{"id":25982,"date":"2021-06-17T05:32:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T05:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=25982"},"modified":"2021-06-17T05:32:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T05:32:48","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-thursday-17-june-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=25982","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 17 June 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DOPF.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25927\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DOPF-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DOPF-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DOPF.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wike decries herdsmens attacks, prepares anti-open grazing bill<\/p>\n<p>Appeal Court dismisses Jegedes case against Akeredolus victory<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi blames National Assembly for Ibadan-Kano rail project delay<\/p>\n<p>APC, PDP clash as INEC picks date for Ekiti gov poll<\/p>\n<p>INEC creates additional 56,872 polling units<\/p>\n<p>FG borrowed N1.3tn in four years to subsidise power consumers, firms -WBank<\/p>\n<p>My wife was crying, guests shocked as Benin marriage Registrar was no where to conduct our wedding Edo couple, Ugiagbe<\/p>\n<p>Travellers to access $4,000 as CBN boosts forex supplies<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers, police, Amotekun hunt bandits over killing of Ondo farmers children<\/p>\n<p>External reserves drop by $1.4bn in two months<\/p>\n<p>Doctor laments as car disappears in Abuja market<\/p>\n<p>Senators dismiss call for new constitution, back amendment<\/p>\n<p>Bayelsa, United Nigeria Airlines sign agreement, commercial flights begin July<\/p>\n<p>Baba Ijesha remanded, Lagos files fresh charges<\/p>\n<p>Kano civil servant flee, another arrested over employment scam<\/p>\n<p>EFCC arraigns Sokoto officials over alleged N500m pension scam<\/p>\n<p>Stock market rises slightly as 28 firms gain<\/p>\n<p>Five burnt to death as diesel-laden tanker detaches, explodes in Ogun<\/p>\n<p>Police harassing us, seizing our belongings, UNIPORT students allege<\/p>\n<p>Apapa gridlock: NPA blacklists six truck parks<\/p>\n<p>Victims transfer money to Delta teenager threatening with dummy gun<\/p>\n<p>Gunmen kill cop, one other, abduct two Chinese in Taraba<\/p>\n<p>Protesting community blocks Edo highway over killing of two by herdsmen<\/p>\n<p>High poverty: Experts back World Bank, fault Buhari, agency compiles list<\/p>\n<p>Egbin Power plans additional 1,750MW<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria becoming killing field, failed state, says Okogie<\/p>\n<p>Well legalise open grazing ban in Rivers, says Wike<\/p>\n<p>Grazing reserve law in northern Nigeria criminalises open grazing Senate Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>Police arrest suspected rail track vandals in Benue<\/p>\n<p>Im compelled to represent Nigeria, says Kamaru Usman<\/p>\n<p>Putin says US-Russia summit constructive<\/p>\n<p><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shoprite: New Investor Assures Nigerian Consumers of Improved Services<\/p>\n<p>Internet Connectivity Will Enable Digital Transformation, Education<\/p>\n<p>NCC Moves to Review Telecoms License Structure<\/p>\n<p>Report: Finance Apps Deployment Rises by 160% in Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>FG Urged to Lift Twitters Suspension to Restore Investors Confidence<\/p>\n<p>No National Law on Grazing Routes, Falana, Basiru Tell Buhari<\/p>\n<p>FEC Approves Resumption of N1tn FCT Land Swap Scheme<\/p>\n<p>PDP Accuses Buhari of Increasing Poverty<\/p>\n<p>Oil Price Upswing Continues, Inches Closer to $75pb<\/p>\n<p>Army Seeks Stakeholders\u2019 Support to End Security