ElohimTov Naija News. *NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR WEDNESDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2023* *PUNCH* Osun police arrest fake DSS officer, others Stock market suffers N37bn decline Lagos trains town planners in drones deployment US economy better positioned to grow than any country Biden ICPC raids banks, arrest officials for hoarding naira Collect their money, vote us, Obi advises voters Were not aware of Lagos Assembly recommendations Magodo CDA CEO works on youth empowerment with tech Nigeria, 12 others plan to close digital gap UKs mortgage rates now below 4% Report WhatsApp group vs community: What you need to know APC, PDP trade words over alleged naira hoarding Foundation knocks politicians faking Awolowos ideology FMDQ gets ISSA membership IFC partners Union Bank to support SMEs Advertisers to unveil new think-tank Global unemployment to hit 208 million, says ILO Biden arrives Capitol, delivers State of the Union address Nigeria may miss female genital mutilation eradication Nigeria urgently needs to secure its borders ZLP condemns APC rally disruption in Rivers Villa drama: Cabal plots to stop Tinubu, APC candidate, govs allege sabotage INEC accredits EU, AU, 200 other poll observers Umahis agents after PDP gov candidate, kinsmen allege APGA candidate laments attack on Enugu residence Omo-Agege woos Delta health workers Elections: Powerful forces wanted Jonathan, Emefiele candidacies APC vice chair Obi will tackle subsidy scam in first 100 days Datti Ahmed Nobody will get Buharis 1.9m Kano votes of 2015 Datti Ahmed Sterling Bank waives transaction fees over naira scarcity Kwara pledges support for aviation training college Banks ordered to freeze Pakistani terror financiers accounts Quackery, weak regulations worsen building collapse menace 17.66 million mails sent in one year NIPOST FG disburses N16.8bn cash grants to vulnerable Nigerians Nigeria, Uganda seek partnership on direct flights FG plans new policy to track public spending Antigua and Barbuda, Air Peace partner on tourism Declare aviation essential service, stakeholders urge govt Turkey earthquake: Atsu receiving treatment Malik: Teen star keen on surpassing Aruna's feat Jump king! Osimhen breaks Ronaldo's Serie A record D'Tigers face tough task as FIBA confirms W'Cup qualifiers Lagos to host athletics club series Cricket: NCF shifts U-17 finals Bayelsa United await IMC verdict after appeal Qatari investors to bid for Man United ' Report Finidi hails Enyimba after El-Kanemi win Can he rescue battered Saints United tempt Osimhen with 107m bid Iheanacho makes EPL Team of The Week Reims chief: We can't keep Balogun Al-Ahly vs Real Madrid: Egyptians battle Los Blancos in Club W'Cup semis Politics of new naira scarcity Education curriculum: Reality or fantasy Gombe man sodomises 12 Almajiri children US indicts Nigerian of stealing varsitys $1.4m Lagos businessman defrauds customer of N2.5m Anambra hoodlums kill six villagers, kidnap six others *THISDAY* Court Discharges, Acquits Omokore, Firms of $1.6bn Fraud Allegations Naira Scarcity: Buhari, Bagudu, Tambuwal, Emefiele, Bawa Meet, Seek Solution PDP: APC Candidate Hoarding Cash, Causing Nigerians Pains FG: New Minimum Wage Possible Before May 2024 Road Tax Credit Scheme: BUA Group CommencesConstruction of N116bn Kano-Kazaure Dual Carriage Way ICPC Swoops on Sterling Bank,Discovers N258m Stashed New Notes Lagos Targets over N924bn Revenue in 2023 Youths Protest Naira, Fuel Scarcity in Ogun, Ondo Ignore Kuluwu's Order, ContinueSelling Petrol, IPMAN Tells Members FG Awards over N85bn Census Contract to Zinox Technologies FG Activates Bottom-up Cash Management Policy to Engender Fiscal Discipline Ebonyi Community Seeks Buhari, IGP's Interventionover Threat to PDP Gubernatorial Candidate's Life Fuel Scarcity: Again, FG Warns Oil Marketers AgainstExploitation, Says Permanent Solution in Sight 48% of Nigerians Now Live Below PovertyLine, Says Humanitarian Affairs Minister INEC: We've Totally Tackled Problems of Underage Registered Voters Buhari: Mbazulike Amechi's DemiseWill Leave Vacuum in Sands of History MAN: Manufacturers Facing Critical Time IG Orders Redeployment of DIGs, AIGs, CPs Sultan: No 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behaviour Ipaja community cries out over encroachment on recreation centre Police parade two ex'convicts, other for robbery Imo lawyers, others protest at police headquarters, seek end to insecurity NIDCOM condemns killing of 16 Nigerian travellers in Burkina Faso Potential new owner of Sheffield United falsely accused of being a conman by media Volleyball to address unemployment In N'East, says Army commander Christian Atsu 'removed from wreckage with injuries' after earthquake EPL's tallest player, Onuachu, relishing Premier League physicality How Napoli star Osimhen compares to Batistuta, Drogba, Cristiano Ronaldo World-class field lines up for Epe 2023 Road Race Manufacturers decry sourcing 95 per cent of FX needs from black market Stuck fund crisis costs aviation $500m loss, 70% ticket sales 66yrs after, Nigeria to make oil production, cargo data open Govt to recover abandoned overseas properties Terra Launches Jollof Seasoning Cube for an extraordinary Jollof experience Ouranos 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