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

[PressRoom]

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

PUNCH:

• Suswam, two others diverted N9.8bn SURE-P, police funds –FG
  
  
• Senate probe: N298m armoured SUV’s papers are fake, says importer
  
  
• Nomination of 29 RECs lacks gender balance, says TMG
  
  
• Buhari insists on completion of rail projects
  
  
• Ngilari falls sick in prison, gets bail
  
  
• Probe uncovers massive fraud in YouWin programme
  
  
• Obasanjo’s wife asks court to stop son’s wedding
  
  
• We’ve no certificate scandals — Jonathan, Fayose
  
  
• Judge’s absence stalls Ladoja’s N4.7bn fraud case
  
  
• Customs seal Kano senator’s house, seize 13 vehicles
  
  
• Togolese, Chadian caught plotting to abduct Lagos businessman’s daughter
  
  
• UCH mortuary attendant remanded for decapitating corpse
  
  
• Herdsmen invade Benue prison farm, kill inmate
  
  
• Man beheads septuagenarian over land dispute
  
  
• Lagos salesman arrested for stealing boss’ N53m
  
  
  THE NATION
  
  
• Governor diverts N500m refund to repay his loan
  
  
• CBN crashes dollar to N360
  
  
• Ile-Ife: Aregbesola seeks justice for all
  
  
• Abuja airport runway ‘not extended by 18 weeks’
  
  
• Falana seeks trial of those indicted in N522b loan refund
  
  
• EKSU produces 37 First Class
  
  
• NIMASA partners Navy, Air Force to fight oil theft, piracy
  
  
• BDCs to boycott $25m CBN auction over pricing
  
  
• Wanted: new regulations for private jet operators
  
  
• Exporters praise OGFZA on tariff review
  
  
• Niger Delta: Illegal refiners to be shareholders of modular refineries
  
  
• Ex-Adamawa governor Ngilari granted bail on health grounds
  
  
• We didn’t convert NNPC’s products, says MRS
  
  
• 2016 budget expires May 5, says Senate
  
  
• Adesina hails Army for degrading Boko Haram
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• Heads to roll over convicted ex Adamawa gov’s release from prison
  
  
• Wike Diverting Attention From His Chain Of Problems —Ortom
  
  
• BDCs reluctant to buy dollars as CBN pegs FX rate for invisibles at N360/$, injects $185m
  
  
• Paris Club Refund: We’ve Done Nothing Illegal —Govs
  
  
• Lagos threatens to shut down Ikoyi Federal Marriage Registry
  
  
• APC Stalwarts, Supporters Drum Support For Buhari In Ebonyi
  
  
• 9 Naval Officers Pummel Bayelsa Civil Servant
  
  
• Apapa Residents Decry Hardship Over Bridge, Road Works By Federal Govt
  
  
• Riot In Benue Prison, As Herdsmen Kill Inmate
  
  
• Militant Group Blasts NDDC For Allegedly Fraternising With Ex-Militants
  
  
• Woman Beats Husband’s Niece To Death
  
  
• Man Jailed For Insulting Katsina Gov