*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR THURSDAY 17TH MARCH 2022* *PUNCH* War turns Yemens nature reserve back into waste dump Canadian man leaves country to go defend Ukraine Fire service rescues four-year-old boy from well in Kano Abducted Mayor of Ukraine city released by Russian forces Tinubu berates presidential aspirants over defections, sells bid at NAssembly El-Rufai, other APC govs lose out, Buni meets Buhari, returns today Umahi withdraws suit over names error judge adjourns case Families, kings cant participate in monarchs installation, burial Ogun traditionalists Four months after Nembe oil spill, residents bemoan hardship, praying for help Nigerias unending electricity woes Wike-Obaseki feud: No PDP leader should attack another Ayu Umahi: You cant get certificate of return, Ebonyi APC tells PDP CSO demands Southern president in 2023, backs Jonathan APC chairmanship: Yari shuns zoning, buys N20m form Lies, forgeries, persecutions wont stop Ekweremadu Campaigners Resign if nursing political ambition, El-Rufai tells appointees, officials Katsina SSG hints at resignation, says gov bid not do-or-die Atikus former spokesman declares Ogun governorship bid PDP presidential candidate to emerge May 29 Ex-deputy prisons controller joins Lagos governorship race Certificate of Return is illegal, Ebonyi APC tells PDP BREAKING: APC cancels Thursday NEC meeting Coronation Merchant Bank, others examine economic outlook Why we clear Nigerias waterways regularly NIWA MD Most port scanners are obsolete, says Customs CG NUPENG cries out as cooking gas price rises again Banks total assets rose by N8.25tn in 2021 CBN report Empowering girls, women essential for sustainable development, says NDIC MD Nigeria refused to save $342m from debt service suspension in 2021 Senate amends Money Laundering Act, banks to report deposits to EFCC Ganduje sacks Kano chambers exco for failing to hold election Blackout: FG blames gas shortage, vandalism, okays N40bn for Discos Poor facilities denied Nigeria benefits of global energy crisis LCCI Eko Disco gets first female deputy CEO Outages: Experts advise companies to embrace renewable energy Indigenous chemical technologyll create jobs FG FG agency lauds local firms, Tag inaugurates PH facility Rising crude prices may erode Nigerians purchasing power NACCIMA Baobab+ inaugurates pay-as-you-go solar service NAssembly proposing criminalising illegal connection, metre by-bass NERC Varsity builds solar generator for rural electrification Reps orders probe of banks over excessive, illegal charges Nadal neutralises Opelka to extend perfect start to 2022 Dispatch riders plan protest over extortion, multiple permits UFC: Yusuff eyes Top 10 ranking Truck drivers blame poor financing for bad trucks Nwakaeme, Nigeria's second top scorer in Turkish Lig SIFAX container terminal gets ISO certification Adductor injury may force Omeruo out of Ghana clash Lagos-born Aiyegun dumps Nigeria for Benin Marseille president big fan of Simon Europa: Aribo returns, Balogun eyes 55th Gers game Iwobi eyes 15th EPL goal, 20th assist Ghana vs Nigeria: VAR gadgets land in Kumasi Chukwueze's Villarreal humiliate Juventus to make Champions League quarters Time wasting: Okoye escapes Dutch FA probe Liverpool sink Arsenal to boost title bid, record-breaker Kane lifts Spurs CAF rejects Cape Coast stadium for Eagles, Ghana clash *VANGUARD* Why energy crises may linger longer ' Industry leaders US based Nigerian author, Chinwe Esimai releases new book, Brilliance Beyond Borders 2023: Dattijo meets Kaduna lawmakers on sustaining El-Rufai's achievements Emeka Obasi, publisher of Hallmark Newspaper, dies @ 58 Pensioners take over Benin City over unpaid benefits, others Bill for Federal College of Agriculture, Obot Akara LGA scales second reading Obaseki, Wike face-off a result of desperation for power ' Edo APC chairman BREAKING: APC releases final list of Sub-Committees ahead of national convention Court orders final forfeiture of property, over $228,428 linked to retired Air Force Chief Marine notice 106: IOCs