Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

• Tension in Warri as Itsekiri shut down DESOPADEC Vanguard (Today) - ITSEKIRI Joint Action Group, IJAG, a coalition of organizations of Itsekiri ethnic nationality in Warri, Delta State, yesterday, laid siege to the office of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development...Read more
  • Yakasai cautions Buhari on selective probe Vanguard (Today) - Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari to halt selective persecution of perceived political opponents in the name of fighting corruption.The post Yakasai cautions Buhari on selective probe...Read more
    
    
    • A BVN Breather For Diaspora Bank Customers Leadership Newspaper (Today) - Nigerian bank customers in the Diaspora may have cause to heave a sigh of relief now that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has heeded their request for an extension...Read more
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      Gov Ahmed Extols Virtues Of Late Borgu Emir Leadership Newspaper (Today) - The Kwara State governor,Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed has commiserated with Borgu Emirate Council and the   government and people of Niger State on the death of the Emir of Borgu, Alhaji Haliru...Read more
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      80% Of Nigerians Must Know Their Rights By December – NHRC Leadership Newspaper (Today) - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it will ensure that 80 per cent of Nigerians are aware of their fundamental human rights by the end of December, 2015. The...Read more
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      EFCC Declares Former Pension Boss, Maina Wanted Leadership Newspaper (Today) - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, declared former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, wanted for his role in some contracts while he served in...Read more
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      Again, PMB, Jonathan Meet In Aso Rock Leadership Newspaper (Today) - Former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday paid another visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja where they met behind closed doors. This was the second time Jonathan was...Read more
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      S/Africa Exchange Re-opens Trading On MTN Shares Leadership Newspaper (Today) - In a rather bizarre non-event, trading in MTN shares was suspended for a little over two hours on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) yesterday pending an announcement from the company....Read more
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      No BVN, No Withdrawal From Bank Accounts – CBN Leadership Newspaper (Today) - Following the expiration of the deadline for Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) registration on October 31, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred bank customers who do not have the...Read more
      
      
      • Boko Haram rocket making factory: Allegation a make-belief —Army Vanguard (Today) - FOLLOWING the posting of rockets manufacturing and bomb making factories by the Boko Haram terrorists’ group in the internet and foreign news organizations which has sent shivers down the spine...Read more
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        105-year-old Mother Of Sylva’s Running Mate Dies In Kidnappers’ Custody Leadership Newspaper (Today) - The abducted centenarian mother of Elder Wilberforce Igiri, the running mate to the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva in the forthcoming governorship election in...Read more
      • Labour threatens action over unresolved power issues Vanguard (Today) - ORGANISED labour in the nation’s power sector has said over 50,000 former employees of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, are still being owed benefits, while over 5,000...Read more
      • Buhari to open National Political Summit January 24 Vanguard (Today) - TO deepen Nigeria’s democracy and improve on the gains of the 2015 general elections leading politicians in the country will hold a three-day meeting in January.The post Buhari to open...Read more
      • I never attacked judiciary over Tribunal judgment —ABE Vanguard (Today) - Senator Magnus Abe, who represented Rivers South-East senatorial district in the last dispensation, has denied attacking the judiciary after the tribunal dismissed his petition challenging the result of the last...Read more
      • Non-oil export earnings drop by N52.2bn in Q2 Vanguard (Today) - THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council has said that the country’s earnings from non-oil exports dropped by N52.2billion ($261million) in the second quarter of this year.The post Non-oil export earnings drop...Read more
      • Dharmattan wants Chevron to facilitate local, foreign partnerships Vanguard (Today) - Despite scoring Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, 80 percent in promoting local content development against industry average of 60 percent, the management of Dharmattan Nigeria Limited, still wants the multinational oil...Read more
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        Nigeria Breweries stakes N3m for chess - The Punch eNews (Today) - THISDAY LiveNigeria Breweries stakes N3m for chessThe PunchDozens of chess players will compete for N3.39m total prize money at the 38th edition of the Nigeria Breweries International Open Chess Championship,...Read more
      • OPINION: 5 Things Buhari Must Do to Save Nigeria – by Matthew Page Osundefender (Today) - A leading political analyst and internationally acclaimed writer has enumerated in details exceptional things President Buhari must do to change the fortunes of Nigeria within......Read more
      • Biafra agitators are pro-Jonathan forces, says Shehu Sani Osundefender (Today) - The senator representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Mallam Shehu Sani, has said that agitators of Biafra under the aegis of......Read more