Dear Reader, below are the Newspaper Headlines For Tuesday March 7th 2017.
DAILY TRUST*
S/West PDP faction endorses Makarfi
Atiku advocates merger of states
Sheriff out to destroy PDP — Ali Kano
127 PDP secretariat staff refuse to resume duty
Abia legislators rule out impeachment of speaker
Penalty awaits Discos over metering deadline default
In search of solutions to Nigeria’s power sector liquidity challenge
Naira gains at BDCs, loses at interbank
Abuja airport closure: Mobile tower leaves for Kaduna airport tonight
IPMAN suspends strike as NNPC warns against panic buying
Osinbajo to inaugurate Onoghen as CJN today
Fraud: How court handed Ngilari 5-year jail term
Presidency asks Nigerians to postpone US trips
Atiku, Mark, Saraki mourn Onukaba
Terror: Osinbajo meets UN Security Council, seeks review of int’l laws
Trump signs new immigration order
Clashes on Pakistan-Afghanistan border kill 15
Thai vets remove nearly a thousand coins from a turtle’s stomach
Congress probes Obama over Trump’s phone tapping
How Jonathan stopped UK from rescuing kidnapped Chibok Girls
‘Breast cancer risk in premenopausal Black women’
475 children, adults get free deworming in Osun
UNILAG students protest in Lagos, ask school to restore students union body
Gbajabiamila lights up Lagos community with solar
Boko Haram not yet defeated- United Nations
Daily Trust International Women’s Day 2017
Shell Nigeria shuts Bonga oil field for at least a month
Allied Health Professionals declare nationwide strike
Thai vets remove nearly a thousand coins from a turtle’s stomach
BREAKING:Court jailed former governor, Ngilari 5 years
Tinubu, Akande visit Borno to commission projects
We have zero tolerance for Human Rights abuse – Army Chief
Pillars thrash Enyimba as Plateau stay top
Ndidi says he enjoys Drinkwater partnership
Mandela, Johannesburg win Pace Setters Sports Festival
Nasarawa to revive secondary school sports competitions
100 coaches begin youth team coaching clinic in Abuja
Park wins Champions tournament
Kane at the double as Spurs beat Everton
Why Ideye’s move to Tianjin favours Mikel – Omeruo
*PUNCH*
Trump’s travel policy: Nigerians with valid visas denied entry into USA
Truck crushes girl sent out of school over fees
SARS policemen shoot two-year-old pupil during raid
Edo youths disrupt Osinbajo’s meeting with stakeholders
EFCC freezes ex-Enugu CJ’s N50m account
Fayose is a shame to PDP, says party chair
Protesters storm UNILAG, demand reinstatement of union leaders
Senators sing different tunes on Magu’s confirmation
No better time to restructure Nigeria than now –Atiku
Controversy surrounds alleged romance between Apostle Suleman, ex-stripper
Nigeria loses N3.45bn daily as Shell shuts Bonga
The politics of President Buhari’s health
Huawei targets two billion connected people in 2025
Six insider secrets to getting your personal loan approved
Broadband connectivity crucial to knowledge economy –Experts
Lagos worker kills boss, flees with car
Robbers snatch Crawford varsity VC’s Jeep, arrested
Woman in court for stabbing husband to death
Gunmen assassinate 41-year-old banker in Delta
We need safety guarantee to resume – PDP staff
127 PDP workers reject Sheriff
Former minister, Chidoka joins Anambra guber race
ICYMI: Jonathan rejected UK’s offer to rescue Chibok girls –Report
Buhari calls Obasanjo, Bello, tells gov all is well
We are not part of plan to form APDP, says PDP
National Stadium: Politicians, bizmen plot to stop Lagos
Stores supporters plead with Ambode
Delta boxers train under mango tree — Okorodudu
Players, traders escape unhurt as stadium fence collapses
Champions League: Napoli out to stop Ronaldo
Nkoulou dumps Cameroon
Is Davido considering quitting music
BBNaija: Take solace in Jesus, Akwa Ibom Speaker tells Kemen
Kemen sent packing from BBNaija for ‘touching’ Tboss
Reps seek to warehouse dormant accounts in CBN
Nigeria loses N3.45bn daily as Shell shuts Bonga
Fuel queues surface in Abuja
FG begs foreign airlines to use Kaduna airport
Making money from government estates
Six insider secrets to getting your personal loan approved
Wizkid wins first iHeart Radio award
Adele confirms marriage after years of speculation
