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(Copyright ElohimTov.com). *NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR THURSDAY 18TH MAY 2023* *PUNCH* N2.7bn saved from demurrages in two years, says NSC Russian air strikes rock Ukraine after grain deal NMDPRA urges industries to embrace gas Oil prices stable as US reserves rise Hardship drove migrants back to NigeriaNBS Terminal operator invests $440m in Apapa ports NOA applauds Hilda Bassey, urges students to emulate her values Buhari inaugurates N21bn presidential medical centre Friday Mexican ex-mayor sentenced to 92 years for kidnapping Montana becomes first US state to ban TikTok IMF urges removal of trade barriers in Africa Worlds oldest Hebrew Bible sells for $38 million NDDC pledges judicious use of N876bn budget 100 healthcare innovators compete for NLNG prize Umahi proposes 12-year tenure for senators, Reps Stop the outrageous governors pensions Forgery: LP seeks evidence to disqualify Enugu governor-elect Speakership: Ooni urges Abbas, Kalu to work for Nigeria JUST IN: I regret backing Tambuwal to become Speaker Gbajabiamila Uncertainty as Nigeria Air fails to fly 11 days to Buharis handover 2,000 athletes for Onitsha Marathon Ex-Celtic striker urges Rangers to re-sign Aribo NPFL award thrills Ogunmodede NPFL: Chukwu happy to score 'TV goal Balogun: Is he a lost gem Ngannou plans Joshua fight in Africa Guinness World Record feat thrills Nigerian cricketer Napoli locked up Osimhen to prevent Liverpool signing him Bosso happy with Colombia thriller Sociedad welcome Umar with guard of honour Union won't sell Boniface for '15m Okpekpe organisers to host world-class race Coventry beat Middlesbrough to reach Championship play-off final Silva sparkles as Man City deliver on defining night for Guardiola Man City thrash Real Madrid 4 ' 0 to reach Champions League final Bonucci to retire next football season Retirees, others lured into Ponzi schemes with tempting rewards, lose millions 10th National Assembly and leadership game FRSC blames speeding as truck crushes Ogun policeman Oyo environmental task force arrests 4,000 offenders Fleeing Kano woman stabs neighbours six-year-old daughter Delta police arrest 12 kidnap, robbery suspects Man bags 10 years jail term for fraud Gunmen kill policeman attached to Delta government house N1.8bn tramadol seized in three months at Lagos airport Customs Kwara police begin manhunt as kidnappers abduct three, kill one Ondo nabs 35 motorists without vehicle particulars, driving licence Two men jailed for unlawful possession of elephant tusks Rivers alleges extortion, suspends principal over WASSCE registration fraud IG condemns attack on US consulate convoy, orders investigation Lagos police detain officers brutalising Okada man inviralvideo Soludo condemns attack on US embassy staff NiMet and the challenge of climate anxiety Seun Kuti should have listened to his father FG to place 80% hypertensive Nigerians on treatment Varsity admission with tears: Direct entry applicants sleep rough at JAMB office I regret backing Tambuwal to become Speaker Gbajabiamila Minister carpets resident doctors as strike grounds hospitals Seven banks fined N1bn for forex offences *VANGUARD* Why and how petrol subsidy must go IPAC to commence post-mortem review of 2023 general election 10th NASS: Why I chose Abbas over Betara, Gagdi, others speakership aspirants -Gbajabiamila Soludo condemns attack on US embassy staff convoy Suspected kidnappers kill 1, abduct 3 in Kwara ' Police Methodist Church announces passing of late Prelate Sunday Mbang FG to generate N369bn from Abuja, Kano airport concession World Bank reassures of continuous support for Nigeria NARD Strike: Consultants, Nurses attend to patients at UITH Lamido Apapa is meddlesome interloper ' NLC Senate Presidency: Akpabio, Barau, others storm NNPP, LP Secretariat Soludo condemns killing of US embassy staff, vows to smoke out perpetrators 10th NASS: Why Akpabio should be supported ' Eka PEPT: Give us a