Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [15 February, 2017]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Wednesday, February 15, 2017.

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• Malabu Oil Deal: Shell, Agip Seek Withdrawal Of Forfeiture Order
  
  
• 2019: Atiku Revs Up Political Consultation
  
  
• Trump’s National Security Aide, Flynn, Resigns Over Russian Contacts
  
  
• Ortom Appoints New SSG, Drops Five Cabinet Members
  
  
• Nothing To Show That S’East Is Part Of Nigeria –Okorocha
  
  
• Group Blasts EFCC For Freezing Ozekhome’s Account
  
  
• Senate Queries Fashola Over N2bn Padded Housing Budget
  
  
• Makarfi’s Loyalists Disrupt Sheriff’s Visit To Delta '
  
  
• Court Orders Forfeiture Of Ex-NNPC GMD’s $9.8m To FG
  

PUNCH:

• Arik suspends flights to London, Johannesburg
  
  
• Passenger kills motorcyclist over N50
  
  
• Ex-NNPC GMD, Yakubu, to face fraud charges, forfeits N3bn
  
  
• Budget: Fashola disowns N2bn voted for regional housing scheme
  
  
• Militancy deprived Nigeria of $100bn in 2016 –Kachikwu
  
  
• FG closes 20,000 bank accounts, moves N5.2tn into TSA …to expand TSA scope
  
  
• Manager-turned-oil hawker killed by assailant
  
  
• Soldiers sack Agatu villages, kill pregnant woman, five others
  
  
• Parents, blind pupils decry learning conditions in King’s College
  

THE NATION:

• Buhari set to return, says Presidency
  
  
• TSA: Govt agencies rake in N13b daily
  
  
• $151m deposits: Bankers, civil servants to face trial
  
  
• Economy going out of recession, says Fed Govt
  
  
• Alleged N1.64b fraud: Court insists Nyame must enter defence
  
  
• It’s up to Nigerians to decide on restructuring, says Atiku
  
  
• N8b currency scam: ‘Syndicate behind fraud in CBN’
  
  
• Magu: Court urged to disqualify Saraki, Akpabio, others from confirmation hearing
  
  
• EFCC’s trial of Ladoja for alleged N4.7b theft aborted
  
  
• FUTA VC, bursar arraigned for alleged N156.9m fraud
  
  
• Malabu: Shell, Agip battle Fed Govt over OPL245 P6
  
  
• Amina Mohammed pledges to prioritise Nigeria’s growth at UN
  
  
• Ondo prepares for Akeredolu’s inauguration
  
  
  VANGUARD
• FG to work with illegal oil refiners – Osinbajo
  
  
• Eurobond: Nigeria’s External Reserves Have Grown By More Than $4 Bn In Three Months – FG
  
  
• IBB, Atiku in closed-door meeting
  
  
• At The Completion Of Buhari’s 2nd Term In 2023 No One Would Be Able To Take Nigeria Back To Jonathan Days – SGF
  
  
• Senate queries Culture Ministry over N620,000 IGR in 2016
  
  
• We Didn’t Kill Any Policeman, Says Onwuka, Freed Pro-Biafra Leader
  
  
• South East APC Plans Big Reception For Defectors
  
  
• Lagos LG polls shifted to June — LASIEC boss
  
  
• Anambra poultry farm targets 5m birds
  
  
• Lassa fever claims 8 in Nasarawa
  
  
• NPA Lagos Int’l Polo Tournament Gallops Off
  
  
• Ex-Rangers Star Slumps, Dies
  
  
• Footballers Prone To Brain Damage – Study