Headlines February 13 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

NATION
*How 31 suspects put $11.4m in Jonathan’s wife’s account
*House joins bid to raise $500m for Ajaokuta Steel
*Missing policeman found dead in Benue
*Governors back state police
*How Shagaya died, by FRSC
*Okorocha endorses son-in-law as successor
*Why fuel scarcity will persist, by unions
*Oyo electoral body lifts ban on campaign for council poll
*Afrilux brings 17,000 cosmetics to Nigeria
*Kogi gets 717 slots for 2018 Hajj
*Ex-Air Chief in plea bargain talks over alleged N21b diversion
*Ajimobi calls for unity as new HoS takes oath
*Ugborodo community accuses deputy governor of supporting enemies
*Murtala Muhammed: 42 years after, legacy still counting
*Wike’s aide: don’t be deceived by Amaechi
*Ambode inaugurates boards of Sports Trust Fund, commission
*UI VC advises new varsities on mentoring
*Female banker arraigned for stealing
*Ondo govt to train ex-militants in agric
*SEC yet to get MTN’s $500m IPO
*Amaechi admits failing health over Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge
*Student admits stealing goods
*No crack in Rivers APC, says chairman
*Zebrudayah features in new episode of Prof. Johnbull
*Ex-CBN chief Moghalu for president
*Customs seizes four containers of fake drugs
*Patience Jonathan kicks as EFCC seeks forfeiture of $8.4m, N9.1bn
*Barber in court for alleged phone theft
*NMA educates market women on Lassa fever in Osun
*Obasanjo has done his homework on CNM, says Osuntokun
*Cattle destroys UNILORIN’s research centre
*Rainstorm wreaks havoc in Ondo community
*Patients hail FMC for introducing e-record keeping
*Police arrest two for allegedly assaulting judge
*APC leaders, Amuwo-Odofin endorse Ambode for second term
*Council chief hails governor for road repairs
*Buhari: we’re battling security challenges (Video)
*Council seeks cleaner market
*2010 bombing: Okah’s trial nears conclusion eight years after
*Conjoined twins separated in Bauchi
*Akinrinade, Ezeife, others: it’s time to restructure
*Adams seeks better relationship, peace for Yoruba
*Brothers ‘push officers into the gutter’
*Father arraigned for ‘failing’ to pay son’s bill
*Fed Govt releases guidelines for VAIDS

LEADERSHIP
*Terminal Operators Waive N1.5bn Charges On Stranded TCN Containers
*EDITORIAL: As The World Celebrates Radio Day Today
*What One Nigerian Stole Is Enough To Complete Ajaokuta Steel – Gov Bello
*Govs Endorse State Police
*Abductor Of Chibok Girls Bags 15-year Jail Term
*Nigeria’s External Reserves Rise To 5-year High Of $41.09bn 
*Bayelsa Anniversary: Dickson, Others Canvass Support For Restructuring
*Valentine: Share Love Not HIV, NACA DG Charges Nigerians
*FG Directs NBC, APCON, Others To Boost TV, Radio Adverts Revenue
*PDP Condoles PMB Over Loss Of Relatives
*Miyetti Allah To FG: Put Grazing Reserves To Use
*‘Paris Club Refund: Edo Not Among States Owing Teachers’
*Shiites Take Protest To Rights Commission
*Poverty Not An Excuse For Human Trafficking – Kukah

