Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [04 May, 2017]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Thursday, May 04, 2017.

PUNCH:

• B’Haram leader, Shekau, injured, others killed in air strike
  
  
• PDP says cabal ruling Nigeria as Buhari misses FEC meeting again
  
  
• Senate confirms Buhari’s ministerial nominees
  
  
• Militants attack FIRS officials at Patience Jonathan’s hotel
  
  
• We can’t survive another civil war, Sultan warns Nigerians
  
  
• Nigeria’s total debt now N17.5tn –NBS
  
  
• Military men attack residents, burn houses after creek fight
  
  
• Obasanjo inciting Nigerians against Jonathan, Ijaw leaders, says Clark
  
  
• Corps member returning from nightclub killed in Abuja
  
  
• Banky, Adesua announce real engagement
  
  
• Lamido’s arrest, height of despotism – Ex-ministers
  
  
• Alleged N3bn fraud: Ex-gov Aliyu, former aide secure bail
  
  
• UNIJOS bans indecent dressing
  
  
• Presidency cabal plans to set EFCC against me – Ekweremadu
  
  
• Police arraign Ekiti commissioner for alleged theft
  
  
• UI Law student jumps to her death
  
  
• No contact with Joshua for Olympics –Ministry
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• Over 102 journalists killed in 2016, says UNESCO
  
  
• Buhari ‘taking doctors’ advice to fully recover’
  
  
• FG rejects Nigeria’s rating on press freedom
  
  
• EFCC: Ekweremadu is raising false alarm
  
  
• Court convicts INEC staff for accepting N70m bribe from Diezani
  
  
• NPA acquires $30m tug boats to boost revenue
  
  
• Obasanjo worried over unsuccessful prosecution of high-profile corruption cases
  
  
• Africa needs $35bn to close power deficit – Adesina
  
  
• Restructuring on front burner as Akinrinade presents book
  
  
• Diezani bribe: Court convicts INEC official for accepting N70 million
  
  
• Saraki urges respect for media
  
  
• Southeast senators caution Kanu on bail conditions
  
  
• Don’t provoke Kanu to talk, IPOB warns
  
  
• Ex-Niger Governor Aliyu gets N150m bail
  
  
• Police arrest 427 ‘One Million Boys’ in Oyo
  
  
• One dead in Ebonyi village headship tussle
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• Report about Buhari feeding through vein is bumkum – Lai Mohammadu
  
  
• 2017 Budget: I Can’t Confirm When It’ll Be Laid — Senate Spokesperson
  
  
• Saraki denies rift with Presidency
  
  
• We’ve not been sacked, CCB Chairman, board members insist
  
  
• CBN disburses N33bn to farmers via Anchor Borrowers Programme
  
  
• I’m now in APC, ex-Gov Chime formally declares
  
  
• CLO faults DSS, Police recruitment quota
  
  
• Tiwa Savage Is Rotary Celebrity Ambassador For Polio Eradication
  
  
• Mobil staff begin strike over job insecurity, others
  
  
• Grass-Cutting Contract: Senate Vows To Resist Moves To Reinstate Lawal
  
  
• NAFDAC arraigns woman over production of Ogogoro
  
  
• Okpe Agog As Monarch Honours BBNaija Winner
  
  
• Robbers invade offices in Imo House of Assembly
  
  
• Woman accused of stealing babies gets N1m bail
  
  
• Kano man accused of sodomising 5-yr-old boy
  
  

 

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