begin compliance ' Maritime workers PENGASSAN expresses fear over IOCs' divestment Olu of Warri's missing crown : Magistrate court declines transfer of case, adjourns to April 20 How I risked my life to end banditry ' Katsina SGS Buhari apologises over petrol, electricity shortages Nigerians languishing in government failures Katsina 2023: 18 assembly members, 17 aspiring chairmen, councillors identify with SGS gov'ship ambition BREAKING: Buni on the rebound, cancels APC NEC meeting fixed Thursday by Bello [BREAKING] 2023: PDP Presidential primary holds in May Support my lifetime ambition to be President, Tinubu tells APC Senators I will step into Buhari's shoes as next president ' Tinubu Abia 2023: I won't decide alone on my successor ' Ikpeazu Kanu's ill health: Court declines to summon DSS DG to give evidence Delta senator, Patrick Osakwe, dies in London hospital 2023: Tinubu meets with APC senators today C'River 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Must Place Emphasis on Curative Health, Ogundiwin Posits Group Calls for Affirmative Actions to Improve Wellbeing of the Boy Child Expert Canvasses Healthy Living to Boost National Productivity After 13 Years, Couple Welcome Quadruplets through IVF *THE SUN* Soludo: A new dawn in Anambra 2023: PDP presidential candidate emerges May 29 Buni gets Buharis full backing INEC lists operational challenges in new law Ebonyi: Court to hear Umahi, deputy, 16 lawmakers motion for stay of execution March 21 APC slams PDP for demanding certificate of return from INEC Enugu 2023: Sponsored lies, forgeries, cant stop Ekweremadu-Campaign Kwara: I will run in 2023, Ajia says Anambra: Anxiety in Ekwunife, Umehs camps as Obianos aide declares for senate 2023: NCFront disowns Kwankwaso, NNPP Forex: MAN urges CBN to establish monitoring, evaluation mechanisms Multimix Academy hosts roundtable on supply chain restructuring Sit-at-home killing economy Commissioner Marketers, airlines dialogue over aviation 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Inspector quizzed for alleged disappearance of Delta 'cleric Police parade suspected cultists, others in Anambra Late OAU student dies of hemorrhage, traumatic injury, says pathologist Six die in Delta road crash Imo youths protest deplorable state of Owerri-Port Harcourt expressway, others Buni meets Buhari in London Organisers pick Easter for Owerri basketball classics Porbeni, Ojokolo hopeful of medals as Team Nigeria jets out to Belgrade Atanda Musa eyes national table tennis team job Dan Anyiam Stadium gets Olympic size swimming pool, other amenities Stakeholders hopeful of improved transmission as investment hits N1.6tr Investors count losses as fall in stock prices defy market dynamics IMB links drop in piracy at Gulf of Guinea to foreign efforts FG woos investors to Lekki seaport, rail infrastructure AfDB seeks $58 billion for Lagos-Cotonou-Lome-Abidjan highway, others EU urges Nigerian scientists to tap into '100b science, tech research initiative Nigeria's slow, steady path to sugar self-sufficiency Power plants require $4.78bn as forex challenges cripple generation FG targets $1bn from sale of leather by 2025 TEF, Google.org announce support for African entrepreneurs Expert advocates greater women participation in tech Operator calls for in-country hosting of cloud services Nigeria, 16 others raise $112 million, create 2800 jobs via Google initiative Software engineers get graduate internship programme from Dukka Pantami, Danbatta, Emefiele for 5G plan discussion Keyla Technologies offers free websites to 10,000 SMEs Labour pickets sugar firm over alleged anti-labour activities Philanthropist empowers indigent youths in Oworonshoki with vocational skills Female directors strategise to overcome 'imposter syndrome Microsoft unveils new initiatives to support 10,000 African start-ups Firm reaffirms support for women development UK Govt, Cybersafe Foundation graduate first set of DigiGirls cohorts CMD urges women on mentorship, collaboration for professional 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