TODAYS NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: DAILY TRUST •Revelations in Senate: Helicopters ferry in arms, attackers....This is being handled, DHQ says; •Norths delegates strategise for National Conference; •Diezanis jet gulped N10billion, Reps allege; •Jonathan: No more kid gloves for terrorists; DAILY NEWSWATCH •CONFAB: Northern delegates in 7-hr meeting with ACF… Govs engage in emergency talks too; •How Nigeria can be world economic power; •Cameroon offers 700 soldiers for Lake Chad regional force; •Senators make U-turn, seek state police….Committees to unravel nationwide killings; •Zik was unequalled patriot- Buhari; •PDP, APC in brickbats on governance; NATIONAL MIRROR •Senate raises alarm over mass killings….Ekweremadu calls for decentralisation of police; •Immigration tragedy: Job seekers sue FG, demand N528bn damages….Victim yet to be identified in Niger State; •Kwara evacuates students from UNIMAID; •Three-quarters of confab delegates accredited- Secretary….Bars use of offensive language; •Reps probe N220bn unremitted gas fund…fault Okonjo- Iweala on N24bn missing pension fund; •APC plans violent overthrow of govt, says PDP; NIGERIAN PILOT •NATIONAL CONFAB: Resolutions to be based on 100% vote; •APC plots violent overthrow of govt- PDP…Nigerians not daft- APC; •Confab, security top agenda as Northern govs meet; •Gusau, Service Chiefs in closed-door meeting; •Lagos Street: Abuja’s Sodom and Gomorrah; •3 to die by hanging for kidnapping in Delta; •CBN directs banks to submit uniform cheques; •Boko Haram: Adamawa Muslims, Christians declare prayers, fasting; LEADERSHIP •Drama in House of Reps: Plan to stop Petroleum Minister’s probe fails…Investigation of N10bn private jet maintenance begins; •N24bn Police Pension: Okonjo-Iweala lied- Reps; •APC replies Jonathan: You’re not the first minority to rule; •Gunmen shoot policeman at Lagos airport; •MDCN tries Suntai’s doctor for leaking his health status; •X-files of Veteran Conference Delegates; BLUE PRINT •North ready for a Northern Christian to be president- Ango Abdullahi; •Immigration tragedy: Applicants drag FG to court; •Get ready for flood disaster, NIMET warns Niger; •FG deploys 700 soldiers to maintain peace in Liberia; •Telecom mast kills 2 in Cross River; •I won’t treat Boko Haram with kid gloves again- Jonathan; BUSINESS DAY •Plan on to open power transmission business to private investors; •Rise in demand fails to spur investment in residential property; •How to avoid fighting with your partner about money; PEOPLES DAILY •Reps to probe Diezani’s ten billion naira private jet spending; •Query NLNG over alleged non-remittance of revenue; •SSS arrests officer for gun-running in Plateau; •We won’t treat terrorists with kid gloves anymore— Jonathan; •Boko Haram: Military jet kills ten in Borno villagers; •Northern delegates set up think-tank; •27 suspected armed robbers die mysteriously in Zamfara; PUNCH •Jonathan admits treating terrorism with kid gloves; •Boko Haram writes Army, threatens to attack Maiduguri barracks; •FG has lost Boko Haram war – CNPP; •Security to top North’s agenda at confab •Government should stop giving actors money —John Okafor; •Moro, NIS boss fought over immigration recruitment – Investigation; •Robbers invade church, steal phones, 2million naira; •Private jet: Reps probe oil minister’s ten billion naira expenses; •Nigeria needs experienced leaders –Buhari; •Immigration death: Lawyers sue FG, Moro, others; VANGUARD •Allison-Madueke to face Reps probe for spending N3.120bn on air charter services; •Jonathan’s woes manifestation of incompetence, cluelessness – APC; •Boko Haram: Its now fire for fire – Jonathan; •Alleged missing 24billon naira Police pension fund: Reps committee faults Okonjo-Iweala; •Boko Haram: 10 lessons from Biafra; •Woman accused of stealing husband’s 2.8million naira SUV; •Telecom mast collapses, kills 2, injures 3 in Cross River; •Don’t field Wike as guber candidate, group warns PDP; •Anambra election tribunal admits 10,000 exhibits from Ngige, APC; •NIS tragedy: 4 applicants sue FG, Moro, 3 others; •Alleged 19.2billion naira fraud: You can’t try me in Abuja, Sylva tells EFCC; NATION •Senate: killings must stop now; •Military battles Boko Haram in Sambisa forest; •Kwara evacuates students from Maiduguri •How to win battle against prostate cancer; •Alison-Madueke ‘blows ten billion naira on chartered plane’; •Jonathan: corruption blown out of proportion; •Ekiti PDP primary crisis deepens; INDEPENDENT •Petroleum Minister spends 13billion naira on private jet in two years; •Boko Haram: Kwara evacuates students from Maiduguri; •Ekiti Guber: Issues as PDP picks its candidate; •Jonathan jets off on tour of Namibia, Italy, Netherlands; •We’ve restored security to Ogun – Olaniyonu; •SPDC invests $15billion to develop Bonga SW, Erha projects; •CBN Gov-designate, Access Bank MD risk jail over contempt; •Resign now, Rivers PDP tells Amaechi; •Super Eagles needs self belief to succeed in Brazil–Onazi; NEW TELEGRAPH •Immigration Test Tragedy: Applicants sue FG for 523billion naira; •Seek one million naira each, demand 50million for every dead victim; •Jonathan’s automatic job offer sparks rush for medical reports; •Confab: North opposes state creation, backs unicameral system; •OUR STAND: Northern delegates oppose treatment of unequals equally; •Coomasie, Gana to lead Northern delegates; •Killings: Senate calls for state, local police; •Taraba: Acting Governor on the edge as lawmakers plot impeachment; DAILY SUN •Time up for Boko Haram; •We’ll crush you---Jonathan; •North under siege—ACF laments; •Immigration tragedy: Applicants sue FG; •PDP accuses APC of destabilisation plot; •Alleged 3.1biollion naira jet Charter: Reps probe Diezani; •Health workers down tools at Asaba Federal Medical Centre over shortfall in salaries; SOCCER STAR •Moses, 11 others face sack at Chelsea; •Man City eyes Suarez; •Moyes tips Man U for UCL title; •Eagles must be Focused in Brazil 2014---Onazi; •Osaze doubts World Cup place; •Club owners order LMC to reinstate Nembe, Giwa •FIFA Under-17 Women World Cup: Flamingoes spends 11million naira on fufu, eba, amala∞
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:17:32 +0000