Race<\/p>\n<p>Appeal Court Stays Order Disqualifying Taraba APC Guber Candidate<\/p>\n<p>Anti-graft War: EFCC Faults UK Agency over Alleged Lack of Cooperation<\/p>\n<p>Tribunal Reserves Judgment in Osun Guber Election Dispute<\/p>\n<p>FG Closes Land Borders Ahead of Saturday&#8217;s Elections<\/p>\n<p>MTN Nigeria Hopeful of Listing on NSE as EBITDA Earning Hits N453.1bn<\/p>\n<p>Kwara APC Guber Candidate in Alleged Forged Certificate Scandal<\/p>\n<p>Akwa Ibom Govt Raises the Alarm over APC&#8217;s Plot to Manipulate Guber Election<\/p>\n<p>NCDMB: Nigeria&#8217;s Oil Sector to Record $25bn Investment in Two Years<\/p>\n<p>INEC: We are Ready for Saturday&#8217;s Elections<\/p>\n<p>Economic Cost of Violence against Nigerian Children Hits $6.1bn<\/p>\n<p>Guber, Assembly Polls: Abdusalami, Kuka, Achebe Call for Peace<\/p>\n<p>Tribunal Reserves Judgment in Osun Guber Election Suit<\/p>\n<p>Notorious Ilorin Criminal, Ariyo, 4 Others to Die by Hanging<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lagos: Ohanaeze members disown president over Sanwo-Olu&#8217;s endorsement<\/p>\n<p>Orji Kalu&#8217;ll not disappoint his people as senator &#8216;Ben Kalu<\/p>\n<p>Ninth Assembly: S&#8217;East deserves Senate presidency -Osaretin<\/p>\n<p>Guber poll: PDP, APC renew battle for Borno<\/p>\n<p>Presidential\/NASS elections: APC trying to cover up its woeful failure in Enugu-Ogbodo<\/p>\n<p>FG closes borders till Sunday<\/p>\n<p>African trade: Full implementation of AfCTA&#8217;ll industrialise Africa, says Cameroun&#8217;s PM<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria to benefit from Azuri technologies 2.5m solar in Africa project<\/p>\n<p>UPMFB contributes N1.1bn to economic growth in 2018<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails\" class=\" trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_thumbnails-b \" data-placement-name=\"Mid Article Thumbnails\">\n<div class=\"trc_rbox_container\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"trc_wrapper_72506\" class=\"trc_rbox thumbnails-b trc-content-sponsored \">\n<div id=\"trc_header_72506\" class=\"trc_rbox_header trc_rbox_border_elm\">\n<div class=\"trc_header_ext\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Notorious criminal, Ariyo, 4 others to die by hanging in Ilorin<\/p>\n<p>Why we chop off victims&#8217; fingers, wrists &#8216;Robbery kingpin<\/p>\n<p>How Jonathan, Fashola ended Ebola spread in Nigeria &#8216;Iwu<\/p>\n<p>2023: Yorubas should go for presidency- Afenifere group<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>2023: Afenifere leaders push for Yoruba Presidency<\/p>\n<p>EFCC arraigns bank worker for defrauding Army General<\/p>\n<p>We should never allow politics to become a do or die affair, PRP Chairman cautions politicians<\/p>\n<p>Poll: Accord Party debunks alliance with Lagos ex-commissioner, Afikuyomi<\/p>\n<p>Breaking: Tonye Cole endorses Amaechi&#8217;s choice of AAC&#8217;s candidate for Rivers guber<\/p>\n<p>Shehu Sani backs Buhari&#8217;s call that PDP should explain how they squandered $592bn<\/p>\n<p>Rita Lori-Ogbebor leads Itsekiri women in campaign for Okowa&#8217;s re-election<\/p>\n<p>Lagosians need to end era of overbearing godfather &#8216; FLOM<\/p>\n<p>Osun Gov Poll: Tribunal reserves judgment on Adeleke, PDP&#8217;s petition<\/p>\n<p>Attacks on trawlers have reduced &#8216; FG, Fishing trawlers<\/p>\n<p>Capacity building: NIMASA committed to developing blue economy &#8221; Peterside<\/p>\n<p>Millions of barrels of crude stranded in the Atlantic<\/p>\n<p>Dangote Cement targets $600m annual exports to African countries<\/p>\n<p>Appeal Court