Challenges<\/p>\n<p>Okogie: Nigeria Has Practically Become a Failed State<\/p>\n<p>Agbakoba Asks N\u2019Assembly to Consider Regional Autonomy in Constitution Review<\/p>\n<p>NPAN Rejects Media Exclusion from Press Bill\u2019s Public Hearing<\/p>\n<p>IPC, CSOs Reject Proposed Tariff Regulation for Satellite TV<\/p>\n<p>Presidency: PDP Can\u2019t Be Entrusted with National Leadership<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Bank PHB MD, Atuche Sentenced to 12 Years Imprisonment<\/p>\n<p>Hoodlums Behead Man, Raze Ex-Imo Commissioner, Lawmaker\u2019s Houses<\/p>\n<p>Alleged Assault: Court Rejects Baba Ijesha\u2019s Bail Application<\/p>\n<p>DSS Arrests Five Prime Suspects over the Rape, Murder of Unilorin Student<\/p>\n<p>Rail Track Vandalisation: Police Arrest Syndicate, 36 Suspects<\/p>\n<p>Jegede Heads to S\u2019Court as Appeal Court Upholds Akeredolu\u2019s Victory<\/p>\n<p>Buhari Visits Borno to Appraise Security Challenges in North-east<\/p>\n<p>Four Policemen, Many Bandits Killed in Zamfara<\/p>\n<p>Police Arrest Seven Suspected Kidnappers in Kaduna<\/p>\n<p>Sanwo-Olu Promises to Deliver on Six-Lane Lekki-Epe Highway Project Next Year<\/p>\n<p>Court Fixes Date for Suit against NJC over Marginalisation of South-east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cross River: Secondus, Saraki, Udom others storm Calabar, issue Ayade quit notice<\/p>\n<p>Let Igbo have Biafra by referendum &#8216; Northern group<\/p>\n<p>Release of timetable for APC congress excites stakeholders<\/p>\n<p>Stepping on Kwankwaso&#8217;s posters unintentional &#8216; Ganduje<\/p>\n<p>AFN Congress denounces Kebbi meeting as Elective Congress holds in Abuja<\/p>\n<p>Kebbi AFN election: Ibrahim Gusau, Adeleye, Nneka emerge as President, 1st, 2nd Vice President<\/p>\n<p>Dangote $2 billion fertiliser plant pushes out 120 trucks daily<\/p>\n<p><strong>GUARDIAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beijing accuses NATO of exaggerating &#8216;China threat theory<\/p>\n<p>Rocket blasts off carrying first Chinese crew to new space station<\/p>\n<p>Rivers United coach Eguma, kidnapped, Plateau stadium manager killed<\/p>\n<p>Roadmap to compress vaccine-making timelines for future pandemics to 100 days<\/p>\n<p>FG insists on regulating social media<\/p>\n<p>Groups urge Buhari, Makinde, others to protect children<\/p>\n<p>INEC unveils 176,846 polling units for 2023 elections<\/p>\n<p>Kidnap suspects, police differ on alleged N35m bribe<\/p>\n<p>Bandits kill AAU female graduate, youths protest killings, abductions<\/p>\n<p>No federal law created grazing reserves, Senate spokesman insists<\/p>\n<p>Reps moves to check NBC\u2019s seeming excesses<\/p>\n<p>Babatope chides Yoruba secessionists, says agitation laughable<\/p>\n<p>US opens path for more migrant children to find guardians<\/p>\n<p><strong>VANGUARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Twitter ban: PDP govs mourning inability to spread fake news, hate &#8216; Garba Shehu<\/p>\n<p>Why FG should jettison grazing route-Afenifere<\/p>\n<p>PDP govs not supporting solution to herders crisis &#8216; Presidency<\/p>\n<p>Appeal Court Victory: Jegede heads for S&#8217; Court, as Akeredolu holds out olive branch<\/p>\n<p>7m Poor Nigerians: Seek help, PDP mocks FG<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: Akeredolu wins again at Appeal court<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: INEC removes polling units from shrines, churches, mosques<\/p>\n<p>Unilag partners Coderina on youth entrepreneurial skills<\/p>\n<p>Restructuring: Buhari is wrong to abdicate leadership on constitutional change<\/p>\n<p>Police arrest 8 suspects for kidnapping, homicide in Kaduna<\/p>\n<p>Service Chiefs, IGP storm Borno ahead of President Buhari&#8217;s visit<\/p>\n<p>Court commits man to 18-month jail term for stealing sewing machine, TV<\/p>\n<p>Twitter