NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY 23RD JANUARY 2018
Headline as January 23 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers
NATION
*SA killings: culprits apprehended, arraigned says Mission
*Presidency outlines Buhari’s achievements
*Igbo APC leaders re-endorse Buhari for 2nd term
*Herdsmen attacks: OPC calls for lasting solution
*Two NIA chiefs grilled as bid to grab $44m fails
*Buhari: we’re delivering on campaign promises
*Bright prospects as Oando, Mangal feud ends
*Falae: herdsmen attack my farm every year
*I won’t let you down, Weah assures Liberians
*More pains as fuel scarcity returns
*UNILAG TV to begin operation next month
*40 gunmen abduct Zamfara Rep’s kids
*Ex-commissioner urges EFCC to probe Fayose’s projects
*Court awards $10m against Shoprite for breach of contracts
*Fuel scarcity: Akeredolu enforces N145 per litre
*Group endorses Ambode for second term
*We prayed for our kidnappers, says freed Revd Sister
*FUOYE students debunk report on registrar’s removal
*Death: Appeal Court reserves judgment on ex-policeman’s appeal
*Eight Libya returnees die in crash
*NJC gets petitions against Ajumogobia, two other judges
*Rivers accuses Fed Govt of plot to grant amnesty to ’32 cultists’
*Jonathan’s wife’s property: Court orders probe
*Olubadan: New obas meet today on High Court verdict
*Rivers governor is economical with the truth, says group
*Navy arrests 22 vessels in onslaught on maritime criminals
*Swift Networks appoints GMs
*Adeboye salutes Adams on installation as Aare Ona Kakanfo
*Nigerian envoy to Hungary loses dad
*Ondo community parleys on security
*Workers threaten to shut down nigcomsat over alleged victimisation
*Poly students seek Buhari’s intervention in crisis
*Royalty: Court awards N5.4b against Multichoice
*Kogi doctor dies of Lassa fever
*Mining: Govt to save N32b from leakages
*Judge orders trial-within-trial in illegal arms importation case
DAILY TRUST
*Kwankwaso, Ganduje set to hold parallel rally in Kano
*PDP, APC differ over demolition in Borno
*Dankwambo forced me out of PDP —Senator Kumo
*Buhari not under pressure to declare state of emergency in Rivers—APC
*I’ve no fear over who succeeds me —Kwara gov
*Kaduna Central APC divided over Senate seat
*Unongo makes case for Idoma governor
*Oke’s return to Ondo APC a political somersault —PDP
*Kawu empowers families of Buhari’s deceased loyalists
*Gunmen kill 6, abduct lawmaker’s 2 son sin Zamfara
*Newly married woman kills day-old-child
*Police arrest cultist, 3 others for armed robbery in Ogun
*Armed robbery suspects get N2m bail
*Man bags 21 years imprisonmentfor robbery
*Oando: Mangal, Tinubu settle long-running dispute
*FIRS revenue collection up N720bn in 2017 – Fowler
*NCC queries 6 telcos over call masking
*NASCON plans new investments to boost returns, efficiency
*NAICOM mulls fresh capital base for insurance coys this year
*FRC set to review National Code of Corporate Governance
*UNHCR contemplates new camps as more Cameroon refugees arrive
*Dogara raises alarm over quacks in engineering
*Kogi doctor who contracted Lassa fever dies
*N450m laundering: Court grants bail to ex-Minister, Ochekpe, 2 others
*Kalu’s trial continues today
*Union serves NIGCOMSAT strike notice
*Buhari’s second term, NWC tenure dominate APC meeting
*Ondo confirms Lassa fever outbreak
*Buhari salutes Akande at 79, sympathises with Kano market fire victims
*Buhari: My govt deeply affected by herdsmen attacks
*Repent, Catholic bishop tells kidnappers of reverend sisters
