*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR THURSDAY 14TH APRIL 2022* *PUNCH* Security agents aiding bandits, allege Reps, demand NSA, ministers sacking N3.6bn fraud: Appeal Court dismisses ex-NDDC boss discharge Probe me, Bauchi governor dares anti-graft agencies Ill be courageous as Nigerias president, says Tinubu 677 drug traffickers jailed, 3,359 arrested in three months NDLEA LASEPA, NBC partner to tackle plastic pollution Senates flippant approval of 18 medical varsities Economic growth slowed in February CBN report Senators bid Adamu, Kyari, Nasiha farewell Wikes aides resign, 13 aspirants jostle for PDP ticket CVR: 45% of completed registrations nationwide invalid, says INEC Aspirant faults Buharis silence on Benue killings Aregbesolas ex-aide, Alimi, denies moving to PDP Osun: INEC releases final list, okays Oyetola, Adeleke, others Lagos motorcyclist bags life sentence for raping passenger 28 drown in Sokoto canoe accident, village head buries five children Sisters, couple, driver burnt in Anambra crash, FRSC blames speeding Gunmen kill Ebonyi bizman week to wedding, vanish with phone Truck crushes Okada rider, police detain driver Panic as high tension wire snaps, torches poles, Lagos bridge NBA, others slam Army for hiding Osun killer soldiers, demand prosecution 80% of barges in Nigeria are locally made, say operators MOWCA solicits NIMASAs partnership to fight piracy NSML bemoans global shortfall of competent seafarers Navy has detained my vessel for four years Shipowner Cashew nuts, others exports hit N56bn in Q1 Customs National Assembly to pass Buharis revised 2022 fiscal framework today Edo govt pledges reforms, promotes local goods NCDMB unveils support for LPG small-scale entrepreneurs Senate confirms four NUPRC commissioner nominees Expert seeks decentralisation of TCN to attract investors Oil firms, regulators colluding against host communities Diri Power towers collapse in Ogun, plunge towns others into darkness Niger community gets free electricity from 90KW mini-grid FG highlights Makojus contributions to national devt Buhari mourns statistician-general, Harry Nine millionaires emerge in Wema Bank promo Weve attracted $400m to boost agribusiness in Ekiti Fayemi Grid collapse: FG approves N1.4bn for power transmission projects Airlines, agents to begin sale of tickets in dollar Financial service firm rewards contest winners Stock market gains N87bn in bullish trading FGs commercial loans rise by 31%, hit $14.67bn Food import bill jumps by 45% to N1.12tn CBN report Visa ban: FG approves foreign professionals with skills lacking in Nigeria God does not hate divorce Handover passengers identification to technology firm, FG orders NRC Mainstreaming circularity in Nigerias water sector Two Ikoyi high-rise buildings fail integrity test, risk collapse 2023: Memo to the presidential aspirant Total Energies, others commission projects in South-East Anambra not yet oil-producing state Soludo NDPHC, FCT community sign power supply agreement FG inaugurates waste-recycling project to empower informal sector Ex-stars to Eagles: Forget failures, plan for AFCON qualifiers Kanu, Okocha send soothing words to hospitalised Emenike Dessers, Sor eye seventh Conference League goals Villarreal's Nigerian connection that wrecked Bayern Rohr, two others battle for Mali job *VANGUARD* Bandit attacks: FG has abandoned Benue like an orphan ' Akase Osinachi's children told me their father warned them not to speak about how he maltreated their mother ' Tallen, Women Affairs Minister Killings in Benue, Plateau, others function of failed govt ' MBF WEMABOD signs MOU with Connect Homes to deliver housing Estate in Ekiti State NLNG commends Nigerian Maritime Academy for advancing marine education FORBES