PHOTOS: Celebrities slay at AMVCA 2017
I’d still venture into politics –Cobhams
My mother and I used to sleep in a shopping complex –Skales
Harvest of celebrity marriage break-ups
Doctors find 838 ‘stones’ in woman’s stomach
Environmental risks kill 1.7 million kids under five yearly – WHO
Mental health really does matter
110 die in cholera outbreak in Somalia
How parents can help children overcome depression
Five top concentration killers
Onnoghen: Saving a judiciary on the cliff
Before Boko Haram overruns Kogi
Idris, do more on kidnapping
NATION
West Ham 1 Chelsea 2: Hazard, Costa on target for the Blues
Court jails ex-governor five years for N167.8m fraud
Plot to stop Lagos’ takeover of National Stadium on
Failed contractors to face prosecution
Fed Govt to Nigerians: don’t go to U.S. unless necessary
Oil output dips to 1.875m bpd
Ex-Daily Times MD Adinoyi-Ojo is dead
Banks may takeover Etisalat over debts
NCC warns mobile operators over drop calls
Ghost hunters at work
LCCI hails govt on ease of doing business
Some former governors on trial
History, as fast train service takes off
Exploring ICT sector to fight recession
N10b river ports spark Reps probe of NIWA
Airport closure: Domestic carriers mull survival strategies
Obaseki’s 100 days in office: So far… So good
How to ‘kill’ corruption, by Osinbajo, others
Tinubu Square alive
From Iroko to Arakunrin: Ondo on the march again
‘15,803 benefit from Chevron scholarship since 2009’
Insecurity: Group urges govs to prioritise prison decongestion
Saraki, Bello, Atiku, Mark, Lagos NUJ mourn ex-Daily Times MD
Lawmaker to residents: protect government facilities
Fayose demands return of N10m donation to Obasanjo’s library
Buhari condoles with Gowon over sister’s death
Ambode tasks security operatives on professionalism
Only Ethiopian airline to fly to Kaduna airport
Border communities in Cross River seek electricity supply
Lagos rejigs KAI for environmental law enforcement
Professionals fault AI report
UNILAG stuns all, lifts AMK/NUGA Basketball trophy
Administrative hitches stall settlement process in suit against College of Education Zaria
RLC & DAAD offer PhD scholarship on oil research
Polytechnic lecturers threaten fresh nationwide strike
Auchi poly workers suspend strike
NSC seeks introduction of Admiralty laws in universities
Two Nigerians move up in world para-taekwondo ranking
Basketball: national female league to begin April
Why Manchester’s Ibrahimovic is called ‘the Big Man’
Eboue: Year ban like being in prison
Leverkusen sends Schmidt packing
God wrote this into my script, says Somkele Idhalama AMVCA Trailblazer
Amvca 2017: Complete Winners List
Filmhouse premieres Logan
I don’t have a life, says Funke Akindele as ‘Jenifa’ wins Best TV Series
Nigerian films dominate AMVCA again
BBNaija: Fans fault Kemen’s disqualification
Toby Grey to drop French-inspired Applaudissez
Oil output dips to 1.875m bpd
Banks may takeover Etisalat over debts
NCC warns mobile operators over drop calls
LCCI hails govt on ease of doing business
History, as fast train service takes off
Exploring ICT sector to fight recession
N10b river ports spark Reps probe of NIWA
VANGUARD
Makarfi’s PDP Faction Meets In Ekiti
We’ll Not Abandon Emeteole — LMC
FIFA Clears Bazee To Play For Nigeria
Ossai, Gov Okowa’s Aide Liberates 3 Ogwashi-Uku Prison Inmates
Finally, South-South Govs Bow To Pressure, Resume Meeting Soon
AWOLOWO MEMORIAL LECTURE: Gowon, Anyaoku Task Youths On National Revival
Sports Ministry Yet To Release Election Guidelines
New Immigration Policy: FG Issues Travel Advisory To US-bound Nigerians
Northern Conspiracy Won’t Allow Igbo Presidency — Uwazuruike
DELSUTH MPCS Leadership: A Template For Co-operative Society In Nigeria
Buhari Has Delivered On APC Campaign Promises —Onu
CBN Sells $367m To Boost Forex Supply
NAF Begins Local Test Bench Production On Alpha Jet
Anti-sexual Law And Orders: An Overview
Influx Of Dangerous Arms, Fake Tyres
Int’l Friendlies: London Camp Opens March 30
Home Eagles Must Show More Determination – Yusuf
Nigeria Needs Ndigbo Now – Saraki
Uwazuruike Behind My Son’s Ordeal – Nnamdi Kanu’s Dad
One Int’l Airline Accepts To Fly To Kaduna As FG Shuts Down Abuja Airport
