LOCAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: THURSDAY 11/2/2016

 

 VANGUARD

·        Savings from fuel subsidy removal rise to N647m daily

·        ‘Claims on Wike’s S-Court victory false’

·        Owerri Prisons now house over 3,000 inmates–DCP

·        Anambra hospital performs 5 open heart surgeries

·        YABATECH students on rampage over colleague’s death

·        Oshiomhole commissioned interventionists’ projects at AAU, Orbih insists

·        I wasn’t arrested by EFCC over $2.1 arms fund — Abba Dabo

·        NAPIMS gets indigenes’ support over $260m contract

·        Lagos at 50: Anniversary’ll project black race – Soyinka

·        NSCDC vows to deliver on mandate

·        Utomi, good role model from Delta State —Okowa

·        N855m alleged fraud: Keystone Bank officials for trial March 1

·        Dr Irene Damola burnt to death

·        Technology startups to enjoy tax holiday— FG

·        Abuja land grab: Senate vows to probe Obasanjo, Jonathan, El-Rufai, others

·        Oliseh: Technical Committee members resign en masse 2:07 amNBA to Buhari: Fight corruption within the law

 

THISDAY

·        Master mind of Bayelsa Pipeline Bombing Arrested

·        Nigerian Military Kills Boko Haram Terrorists in an Ambush

·        Refugee Crisis: Gauck Canvasses European-African Cooperation

·        Metuh: EFCC Escapes Court Hammer for Misrepresenting Proceedings

·        Conflict: IG Reiterates Training for People-oriented Police

·        Air Force Chief Lauds Innoson Motors' Contribution Towards Counter-Insurgency Efforts

·        FG to Initiate More Reforms in Civil Service

·        FRC Tackles NNPC over Non-submission of Audited Accounts

·        Attempt to Swindle Delta of N7bn Workers' Salaries Foiled

·        EFCC Closes Case against Metuh as Witness Reveals How PDP Spokesman Spent Loot

·        Kanu: FG Applies for Witnesses Protection

·        EFCC Re-arraigns Saraki’s Cousin, Moronfoye for N371m Contract Scam

·        Ooni: I’m Not in Supremacy Battle with Anyone

·        Northern Group Chides Senator Garbai over Boko Haram Claim

·        Army to Close Markets in Borno, Yobe, Arrests Two Bomb Makers in Yola

·        Senate Committee Rejects N400m Budget for PIB Preparation, Review of Gas Masterplan

·        UN Warns of ISIS-Boko Haram Alliance as DSS Arrests Recruiter for Islamic State

·        Sleaze in Amnesty Office's N48bn Expenditure in Five Months Exposed

·        Citing Controversies, N'Assembly Postpones Passage of Budget Indefinitely

 

TRIBUNE

·        Soyinka, Gbadamosi to head Lagos at 50 committee

·        Celebration will highlight full splendour of Lagos —Ambode

·        Bello gives Kogi LGs financial autonomy

·        DSS official assaults UCH nurse over patients ...NNANM goes on 48 hrs strike

·        11 road contractors shunned sites after collecting N4bn mobilisation —Senate

·        Fire guts NPC headquarters

·        Son kills step-mother’s lover over sex

·        Expect new reforms in civil service-FG

·        Remains of ace actor, Arakangudu buried in Osogbo

·        Aluko goes to court, wants court to set aside arrest warrant on him

·        IBEDC requires N30bn to procure pre-paid meters

·        60-year-old man in trouble for receiving stolen goods

·        Falana lauds traffic mobile court initiative

·        Bankers arrested for allegedly withdrawing from customer’s account

·        Notorious Oshodi thug remanded 30 days for murder, arson

·        Industrial crisis looms in NAMA •As unions issue 21 days ultimatum to management

PUNCH

·        Soyinka, Gbadamosi to pilot Lagos 50 years anniversary

·        Troops arrest mastermind of Agip pipelines bombing

·        EFCC summons NDDC director, agency denies mass arrest

·        Police accuse 17 ABUAD students of attempted bank robbery

·        Workers ground Imo, Okorocha recalls sacked civil servants

·        FG asks CCT to give date for Saraki’s trial

·        Senate faults payment of N4bn to road contractors

·        Army, Navy, Air Force owe N9.4bn electricity debts

·       
Businessman files N1bn suit against Nwankwo Kanu

·        EFCC to arraign Rickey Tarfa next week

·        Firm fabricates fighter jet parts for Nigerian Air Force

·        Perm sec redeploys director, four others over borehole contract

·        Kogi gov stops illegal deduction of LGs funds

·        LASTMA to sack hemp sellers from motor parks

·        PDP BoT removes Bello as chairman

·        Court rules in suit against Eko Atlantic City project

THE NATION

·        Jonathan, Alison-Madueke named in Abuja land grab

·        CJN, NBA President fault corruption tag on Judiciary

·        PENGASSAN, IPMAN, others back NNPC on oil swap scrap

·        Nigeria seeks $2b Chinese loan to fund budget

·        Female suicide bombers blast 56 to death in IDPs camp

·        Jibrin replaces Bello as PDP BoT chair

·        Reps seek change of Armed Forces procurement processes

·        Magu to NBA: purge ‘vandals in the temple of justice’

·        INEC to spend N10b on 80 rerun polls

·        Saraki urges peace, stability at Lent

·        Osinbajo condoles with Borno govt

·        Fed Govt won’t accept job loss in oil, gas sector, says Ngige

·        Fashola to Senate: don’t change our plans

·        Non-academic staff protest grounds UI

·        Aluko to court: vacate bench warrant

·        17 ABUAD students remanded for ‘robbery, arson’

·        APC demands review of ‘fraudulent’ poll

 

DAILY TRUST

·        UAE creates ministers for happiness and tolerance

·        Troops ambush Boko Haram in Borno,seize ammunition, others

·        FG to award leprosy-cured certificates to aid former patients

·        Population commission gutted by fire in Abuja

·        Students’ protests rock UNILAG, Yabatech

·        Student kills own baby in Kaduna

·        EFCC boss slams ‘some’ lawyers for supporting corrupt people

·        Kogi: Achuba sworn in as Bello’s deputy

·        Electoral offences tribunal necessary — INEC

·        PDP crisis deepens as NWC, BoT disagree over meeting date

·        Mourinho tells friends Man Utd job is his: reports

·        McLeod, Inwang advance at ITF/CAT African Junior Championship

·        Emenike rejects deal to become best paid African star

·        UAE creates ministers for happiness and tolerance

·        Forex policy to stabilise capital market -- Financial experts