Ban: Ubani sues FG, asks court to nullify directive to prosecute offenders<\/p>\n<p>3 soldiers, 7 ISWAP fighters killed as terrorists attack military base in Borno, cart off weapons<\/p>\n<p>Baba Ijesha remanded in prison custody pending High Court trial<\/p>\n<p>Anti-open grazing laws about people, not govs&#8217; Umahi<\/p>\n<p>Abuja empty houses proceed of corruption &#8216; NBBRI DG<\/p>\n<p>Fuel tanker explosion kills five, injures two in Ogun<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEADERSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Court Jails Ex-Bank PHB Boss, Atuche, 126 Years For N25.7bn Theft<\/p>\n<p>FEC Approves Resumption Of FCT N1trn Land Swap Initiative<\/p>\n<p>108 Abducted Islamiyya Pupils Are Girls &#8216; Investigation<\/p>\n<p>Outrage As FG Seeks Powers To Control Internet, Media Content<\/p>\n<p>Court Jails Ex-Bank PHB Boss, Atuche, 126 Years For N25.7bn Theft<\/p>\n<p>FEC Approves Resumption Of FCT N1trn Land Swap Initiative<\/p>\n<p>Outrage As FG Seeks Powers To Control Internet, Media Content<\/p>\n<p>Half Million Coffee Made Big Profit During COVID-19 Lockdown &#8216; Alshehri<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: Ex-Bank PHB MD, Atuche, Anyanwu Convicted Over N25.7bn Theft<\/p>\n<p>NEC: Reject Onochie&#8217;s Nomination, PDP Tells Lawan, Gaya<\/p>\n<p>Grazing Routes: Buhari Being Misadvised, Says Osun Senator<\/p>\n<p>Social Inclusion: API Seeks Accurate Data of PWDs In Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Push For Amendments Of Your Act, Senate Urges NEPZA<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIBUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Edo PDP crisis gets bloody, Obaseki&#8217;s former aide hospitalised after attack<\/p>\n<p>N500m pension scam: EFCC arraigns five Sokoto government officials<\/p>\n<p>NIDCOM, NGA to collaborate on diaspora visual artists<\/p>\n<p>Driver, two policemen feared dead as hoodlums kidnap expatriate in Edo<\/p>\n<p>Atuche, former Bank PHB MD, jailed six years over N25.7bn fraud, wife acquitted<\/p>\n<p>Two feared killed as park managers, students clash with phone sellers in Ibadan<\/p>\n<p>New Army spokesman, Nwachukwu, assumes office, calls for media support<\/p>\n<p>PDP aspirant faults allegation that he has no NYSC certificate to run for Anambra guber polls<\/p>\n<p>In 24 hours, Oyo govt moves 3,806 beggars, destitute to new site<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: Gani Adams writes UN, AU, US, others<\/p>\n<p>Traditional stool: Ondo Kingmaker dies while selecting new king<\/p>\n<p>Rail track vandalism: Police arrest syndicate with 3 load trucks of tracks<\/p>\n<p><strong>NATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lagos, Kano, Kaduna top INEC polling units list<\/p>\n<p>INEC 2022 timetable raises political tempo in Ekiti, Osun<\/p>\n<p>Putin, Biden agree on return of envoys after constructive summit<\/p>\n<p>CDS, Service chiefs, IG in Borno ahead Buharis visit<\/p>\n<p>Presidency accuses PDP governors of seeking more cash to blow<\/p>\n<p>Gun alone cant stop security threats, says Army<\/p>\n<p>Bank PHB ex-MD Atuche jailed six years for N25.7b fraud<\/p>\n<p>Fed Govt challenges power stakeholders on delivery<\/p>\n<p>Gunmen attack Imo lawmakers home, behead security guard Police<\/p>\n<p>No Federal law on grazing routes, says Senate spokesman<\/p>\n<p>10 Govs who sacked appointees, dissolved executive councils in 2021<\/p>\n<p>Afenifere, PANDEF, Ohaneze, others demand new Constitution<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED: Two dead, many injured as suspected PMS boys attack shop owners in Ibadan<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TRUST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PDP govs rejecting efforts to end herders\/farmers crises \u2014 Presidency<\/p>\n<p>FG seeks law for social media, online