*Patience Jonathan briefs court over demolished property
LEADERSHIP
*Customs Officers Smuggling Arms Into Nigeria Since 2012 – DSS
*2019: South East APC Strikes Deal With PMB
*I Will End Herdsmen Killings, PMB Vows
*FIRS Generated N4trn Revenue In 2017 – Fowler
*Presidency Hits Back At Na’Abba, Says PMB Has Improved Nigeria
*2019: INEC Solicits UN Support
*EDITORIAL: Return Of History To School Curriculum
*Customs Officers Smuggling Arms Into Nigeria Since 2012 – DSS
VANGUARD
*SMEDAN Charges Industries To Upscale Local Content
*Adeboye Lays Foundation For A-Ibom Ecumenical Centre
*Dr. Ahmad Loses Battle To Lassa Fever
*Herdsmen’s Attack On Falae’s Farm Not A Presidency Affair — Adesina
*LASUTH, India Hospital Hold Free Medical Camp In Lagos
*Global Solar Investment Up By 18% To $160.8bn In 2017- Report
*A-Ibom Firm To Produce 350m Syringes Annually —MD
*2019: I’m Still Consulting On My Senate Ambition —Johnny
*Bayelsa Residents Fume Over Abandoned Epie Creek
*Proscribed CDA Members Return, Run Riot In Edo Community
*Swift Networks Appoints New General Managers
*My Encounter With Ebola Inspired Me To Save Lives — Mojisola Ayorinde
*Police Kill 4 Robbers In Rivers
*Alleged N400m Fraud: Metuh Deliberately Using Excuse Of Ill-health To Frustrate His Trial – EFCC
*Pregnant Kids Smear C’River
*U.S. Senate Ends Shutdown, Trump Lashes At Democrats
THE SUN
*Construction of Edo modular refinery begins in 3 months –Obaseki
*Buhari hard sale in South South, say Niger Delta youths
*8 Libya returnees die in auto crash
*Umahi visits health ministry over Lassa fever outbreak
*Buhari’ll give college of education staff preference, says minister
*Herdsmen’ve burnt my farm 5 times in 3 years –Falae
*Send army after killer herdsmen, monarch urges FG
*Herdsmen, farmers clashes: Ohanaeze faults Osinbajo’s committee
*Rivers: FG planning amnesty for 32 wanted cultists –Wike
*Benue: Herdsmen, cows’ve taken over Agatu –Ex-minister
*PDP to boycott Osun LG polls
*South East APC to Buhari: Give us 2023 presidency
*President’s second term splits APC in North
*2019: I’m prepared to serve Imo –Ihedioha
*Scarcity: Long queues persist as fuel stations resort to hoarding
*FIRS generates N4trn taxes -Fowler
GUARDIAN
*Alexis Sanchez signs for Manchester United
*George Weah sworn in as Liberian president
*Governor Ortom warns against cattle rustling, retaliation
*Turkey steps up assault on Kurdish militia in Syria
*Facebook acknowledges social media's risks to democracy
*I believe herdsmen hate me, says Falae
*Badoo killings: IGP sets up mobile police base in Ikorodu
*Lassa fever hits Ondo
*Pope offers 'apologies' for comments on accused bishop
*Former soccer star Weah sworn in as Liberia's President
*Herdsmen rampage: Protest in London
*Arsenal sign Henrikh Mkhitaryan
*Five outstanding players over the weekend
*Man City won't fall into complacency trap, says Guardiola
*Sanchez, Mkhitaryan on brink of blockbuster swap deal
*PSG hopeful Mbappe injury not serious
*Pochettino coy on Kane Real link
*CBN boosts forex market with $210m
*FAAN completes repairs of Enugu Airport runway
*Infrastructure building, job creation key to Africa’s growth, says AfDB President Adesina
*FRC to unveil draft national governance code in March
THISDAY
*Ortom Says He’ll Not Be Silenced on Herdsmen Attacks
*C’ttee on Data Harmonisation
*Jittery APC Unleashing Terror on Opposition, Says PDP
*Don’t Categorise Us as Killers, Herdsmen Warn
*Okun Yoruba Reject Cattle Colonies in Kogi
*Citing Operational Constraints, House C’ttee Seeks to Discontinue Zero Budgeting for...
