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

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

PUNCH:

• Senators sing different tunes on Magu’s confirmation
  
  
• Buhari calls Gowon, commiserates with ex-leader
  
  
• Controversy surrounds alleged romance between Apostle Suleman, ex-stripper
  
  
• EFCC freezes ex-Enugu CJ’s N50m account
  
  
• Seized $15m: Women protesters storm court again for Patience Jonathan
  
  
• We’ve destroyed 80 illegal refineries – Army
  
  
• NCC declares state of emergency over poor telecom services
  
  
• Lagos renames KAI, imposes penalties on street trading
  
  
• Nigeria loses N3.45bn daily as Shell shuts Bonga
  
  
• Edo youths disrupt Osinbajo’s meeting with stakeholders
  
  
• Lagos worker kills boss, flees with car
  
  
• Robbers snatch Crawford varsity VC’s Jeep, arrested
  
  
• SARS policemen shoot two-year-old pupil during raid
  
  
• Woman in court for stabbing husband to death
  
  
• Truck crushes girl sent out of school over fees
  
  
  THE NATION:

• Court jails ex-governor five years for N167.8m fraud
  
  
• Plot to stop Lagos’ takeover of National Stadium on
  
  
• Fed Govt to Nigerians: don’t go to U.S. unless necessary
  
  
• Oil output dips to 1.875m bpd
  
  
• Ex-Daily Times MD Adinoyi-Ojo is dead
  
  
• Health professionals begin indefinite strike
  
  
• Banks may takeover Etisalat over debts
  
  
• NCC warns mobile operators over drop calls
  
  
• Tinubu hails Shettima’s post-insurgency projects
  
  
• History, as fast train service takes off
  
  
• N10b river ports spark Reps probe of NIWA
  
  
• Only Ethiopian airline to fly to Kaduna airport
  
  
  VANGUARD:

• CORRUPTION: Court jails ex-Gov. Ngilari of Adamawa 5 years, frees two others
  
  
• 2017 BUDGET: FG to spend N2.3bn on frivolous maintenance services
  
  
• Students block UNILAG gate, demand rusticated leaders’ return
  
  
• Northern Conspiracy Won’t Allow Igbo Presidency — Uwazuruike
  
  
• Uwazuruike behind my son’s ordeal – Nnamdi Kanu’s dad
  
  
• Buhari Has Delivered On APC Campaign Promises —Onu
  
  
• Fayose to Obasanjo: Return my N10m donation to your library project
  
  
• CBN Sells $367m To Boost Forex Supply
  
  
• NAF Begins Local Test Bench Production On Alpha Jet
  
  
• Recession: Experts Urge Nigerians To Patronise Made-In-Nigeria Medicines
  
  
• Ossai, Gov Okowa’s Aide Liberates 3 Ogwashi-Uku Prison Inmates