Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [07 February, 2017]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Tuesday, February 07, 2017.


PUNCH:

• Anti-FG protests rock Lagos, Abuja, major cities
  
  
• FG votes N150bn for Lagos-Ibadan Exp, 2nd Niger Bridge
  
  
• I can't disclose Buhari's health status – Osinbajo
  
  
• Alleged N26m diversion: Fani-Kayode seeks out-of-court settlement
  
  
• Nigeria begins trade negotiations with African countries
  
  
• New TCN CEO suspends payments, contracts, purchase orders
  
  
• Ibori disowns Twitter account, says I wasn’t deported from UK
  
  
• Ambode to phase out danfo this year
  
  
• Staff unions want 40% of IGR – Daramola, FUTA VC
  
  
• Abia Polytechnic has 44 accounts in 23 banks –Commissioner
  
  
• NCDMB plans forensic audit of oil industry
  
  
• Reps summon Emefiele over $1bn forex sales by IOCs
  
  
• N304.1m fraud: Ex-NIMASA boss, Jauro, disowns confessional statements
  
  
• ‘EFCC probe stalls NIMASA’s contract with Tompolo’s firm’
  
  
• Hawker, six-month-old baby crushed in Lagos accident
  
  
  THE NATION:
  

• Osinbajo: no cause for alarm on Buhari’s health
  
  
• Osinbajo to protesters: we hear you loud and clear
  
  
• I’m not under arrest, says Tuface
  
  
• Boko Haram insurgents attack Yobe villages
  
  
• Fed Govt to buy N400m cars for ex-presidents
  
  
• Lagos -Ibadan, Ilorin-Kano rail lines to cost govt $7.6b
  
  
• IG orders closure of Ondo Assembly
  
  
• Lagos needs $30b for 30 capital projects in five years
  
  
• Oil prices rise to $57.01 on weaker dollar
  
  
• Military not arming Fulani herdsmen to kill Christians, says Govt
  
  
• Ministry seeks EFCC’s probe of NPA/Depasa JV account
  
  
• We’ve received 53 per cent of our allocation, says Fashola
  
  
• ‘Only El-Rufai can prosecute El-Zakzaky’
  
  
• Policeman sues IGP, others for unpaid wages
  
  
  VANGUARD:
  

• Avoid comments that can lead to religious war, FG warns religious leaders
  
  
• We pray for Buhari’s survival but Nigeria is a collapsed nation — Uwazuruike
  
  
• Fitch rates Nigeria’s upcoming Eurobond B+
  
  
• Blame AMCON Not Okowa, For Delay In Revamping DSC —Urhobo Youths
  
  
• Ossai, Gov Okowa’s Aide Liberates 3 Ogwashi-Uku Prison Inmates
  
  
• 2 Feared Dead In Yobe Terrorist Attack
  
  
• Ekiti Begins Payment Of Contractors Owed By Fayemi
  
  
• Ondo Assembly Crisis: IGP Orders Complex Sealed
  
  
• Siasia Targets Pirates Job
  
  
• Man, 71, Accused Of Forging Documents For Motorists
  
  
• 3.5m Dangote Tyres Missing
  
  
• Court Detains 42-Yr-Old Man For Abducting Own Children