*2019: Ihedioha Receives Overwhelming Endorsement, Inaugurates Support Group in Imo
*Buhari Sympathises with Victims of Kano Market Fire
*Minister of Interior Parastatals Promote 12,588 Officers
*INEC Seeks UN Support for 2019 Election
*Ijaw Youths Urge N’Assembly to Pass Amnesty Programme Bill into Law
*Buhari Committed to Strengthening Anti-Corruption Agencies, Says Fashola
*N2.5bn Fraud: EFCC Calls Sixth Witness against Kalu
*Dogara Seeks End to Costly Engineering Failures
*No More Hiding Place for Criminal Elements in Ikorodu, Says Ambode
*Ekweremadu: No Alternative to Democracy Despite Obvious Challenges
*King’s Men in Ibadan Demand Apology for Olubadan, Ancestors
*Again, Southern Cameroonians Ask FG to Release Detained Leaders
*PDP Presidential Aspirant, Lamido Storms Ebonyi
*Benue Killings: Nasarawa Assembly Cautions against Inciting Statements
*Queens College: Water Scarcity Forced School to Promotes Students Without Exams
*IMF Forecasts 2.1% Growth for Nigeria in 2018
*Home-based Eagles Set to Banish Ghost of Elimination
*Again, CBN Injects $210m into Forex Market
*JSC Russian Export Centre Joins Afreximbank as Shareholder
*FCMB Restates Commitment to Hospitality Industry
*Quadri Inspires Sporting to Lift Portuguese Cup
*Samsung Eyes New Growth in Nigeria
*Equities Market Opens the Week with Mixed Performance
*Elumelu’s Military Industrial Hub Initiative
*NBBF Set to Invite More Players for Commonwealth Games
*Cooking Gas Stakeholders Move to End Incessant Gas Plant Explosions
*How House Cttee Canceled $260m Contracts on Usan Deepwater Field
*Davos 2018: Sahara Group Seeks Global Support for Access to Energy...
*NERC Rolls Out Fresh Conditions for Third-party Meter Investment in Discos
*Petrol Scarcity Lingers in Abuja
*Our Act Recognises Unbudgeted Subsidy as Business Losses, Says NNPC
*2019 Fuels Recalls in Kwara
*Kaduna Inland Dry Port Operational Manual Ready Thursday
*Building Youth Capacity
*Sanchez Reveals Why he Dumped Arsenal for Man Utd
*Rafinha Completes Inter Medical as Barca Star Edges to Serie...
*Palm Oil Producers Bemaon Smuggling of Produce into Nigeria
*Federer Beats Fucsovics to Reach Q’final Berth
*LCCI Sensitises SMEs on Govt Policies
*Mohammed: Public-Private Partnerships are Essential in Governance
*EFCC Goes After Its Own
*De Bruyne Extends Man City Contract
*Monday January 22nd 2018
*THE NEW WAVE OF KIDNAPPINGS
PUNCH
*Mosquito coil fire kills triplets, brother in Jigawa
*Police kill four robbers in Rivers
*Herbalist allegedly defrauds man of N190m to cure illness
*Police arraign 120-year-old chief for stealing
*Lagos businessman impregnates maid, rapes her after abortion
*$500,000 bribery: CJ returns Farouk Lawan’s case for continuation of trial
*S’East APC leaders ask FG to immortalise Alex Ekwueme
*Queen’s College old girls, ex- principal disagree on pupils’ death
*What should FG do about Nigeria’s ailing refineries?
