NEWSPAPER HAEDLINES FOR THURSDAY @ 13~03~2014: ******************************* ~THE PUNCH: • Violence as voter registration begins in Osun • National confab lacks legitimacy —Northern elders • Controversy surrounds Gusau’s purported resignation • Suswam, cause of our clashes with Tiv – Herdsmen • Missing funds: Jonathan approves forensic audit of NNPC • Libya ex-PM leaves country despite ban • Gaza militants fire rocket barrage at Israel • G7 warns Russia on ‘annexing’ Crimea • PDP slams Amaechi’s good governance conference • Ijaw youths fault Bugaje’s claim on N’Delta oil • Judge’s absence stalls Sanusi’s suit against Jonathan • Defecting senators await court verdict • UN rights chief visits Nigeria over anti-gay law • ‘Insurgency in the North’ll end soon’ • US urges politicians to shun electoral violence ~THE VANGUARD: • Gusau has not resigned - Presidency • We seized Enugu Govt House for 4 hours, says Onwuka, BZM leader • FESTAC BOAT MISHAP: Bodies of 3 siblings, boat boy, 9 others recovered • Missing oil money: Sanusis claims, cheap blackmail - FG • Adeyeye alleges plans to manipulate voters’ registration • 2015: US supports Nigeria with $15m • Ogun issues guidelines for property inspection • Cruelty Defining Our SocietyZik, Ndi-Igbo and their Southern neighbours • Ekiti 2014: Why Fayemi turned me into a villain— Bamidele • Ekiti guber: PDP makes U-turn, withdraws Obafemi’s clearance • LP denies handing over Ogun structure to Daniel • 774 football teams to participate in Christian/Muslim Youth Peace Cup • CBN imposes N10m fine for use of unlicensed e-payment solutions • National Conference: The last bus stop? • ABACHA LOOT: Unborn tomorrow, dead yesterday • Nigerian boxers shine in Cameroun ~NIGERIAN TRIBUNE: • Violence mars voters’ registration exercise in Osun •4 PDP members shot - Chairman •PDP thugs attacked our agents - APC • Suspension: Judge’s absence stalls hearing on Sanusi’s suit against Jonathan • Nigeria to cut importation of wheat by 50% • NUC partners British High Commission to check fake certificates • N24bn pension fund not missing —Finance Ministry • Ekiti guber: PDP NWC withdraws Obafemi’s provisional clearance • Ekweremadu harps on regional collaboration to tackle terrorism • Wife arranges own abduction to fleece money from husband • Lagos assembly to review Fashola’s 2014 state budget if ... • ‘We will be self-sufficient in rice production in 4 years’ • TCN targets 10,000 MW transmission capacity by 2017 ~DAILY INDEPENDENT: • Confusion over Gusau’s alleged resignation • Quit S’East, Biafran group tells FG • Defecting politicians unprincipled – Mustafa • You’re an irresponsible liar, Jonathan replies Sanusi • NPFL matches to hold as scheduled–LMC • INEC to involve professionals –Jega • Boko Haram: FG to begin air patrol of northern borders • Govt to privatise airports, harbours • Confab staff fine-tune logistics ahead Monday’s inauguration • Confusion over Gusau’s alleged resignation • APC urges Nigerians to ask questions on missing $20b • Obi begins workers’ housing scheme, bags RATTAWU’s triple honours • NUPENG carpets Alison-Madueke over comment on fuel scarcity • Lagos lawmaker tasks councils on budget estimation; ~BUSINESS DAY: •Foreign bankers to lead charge in financing NIPP asset purchase; •Local banks, UBA, Stanbic IBTC, Ecobank also bullish; •Nigeria’s 2013 advertising spend jumps 125billion naira….Industry anticipate 20billion naira on political campaign in 2014; •Legal Business: Issues on the suspension of CBN governor; •War on terror in crisis as defence ministry, military high command disagree; •New Minister, Gusau, tenders resignation; •‘Nigeria must begin to prosecute, jail corrupt leaders’; •Persistent capacity gaps worsen cargo clearance delay at ports; ~DAILY SUN: •Terror