NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES TODAY
The Guardian
:
• Obasanjo dares Jonathan on probe of
corruption
• ACN decries invasion of citizens’ privacy
with $40m contract
• Militants kidnap nine oil workers in
Bayelsa
• NLC, NUPENG urge speedy passage of PIB
• Court hears Al-Mustapha, Shofolahan’s
appeal Monday
• Military denies existence of mass grave,
detention of soldiers over Baga
• Govt spends N1.3tr on Abuja
infrastructure
• SON, BCPG to flush out substandard
building materials
• Engineers urged to embrace new skills,
mentor young graduates
• Lagos plans early completion of Lekki
drainage projects
• Planners decry location of telecom masts,
filling stations in cities
• UN officials hopeful on 2015 climate talks
Punch
• ACN blasts FG for $40m Internet
surveillance contract
• Jonathan insensitive to Baga killings – El-
Rufai
• Probe me, not my aides, Obasanjo dares
FG
• President didn’t order grounding
Amaechi’s plane – NCAA
• Nigeria becoming a failed state –
Aregbesola
• FCT equips 12 hospitals for hypertension
treatment
• Bus driver nabbed for assaulting LASTMA
official
• A’Ibom denies sending hit squad after
Senator
• Al-Mustapha’s appeal unopposed as
hearing resumes today
• Pipeline vandalism: IPMAN donates 10
vans to NNPC
• Oil theft: JTF arrests 76, impounds vessel
• Lagos arrests drivers, 16 vehicles for
obstructing traffic
• Jonathan, Kalu hail Adenuga at 60
• How Edo poll was rigged – PDP
• Ogun ACN prays for Amosun’s success
• Reps move to curtail adjournments,
awaiting trials, others
• Bishop warns Christians against occultism
Vanguard
• Finally A Peoples’ Constitution?
• Poly teachers begin indefinite strike
• Police rescue abducted American School
student
• CAF U-17: Chukwu calls for replacement
of players
• UTME: NSCDC arrests 82 over exam
malpractice
• FG orders sack of 20,000 PHCN workers
• Edo LP chieftain urges Sanusi to check
illegal sale of Naira
• Osun’s changing environment
• Court remands 18-yr-old, 13 others over
robbery
• Between Delta State govt and Shell (2)
• 60,000 women die through pregnancy
complications annually – NPHCDA
• Etok’s allegations spurious – Akpabio
• Shocker! Athletes protest against high
standards
• Jonathan endorses N-Delta Trust Fund
• Tell Boko Haram to stop attacking
Christians, Anglican Primate urges
Amnesty Panel
• Nigerians push federal character to the
extreme
• The Baga military expedition
• Obasanjo tackles Jonathan on proposed
pipeline protection
• Foreign remittances to Nigeria hit $21bn
Nigerian Tribune
• You can’t register as APC, INEC tells ACN,
CPC, others
• 2015: Buhari’s ambition unsettles merger
plan
• Jonathan, Awujale, Arisekola, others greet
Adenuga at 60
• NJC probes ex-Appeal Court president
•As petitions flood council •Plans
underway to push extension for CJN
• Fuel retailers defraud Nigerians of N20bn
in 3 months —Investigation
• Scores injured as police, drivers clash in
Ekiti
• Edo LG polls: PDP wants military’s role
probed •Insists on release of
Esan N/East result
• No mass grave found in Baga —Military
•Says casualty figures exaggerated
• FG targets 10,000MW of electricity by
2014
• May Day: Jonathan to lead workers’ rally
• Boko Haram: What northern leaders must
do —Kuku
• Nigeria is on the brink of disintegration —
Aregbesola