*Delayed MPC meeting’ll slow down investment inflows – Economists
*Airport concession: ICRC initiates FAAN, Bi-Courtney settlement
*Ambode promises Lagosians safety
*LASG to shut illegal gas plants
*Govt tackles impersonation with uniform
*Cattle colonies: Southern states shun FG’s request for land
*Benuekillings: Tooearlyto blame ISIS,saypolice
*Lassa fever killsKogi doctor, five others in Ondo
*Alleged misconduct: EFCCreports three judgesto NJC
TELEGRAPH
*World’s richest 1% earn 82% of wealth generated in 2017 – Oxfam
*FG sets up inter-ministerial committee on MDAs
*GE profit forecast at risk from power, finance problems
*33 firms, 435 directors pass CGRS rating
*Bayelsa initiated 104 projects in six years
*Delta: NURTW rejects ban on union activities
*Bayelsa seeks extension of FOCs before transfer
*Abandoned project: Abaji residents solicit FCTA’s intervention
*Impunity rides again
*Bayelsa seeks extension of FOCs before transfer
*2019: Ihedioha renews guber ambition
GOD BLESS NIGERIA
NATION
*SA killings: culprits apprehended, arraigned says Mission
*Presidency outlines Buhari’s achievements
*Igbo APC leaders re-endorse Buhari for 2nd term
*Herdsmen attacks: OPC calls for lasting solution
*Two NIA chiefs grilled as bid to grab $44m fails
*Buhari: we’re delivering on campaign promises
*Bright prospects as Oando, Mangal feud ends
*Falae: herdsmen attack my farm every year
*I won’t let you down, Weah assures Liberians
*More pains as fuel scarcity returns
*UNILAG TV to begin operation next month
*40 gunmen abduct Zamfara Rep’s kids
*Ex-commissioner urges EFCC to probe Fayose’s projects
*Court awards $10m against Shoprite for breach of contracts
*Fuel scarcity: Akeredolu enforces N145 per litre
*Group endorses Ambode for second term
*We prayed for our kidnappers, says freed Revd Sister
*FUOYE students debunk report on registrar’s removal
*Death: Appeal Court reserves judgment on ex-policeman’s appeal
*Eight Libya returnees die in crash
*NJC gets petitions against Ajumogobia, two other judges
*Rivers accuses Fed Govt of plot to grant amnesty to ’32 cultists’
*Jonathan’s wife’s property: Court orders probe
*Olubadan: New obas meet today on High Court verdict
*Rivers governor is economical with the truth, says group
*Navy arrests 22 vessels in onslaught on maritime criminals
*Swift Networks appoints GMs
*Adeboye salutes Adams on installation as Aare Ona Kakanfo
*Nigerian envoy to Hungary loses dad
*Ondo community parleys on security
*Workers threaten to shut down nigcomsat over alleged victimisation
*Poly students seek Buhari’s intervention in crisis
*Royalty: Court awards N5.4b against Multichoice
*Kogi doctor dies of Lassa fever
*Mining: Govt to save N32b from leakages
*Judge orders trial-within-trial in illegal arms importation case
DAILY TRUST
*Kwankwaso, Ganduje set to hold parallel rally in Kano
*PDP, APC differ over demolition in Borno
*Dankwambo forced me out of PDP —Senator Kumo
*Buhari not under pressure to declare state of emergency in Rivers—APC
*I’ve no fear over who succeeds me —Kwara gov
*Kaduna Central APC divided over Senate seat
*Unongo makes case for Idoma governor
*Oke’s return to Ondo APC a political somersault —PDP
*Kawu empowers families of Buhari’s deceased loyalists
*Gunmen kill 6, abduct lawmaker’s 2 son sin Zamfara
*Newly married woman kills day-old-child
*Police arrest cultist, 3 others for armed robbery in Ogun
*Armed robbery suspects get N2m bail
*Man bags 21 years imprisonmentfor robbery
*Oando: Mangal, Tinubu settle long-running dispute
*FIRS revenue collection up N720bn in 2017 – Fowler
*NCC queries 6 telcos over call masking
*NASCON plans new investments to boost returns, efficiency
*NAICOM mulls fresh capital base for insurance coys this year
*FRC set to review National Code of Corporate Governance
*UNHCR contemplates new camps as more Cameroon refugees arrive
*Dogara raises alarm over quacks in engineering
*Kogi doctor who contracted Lassa fever dies