alert in Abuja…soldiers deployed over bombing plot during national conference; •I’ve not resigned---Guasu; •Why he was absent at FEC meeting---Presidency; •2015: INEC requires 102billion naira; •2 die, scores injured in New York explosion; •FG orders probe of NNPC---Blasts Sanusi; •House wife arranges own kidnap for 1.5million naira; ~PEOPLES DAILY: •Kano Hisbah arrests man for public nudity; •‘Missing’ 20 billion dollars: Jonathan orders probe of NNPC; •Asks Sanusi to respond to FRC queries; •As judge’s absence stalls axed CBN governor’s suit; •13 killed in Lagos boat mishap; •Again, Borno cut off GSM services; •Sickle cell patient raped to death in Benin; •Confusion over Gusau’s ‘resignation’; ~BLUE PRINT: •Defence Minister’s resignation: Jonathan begs Gusau; •2015: INEC needs 102 billion naira for fraud-free elections---Jega; •Over 300 illegal immigrants arrested in Adamawa; •Trader shoots self to death in Minna, Niger State; •FG to privatise roads, airports, Maku says; •Mark to Nigerians: Resist terrorists’ plot to destabilise Nigeria; •CONFAB: NGOs in North-West protest delegates’ composition; ~DAILY TRUST: •I have not resigned—Gusau; •Trouble lies ahead as Defence Minister, Jonathan disagree; •Police quiz ex-Unity Bank M.D. Falalu Bello; •Presidency to Sanusi: Respond to fraud charges; •Recruitment scandal hits FMC Keffi; •Confab to hold National Judicial Institute; •Corruption stalling Nigeria’s progress—Former British Minister; ~LEADERSHIP: •KANO DECLARATION: FG’s delegates can’t speak for the North; •Northern Elders insist confab has no legal backing; •Ghost Workers: ICPC to prosecute 4,000 Civil Servants; •Picture shows scenes from attack on Tse-Akenyi and Ukan communities in Guma LGA, Benue State on Tuesday; •Nigeria’ll become self-sufficient in Rice Production in 4 years---Rice Farmer; •Catholic Bishops ask Jonathan, Suswam to stop Benue attacks; •Resist plot to destabilise Nigeria, Mark tells Nigerians; •Transparency International wants FG to withdraw Abacha’s Award; ~NATIONAL MIRROR: •Stop inciting statements, Presidency warns Sanusi; •Says he is blackmailing government; •Approves forensic audit of NNPC accounts; •Moro, group condemn attack on Suswam; •10 students killed, 4 injured in Katsina auto crash….gunmen kill ward head, 11 others; •Constituents beg Akpabio over Etok’s ‘unwarranted attack’; •FG moves to privatise roads, airports, seaports; •Transparency International wants Abacha’s Centenary Award withdrawn; ~DAILY NEWSWATCH: •Clear yourself of fraud, Presidency tells Sanusi; •Orders forensic audit of NNPC accounts; •Ex-CBN governor’s suit suffers setback; •I’ve not resigned---Gusaus, new Defence Minister; •Biafran Zionists claim responsibility for Enugu Government House attack; •Tambuwal says INEC needs 63.8billion naira for credible polls; •13 bodies recovered from Lagos boat mishap---NEMA; •Six survived, five still missing; ~NEW TELEGRAPH: •Tambuwal, Jega: 45 billion naira not enough to conduct 2015 polls; •INEC chairman bemoans slash of 102billion naira estimate; •295billion naira ‘wasteful’ allocations uncovered in 2014 budget; •Knocks for Finance Ministry’s 600billion naira for security equipment; •Sanusi: Again, Jonathan orders probe of CBN accounts; •North preparing for war—Dokubo-Asari; •Adesiyan’s appointment as minister, an elevation of evil---Muyiwa Ige; •SPORTS: Ike Uche…Keshi, NFF on collision course; ~SOCCER STAR: •Messi, Alves end City’s dream…..Barcelona 2 Mancity 1; •NFF seeks more Eagles friendlies; •Utaka silence critics with goal; •Balotteli under attack; •Barca guns for Wenger; •Man City lures Iniesta; •Imoh escapes sanctions in Belgium; •Omeruo gets praise against Forest; •Van Persie serves Man U quit notice;
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 08:37:46 +0000