SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 03/01/2020

Punch

Minimum wage negotiations: Labour soft-pedals as 15 states miss Dec 31 deadline

EFCC obtains 14-day detention order for Shehu Sani

Accountant General queried over non-disclosure of N57bn FG grants

Boko Haram, herdsmen undermining agric sector, says World Bank

Joint border patrol begins operation in Seme, others

Merchants defy CBN’s directive on N50 PoS charge

Electricity generation falls by 561MW in 24 hours

Falana writes Malami, seeks El-Zakzaky’s release

I started planning Abuja bank robbery in October – Banker

Buhari supporters petitioned US varsity to sack me — Kperogi

PDP planted third term in citizens’ minds – Oshiomhole

Why we are backing southern Presidency in 2023 – Northern youths

My life in danger over 2023 presidency – PDP BoT chair

Friend stabs 33-year-old Rivers man to death

Obaseki commutes death sentence of four prisoners

Police rescue six abducted girls in Katsina

Gunmen kidnap chief in Taraba

Kwara demolishes Saraki’s houses on revoked land, group kicks

Zamfara votes N7bn for Govt House

Gombe lawmaker appoints 60 more aides

Yobo celebrates 10th-year wedding anniversary

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

165 women, kids rescued as Army captures more terrorists in Borno 

Senator Sani extorted $24,000 from me, insists businessman  

Enugu airport to be ready before Easter, says minister  

Rep seeks Presidency’s support to fix roads 

NECO: we’re not hiring 

NGO to enroll 10,000 out-of-school children in Nigeria  

Falana makes fresh request for El-Zakzaky’s, wife’s release  

PDP BoT chair Jibrin alleges threat to life  

Emmanuel rededicates Akwa Ibom to God

Bello eulogises Nigeria’s World War veteran Aduku  

Oyo anti-grazing law a breach of our rights, say herders  

Three months minimum wage arrears coming for Lagos public servants 

Lagos to train 200 youths, women for Agripreneur programme  

Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge goes cashless 

Kogi labour dares HoS to publish ghost workers name 

Tension as Kwara demolishes Saraki’s ‘Ile-Arugbo’ house  

How inmates of Abuja correctional centre grew the food basket 

AfriFone unveils made-in-Nigeria Smartphone

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard

Aliko Dangote’s fortune increased by $4.3bn in 2019

Malabu: Court extends Adoke’s detention by extra 14 days

EFCC gets court order to detain Sen Shehu Sani for 14 days

EFCC RETRIEVES $25000 BRIBE CASH TO USE AS EXHIBIT AGAINST SHEHU SANI

Enugu’s Akanu Ibiam Int’l airport ready before Easter — Sirika

Kaduna-Abuja train attack: police escorts confirm stone thrown at train – NRC

Railway assures passenger safety on Abuja-Kaduna route

FG spent N55.5bn to subsidise petrol in December 2019

Nnamdi Kanu breaks silence, says British govt ‘worst enemy’ of Nigeria

Anti open grazing law: Fulani herders sue Oyo govt, House of Assembly 

Minimum wage: Sanwo-Olu approves payment of 3 months arrears to workers 

Alleged N16.5bn debt: Blackout enters 10 days over shutdown of PHEDC in Bayelsa

Tiv Traditional rulers condemn Sen. Akume’s verbal attack on Tor Tiv

Murder of Enugu Nurse: CSOs give Govt two weeks ultimatum

Father of two dies during sex competition with commercial sex worker

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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