*N450m laundering: Court grants bail to ex-Minister, Ochekpe, 2 others
*Kalu’s trial continues today
*Union serves NIGCOMSAT strike notice
*Buhari’s second term, NWC tenure dominate APC meeting
*Ondo confirms Lassa fever outbreak
*Buhari salutes Akande at 79, sympathises with Kano market fire victims
*Buhari: My govt deeply affected by herdsmen attacks
*Repent, Catholic bishop tells kidnappers of reverend sisters
*Patience Jonathan briefs court over demolished property
LEADERSHIP
*Customs Officers Smuggling Arms Into Nigeria Since 2012 – DSS
*2019: South East APC Strikes Deal With PMB
*I Will End Herdsmen Killings, PMB Vows
*FIRS Generated N4trn Revenue In 2017 – Fowler
*Presidency Hits Back At Na’Abba, Says PMB Has Improved Nigeria
*2019: INEC Solicits UN Support
*EDITORIAL: Return Of History To School Curriculum
*Customs Officers Smuggling Arms Into Nigeria Since 2012 – DSS
VANGUARD
*SMEDAN Charges Industries To Upscale Local Content
*Adeboye Lays Foundation For A-Ibom Ecumenical Centre
*Dr. Ahmad Loses Battle To Lassa Fever
*Herdsmen’s Attack On Falae’s Farm Not A Presidency Affair — Adesina
*LASUTH, India Hospital Hold Free Medical Camp In Lagos
*Global Solar Investment Up By 18% To $160.8bn In 2017- Report
*A-Ibom Firm To Produce 350m Syringes Annually —MD
*2019: I’m Still Consulting On My Senate Ambition —Johnny
*Bayelsa Residents Fume Over Abandoned Epie Creek
*Proscribed CDA Members Return, Run Riot In Edo Community
*Swift Networks Appoints New General Managers
*My Encounter With Ebola Inspired Me To Save Lives — Mojisola Ayorinde
*Police Kill 4 Robbers In Rivers
*Alleged N400m Fraud: Metuh Deliberately Using Excuse Of Ill-health To Frustrate His Trial – EFCC
*Pregnant Kids Smear C’River
*U.S. Senate Ends Shutdown, Trump Lashes At Democrats
THE SUN
*Construction of Edo modular refinery begins in 3 months –Obaseki
*Buhari hard sale in South South, say Niger Delta youths
*8 Libya returnees die in auto crash
*Umahi visits health ministry over Lassa fever outbreak
*Buhari’ll give college of education staff preference, says minister
*Herdsmen’ve burnt my farm 5 times in 3 years –Falae
*Send army after killer herdsmen, monarch urges FG
*Herdsmen, farmers clashes: Ohanaeze faults Osinbajo’s committee
*Rivers: FG planning amnesty for 32 wanted cultists –Wike
*Benue: Herdsmen, cows’ve taken over Agatu –Ex-minister
*PDP to boycott Osun LG polls
*South East APC to Buhari: Give us 2023 presidency
*President’s second term splits APC in North
*2019: I’m prepared to serve Imo –Ihedioha
*Scarcity: Long queues persist as fuel stations resort to hoarding
*FIRS generates N4trn taxes -Fowler
GUARDIAN
*Alexis Sanchez signs for Manchester United
*George Weah sworn in as Liberian president
*Governor Ortom warns against cattle rustling, retaliation
*Turkey steps up assault on Kurdish militia in Syria
*Facebook acknowledges social media's risks to democracy
*I believe herdsmen hate me, says Falae
*Badoo killings: IGP sets up mobile police base in Ikorodu
*Lassa fever hits Ondo
*Pope offers 'apologies' for comments on accused bishop
*Former soccer star Weah sworn in as Liberia's President
*Herdsmen rampage: Protest in London
*Arsenal sign Henrikh Mkhitaryan
*Five outstanding players over the weekend
*Man City won't fall into complacency trap, says Guardiola
*Sanchez, Mkhitaryan on brink of blockbuster swap deal
*PSG hopeful Mbappe injury not serious
*Pochettino coy on Kane Real link
*CBN boosts forex market with $210m
*FAAN completes repairs of Enugu Airport runway
*Infrastructure building, job creation key to Africa’s growth, says AfDB President Adesina
*FRC to unveil draft national governance code in March
THISDAY
*Ortom Says He’ll Not Be Silenced on Herdsmen Attacks
*C’ttee on Data Harmonisation
*Jittery APC Unleashing Terror on Opposition, Says PDP
*Don’t Categorise Us as Killers, Herdsmen Warn
*Okun Yoruba Reject Cattle Colonies in Kogi
*Citing Operational Constraints, House C’ttee Seeks to Discontinue Zero Budgeting for...
