SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 16/03/2022

Punch
Power grid collapses again, stakeholders’ meeting enters second day

Nigeria recorded N1.94tn trade deficit in 2021, says report

Senate proposes airlines’ bailout, operators insist on flights suspension

Reps grill Amaechi, BPE officials over $214m Deep Blue contract

Reps go after 77 oil firms over unremitted N2.6tn revenue

Amid fuel crisis, Nigeria’s inflation hit 15.70% in February

SWAT officers extort N100,000 from Abuja artiste, police order probe

Nigeria’s success against terrorists recognised globally, Army chief claims

FG’ll tap $2.2bn Eurobond for fuel subsidy funding– Minister

West Africa food economy to reach $480bn by 2030 -UN

Fire guts EFCC’s exhibit storage facility in Port Harcourt

Alumni association kicks as LAUTECH amendment bill passes second reading

Climate change: UN adopts resolution promoting bicycles

Buni’s men tighten hold on APC, Akpanudoedehe returns to office

11 security operatives killed in Kebbi, Niger attack

Ogun, Anambra, Kaduna, others fail to access N33.6bn UBEC fund

35 million Nigerians lack access to digital financial services, others –NCC

Obiano not invited by EFCC, says aide

C’River Assembly to summon PHEDC over blackout, crazy bills

Kebbi bandits invade Niger, kill DPO, two policemen, four vigilantes

Police arrest suspects as gunmen kill Army officer in Delta

Anambra #EndSARS panel recommends N699.5m for 170 petitioners

Abducted Ekiti pastor escapes, surfaces in Kwara as kidnappers sleep off

Davido, Peruzzi fume over troll’s comment on son’s paternity

Paedophile accusation surfaces as Ubi Franklin, baby mama argue over daughter’s stay in Nigeria

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The Nation
High food, fuel prices push inflation to 15.70%

NCC: 35m Nigerians have no access to telecoms

Nigeria fails to meet OPEC’s 1.78mb per day quota

559 ex-Boko Haram fighters graduate from Fed Govt’s rebirth programme

Women’s protest at National Assembly enters eighth day

Judge threatens to throw out Abba Kyari’s fundamental rights suit

West Africa’s food economy to hit $480b by 2030

Why 12 per cent of NIMASA revenue can’t go to Maritime University, by Amaechi

US supports Ukrainian refugees with $186m

Zelensky to Russian soldiers: I give you a chance, a chance to survive

Sani to Hisbah: wage more war on terrorists, bandits than alcohol, dress code

NYSC hails Fed Govt for enrolling corps members into NHIS

APC sells national chairmanship nomination form for N20m

Confusion in PDP over plot to stop Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwal

Ebonyi Assembly declares PDP members’ seats vacant

Mustapha obtains nomination form for APC national chairman

Obiano takes final bow, Soludo steps in Thursday

Cross River to manufacture military biscuits, says Ayade

Taraba attacks: Ishaku donates relief materials to victims

Bandits kill DPO, six others in Niger

2Baba donates recording studio to OAU

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Vanguard
Blackout as national grid suffers second system collapse in 2 days

Investment in commercial farming, way of solving revenue issues — Osinbajo

Design curriculum in line with 21st century challenges,Osinbajo tasks WAEC

Nigeria’s crude oil production drops to 1.417mbpd in February – OPEC

Senate intervenes in imminent down tool by Airline Operators

Nigeria fails again to meet OPEC quota with 1.25mpd production

Petrol souvenir: Police arraign prime suspect

Extortion: Police operatives return OAU’s students’ money

Coups in Africa: Probability of non-democratic leadership in Nigeria is zero — Gen Irabor

$195.3m Deep Blue Contract: We followed due process, got approval — Amaechi

CBN bars cash collection operators from lending activities

Obaseki, Wike rift forces PDP to shift NEC meeting to today

APC National Convention: Senator Sani Musa obtains Chairmanship Nomination forms for N2OM

War against Corruption: Sanwo-Olu appoints Olatoregun as boss anti-corruption commission

Alleged death of soldiers: I never led troops to duel with bandits – Kebbi Deputy Gov

Road crashes: Kano road safety decries reckless driving along Kano-Zaria-Kaduna highways

390 persons killed, 37 injured by armed herders in Benue LG — Monarch

Police confirm arrest of officers involved in alleged shooting of Poly student in Ibadan

Osun residents rescue newborn baby abandoned in carton

Bandits attack tomatoes company in Kebbi, kill one, abduct many women

Electoral Act: NYCN leads massive protest to National Assembly, insists Section 84 (12) be expunged

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