NATIONAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR SATURDAY @ 3/5/2014: **************************** ~SATURDAY MIRROR: •Alleged 47.1billion naira theft: Akingbola must face trial-court •2015: boko haram, north can`t stop Jonathan-Dokubo Asari •Insecurity: FG shuts down Abuja for World Economic Forum •Nyanya blast: Police recover 3 bombs as death toll rises to 19, begin full scale investigation •Abducted school girls: Jonathan sets up 26 man rescue committee •Military kills 19 terrorists in Borno gun duel as boko haram kills 10 on Borno road •Police recover kidnapped one year old girl in Imo, nab two FUTO students for robbery, kidnapping; ~SATURDAY NEWSWATCH: •2015: Asari dares north, boko haram over Jonathan 103 end training on counter-insurgency •Abuja blast latest, death toll hits 19, as 7 more die in hospitals, Jonathan, service chiefs in crucial meeting, •US, France, CAN northern governors conmden attack, we`ll help Nigeria fight terror-US Govt, Rescue workers appeal for blood •Police confirm 276 school girls held by boko haram , •FG raises panel to ascertain number •Expose terror elements. PDP urges Nigerians •Nyanya village head wants more security deployment •Terror: police chiefs, stakeholders meet in Ibadan ~THISDAY: •Amid Tightened Security, 1000 Leaders Go Ahead with Summit •Okonjo-Iweala: Freeing Abducted Schoolgirls, FG’s Biggest Priority •ACF Alleges Sabotage in War Against Terrorism •Court Dismisses Akingbolas Application to Quash N47bn Theft Charges •Court Asked to Compel FG to Provide Security for Schools •US Did not Criticise Nigeria on Insecurity in the North Says Adefuye •Church May Settle 30-Year Leadership Crisis Weekend ~THE NATION: •Boko Haram: Probe military for saboteurs, •Arewa charges FG •HIV-positive kidnap suspect confesses to raping female victims •How we escaped death – Nyanya blast survivors •Resource control: South South leaders, youths fume over North’s position •PDP charges Nigerians to unite against terrorism •Amnesty asks FG to fish out bombers •Abducted girls: APC Women urge FG to seek help from UN Security Council ~PUNCH: • News analysis: One blast too many • Abducted girls: Hopes of early rescue dim • Jonathan sets up fact-finding committee on Chibok girls • Abuja bomb blast: Hospitals reject victims • Tambuwal will regret all his life if he dumps PDP –Ebenezer Babatope • ICPC collaboration reduces visa scams • Lawyers, activists disagree over call for GEJ’s resignation • ‘APC won’t field Muslim-Muslim ticket’ • Asari-Dokubo dares Boko Haram leader • Warders arrest caterer for smuggling marijuana to prisoners • Nigerians ask Jonathan to resign • Naval officer loses children to fire while beating wife • North’ll truncate confab, southern delegates allege • American celebrities call for release of kidnapped schoolgirls • B’Haram: Fresh inter-agency rivalry stalls anti-terrorism war ~THE VANGUARD: • Jonathan sets up committee on Chibok girls • US warns of possible Boko Haram attack in Lagos • Kwankwaso/Amaechi presidential campaign posters flood Kano streets • Unending bloodbath: 19 terrorists, 10 others killed in fresh Boko Haram attack • CAN condemns 2nd Nyanya bomb attack • Building collapses in Ibadan, one feared dead • Boko Haram: Asari warns that no threat can stop Jonathan from contesting second term • Lori-Ogbebor accuses political office holders of deceiving Itsekiri people • Amosun’s Ogun APC faction Exco for inauguration Tuesday • 1999 constitution, source of national discord – Ebiseni • Nyanya blast: Mark calls for security consciousness • We need industries to end youth restiveness— Agbonifo • Obiano testifies at election tribunal, denies alleged double registration • I’m everybody’s little sister in Nollywood – Ivie Okujaye • Man kills daughter over plate of rice ~THE TRIBUNE: • Mark, Amosun, Atunwa mourn Adamu Attah • 60 policemen withdrawn from Zamfara gov • Money laundering: Court orders speedy hearing of Ikuforiji’s case • Nigerian lady gives birth on London-bound plane • Women have big role to play in tackling insecurity —Akande-Adeola • Nasarawa warring communities sheathe swords • Itsekiri leaders in verbal war • Dungs, ex-MILAD, dies one week to dad’s burial • Kwara begins demolition to prevent flooding • Ugborodo: 2 feared dead in renewed clash • ICPC counts gains of collaboration with embassies • Northern govs eulogise Wash Pam • I raped my female victims —HIV-positive kidnapper ~THE GUARDIAN: • ‘Govt’s Dialogue Committee On Ending Insurgency Set Out To Fail From Inception’ • Nyanya Blast: Death Toll Rises To 19 • Borno To Publish Identities Of Abducted Girls If Permitted • Police Call For Names, Photos Of Abducted School Girls • Women Threaten To March Naked Into Sambisa Forest • Relatives Of Blast Victims Recount Ordeal In Claiming Corpses • No Going Back On Hosting Of World Economic Forum • Samsung ordered to pay Apple $119.6m • Afghanistan landslide kills at least 350 • Ukraine crisis: Dozens killed in Odessa fire amid clashes.
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 06:20:13 +0000
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