*2019: Ihedioha Receives Overwhelming Endorsement, Inaugurates Support Group in Imo
*Buhari Sympathises with Victims of Kano Market Fire
*Minister of Interior Parastatals Promote 12,588 Officers
*INEC Seeks UN Support for 2019 Election
*Ijaw Youths Urge N’Assembly to Pass Amnesty Programme Bill into Law
*Buhari Committed to Strengthening Anti-Corruption Agencies, Says Fashola
*N2.5bn Fraud: EFCC Calls Sixth Witness against Kalu
*Dogara Seeks End to Costly Engineering Failures
*No More Hiding Place for Criminal Elements in Ikorodu, Says Ambode
*Ekweremadu: No Alternative to Democracy Despite Obvious Challenges
*King’s Men in Ibadan Demand Apology for Olubadan, Ancestors
*Again, Southern Cameroonians Ask FG to Release Detained Leaders
*PDP Presidential Aspirant, Lamido Storms Ebonyi
*Benue Killings: Nasarawa Assembly Cautions against Inciting Statements
*Queens College: Water Scarcity Forced School to Promotes Students Without Exams
*IMF Forecasts 2.1% Growth for Nigeria in 2018
*Home-based Eagles Set to Banish Ghost of Elimination
*Again, CBN Injects $210m into Forex Market
*JSC Russian Export Centre Joins Afreximbank as Shareholder
*FCMB Restates Commitment to Hospitality Industry
*Quadri Inspires Sporting to Lift Portuguese Cup
*Samsung Eyes New Growth in Nigeria
*Equities Market Opens the Week with Mixed Performance
*Elumelu’s Military Industrial Hub Initiative
*NBBF Set to Invite More Players for Commonwealth Games
*Cooking Gas Stakeholders Move to End Incessant Gas Plant Explosions
*How House Cttee Canceled $260m Contracts on Usan Deepwater Field
*Davos 2018: Sahara Group Seeks Global Support for Access to Energy...
*NERC Rolls Out Fresh Conditions for Third-party Meter Investment in Discos
*Petrol Scarcity Lingers in Abuja
*Our Act Recognises Unbudgeted Subsidy as Business Losses, Says NNPC
*2019 Fuels Recalls in Kwara
*Kaduna Inland Dry Port Operational Manual Ready Thursday
*Building Youth Capacity
*Sanchez Reveals Why he Dumped Arsenal for Man Utd
*Rafinha Completes Inter Medical as Barca Star Edges to Serie...
*Palm Oil Producers Bemaon Smuggling of Produce into Nigeria
*Federer Beats Fucsovics to Reach Q’final Berth
*LCCI Sensitises SMEs on Govt Policies
*Mohammed: Public-Private Partnerships are Essential in Governance
*EFCC Goes After Its Own
*De Bruyne Extends Man City Contract
*Monday January 22nd 2018
*THE NEW WAVE OF KIDNAPPINGS
PUNCH
*Mosquito coil fire kills triplets, brother in Jigawa
*Police kill four robbers in Rivers
*Herbalist allegedly defrauds man of N190m to cure illness
*Police arraign 120-year-old chief for stealing
*Lagos businessman impregnates maid, rapes her after abortion
*$500,000 bribery: CJ returns Farouk Lawan’s case for continuation of trial
*S’East APC leaders ask FG to immortalise Alex Ekwueme
*Queen’s College old girls, ex- principal disagree on pupils’ death
*What should FG do about Nigeria’s ailing refineries?
*Delayed MPC meeting’ll slow down investment inflows – Economists
*Airport concession: ICRC initiates FAAN, Bi-Courtney settlement
*Ambode promises Lagosians safety
*LASG to shut illegal gas plants
*Govt tackles impersonation with uniform
*Cattle colonies: Southern states shun FG’s request for land
*Benuekillings: Tooearlyto blame ISIS,saypolice
*Lassa fever killsKogi doctor, five others in Ondo
*Alleged misconduct: EFCCreports three judgesto NJC
TELEGRAPH
*World’s richest 1% earn 82% of wealth generated in 2017 – Oxfam
*FG sets up inter-ministerial committee on MDAs
*GE profit forecast at risk from power, finance problems
*33 firms, 435 directors pass CGRS rating
*Bayelsa initiated 104 projects in six years
*Delta: NURTW rejects ban on union activities
*Bayelsa seeks extension of FOCs before transfer
*Abandoned project: Abaji residents solicit FCTA’s intervention
*Impunity rides again
*Bayelsa seeks extension of FOCs before transfer
*2019: Ihedioha renews guber ambition
GOD BLESS NIGERIA
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