*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR SUNDAY 18TH APRIL 2021* *THE NATION* PDP S/West: Lasting peace or brief respite Search for APCs next chair gathers steam Solution to Nigerias problems not secession Orbih Foundation partners Sanwo-Olu on healthcare delivery Will an Angela Merkel ever emerge within Nigerias context As the Left grows bigger among Democrats and the Far-Right takes over among Republicans, whither America The thoughts of Alana, Prof (Senator) Banji Akintoye JUSUN strike: NBA to meet govs over judiciarys financial autonomy Tinubu hails Smith at 75 2023: Emmanuel, Achudume canvass for credible politicians Voter apathy mars Rivers LG polls 10 states yet to hit 50 percent of vaccination target Warri succession crisis: Olu-designate faces legitimacy, legal hurdles RCCG Province to support young entrepreneurs with low interest loan NDDC: Buhari desires end to forensic audit before boards inauguration, says Akpabio Bayelsa Airport gets NCAAs nod to begin commercial operations Police disrupt Yoruba Nation rally in Ibadan Rainbow College students projects win international scholarship Maltina tour round Nigeria with message of hope, happiness E-taxi platform Univasa berths in Ibadan MIXTA Plc appoints two new board members Experts seek demonetisation of positions in Africa Ifie Sekibo: Garlands for banking guru at 56 Ebubeagu and Igbo of Liberia Social discourse and the Toyin Falola interviews: Matters Arising Ignore the pessimism: COVID vaccines are quietly prevailing From the academia, a huge male support for women leadership APC, PDP: Who is afraid of zoning *VANGUARD* NiMet predicts 3 days sunshine, thunderstorms Digital Switch-Over: FG to rollout in Lagos April 29 ' Lai Mohammed NMA denies connection with banditry in Zamfara Court sentences 23 for illegal parking, trading NUJ lauds Okowa on infrastructure development Lawan urges continuous prayers for Nigeria to overcome challenges FG's efforts on road projects in S'West deserve commendation ' Road users Special Needs Students set up pop-up store from recycled materials Suspected bandits attack Taraba council chairman, kill police orderly Over 100 Youths brainstorm with lawmaker on governance Ondo govt plans to create legal departments in MDAs Adeboye visits Fayemi, condemns bandits' attacks on traditional rulers in Ekiti Igbo community in Abuja celebrates Okorocha's release from EFCC custody Suspected bandits attack Taraba council chairman, kill police orderly El-Rufai has 'deep empathy` for parents of abducted students ' Commissioner Oil Spill: Don't engage in ethnic conflict Rep member, Ereyitomi cautions Ijaw, Itsekiri youths INEC trains heads of electoral operations on PUs expansion Voter apathy mars Rivers LG election Emmanuel Whajah ' Every moment is a highlight JAMB Registrar bans parents from UTME venues Nigeria's Economy: What is the truth On the alleged non-negotiability and sacrosanctity of One Nigeria (4) Hope Uzodimma and his roads revolution Shettima, remember Jan '1966 Adam and Christ: the priest at the origin and original priest Acting in love Sir John Ejikeme Njoku: Fragrant memories *THISDAY* The Currency Printing Controversy Resolving Gas-to-Power Paradox Inside the Demutualised Nigeria Exchange Local Content Policy as Accelerator of Nigerias Oil and Gas Sector Streamcent Develops Apps to Showcase African Sports Personalities Ahmed Idris: An Administrator in Pursuit of Excellence Theres So Much Potential in Nigeria Finland Can Tap Ifie Sekibo: A Revered Philanthropist at 56 As Entrepreneur, I Had Breakthrough Because of My Passion Baby Diaper Wars Nigeria An Unusual Welcome Party for Federal Lawmakers THE OBASEKI HERESY: Economists, Politicians and the Death of Nations West Ham Suffer Top-four Blow in Defeat at Newcastle FA Cup: Chelsea End Man Citys Quadruple Dream this Season Merseyside Derby: Iwobi Says Hes Growing to Hate Liverpool FA Cup Semis, Copa del Rey final Live on StarTimes Aiyepeku Hails Performance of Youthful Lagos Athletes at Edo 2020 *PUNCH* Some celebs lie about having glamorous lives DJ Cuppy My parents dont pressurise me about marriage Ruggedman Being an actor doesnt make life easy Kunle Remi Not all movies should make it to cinemas Genny Uzoma Why I cant cheat on my wife Sunny Melody Ordeal of Cross River magistrates Im happy and fulfilled Okunna Nigerias first female mass comm prof. Hero documentary celebrates Igbo apprenticeship system Focus, zero complacency ensure competitive advantage Obi JUSUN strike: Cells overcrowded, courts shut People think actresses cant be good wives Didi Ekanem People need reliable, affordable access to healthcare Folake Owodunni Akpabio, Udoedehes supremacy battle fuelling Akwa Ibom APC crisis Sam Ewang PDP Congress: Concern over Makinde, Fayoses lingering feud APC cant repeat Imo governorship drama in Anambra Oye, APGA chair France to support Nigerias creative industry World Bank, FG move to end fuel subsidy E-payment transactions hit N60.34tn in first quarter NIBSS Telcos seek CBN, NCC intervention over alleged USSD debt