Coaches Council unveils world-class performance strategist, Abiola Salami, as member Basic education:UBEC expresses concern over poor learning outcomes Northern Christian Elders condemn incessant killings FG links epileptic power supply, infrastructure failure to sabotage Nigerian node seeks N135mn pilot fund to sequence genomes of endangered species We thank you for making our ex-member, past Secretary, BoT, your National Chairman ' PDP mocks APC Plateau attack: Farouq orders urgent deployment of relief materials to victims TotalEnergies Startupper winners of the Year Challenge emerge Police in Edo kill six kidnappers, rescue five victims Strike: Drop your ego, accept UTAS, COEASU tells FG INSECURITY: We must prevent anarchy from overtaking Nigeria ' Utomi 3 days to D-day lady calls off wedding over domestic violence Ensuring effective local government administration UPDATED: Outrage over Plateau, Benue killings; Reps angry with Buhari, security agencies 2023 Presidency: Nigeria needs courageous leader like me ' Tinubu 2023: I'm not running to negotiate for Vice president ' Wike Osun 2022: INEC recognises Adeleke as PDP candidate Champions League: Man City set up Real Madrid semi-final with victory over Atletico Liverpool vs Benfica: Reds resist late comeback to book semi-final spot Lagos Police to discipline weed-smoking officer 2023 presidency: Should Emefiele contest Man bathes wife with hot water in Ondo 28 die in Sokoto boat mishap Yemi Ogunbiyi presents memoirs: 'The Road Never Forgets UPDATED: 26 dead, 17 houses burnt as communal war rages in Ebonyi Bandits abduct 5 students of Zamfara Health College Gunmen attack police station in Anambra, kill four cops *THISDAY* Sanwo-Olu: Airtels Tier III Data Centre Will Boost IT Development, Create Business Opportunities To Showcase Tech Savvy Leaders, NCS Set to Assess Technology Skills of Political Aspirants Nassawara State Summit to Target FDIs, Says over $500m Investment Attracted in 3 Years Stock Market Appreciates Further by N87bn Essaadi: NB Remains Pose on Shareholders Return Despite Challenges GNI Develops Set of Affordable Insurance Products Telecoms Subscribers Require SIM Linkage to Unlock SIM Cards, NCC Insists Mikano Motors Unveils Luxury Azkarra SUV NIEEE Calls for Decentralisation of Electric Grid to Address Incessant Collapse Supporting Business Growth with MDXi Logitech Introduces Remote Work Products for Nigeria Eko Innovation Centre, GDM Introduce Marketing, Media Hackathon Lagos Food Bank Initiative Partners Nutzy Peanuts Promoting Environmental Sustainability CBN Restates Commitment to Promote Financial Inclusion BoICT Lecture 2022 to Explore Impact of Blockchain Technology Egoras Launches Zero Interest Financing Opportunities NIPOST Partners Transxor to Enhance Courier, Logistics Business NCS, UNODC, Govt of Germany Upgrade Maiduguri Maximum Prison Tech Firm Introduces Smart Cylinders to Address Safety Concerns Adopting Innovative Security Solutions in a Vulnerable, Digital World LandWey Reveals 8 Year-Masterplan for $142m Wellness & Lifestyle City, Isimi Lagos How Landwey is Delivering its Projects Amidst Time Lags, Economic Challenges Phillips: Its Amazing to be Widely Accepted by my People Indeed, The Road Never Forgets Rohr Linked with Eagles of Malis Job Japan Donates Judo Equipment to Lagos, State Super Eagles Winger, Olayinka, on Fenerbahce Radar AWWASHNet Confronts Bias against Women, Girls ..Fights stigmatisation against female monthly cycle Paris 2024: Eight Nigerian Athletes Get IOC Scholarships Onyechi Boosts John Utaka Academys France Tour Okpekpe 10km Road Race Registration Begins in Lagos, Benin Benzema Tipped to Win 2022 Ballon dOr Amaju Pinnick Gets New FIFA Role UI Students Partner Firm, OHealth on Efficient Health