Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [06 March, 2017]

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Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Monday, March 06, 2017.

PUNCH:

• Jonathan rejected UK’s offer to rescue Chibok girls –Report
  
  
• Buhari calls Obasanjo, Bello, tells gov all is well
  
  
• Fayose seeks phone conversation with Buhari
  
  
• Petroleum ministry faces $8bn judgment liability
  
  
• PDP members have right to seek alternative platform –Markarfi
  
  
• CBN new forex policy fails to excite foreign investors
  
  
• Govt removes 10% contribution on mortgages below N5m
  
  
• Firm to invest $6bn in electricity generation
  
  
• Omatek founder, Florence Seriki, dies at 54
  
  
• Kaduna increases workers pension savings to 20%
  
  
• Diezani/Rivers rerun bribes: INEC to suspend 227 officials this week
  
  
• Tinubu to inaugurate projects in Borno today
  
  
• Four policemen die in Lagos crash
  
  
• Killers of ex-councillor arrested after colleague stole clothes
  
  
• Lagos farmer drowns in well while rescuing goat
  
  
• Fake counsel for suspected thief arrested in court
  
  
• Oluwo convoy vehicle collides with petrol tanker
  
  
• Taraba youth corps member dies from electric shock
  
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• INEC probe panel on N23b bribe: REC got N140m cash
  
  
• Senate uncovers N10tr petroleum industry fraud
  
  
• Speculators lose N100m as CBN pumps dollars into interbank
  
  
• Banks get 24hrs for BTA, PTA requests
  
  
• I’m not under pressure to step down, says Makarfi
  
  
• Fertiliser to cost below N6,000 per bag, says Ogbeh
  
  
• Minister laments poor power supply to Abuja
  
  
• Ezeemo: I’m not afraid of APC, APGA
  
  
• Arik Air introduces N16,000 promo fare
  
  
• Ikeja Electric to cut supply
  
  
• Masari bans unlawful assembly in Katsina
  
  
• #BBNaija: No eviction next Sunday after Uriel, Kemen sent packing
  
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• Buhari: I am returning soon to continue project of fixing Nigeria
  
  
• Obasanjo, Best President Nigeria Ever Had – Mbang
  
  
• N10m bribery scandal: Court admits statement implicating CCT boss
  
  
• Yoruba Have Benefited Most From Buhari – Shittu, Communications Minister
  
  
• COAS, DSS Boss Order New Officers To Sustain N/East Security
  
  
• Toxic Waste: Don’t Panic, Govt Urges Deltans
  
  
• Banking Sector: Economic Factors Pressure N5.2trn Risk Assets
  
  
• NLC, TUC Write Ebonyi Gov Over Illegal Pension Deduction
  
  
• Lagos Magistrate Orders Journalist Out Of Court
  
  
• Ayade Fetes Bakassi IDPs To Mark 49th Birthday
  
  
• Sokoto Plans Wedding For 100 Couples
  
  
• MADE Marks Int’l Women’s Day With Agric Forum In Benin