live telecast 10th NASS Leadership: Tension as APC NWC throws contest open Live Broadcast: Why we're opposing Atiku's petition ' Tinubu, APC May 29: NLC disowns planned shutdown Presidential poll: Drama as Labour Party factions clash at tribunal My emergence as Deputy Speaker will encourage South-East youths ' Kalu 10th NASS: Akpabio, Gbajabiamila, Abbas, Kalu meet opposition parties Reps-elect May 29: NLC disowns planned shut down Tinubu is better than Osinbajo, Peter Obi ' Reno Omokri Resign, while EFCC extends probe to Presidency, Matawalle tells Bawa Atiku's Petition: Why we oppose live broadcast of court hearing ' Tinubu, APC Labour Party Crisis: But for God, I would have died in court ' Apapa APC should have fielded Osinbajo ' Peter Obi Court adjourns Obi's petition against Tinubu; LP's factional Chairman, Apapa mobbed Breaking: Court adjourns Obi's petition against Tinubu till Friday Yahaya Bello: Between autocracy and political sagacity Electoral banditry, 'army arrangement' and judicial optimism Manchester City crush Real Madrid to reach Champions League final Harry, Meghan in 'near catastrophic' paparazzi car chase Ekweremadu's UK trial: Facts, lessons, way forward Toll in Kenya Church-cult deaths rises to 226 Nigeria absent, as African leaders head to Kyiv, Moscow on peace mission My husband is a flirt, he runs after anything in skirt ' Woman tells Court Rep. Lauren Boebert files for divorce from husband of nearly two decades *THISDAY* NESG: Dangote Refinery Will Create $21bn Market for Nigerian Crude Oil Blinken: Attack on US Convoy in Anambra MayNot Have Been Pre-targeted at Our Mission In Honour By Broadcasting Peers, ARISENews Channel Wins TV Station of the Year US Secretary, Blinken, Calls Tinubu, Tasks Him on Inclusive Leadership FEC Approves $4.7bn for Developmentof Ondo, Snake Island, Burutu Ports Ondo Will Reclaim its Rightful Place inQuality Cocoa Production, Says Akeredolu FG Clears Air on Siemens Power Deal, Says 80% Equipment Delivered In-country Bayelsa Seeks Upward Reviewof 13% Derivation Formula FCTA Begins Payment of 40%Salary Increase for Workers Buhari Writes House, Seeks Approval for$800m Loan, Passage of Federal Fire Service Bill Buhari, Emmanuel Mourn Methodist Church's Prelate Emeritus, Mbang How Stolen Crude Oil-Laden Barge, Truck, Suspects Were Seized in Delta Senate Asks CBN to Release$717.4m Trapped Airlines' Funds CBN Partners Benson IdahosaUniversity on eNaira Sensitisation Nigeria's High Debt Profile Worries Incoming Govs Lamidi Apapa Escapes Lynching at Appeal Court, Seeks Obi's Intervention in Party Crisis Don't See Your Deputies as Spare Tyres, ButPartners, Sanwo-Olu Tells Governors-elect Group Blasts Matawalle overComments against Emefiele WHO Urges Multi-faceted Approach to Tackle Hypertension N'Central Youths Back Govs, Insist APC Zoning Won't Stand South-East Deserves Significant Leadership Position, Says Group PDP, LP, APGA, Other Members-elect Endorse APC's Zoning Akpabio at NNPP, LP Secretariats, Seeks Support for Senate Presidency Bid Speakership: Ooni Tells Abbas, Kaluto Have Nigeria's Interest at Heart Cross River Improved Immensely Under My Watch, Says Ayade *THE SUN* Obi tells tribunal how INEC denied him access to materials in Rivers, Sokoto, others Pandemonium in court as LP factions clash Why live coverage should be refused Tinubu Senate Presidency: Akpabio takes campaign to NNPP, LP Dont create rift between labour, President-elect, TUC warns Onanuga APC stakeholders forum applauds The Sun on objective, unbiased editorial content PDP to review cases of indiscipline Emergency congress not to witch hunt anybody AFN official Delta needs renewed atmosphere of honesty Gbagi, SDP candidate Zenith Bank Grand Slam Tennis: Smashers battle for final tickets at Ikoyi Club Why PDP won Delta guber poll Okubor, Chief Strategist, Delta State Government Nigerian triple jump champion convicted in US for rape Okpekpe organisers ready to host world class race Napoli fan pays tribute to Osimhen with special