reverses High Court ruling that disqualified Taraba APC Governorship Candidate<\/p>\n<p>Gov Poll: HOSTCOM endorses Okowa<\/p>\n<p>S-South APC youth leader woos electorate ahead Saturday&#8217;s election<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEADERSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re Set For Gov&#8217;ship, Assembly, FCT Polls, Says INEC<\/p>\n<p>Borno, Yobe People Genuinely Voted For PMB &#8216; Group<\/p>\n<p>Police Deploy 15,544 Officers In Rivers<\/p>\n<p>APC, PDP In Fight For Their Lives In Adamawa, Benue, Plateau, Kwara, Lagos, Oyo<\/p>\n<p>Enugu Polls: APGA, SDP, PDP Deny APC Allegation Against INEC<\/p>\n<p>Why We Must Tackle Post-election Crisis &#8216; Lt-Gen Buratai<\/p>\n<p>PDP Still Has Questions To Answer &#8216; PMB<\/p>\n<p>Vote Buying Attracts 12 Years Jail &#8216; EFCC<\/p>\n<p>13 Die In Suspected Meningitis Outbreak In Katsina Community<\/p>\n<p>Police Arrest 10 During Feb 23 Polls In Katsina<\/p>\n<p>Shake Up: Army Redeploys 13 Senior Officers<\/p>\n<p>Election: Again, A&#8217;Court Strikes Out Rivers APC Appeal<\/p>\n<p>NSE Records IPO Worth $571.1m In 5 Years<\/p>\n<p>BPE Seeks Ways To Address Challenges Facing Govt Privatised Companies<\/p>\n<p>Clearing Agents Back Shippers&#8217; Council&#8217;s Registration Policy<\/p>\n<p>MTN Plans Mobile Money Service In Nigeria, 3 Others<\/p>\n<p>NNPC&#8217;s Shipping Subsidiary, NIDAS, Recorded 15 Voyages In 4 Months<\/p>\n<p>MTN Nigeria To List On NSE In H1 As 2018 Revenues Top N453.1bn<\/p>\n<p>36-Yr Concession: FAAN Refutes Plot To Take Over MMA2<\/p>\n<p>Seplat Records $746m As 2018 Full-year Revenue<\/p>\n<p>Sustained Profit Taking Drags Stocks Market Down With 0.35% Loss<\/p>\n<p>Oil Sector To Attract $25bn Investment In 2yrs &#8216; NCDMB<\/p>\n<p>7 Nigerians Emerge WHO Innovation Challenge Finalists<\/p>\n<p>N25bn Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Ex-Skye Bank Chair, Ayeni<\/p>\n<p>Kaduna Guber Polls: Vote Buying Attracts 12 Years Jail &#8216; EFCC<\/p>\n<p>FG Orders Closure of Borders For Gubernatorial, State Assembly Elections<\/p>\n<p>EFCC Faults UK Agency Over Comments On Anti-graft War<\/p>\n<p>Guber Polls: Appeal Court Upturns Judgment On Taraba APC Governorship Candidate<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIBUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baker sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery<\/p>\n<p>Ogbomoso stands still as Alao-Akala campaigns for Adelabu, APC candidate<\/p>\n<p>Iwu lauds Jonathan, Fashola for funding Ebola research<\/p>\n<p>Elections: Call Oshiomhole to order to prevent violence, Delta youth leader tells Buhari<\/p>\n<p>Two feared killed, many vehicles damaged as APC factions clash in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>Kogi East: Court threatens Saraki, NASS clerk with jail for violation of order<\/p>\n<p>Court asks Kwara APC gov candidate to authenticate WAEC Certificate in 30 days<\/p>\n<p>Police will build on successes recorded in last election on Saturday &#8216; IGP<\/p>\n<p>Adebutu, loyalists adopt APM candidate in Ogun<\/p>\n<p>Russia laws ban &#8216;disrespect&#8217; of government, &#8216;fake news<\/p>\n<p>I was raped by a superior officer &#8216; US Senator<\/p>\n<p>CBN, EFCC strengthen ties against economic crimes<\/p>\n<p>Maize farmers begin repayment of N3bn loan from CBN<\/p>\n<p>INEC to conduct supplementary election in 14 States Saturday<\/p>\n<p>15 political parties adopt Adelabu&#8217;s candidacy for Oyo gov<\/p>\n<p>48 &#8216;hours to gov election, Ogun PDP chieftain, Salako defects to 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