Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [19 May, 2017]

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Below are the headlines in some major Nigerian dailies today, 19 May, 2017

PUNCH:

• FG conveys parents, relatives of rescued Chibok girls to Abuja
  
  
• Ifeanyi Ubah diverted 11bn PMS, NNPC tells court
  
  
• Female suicide bomber kills two soldiers in Borno
  
  
• Lopsided recruitment: Federal Character Commission may sue DSS
  
  
• FG merges operations of agencies at airports, seaports
  
  
• NNPC finalising $6bn worth of oil-for-product swaps
  
  
• Hitches: JAMB to reschedule exams for candidates
  
  
• IPOB orders market closure on May 30
  
  
• Calabar garment factory producing for export —Ayade
  
  
• EU bars Med-View Airline over safety concerns
  
  
• Agony, shock as Moji Olaiya dies at 42
  
  
• GE to assemble gas turbines in Nigeria next year
  
  
• I’ve no regret Wike is Rivers governor — Jonathan
  
  
• Buhari’s wife starts children’s hospital in Katsina
  
  
• Fire kills couple, three kids in Lagos shop
  
  
• Man kills neighbour over borehole water
  
  
• Ortom queries SEMA boss over wheelbarrow inscription
  
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• Osinbajo signs three executive orders to boost economy
  
  
• Work begins on $1.5b Lagos-Ibadan rail line
  
  
• Reps urge IGP to enforce police dress code
  
  
• Confirmation: Senate bars Lottery Commission nominees from office
  
  
• 106 Chibok girls, 11,894 Boko Haram hostages freed so far, says defence minister
  
  
• Politicians under security watch over Buratai’s alarm
  
  
• We’ll remain loyal to Nigeria, says Air Force
  
  
• One dead as four-storey building collapses
  
  
• Militancy: DHQ handovers Joint Maritime Training Centre to Navy
  
  
• Police arrest human parts dealer in Kebbi
  
  
• Ebola: No screening points, machines at the Seme border – Report
  
  
• Borno rebuilds 2,000 houses in Damasak
  
  
• I didn’t give late Adeleke drug overdose, says nurse
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• Army, TI tango over alleged annual looting of N380bn
  
  
• Reps summon CBN gov, Magu, others over N12bn virtual currency scheme
  
  
• Senate Probes Alleged Lopsided Recruitment In DSS
  
  
• Naira rises to N375/$ in parallel market
  
  
• OPL 245: FG asks court to ignore Abacha’s ownership claim
  
  
• Jonathan’s Traducers Need Medical Examination —Wike
  
  
• DHQ Hands Over JMTS To Navy
  
  
• Air Force immortalises fighter pilots killed in Mali battle
  
  
• Terrorists Regrouping In Taraba—Gov Ishaku
  
  
• NIMASA Read Riot Act To Staff Over Extortion Allegation
  
  
• Rep Assures Over Budget Performance
  
  
• Opera To Invest $100m In Africa’s Digital Economy, $30m In Nigeria
  
  
• Bishop Onaiyekan bags Ahmadiyya Int’l Peace Award
  
  
• NNL Announces N200m Partnership With Bet9ja