VANGUARD
*FUTA Hosts IITA, ZEF, FARA On Cassava Flour
*Nigeria’s Leasing Industry Grows To N1.3trn
*Beheaded Farmer: We’ll Deal With Herdsmen Our Way – Agbekoya
*Cancer Awareness Remains Collective Responsibility— Bolanle Ambode
*Nigerian Experts Worry Over Lack Of Access To Treatment Of Heart Diseases
*BEDC Pledges Improved Service Delivery
*Gas Supply, Others Deny Nigeria’s Power Sector N40.55bn Revenue In One Month
*Private Corporations Can’t Be Trusted With Lagos Water — Rights Groups, Activists
*We Don’t Call Cow Bros, Prof. Adewole!
*ARCON Dissolution Case: We Never Took ARCON To Court – NIA President
*The Koyi Ugboma Ballroom Party
*Chelsea Beat West Brom To Move Back Into EPL Top 4
*IPOB Expresses Outrage Over Disappearnace Of Nnamdi Kanu’s Case File At Appeal Court
*Dolait Yoghurt Debuts In Nigeria
*SSAEAC Commends TCN On New National Peak Load Attainment
*Bottlenecks To Our Industrial Future
*Adelusi-Adeluyi Seeks Digital Platforms To Improve Patient Outcomes
*2019: Go Home And Rest, After Failing Nigerians Woefully, Junaid Tells Buhari
*Snake Swallows N36m In JAMB Office: Govt Has Become A Looting Business Centre – ADP

THE SUN
*Abia APC congratulates Kalu on degree restoration
*Reps divided over call to sack IGP
*Herdsmen overrun Plateau varsity
*Governors back state police
*Buhari, Obasanjo, Kalu, APC mourn Shagaya
*NHIS: Workers divided over reinstatement of Yusuf
*God’s wrath awaits treasury looters –Bishop Kukah
*Insecurity: Step up your efforts, Buhari orders DSS, police, others
*Nigeria loses N24bn monthly to imported energy, says FG
*2019: I’ll support Uche Nwosu to succeed me –Okorocha
*Killings: Hold APC liable –Secondus
*Investors’ net worth on exchange surges by 15.95%

GUARDIAN
*Man City squad most expensive in history
*Late Shagaya driven by unity, patriotism virtues – APC
*The "Lady In Red" Of Vegetables
*Obaseki inaugurates panel of inquiry into Police and civilian clash
*Putin discusses Mideast with Trump, hosts Abbas
*FG restates commitment to complete Lagos-Ibadan rail line by Jan. 2019
*Governor Ahmed pledges prompt release of funds for projects
*Ambode extends scope of Oshodi/Airport Road project
*Ruler since 1982, Biya turns 85 as strife grips parts of Cameroon
*French league investigates racist abuse of Balotelli
*PSG tie set to define Real Madrid season - Ronaldo
*Outstanding five: Awoniyi bags brace, Onuachu scores
*Super Falcons depart for Ivory Coast, say winning WAFU Women’s Cup is target
*Rohr did not reject friendly games, says NFF
*Federer quietly hoping for dream return to No. 1
*Barclays Bank charged over Qatar financial crisis loan
*Stock markets bounce, dollar flat
*Record 2017 sales set up Puma to score at World Cup
*Heinken cheers rising profits in 2017

