TODAY NEWSPAPER's HEADLINES FRIDAY 23rd MARCH, 2018

**NIGERIA

* Stock market rebounds, indices appreciate by N196b

*Forum begins scheme to curb tax evasion in ECOWAS

*FAAN targets new investments, partnerships with ACI-Africa conference

*APC tackles PDP over stance on abduction of Dapchi girls

*Group seeks state of emergency on water crisis as Nigeria celebrates WWD

*Bill Gates faults Nigeria’s economic growth scheme

*Senate confirms five CBN nominees, rejects one

*Here is What Boko Haram Told Us At Girls’ Release – Dapchi Resident

*JUST IN: FG Did Not Pay Us Any Ransom – Boko Haram On Released Dapchi Girls

*Soldier Killed By Angry Policeman In Delta State

*Man Attempts Suicide In Front Of Lawmakers During Plenary

*Edo varsity matriculates 350 students

*Niger stops payment of SSCE fees for non-indigenes

*LASU’s teachers union chiefs at The Guardian, berate VC

*Cattle breeders’ body seeks collaboration to reinvent self

*Firms set to host economic mission in Nigeria March 25-29

*Maleek Berry: I hope to create music that lasts longer than my generation

*Experts say Nigeria’s solid mineral export potential may hit N10 trillion

*Dapchi girls: Of sham release and cynical citizenry

*Yinka Oduwole, girl empowered by TB Joshua earns PhD, set to tackle cancer

*Eight feared dead in Enugu as bus allegedly chased by NSCDC officials fell into ditch

*Group flays FG, Plateau over alleged security lapse

*Kogi Assembly condemns attacks, seeks prosecution of perpetrators

*High court strikes out case against InterContinental hotels

*Afreximbank commits $25b to promote intro-African trade in five years

*Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity to be rescued, says Presidency

*I am determined to transform Gombe to enviable level, says guber aspirant

*PDP holds discourse on politics, governance in Nigeria

*Nnenne Iwuji-Eme is first black female UK diplomat appointed high commissioner

*Dapchi Girls’ Release: Biggest relief of the moment — MSSN

*STATE OF THE NATION: I may write another letter — Obasanjo

*Ondo APC Crisis : When Akeredolu, Boroffice flex muscles

*Dapchi: FG economical with the truth— Onuesoke, Ukweni

*In Cross River, zoning arguments herald 2019 governor poll

*Reps probes legality of presidential panel over alleged usurpation of CCB duties

*Lagos state government receives applause for supporting quality projects

*Abducted octogenarian regains freedom in Katsina

*Stella Obasanjo’s father, Abebe, dies at 99

*Get actively involved in 2019 election, Obasanjo tells women

*‘EFCC lacks power to declare anyone wanted without court order’

*NBC Bans Olamide, Davido, 9ice’s Songs

*With Ajagun Nla, Duro Ladipo returns to stage

*Kano varsity offers automatic employment to 35 first class graduates

*Ambode seeks religious leaders’ support for development

*Mum uses daughter as collateral for N100 debt

*Angry youths set police station, church ablaze in Kaduna State

*Total presents starter packs to skills acquisition beneficiaries

*Teleology acquires 9mobile, to partner Safaricom for efficient services

*Zuma’s tax chief ousted ahead of South Africa ratings decision

*We will name, shame tax evaders – Adeosun

*Dapchi: Time for North-East parents to wake up

*DSS did not brief us on abducted port worker –Presidency

*Seven passengers, driver killed as NSCDC operatives shoot commercial bus

*Herdsmen kill two, destroy houses in Benue

*YCE replies ACF, says North is Nigeria’s problem

*We’ll sue foreign banks over Abacha, Ibori loot, says Falana

*Woman sells four-year-old daughter over N100 debt

*Pupil accuses FRSC official of defiling her five times

*Police arrest 26-year-old for visa fraud

*Senate confirms Buhari’s nominees for CBN dep govs, MPC

**AFRICA

*Tencent shares set to open down 7.8 percent after Naspers' selldown

*Ex-Cameroon minister arrested in Nigeria, extradited home

*Algeria has repatriated 27,000 African migrants since 2015 -minister

*U.N. peacekeeper camp attacked in Mali's Kidal before PM's visit

*Fourteen killed in blast outside hotel in Somali capital

*Former Madagascar finance minister detained over loss of public funds

*Russia's Putin accepts Bashir invitation to Sudan

*Zambian former cabinet minister facing graft charges: anti-corruption body

*South Sudan says U.S. oil sanctions will undermine search for peace

**WORLD

*Israeli extremist settlers organise Jewish celebration in Umayyad Palaces in Jerusalem

*Player accuses Australia's AFL of sexism

*Thai authorities tell women not to ‘dress sexy’ for water festival

*China's threat to fight trade war 'to the end' sends Asian markets tumbling after Trump…

*Afghan army faulted for sloppiness with blood-type testing

*Mexican president defends energy reform from leftist's attacks

*Kuwait donates $2 million to support UNRWA

*Whitsundays helicopter crash: US couple who died were on honeymoon

*Israel, US concludes army joint exercises

*Apartment blaze in Ho Chi Minh City kills 13, injures 27

*Ex-Playboy model tells CNN she 'was in love' with Trump

**SPORTS

*Record-breaking Bale nets hat-trick in Giggs’ debut as Wales boss

*Zlatan Joins LA Galaxy Friday after Leaving Man United

*Ondo Football Agency workers protest 20 months unpaid salaries

*Kenya, 14 other countries send early entries

*GOtv Boxing Night 14: Skoro vows to win ABU title

*Obasanjo for grand finale

*BFN to interview 19 shortlisted coaches today