2017 BUDGET: FG To Spend N2.3bn On Frivolous Maintenance Services
CORRUPTION: Court Jails Ex-Gov. Ngilari Of Adamawa 5 Years, Frees Two Others
Fayose To Obasanjo: Return My N10m Donation To Your Library Project
Breaking: President Buhari Calls Gowon
My ‘impotent’ Husband Told Our Labourer To Feel Free To Date Me
Fresh Romance As Harrysong Returns To Five Star Music
Kemen’s Family Threatens To Sue BBNaija Over Disqualification
Wizkid Wins First IHeart Radio Award
Osinbajo Blames N/Delta Elites For Region’s Woes
Tinubu Commends Shettima On Projects Execution
*THISDAY*
All is Set, Says Govt as Abuja Airport Closes at Midnight…
Police, air force provide air surveillance, security personnel, sniffer dogs to man Kaduna-Abuja
Former Adamawa Governor, Ngilari, Jailed Five Years for Corruption
FG to Review Military Rules of Engagement
March 7, 2017
Atiku, Mark, Bello, Others Mourn Onukaba’s Tragic Death
Dabiri-Erewa Advises Nigerians to Shelve Non-essential Travel to US
LASG Has Not Introduced Borehole Charges, Says Commissioner
Police Burst Robbery Operation in Ekiti, Kill One
NNPC Admission on Poor Refinery Performance
SNEPCo Commences Turnaround Maintenance at Bonga
Former Gov, Bala Ngillari, Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Onukaba Ojo, Former MD of Daily Times, is Dead
FG to AI: Shiites Are Similar to Boko Haram Terrorists
FG Creates Central Assets Register to Track MDAs’ Assets
Elumelu Hails Emefiele for Restoring Credibility to FX Market
The Observer: How Jonathan Rejected British Offer to Rescue Abducted Chibok Girls
Senate Investigates Widespread Fraud in Oil & Gas Industry
Investigators Expose How $800m was laundered in Etete, FG’s Malabu Oil Deal
Tinubu, Maryam Abacha to Inaugurate Multiple Projects in Borno
I Don’t Have Hand in Labour Party Crisis, Says Omo-Agege
FG Scraps 10% Equity Contribution on Housing Mortgage Within N5m Range
PenCom, Ngige Query Intercellular over N230m Pension Debt
Labour Writes Umahi, Demands Rectification of Retrogressive Pension Law
Florence Seriki, ICT Icon, Passes on
Banks Begin Compliance with Directive on FX Teller Points
• CBN sustains dollar supply, sells $367m
Shell Shuts Down 225,000bpd Bonga Deepwater Field for Maintenance
NBS: Imported Agric Products Totalled N212.73bn in Q4
NCC to Engage Telecoms Firms on Quality of Service
Nigeria, Egypt Seek to Boost Trade Ties
Union Pickets Landover Group over Poor Service Conditions for Workers
PDP Staff Snub Sheriff, Say They Cannot Resume Work
INEC sans Resident Commissioners, Recipe for Confusion
Onnoghen’s Dilemma
AIG: Building a Platform for African Leaders
‘Nigeria Police is One of the Best in the World’
Time to take Nigeria’s Judiciary in a Different Direction
Ilaje Residents Cry Out
One Injured as Fatal Accident Claims Four Policemen
Buhari Calls Gowon, Condoles with Him on Sister’s Death
N’East Crisis is World’s Largest, Most Neglected Region, Says UN Security Council
HarvestPlus Sets Sights on MacArthur Foundation’s $100m Grant
Ozil out of Arsenal, Bayern Clash
Unilag Lifts AMK/NUGA 3X3 Basketball Trophy
Mobil Team Tennis Championship Ends on High
Sports Ministry Yet to Release Electoral Guidelines
*SUN*
Buhari calls Gowon over sister’s death
NBM threatens to sue IGP, Army over arrest, intimidation of members
•Condemns xenophobic attacks in S’Africa
Vampire’s juju man arrested
• I prepared charms for his escape from prison – Suspect
Choose between Biafra and Nigeria’s presidency, Senator Girei tells Igbo
APC’s blame game, excuse for incompetence –Bobboi
PDP crisis: Party workers tackle Sheriff over implementation of Appeal Court’s judgment
• Say secretariat not safe for them
Oil production dips 225,000bpd over Shell’s Bonga closure
FrieslandCampina WAMCO appoints Langat, MD
Kaduna Airport: Contractors battle to beat deadline
International friendly: Eagles to arrive London March 20
Champions League: More trouble for Wenger as Bayern storms Emirate
Federation elections: Sports Ministry yet to release guidelines –Akinyemi
*PREMIUM TIMES*
Protesters disrupt Osinbajo’s meeting with oil communities in Edo
Mr. Osinbajo was in Edo as part of his tour of oil producing states.
Nigerian govt cautions citizens against travelling to U.S.
