Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [28 April, 2017]

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Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Friday, April 28, 2017.

PUNCH:

• Buhari’s doctors advised him to take things slowly — Presidency
  
  
• Judge asks AGF to warn IG against snubbing court orders
  
  
• NCC gives operators 14 days to quit wireless frequency
  
  
• Poverty, unemployment, getting worse, says Atiku
  
  
• Rivers, Bayelsa, A’Ibom sue FG over N540tn oil revenue
  
  
• Amaechi had problem with Patience, not me —Jonathan
  
  
• Nigerians want Covenant varsity to recall suspended students
  
  
• Bribery: Court rejects proposed punishment for INEC official
  
  
• NEITI begins oil sector audit for 2015, 2016
  
  
• Bauchi fed poly student found dead in hostel
  
  
• Torture: Army investigates video, says soldiers may be fake
  
  
• Two construction workers die as Lekki structure collapses
  
  
• Lagos rescues 237 abandoned babies
  
  
• Tension as Delta politician dies in police custody
  
  
• Police detain parent for using son to get N8,000
  
  
• Court jails 15, remands others over Mushin gang war
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• 2017 budget may be ready for Buhari’s assent next week – Senate Leader
  
  
• Nigeria-China trade volume hits $10b
  
  
• Police: We may arrest Goje
  
  
• Suspended SGF fails to appear before Senate panel
  
  
• Bankers’ Committee gets tough with e-fraudsters
  
  
• N30m bribe: Court rejects EFCC’s plea bargain with INEC official
  
  
• 57m Nigerians lack access to safe water, says report
  
  
• Lawyer: we’re working to perfect Kanu’s bail
  
  
• I didn’t snub Ooni, says Akiolu
  
  
• NYSC DG expresses FGs commitments towards empowering corps members
  
  
• Businessman to set up $2bn dollar modular refinery in Edo
  
  
• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: Italy spanks Nigeria 12-6
  
  
• Meningitis: UNICEF places Ekiti under surveillance
  
  
• I do not have $1.2bn in any account – Lai Mohammed
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• Ooni of Ife vs Oba of Lagos: I not perturbed by Akiolu’s action – Ooni
  
  
• Kanu: Stringent bail conditions can’t dampen our spirit —IPOB
  
  
• 2015: How US Worked With 12 Anti-Jonathan Govs — Ex-Niger Gov, Babangida Aliyu
  
  
• Afe Babalola wants number of children pegged at two
  
  
• CBN offers $100m in Wholesale forward as Naira closes N385/$
  
  
• Nwodo Charges Ohanaeze To Replicate Dubai In Igboland
  
  
• Those Found Culpable In Queens College Students’ Death’ll Be Prosecuted — Saraki
  
  
• Court adjourns till June 19 for judgment in Tompolo’s suit
  
  
• Inject Recovered Loots Into Ajaokuta Steel — Labour
  
  
• Bankers C’ttee Establishes E-Fraud Database To Blacklist Fraudsters
  
  
• Modular Refinery: NDDC MD Leads Delegation To US
  
  
• Zenith Bank Basketball : Over 200 Female Players Invade Kaduna
  
  
• Stampede as Ekiti youths get N2,000 for collecting PVC
  
  
• 4 policemen arrested over death of Okpe chief
  
  
• Dutch couple visit Ekiti with boys adopted 12 years ago