regulation<\/p>\n<p>Adamawa senator provides 82 boreholes, 2 transformers for constituents<\/p>\n<p>New army spokesman assumes office, seeks media support<\/p>\n<p>Road crashes killed more than malaria, COVID-19 in Jan \u2013 FG<\/p>\n<p>30 years after, Abia varsity yet to receive take-off grant \u2013 VC<\/p>\n<p>Gani Adams writes UN, US, others over killings in South West<\/p>\n<p>EFCC arraigns 5 Sokoto govt officials over \u2018N500m scam\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Gunmen raze Imo lawmaker\u2019s house, behead guard<\/p>\n<p>5 die, two injured as fuel tank explodes in Ogun<\/p>\n<p>Press Council Bill: Reps\u2019 public hearing may affect press freedom, good governance \u2014 NPAN<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Navy to establish Desert Warfare Institute in Kano<\/p>\n<p>Confusion in Kano APC over \u2018suspension\u2019 of Ganduje\u2019s critic<\/p>\n<p>UN Women: Which will be the first nation to issue a gender bond?<\/p>\n<p><strong>AUTHORITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NSCC to leverage existing structures to enhance wellbeing of older persons<\/p>\n<p>Female flamnoyant Minister in Buharis govt nabbed for $37.5 m fraud EFCC chairman<\/p>\n<p>GoG Forum targets improved regional navy cooperation<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi tasks terminal operators, NPA, Customs on sanity in Apapa Port<\/p>\n<p>NSC tasks NASAN on challenges of local, global shipping activities<\/p>\n<p><strong>HEREALD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Buhari&#8217;s aide to governors: Insecurity high because youths don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re doing<\/p>\n<p>I am Sorry for Playing &#8216;Wicked&#8217; Roles in Movies&#8217; &#8216; Patience Ozokwo Apologises<\/p>\n<p>3 Benue men allegedly kill cassava seller over N52k worth of produce<\/p>\n<p>Igbo group sues NJC over appointment of S&#8217;East judges to Appeal Court<\/p>\n<p>5G will become fastest adopted mobile generation in history &#8216; Report<\/p>\n<p>Court remands farmer for shooting herdsman grazing on his farm to death<\/p>\n<p><strong>BUSINESSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Millions of dollars down the drain, oil in the north remains elusive<\/p>\n<p>Lifeless&#8217; Buhari finally won Trump&#8217;s admiration!<\/p>\n<p>Deconstructing NNPC&#8217;s proposed investment in private refineries<\/p>\n<p>From digital marketers to perfume sellers, how Twitter ban is ripping through Nigeria&#8217;s small businesses<\/p>\n<p>Without reforms, Nigeria&#8217;s economic prospects remain subdued<\/p>\n<p>Naira falls to N505 per dollar at parallel market<\/p>\n<p>Big business, low profile: opaque oil contracts keeping Nigerians hooked on cheap petrol<\/p>\n<p>Apapa: Lagos-Ibadan rail opens new opportunities for cargo evacuation<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s palm oil import from Malaysia drops 20.6% as production rises<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY INDEPENDENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Climate Change Committee: Independent Assessment Of UK Climate Risk<\/p>\n<p>Utterances Of Politicians Fueling Insecurity In South-East &#8216; Umahi<\/p>\n<p>Stakeholders Charge Govs To Emulate Sanwo-Olu, Confront Insecurity In Their States<\/p>\n<p>Ndokwa People Deserve Federal University, Says Omo-Agege<\/p>\n<p>Awards Galore As Immanuel College Of Theology Celebrates 60th Graduation Anniversary<\/p>\n<p>Ondo 2020: Appeal Court Strikes Out Jegede&#8217;s Petition Against Akeredolu<\/p>\n<p>Man Arrested For Allegedly Raping Mentally Impaired 12yr-Old<\/p>\n<p>Action Aid Condemns Proposed Bill To Criminalise Payment Of Ransom<\/p>\n<p>FG Embarks On Mining Exploration In Seven LGs In Kwara<\/p>\n<p><strong>NIGERIAN PILOT<br 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