Former Nigerian governor jailed for corruption
PDP Governors Were Compelled To Donate To Obasanjo Presidential Library – Fayose
Apostle Suleman Controversy: Father Of Woman In Sex Scandal Speaks
Nigeria Does Not Need Ministers For Agriculture, Health, Atiku Says
Agitators For Nigeria’s Separation Will Wait For Another Four Millennia — Buratai
Again, Nigerian Senator Loses Bid To Stall N1.2 Billion Fraud Trial
Fuel Queues Resurface In Abuja
Briton Robbed In Abuja
Atiku Mourns Onukaba
WHO Attributes 1.7 Million Child Death To Environmental Pollution
Abuja Airport Closure: Nigerian Govt Designates Five Hospitals For Emergencies
ONE Campaign Launches Initiative To Get 130 Million Girls Back To School
Lagos Gets Three New Judges
Police ‘still Investigating’ Death Of Four Officers In Deadly Trailer Accident
Obasanjo Commends Osoba’s Role In Presidential Library
Auchi Poly Unions Suspend Indefinite Strike
The unions went on strike on February 6.
Akwa Ibom Speaker Declares Support For Disgraced BBNaija Housemate, Kemen
Nigerian Govt. Budgets N1 Billion For Akwa Ibom Seaport
Former Road Safety Corps Chief, Chidoka, Joins Anambra Guber Race
Kidnap Kingpin ‘Vampire’ Killed Over 200 People – Police
Police Sergeant, Others Arrested For Attempting To Steal Baby From Hospital
Kogi Governor Bello Mourns Journalist, Onukaba
Man Prosecuted For Using Another Man’s Car As Loan Collateral
North East Crisis One Of World’s Most Neglected Crises – UN
Pro-Kwankwaso Kano Singer, Zazzabi, Released On Bail
Mohammed Lere | March 6, 2017
Though Vampire Is Dead, Yet He Lives, By Ahmed Oluwasanjo
Bringing The Private Sector Into The ‘Engine Room’ Of SDGs In Nigeria, By Edward Kallon
NIREC And The Trouble With Nigeria’s GMO Twins, By Nnimmo Bassey
Remodelling Governmental Intervention In The Nigerian Electricity Market, By Yusuf O. Ali
Nigeria: Who Is Thinking?, By Ayodele Adio
Of Water Rights, Subsidies, And Clean Cars, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Five Unforgettable Moments At 2017 AMVCA
Chief Zebrudaya received the AMVCA Industry Merit Award.
Ibadan Prepares For World Speech Day 2017
Botswana’s Central Bank Keeps Lending Rate At 5.5 Per Cent
Sub-Saharan Africa Third On Global Corruption Ranking — Report
Armed Groups Prevent Mali Interim Govt Installing In Timbuktu
Trump signs new travel ban order
U.S. Congress to probe Obama
Trump wants Obama investigated
*NIGERIAN PILOT*
BoI insists N10bn YES Programme is loan, not grant
Keffi Emir wants FG to alleviate poverty through agriculture
Edo to ban night grazing
Senate uncovers N10trn fraud in petroleum industry
PDP youths meet, determined to re-engineer opposition party
Supreme Court: FG right in voiding allocation of OPLs 321, 323 to KNOC
Disclose donations made to your library, SERAP tells Obasanjo
10% equity payment on mortgages below N5m waived
Trouble for CCT chair, Umar
FG tracks assets held by MDAs, creates assets register
Nigeria, biggest imported rice consumer in the world – FG
Kogi APC disowns Gov Bello
*COMPLETE SPORTS*
Moses, Hazard Shine As Chelsea Go 10 Points Clear
Aluko Finishes Second In Fulham Vs Preston MOTM Vote
Ajayi Eyes Super Eagles Call-Up, Champions League Title With Al Ahly
FA Charge Zlatan, Mings For Violent Conduct
Nwosu Defends Iwobi Over Harsh Criticism From Arsenal
Wenger Rules Ozil Out Of Bayern Clash, Denies Sanchez Row
Moyes Banks On Anichebe’s Return To Avoid Sunderland Relegation
Lawal Scores, Enyeama Saves Lille; Ebuehi, Omeruo, Eduok In Action
Conte: Moses Now A Complete Player Defensively, Offensively
Solanke, Aregbesola Win Oshonaike Junior Tourney
Olowora Named USA NAIA Indoor Meet Most Valuable Performer
Salisu: Why We Didn’t Invite NPFL Stars For Eagles’ London Friendlies
Iheanacho Benched As Man City Ease Past Sunderland
NPFL: Plateau Hold 3SC, Stay Top As 10-Man Pillars Outclass Enyimba; Rangers Fall
Ebuehi Delighted, Thumbs Up Yusuf For Super Eagles Invitation
Odegbami: Television And Sports – Like Tea And Sugar!
U-20 AFCON: Cameroon Crash Out; Senegal, S/Africa Reach Semis, World Cup
Kane, Alli Fire Tottenham Past Everton
Rohr Meets With New Super Eagle, Bazee, In Germany
Arsenal Legend Wright: Conte’s Faith In Moses Has Paid Off
Fulham Boss, Jokanovic: Aluko is My Important Player, Played Very Well Vs Preston
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