Huawei records 3.2% profit increase despite US sanctions Airtel, startup partner on mobile learning platform Competitive trades distracting Nigerians from agriculture ARCN boss Sheff Utd relegated from Premier League after Wolves defeat Sasa: Leaders, traders in Oyo markets revive unit meetings, rejig security to avert violence My wife wont rest until ritualists who beheaded her face justice Husband of murdered Osun food hawker Criminals take advantage of eight-year-old boy lacking parental care Uber, Bolt drivers lament poor pay, threaten strike Monday My son and I are joyous that trees uprooted by rainstorm didnt kill us 82-year-old Imo widow Three injured during clash at Osun APC meeting Police nab mother, daughter for stabbing Delta nursing mum Tears as Plateau varsity student who died during protest is buried For Ogun, digital technology is the future Teenage cultists arrested planning reprisal in Lagos school Fighting Corruption with Technology Transmission solenoids Nigerias Twitter rebuke Nigerias medicinal plants: Thaumatococcus daniellii (Ewe iran) Restructuring fever and the Buhari factor We cant breathe! Ogun community chokes under Chinese recycling plants fume Young people using Indian hemp risk heart disease later in life Study Wiping back-to-front introduces bacteria from anus into vaginaResearcher urinating after sex wont prevent infection Why people usually insist on collecting placenta after childbirth Physicians Can Nigeria democratise healthcare People with mouth ulcer should avoid toothpaste containing sodium lauryl sulphate Expert NEast govs bemoan inability to try BHaram suspects HushD welcomes Eniola Ajao, Onyi Alex, Mike Godson How I handle female attention Seyi Awolowo Bimbo Ademoye, Timini Egbuson teach responsibility in Breaded Life My love for music keeps me going Emmovich Wavesplus debuts in Ibadan *DAILY TIMES* South-South Leaders: Amaechi is a great achiever Workers strike will end soon, says NAFDAC Oduduwa Republic: Yoruba leaders storm Ibadan PDP backs Obasekis claim that FG printed N60bn for March allocation IPOB alleges eastern Governors, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and others are compiling their names Bishop Oyedepo: I hope there is no agenda to deplete the population of this nation Damasak: Nigerian Soldiers Overpower ISWAP Top Commander, Others Senator Shehu Sani: Uber and bolt strike on Monday will help keke napep and okada TCN completes reconductoring of Sokoto-Birnin-Kebbi transmission line NCAA Approves Commercial Flight Operations At Bayelsa Airport Celebrities demand medical help for Navalny in letter to Putin Yobe Govt donates N50m to Potiskum mosques project Chelsea 1-0 Man City: Hakim Ziyechs goal puts Blues into FA Cup final Transparency, integrity crucial in bitcoin trading, says BLord, Nigerias leading cryptocurrency trader IGR: Lagos tops other states with N418.99bn in 2020 Kashcoming on a journey to conquer the industry with new vibes and unique artistry *NEW TELEGRAPH* Army kills five bandits, injure others during air raid in Benue Hundreds protest Chicago police killing of 13-year-old boy NCAA approves commercial flight operations at Bayelsa Airport More electrical problems found on some Boeing 737 MAX Firm offers best rates for gift card products Okorocha's release excites Abuja Igbo community EPL: Sheff Utd relegated after loss to Wolves JUST IN: Chelsea end Man City's quadruple hopes EPL: Newcastle beat Hammers in thriller to move nine points clear of drop FM: Qatar aims to host COVID-free World Cup Ikoyi Club stages tourney to end tennis clinic New 36-team Champions League format set for final UEFA approval Monday *BLUE PRINT* Images from Queen Elizabeth's husband Prince Philip's burial Pictures: RCCG's Pastor Enoch Adeboye visits Ekiti gov Kayode Fayemi Uber, Bolt drivers threaten strike if Happening now: Emotional farewell as Queen Elizabeth's husband Prince Philip is laid to rest Breaking: Norwich City return to Premier League SEC to engage Fintech, sanction operators frustrating e-dividend NYSC: Deploy corps members to ECOWAS bloc ' Don APC crisis: Group slams publicity secretary over alleged defection in Akwa Ibom Breaking: Chelsea overcome Manchester City, zoom into FA Cup final Nasarawa assembly declares support for Dangote sugar refinery Police rescue kidnapped female soldier, 2 other women in Oyo We can't continue with bad governance ' PDP EU/UN group decries low commitment to violence against women, girls' fight Pensioners appeal to Buhari over N35bn arrears Access to polling units'll usher in good voting experience ' INEC Igbo not afraid of competition ' Ohanaeze PG Currency printing: PDP demands finance minister's sack YPN laments inflation, knocks FG Edo: PDP backs Obaseki over Nigeria's economy comment Female squad: NSCDC begins medical, psychological screening for personnel *THE SUN* Growing anxiety over insecurity and government's inactions Nigeria presently at war with itself ' Hon. Blessing Nwagba 2023: PDP'll lose if presidency is not zoned to South ' Hon. Edionwele APC, PDP bicker