Delivery Pfizer Raises Awareness on Adult Vaccines to Prevent Diseases O-Shot Therapy Raises Hope of Enhanced Sexual Experience in Genitally Mutilated Females CIBN President: Banks Integral Source of Employment Insecurity: Senate Okays Bills for Peace Corps, Hunters Council Establishment Birth, Death Registration: House Urges FG, States, LG to join Sensitization of Nigerians Displaced Persons in Nigeria Now 3.3m, Says ECOWAS Defection: Ayade Lauds Court Judgement Two Anambra Lawmakers Defect to PDP Anyim, Bala Mohammed Submit PDP Presidential Forms Delta Approves Road Projects FG Trains 120 Cassava Farmers on Management of Whiteflies Infestation FG Links Attack on Kaduna Bound Train to Boko Haram, Bandits' Alliance *THE SUN* Agbani Horsfall opens gospel karaoke studio in Abuja 2023: Mohammed woos PDP BoT, others Types of candidates that Nigerians must avoid in 2023 Igini Why I want to govern Plateau Dakum Roadto 2023: 2023 presidency: What Igbo aspirants should do to win Northern support Nwogu 2023: UN delegation meets APC leadership, seeks collaboration for peaceful polls ADC declares nomination forms free for women, youths, PWDs Why Nigeria needs me as president -Tinubu 40 PDP aspirants protest denial of paid intent forms Olawepo-Hashim set to declare presidential ambition Anyim woos party leaders, says give me ticket, Ill deliver presidency to PDP Enugu indigenes in US write Ugwuanyi, seek peaceful transition Goje distributes 500 tricycles, 1, 000 bikes to constituents FG blames Abuja-Kaduna train attack on Boko Haram, bandits collaboration 2 nuns, couple burnt to ashes in Anambra auto crash Insecurity: 11,536 schools shut down in north, says UNICEF ASUU: NLC issues FG 21 days ultimatum to resolve crisis Zoning: Ugwuanyi tasks Tambuwal, 3 other PDP presidential aspirants to ensure justice, equity, fairness Gunmen kill 4 policemen, set Anambra station ablaze US rates Buharis govt low on corruption FEC approves N1.4bn for power sector Peter Obi: Plateau, Benue mayhem unacceptable Nigeria needs collaboration to tackle challenges AESG FCMB grows revenue to N212bn as profit rises to N22.7bn Union Bank earnings hit N175bn in 2021 MTN launches Nigerias first nationwide VoLTE call service Customs intercepts 145kg of Colorado, 206,000 pieces of machetes without End User Certificate NBS confirms Harrys death National grid: LCCI calls for transition to renewable energy Consumer rights: Experts call for people-friendly services SBF Asia Pacific sells beverage operations to AFDL for $14m Nigeria: Beyond being on auto-pilot Power seekers and special perspective Principles of zoning, rotation of presidency in Nigerian Constitution Osun, Nasarawa, Jigawa roll up sleeves for new parks PDPs realistic path to Aso Rock Time to hold government accountable (1) The choices we make for 2023 Four nations bordering Nigeria, the Atlantic and the Sahara Nigeria standing on nothingness Osinachi and quest for justice Breaking the grip of godfatherism in Abia Ideas, great thinkers, rule the world Isimi Lagos 2030: Masterplan for Nigerias first wellness, lifestyle city Quickteller Barz and Notes unveils final 6 contestants Abayomi Tella declares for Ogun Assembly, picks nomination form Felix Bankole holds praise, drama festival Yoruba female kingdoms Insecurity: Lagos CP seeks synergy with communities 25 suspected robbers, kidnappers nabbed in Lagos The high cost of medical tourism *GUARDIAN* NDLEA secures 677 convictions, arrests 3,359 offenders, seizes 65,915.891kg of illicit drugs in Q1 Court adjourns Ibeto, EFCC suit till May 11 Don't cave in, Olubadan charges Yoruba nation self-determination agitators Group seeks justice for Osinachi, victims of domestic violence Abia inaugurates task force against touting, street trading, illegal