THISDAY
*To NatGeo: A Story Idea on Nigerian Animals
*Okorocha Considers Son-in-law as Successor
*Drama at NHIS Office as Police Disperse Workers Protesting Yusuf’s Reinstatement
*Police Repel Suicide Attack on Borno
*Patience Jonathan Asks Court to Strike out EFCC’s Suit to Forfeit...
*FRSC: How Ex-minister, Shagaya Died Obasanjo, Dogara, Lalong, others...
*Protest Rocks Oyo APC State Secretariat over Impending LG Polls
*PDP Condoles with Buhari over Loss of Relatives
*Group Threatens to Recall Senator Sani for Criticising Buhari, El-Rufai
*Adeosun to Address UN, OECD’s Conference on Tax, Revenue Leakages
*Herdsmen Destroy UNILORIN Farm, Poison Dam
*Sanusi Asks Miyetti Allah to Expose Killer Herdsmen
*We Can No Longer Bear Effect of Bonga Oil Spill, Communities...
*N21bn Fraud: Ex-Air Force Chief, Amosu Holds Plea Bargain Talks with...
*2019: Ex-CBN Deputy Gov, Moghalu to Run for President
*Dogara: Neglect of Ajaokuta Steel, Collective Shame Says no more...
*Farmers-Herders Conflicts: Al-Makura Orders Evacuation at Encroached Grazing Reserves in Nasarawa
*Paris Club Refund: Edo Not Among States Owing Teachers, Says Govt
*IPOB Alleges Disappearance of Kanu’s File at Appeal Court
*MOMTAN Insists Association Has No Two Executives as Expelled Members Formed...
*Lagos Extends Oshodi-Airport Road to Ladipo Markets
*FG Names BON, NBC, APCON into Audience Measurement Task Force
*Effectively Defusing the Timebomb: A call for the ban of Codeine
*EXECUTIVE ORDER ON LOCAL CONTENT
*Raising Auto Mechanics for the Future
*CBN Sustains Forex Injection with $210m
*VAIDS: FG Outlines Process for New Taxpayers
*Moghalu to Deliver UNN Public Lecture
*Inyangete Calls for Systematic Removal of Barriers to Homeownership
*Yusuf Replaces Siasia as U-23 Coach as NFF Appoints Coaches for...
*Nigeria Wins African Wrestling Championship in Port Harcourt
*Avuru: Crude Oil Price Above $80 Detrimental to Investments
*Kogi Targets $350m Investment in Agriculture, Infrastructure
*Ambode Inaugurates Boards of Lagos Sports Trust Fund, Commission
*NSE All-Share Index Falls Further on Continuing Negative Sentiments
*Questionable Reinstatement
*2018 Lagos Polo Tournament Gallops off with 34 Teams
*Senate Committee Lauds Total’s $16bn Egina Deepwater Project
*Dangote Refinery, Fertiliser Plant to Recruit Fresh 900 Engineers
*Super Falcons Arrive Abidjan for WAFU Cup of Nations
*REA to Help Jigawa Reduce Monthly Overhead on Streetlights
*USAID Boosts Eko Disco’s Capacity to Reduce Technical Losses
*Bendel Insurance FC Re-launch Holds February 27
*Kane Faces Toughest Test with Spurs in Juve’s Den
*Five Pointers We’re Losing the War against Corruption
*NNPC’s Subsidy Conundrum
*Growing the Economy through Investment

PUNCH
*At 60, Things Fall Apart to invoke the drums
*Valentine: Waiting for Yeepa Solarin n Bo!
*Police arrest married man for death of lover’s father
*Molten metal: LASG investigates Chinese firm for alleged infractions
*Police arraign two men for stealing Senator’s chickens
*Nigerians berate police for beating up Ogun headmistress …command keeps mum, shields erring cops
*Imo community protests missing children, blocks command headquarters
*Govs, senators back Osinbajo’s call for state police
*Herdsmen slaughter cop, kill two civil defence men in Benue
*‘Avoid unprotected sex on Val’s day’
*Charly Boy group protests underage voters’ registration in Kano
*EFCC making mockery of judiciary, says Patience Jonathan
*Restructuring: APC’s NWC wants panel report implemented before 2019 polls
*Court jails Chibok girls’ abductor 15 years
*Restructuring of Nigeria is unavoidable, says Akinrinade
*Govs, senators back Osinbajo’s call for state police
*Herdsmen slaughter cop, kill two civil defence men in Benue

TELEGRAPH
*I’m conscious of our security situation – Buhari
*A dark afternoon for parents, three kids
*Oyo-Ita: Re-engineering public service for efficiency
*BEDC pledges improved service delivery to Edo, others
*126 police officers undergo medical check-up in Enugu
*NSE approves delisting of Seven-Up
*SEC seeks more e-dividend enrolmentrecorded
*Heineken to screen UEFA Champions league matches
*That South-South endorsement of PMB
*PDP consoles Buhari over loss of relatives
*FG alternates N27bn debts payment to DISCOS

GOD BLESS NIGERIA