tattoo Atiku fumes as Blinken,Tinubu discuss stronger US-Nigeria ties Hell work for development of Nigeria Third Republic Reps IPOB raises alarm over razing of members houses, properties Skeletal services at hospitals as doctors begin warning strike Buhari, Kalu mourn Mbang, first prelate, Methodist Church of Nigeria NDDC thanks Senate for passing N876bn 2023 budget Zulum rallies women at Zainab Marwas book launch Gbajabiamila adjourns plenary indefinitely over alleged fear of impeachment The 10th NASS and leadership recruitment Says he regrets role in Tambuwals emergence as speaker 2023 presidency: From polling booth to tribunal bench Ijaw youths list agenda for Tinubu Nigeria spends N104bn annually on importation of energy drinks Excise duty: MAN urges FG to suspend 2023 FPM, reverse tax on SUPs Anxiety grows as Nigerias foreign investments dip by $75bn FG commissions NIMASAs Abuja zonal office Senate urges CBN to release $717.4m foreign airlines fund Concessionaire to provide N5.3bn for eCRVS, says FG Rising debt: Nigeria may go under if urgent actions are not taken Apapa Port access bridge caves in, causes gridlock Chevron Nigeria restates commitment to environmental sustainability EEG: Poor budgetary allocation, multiplicity of agencies hindering Nigerias growth Buharis eight-year security scorecard (2) Go to Court! 10th Senate, APC and looming fascism Its good radiance to bad rubbish We slap the police daily Senate Presidency: Igbo marginalization and case for Orji Uzor Kalu Nigerian transportation summit: Matters arising Yoruba Language must not die AIG, Zone 2, pledges to run hoodlums aground Akadidi wins Nelson Mandela Leadership Award How security guard butchered former boss in Rivers Immaculate Heart Sisters opens ultra-modern hospital in Anambra Agony of woman whose son narrowly escaped cult initiation Tackling road crashes in Nigeria *GUARDIAN* Court remands lady for assaulting police officer Lagos arraigns owner of Eti-osa collapsed building for contravention Choral festival: UniLag celebrates MFM leader, Olukoya Five corps members escape from abductors in Rivers IOM appeals for $209m to urgently respond to Sudan crisis Nine dead, Grand Prix cancelled after flooding devastates northern Italy Nigeria hits Ghana today as WAFU B Girls Cup of Nations begins Saturday I came to shake the table, says sports minister Sports crucial part of schools' curriculum, says Adejo AFN emergency congress not to witch-hunt anybody, says official Sports betting outfit moves to secure winners' claims Man City hit Real Madrid for four to reach Champions League final Over 300 players listed for CBN Senior Open Tennis tourney Firm expands digital supermarket in Lagos Customs intercepts N1.8b tramadol from India, Pakistan at Lagos Airport Polaris excites affluent customers with new product MTN activates 5G in 13 cities, says no plan to shut down lower networks Stanbic IBTC's financial technology subsidiary starts operation inq. Digital committed to empowering girls in digital skills acquisition The 10th National Assembly and leadership recruitment Social media and Ikorodu cocaine bust Rising crime rate in Nigeria 2023 Yahaya Bello: Between autocracy and political sagacity Brain drain fuelling shortage of oncologists, says research institute's boss Experts charge W/Africa to explore regional market, lobby for right policies ETI pays $28m dividend as shareholders okay bank's $500m capital raising Population explosion: Separating asset from liability - Part 2 Why I suspended my Senate President race, by Umahi FG concessions aviation leasing, e-registration of births/deaths North, South differ on APC's choice of next N'Assembly leadership Sudan crisis: IOM seeks $209m for urgent response as NEMA returns 13 Nigerian students What's in a name Nigeria's energy deficit: Preparing for the fuel subsidy removal *BLUE PRINT* Buhari condemns killing of US embassy staff, policemen FCTA seeks commitment to Abuja project, 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