parking Rivers PDP aspirants accuse party of withholding forms after payment Obaseki receives Peter Obi, says PDP must embrace equity, fairness Bandits abduct, threaten to betroth five Zamfara college girls Players only human,' says Klopp as Liverpool survive collapse to reach semi-finals Eight Nigerian athletes get IOC scholarships ahead Paris 2024 Man City see off Atletico to set up Real Madrid clash MTN launches Nigeria's first nationwide VoLTE call service Experts lament impacts of inflation on construction industry Scholars highlight setbacks to anti-money laundering war B2B e-commerce: retailers relishing the alternate market route PDP, APC: Any agenda for Nigerians Super Eagles failed World Cup campaign Nigeran civil service and trajectory of public administration - Part 2 Lessons in leadership recruitment Different ball game - Part 3 Governor and his deputy are party seedlings Digging deep at Easter Biafra: Okey Anueyiagu's Horrors of war High tech lynching of a black man Insecurity: Sack NSA, Defence minister, Reps charges Buhari CVR: INEC uncovers 1.3m invalid registrations, to prosecute culpable officials FEC approves N1.4b for power sector as Buhari swears in NPC, ICPC commissioners U.S. drops charges against Blessing Okagbare I won't negotiate presidency, Wike tells Calabar delegates BON inaugurates award steering committee 2023 drama: APC 'offers' Abia to Abaribe as Tinubu vows 'I've never lost election NASU, SSANU threaten indefinite strike over non-implementation of agreements Why APC, PDP may pick presidential candidates from same zone World Bank, IMF, WTO raise the alarm over food shortage *LEADERSHIP* US Govt Reassures Imo State Of Support Against Pandemic 5 Burnt To Death In Anambra Auto Crash At Valedictory Session, Senators Beg Adamu For Return Tickets 8 Years After: Chibok Memories Still Linger NLC Gives Federal Govt 21 Days To Resolve Crisis In Education Sector Nation's Capital Groans Under Uncontrolled Influx Of People Insecurity: Customs Intercepts 206,000 Machetes Imported From Ghana At Lagos Port 24 Hours After Northern Elders' Resignation Call To Buhari: Federal Govt Vows To Unveil Perpetrators Of Kaduna, Plateau Attacks 2023: PDP Closes Entry Today, 17 Presidential Aspirants Pick Forms 2023: I'm Not Running To Negotiate For VP Slot ' Wike Insurers Discover N20bn Fraudulent Claims From #ENDSARS Destruction ISWAP Terrorists Kill 5 IDPs In Borno Liverpool, Man City Cruise Into UEFA Champions League Semi-finals How Landwey Is Delivering Projects Amidst Time Lags, Economic Challenges *NEW TELEGRAPH* Why FG must rise to the intractable threat of insecurity Buhari's resignation not solution to 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to start para-basketball league in 2023 ' Igoche Mark 2023: ADC waives nomination form fees for women, youths, PWDs Insecurity: Bandits now partner dislodged Boko Haram terrorists ' FG Continuous voters' register:Over 1.3m invalid PVCs detected worrisome ' INEC Conte tests positive for Covid-19 NBBF board set to review statutes Mexico in awe of Super Eagles AFCON 2023: Super Eagles avoid Ghana, Tunisia, others FG approves N1.4bn for power supply equipment 2023: Wike storms Cross River, rejects consensus Why Nigeria needs me as president ' Tinubu Senate sets N3.019trn revenue target for Customs, approves N369.04bn 2022 for agency 2023: Northern youth forum urges Emefiele to contest for president 677 drug traffickers jailed, 3, 359 arrested in 3 months ' NDLEA Plateau killings: Reps task Buhari on coordinated security initiative Terrorists kidnap 5 Zamfara health technology college female students Nasarawa partners foundation to promote agribusiness Akwa Ibom APC plans grand reception 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