Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [16 February, 2017]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Thursday, February 16, 2017

PUNCH:

• Inflation rate rises to 18.72%
  
  
• Saraki, Dogara visit Buhari in UK
  
  
• Fayose at finance ministry, demands payment of N1.1bn allocation
  
  
• Alleged N108bn fraud: EFCC seizes Akpabio’s wife’s school
  
  
• Workers shut CAC over poor welfare
  
  
• Oil production now two million barrels daily – Kachikwu
  
  
• CCTV exposes Rivers police kill painter by roadside
  
  
• FEC okays national health policy, awards N126bn road contracts
  
  
• Lagos targets generation of 3,000MW by 2022
  
  
• Nigeria’s oil export to India falls by 54%
  
  
• Electricity cable vandal bags two-year jail term
  
  
• Stakeholder writes FG over faulty scanners at seaports
  
  
• Baby with heart disease seeks N4m for surgery
  
  
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• Buhari to Nigerians: I thank you for prayers on my health
  
  
• 30 years after, another toxic waste scare hits Koko
  
  
• AMCON seeks private investors for Arik Air
  
  
• Dangote, farmers, Sokoto sign rice growers’ agreement
  
  
• Fed Govt mulls using TSA to fund budget
  
  
• Power generation hits 4,043Mw as gas supply improves
  
  
• Alleged N1.162b fraud: Court adjourns Dariye’s suit till March 2
  
  
• FEC okays N126b road contracts in eight states
  
  
• Two ‘killed’ in Benue/Cross River communal clash
  
  
• Court strikes out case against Oluwo
  
  
• Katsina lawmaker dead
  
  
• Court to rule on bail for Shi’ite members March 1
  
  
• Alleged fraud: Filmmaker Egbegbe to remain in prison
  
  
• Eagles/Burkina Faso friendly cancelled
  
  
• Man nabbed with human head
  
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• Rann IDPs bombing: Probe panel seeks extension of mandate
  
  
• N8bn CBN Scam: I Screamed On Seeing Papers, Not Money — Witness
  
  
• Wike unveils land ship, MV Rivers Pride
  
  
• NASS wants FERMA boss sacked
  
  
• BoI’s Entrepreneurship Scheme: Applicants Lament Non-Disbursement Of Loans
  
  
• A-Court declines to sack Gov Ugwuanyi of Enugu
  
  
• PDP House Caucus Hails Wike Over Apostle Of Peace Award
  
  
• NPFL Players Deserve A Chance In Eagles – Lawal Tells Rohr
  
  
• Uyo residents accuse govt, PHEDC of insensitivity over 15 years blackout
  
  
• Epe farm kidnap: Kidnappers demand N50m
  
  
• C-River retirees protest nonpayment of gratuity four years after retirement
  
  
• I killed my day-old baby ’cos she’ll be extra burden – Mother
  
  
• Kerosene Explosion Kills 50-Yr-Old Woman In Cross River
  
  
• 18-yr-old jailbird says he has stolen countless number of phones