over planned defection Okowa saved Nigeria's democracy from one party, says Ishaku Rivers LG poll peaceful, witnesses voter apathy S'West PDP lauds Fayose's group over decision to unite party South West PDP lauds Fayose group over decision to unite party Amaechi is great achiever-South-south leaders APC, PDP quarrel over expected defection Tokyo 2020: Japan not cancelling Games, Hashimoto insists Musa to play for free at Kano Pillars 'Dikko Okagabre, Oduduru in action at Florida meet I'm still Slavia Prague player 'Olayinka Rivers Hoopers acquire Festus Ezeli for BAL Unstoppable Simy confirms he's one of Europe's best Sports promoter makes case for Nigeria to host boxing title fight Maritime workers suspend industrial action at Apapa port Information Ministry, NDLEA to partner on illicit drug war NCAA approves Bayelsa Airport for commercial flight operations FMC Owerri has all it takes to be teaching hospital Health minister Alleged NSITF N69bn fraud: Olejemes return to face charges vindicates me Ubani PSC seeks revamp of Enugu detective college NARD commends Ngige for resolution of doctors strike UNN organises 1st cultural carnival Ambodes politics is Zikist Udeogaranya, Ohanaeze chieftain 100 groups shake Ibadan for Oduduwa Republic Dont make SEast terrorists region Bishop Okeke We the people All things are yours Mark 16:15 ' 18 Walking in freedom (11) Divine restoration What do men really want from women Why impotence may result from enlarged prostate Just us girls! No man talk Twitter in Ghana Doctors, strikes and deaths How loneliness affects you Ebubeagu: Why Southeast govs were jolted from slumber National security: How Abuja, Lagos, PH, CCTV project was stalled Afikpo witnessed last genocide in Biafra Ewa, author Corruption: Elite, ordinary Nigerians must monitor projects in their communities Ezenwa, anti-corruption campaigner Our headache living in Ajeromi council Tanko, Lagos Arewa leader Tertiary education must focus on developing wealth creation skills Dr Ntoh, ASCETA provost Isa Pantami: Swimming in murky waters of controversies Magufulis worthy example Its erroneous to believe all models are prostitutes Pelumi Babajide, beauty queen My song, Arole ll draw men closer to God Soyesings Lagos Catholics LACDRAFEST kicks off May *GUARDIAN* Atletico Madrid need Eibar win to resuscitate title challenge Goals everywhere: Nigeria's Iheanacho, Osimhen, Onoachu, Nwankwo are lighting Europe Again, Wike refuses to vote at council polls Southwest PDP commends Fayose's group over decision to unite party Stakeholders express cautious optimism on Nigeria's gender parity Currency Printing: PDP condemns alleged concealment, deceit by FG Aggrieved APC candidates lambast Amaechi over bycott of Rivers council polls Okowa saved Nigeria from APC's one-party plot in 2019, says Ishaku President Buhari now re-energised ' APC Anambra governorship poll: APC schedules primary for June 26 Ramadan successes depend largely on women, says governor's wife How rifts over taxes crumbles AMAC's revenue base, operations ' Chairman We didn't authorise erection of mosque beside church ' KPPA Ramadan: Kano Government feeds 75,000 people daily FTAN president ,Saleh Rabo is dead Biden hits the golf course for first time in presidency Prince Philip: What they said Canadian province of Ontario strengthens, prolongs Covid lockdown Wounded from anti-UN protests flood DR Congo hospitals Covid-19 compared with other dealy viruses Queen Elizabeth ll to bury her 'strength and stay' Prince Philip oshua '100 percent' sure fight with Fury will hold in July rr August One killed as robbers attack Nasarawa's sports festival team Chelsea end Man City's quadruple quest to reach FA Cup final Sensational Messi scores twice as Barca beat Athletic to win Copa del Rey Bayern Munich go seven points clear as Flick reveals quit shock Klopp admits Liverpool under pressure in top four race Governors amid reign of terror Abuse of women in IDPs Restructuring as panacea for nation building Of lifting particulars and winning *TRIBUNE* Nigeria records 60 new COVID-19 infections, total now 164,207 Adeboye visits Fayemi, condemns bandits' attacks on traditional rulers in Ekiti Pantami renounces past controversial comments SOS: Titilayo, orphan, requires N20m to survive chronic kidney disease SOS: Oluwamuyiwa, 33, needs N25m to fight renal failure Our gov should stop inducing House members to defect to PDP 'Wunti, Bauchi Assembly spokesperson At 66, I'm still inspired to write more for humanity 'Okediran Tributes: Death'too cruel a sting Literarily, Drainage After I led students to confront IBB at Dodan Barracks, Gaddafi invited me to Libya 'Ex-Ekiti AG Is Makinde aware of this Nigeria: Racing back to 1967 Okediran releases advocacy novellas on gender-based violence N60b bazaar: Emefiele don get alert, God win Transcendence: Taking outstanding talents higher As angry PDP governors tackle Buhari, APC in Makurdi *SPORTS* Aiyepeku Hails Performance of Youthful Lagos Athletes at Edo 2020 - 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