Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [17 April, 2017]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Monday, April 17, 2017.

PUNCH:

• Seized N13bn: Present evidence of ownership, Sagay tells Wike
  
  
• Looters have more money than all tiers of govt –FG
  
  
• Mega party: ADP pays N1m registration fee to INEC
  
  
• Terminal operators lose N75bn to naira fall
  
  
• Abuja airport runway, terminal building ready today —FAAN
  
  
• Online forex: Cryptocurrency investment gaining traction
  
  
• Boko Haram: NAF spends N343m to fuel alpha jets
  
  
• Police probe attack on Katsina governor, lawmakers by youths
  
  
• Kidnappers demand N500m ransom for abducted poly proprietor
  
  
• Man sells six-year-old girl for N200,000
  
  
• Police deny brutalising AAU professor
  
  
• Sergeant arrested for releasing N4.1m exhibit to fraudster
  
  
• Herdsmen defy Abuja grazing restriction
  
  
• Police arrest leader of Imo bank robbery at father’s funeral
  
  
• Robbers disguise as policemen, snatch car in Kubwa
  
  
• PCN shuts down 264 drug outlets in Enugu
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• $5 million scam: FBI declares Nigerian wanted
  
  
• Five Osborne Towers VIP tenants under EFCC probe
  
  
• Commercial flights resume in Abuja airport Wednesday
  
  
• SERAP to Buhari: clarify ownership of $43m cash
  
  
• I-G orders dismantling of illegal revenue roadblock nationwide
  
  
• OLX donates N.5m to IDPs
  
  
• Wike seeks prayers for release of Ikoyi billions to Rivers
  
  
• Govt: looters bury cash in cemeteries
  
  
• Meningitis: Death toll rises to 33 in Niger
  
  
• Poisonous cassava: NAFDAC to sensitise farmers, food outlets in Kogi, Ondo
  
  
• Gunmen abduct Ondo community’s monarch
  
  
• Indonesian League: Osaze Odemwingie scores in debut
  
  
• End of Wike’s govt in sight, says Peterside
  
  
• Gunmen kill journalist in Bayelsa
  
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• Recovered $43M, £27,000, N23M: NIA moves to ‘officially’ reclaim Ikoyi cash
  
  
• IGP orders dismantling of illegal road blocks nationwide
  
  
• PDP faults Buhari’s Easter message, says Jonathan handed over a single digit inflation rate The Peoples Democratic Party
  
  
• 2019: Dogara Urges INEC To Begin Constituency Delineation
  
  
• Biafra: What We’re Doing Is Legal —IPOB
  
  
• Constitution Review: Anxiety As NASS Fails To Meet Deadline
  
  
• Downward Trend In Stocks Presents Buying Opportunities — Stanbic IBTC Boss
  
  
• My father not afraid to give up the throne – Sanusi’s daughter
  
  
• Eagles Can Stop Cameroon — Iwobi
  
  
• Nigeria Names Team For 2017 ITTF World Championships
  
  
• NUPENG Urges FG To Set Up Pipeline Protection Agency
  
  
• Solo voyage: I was stuck in Asia for two months, by Nigerian pilot
  
  
• Akwa Ibom LG Scribe Assassinated
  
  
• Woman Finds Wedding Ring On Robber During Parade Of Suspects