Here are the major headlines for Tuesday, November 21, 2017

The Nation

• Protests, anger rock PDP ahead Dec. 9 convention
• Rain of tributes for Ekwueme
• Nigeria floats $3bn bond to fund budgetary expenditures
• Presidency: another $321m stolen cash coming
• Nigeria’s GDP up 1.4 per cent
• Army promotes 45 generals, 92 colonels
• NCC, CBN query Barclays’ transparency in sale of 9mobile
• Resolving Apapa’s perennial traffic nightmare
• Witness: how ex-PDP chair’s son was killed
• BPE rejects DisCos notice on force majeure
• Ekwueme: Exit of a loyal lieutenant
• PANDEF splinter group PNDPC returns
• Police arrest ‘killers’ of APC stalwart in Festac
• Osinbajo to inaugurate projects in Kwara
• Enugu APC chieftain kidnapped, battered
• Kwara dominate 1st Ex-Squash Pros Diaspora tourney
• Rangers commence screening of players for Team B
• Guardiola Empathises with Tony Pulis over West Brom’s Sack
• Congregation unseats Busary at ISL athletics meet
• Lagos State Approves Staging Of 5 Sports Championships
• Super Eagles to Camp in Rabat for CHAN 2018
• NFF ‘Fear the Worst’ as Leon Balogun Undergoes Surgery Again
• Osun denies increment in tuition fee
• Babcock VC assures new students of support
• UI hosts international conference on Muslim Unity Monday
• KWASU lecturer commits suicide
• PHOTOS: New VC, Prof. Ogundipe meets UNILAG Muslim community
• OAU PG students accuse management of terminating colleagues’ studentship
• State should be allowed to develop their capacities
• Who succeeds Ahmed in Kwara?
• ‘Nigerians ‘ll not vote for PDP in 2019’
• ASUP strike shutdown Delta polytechnics
• Kaduna crisis: Is sack way out?
• 75 Vs 60 per cent: The intrigues of Kaduna teachers’ test
• Ortom plans BENPOLY takeover by Fed Govt

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

The Sun

• Justice Nyako, Nnamdi Kanu’s absence stall treason trial
• Kaduna education commissioner, Prof. Nok is dead
• Suicide bomber kills 30 in Adamawa as Gov. Bindow calls for calm
• Kalu congratulates Obiano
• Ex-Vice President, Alex Ekwueme, dies in London
• Ekwueme: A big Iroko has fallen
• FG floats $3bn dual-tranche bond
• Ekwueme: HIS LIFE, POLITICS
• Anambra Central: Appeal Court orders INEC to conduct rerun poll in 90 days
• Ekwueme: It’s death of an era –South East Governors’ Forum
• Fayose signs anti-cultism bill into law
• Justice Nyako, Nnamdi Kanu’s absence stall treason trial
• Maryam Sanda arrested for stabbing ex-PDP national chair’s son to death
• Use aviation potential to create jobs for Nigerians, FG urged
• Myanmar hopes for deal with Bangladesh on Rohingya refugees – Suu Kyi
• Unclear if any minister will attend Mugabe’s cabinet meeting: spokesman
• Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa calls on Mugabe to step down
• Kalu congratulates Obiano
• 2019 presidency: We’ve no anointed candidate –US
• Anambra guber: I won’t challenge Obiano’s victory, says Nwoye
• $300m Illegal rosewood logs smuggled to China from Nigeria –EIA
• AfDB ready to help Nigeria develop new national airline
• FG threatens to sanction fraudulent procurement officers
• CHAN 2018: NFF picks Rabat as Eagles camp site
• Woman offers £300m for Newcastle – Reports
• Former Wimbledon champion, Novotna, dies at age of 49

(www.sunnewsonline.com)

ThisDay

• Ekwueme, Political Engineer, Takes Final Bow
• Nigeria Mourns Politician Par Excellence, Alex Ekwueme
• Nigeria Floats US$3bn Dual-tranche Eurobond
• Anambra Senatorial Tussle: Appeal Court Orders INEC to Conduct
• Buhari: Raid of Judges’ Homes Not Meant to Intimidate Judiciary
• NCC, CBN Query Barclays’ Transparency in Sale of 9mobile
• Judge’s Absence Stalls Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial
• FG Steps up Efforts to Repatriate $321m from Switzerland
• Presidency: We Have No Confidence in Confab Report
• Peter Obi Hails Jonathan at 60
• Obaze Asks INEC to Review ICT Operations
• Again, Community Chief Murdered in Plateau
• Chairmanship Race: S’West PDP Exco Warns Against Another Crisis
• FG to Conduct Biometric Verification of over 90,000 Military Pensioners
• US to Contribute $45.5m to Rehabilitation Efforts in North-east
• Army Promotes 136 Officers to Rank of General
• Gunmen Attack Garo Town, Kill One, Two injured
• Boko Haram Beheads Six Farmers in Borno
• Anambra: Ngige Congratulates Obiano, Urges Him Unite All Stakeholders
• Anambra Poll: Replicate Your Successes in Rivers, Wike Urges INEC, Police
• Okorocha Congratulates Obiano, blames APC for Internal Wrangling
• Kwara LG Polls: Police Arrest 54 Suspects
• Tambuwal Congratulates Obiano, Tasks Him on Inclusive Governance
• Jonathan, Dogara, Wike, Others Eulogise Ekwueme
• Nigeria Has Lost Fine Gentleman, Politician, Nationalist, Say Anyaoku, Anenih, Others
• Peter Obi Mourns
• Italy Soccer Boss Resigns after World Cup Exit
• FG to Complete Four NIPP Power Stations by End of 2018
• FG Plans Minimum Baseline Power Supply of 4500MW in 2018
• Lagos Oilfield Partners in Talks to Resolve Legal Dispute
• TCN Rues Huge Financial Expenditure on Repair of Vandalised Assets

(www.thisdaylive.com)

Punch

• BREAKING:Russia denies nuclear accident after radioactive pollution detected
• BREAKING: Kaduna education commissioner, Prof. Nok is
• Iranian president declares end of Islamic State
• Use aviation potential to create jobs for Nigerians, airline operators tell FG
• Unclear if any minister will attend Mugabe’s cabinet meeting – spokesman
• Ekwueme: We lost a stabilising voice in country`s politics – APC
• BREAKING: Zimbabwe war veterans call for immediate anti-Mugabe protests
• BREAKING: Teenage suicide bomber kills 30 in Mubi
• Ousted Zimbabwe deputy president asks Mugabe to resign
• Dangote inaugurates $500m cement plant in Congo on Thursday
• Forbes names Beyonce 2017 highest paid woman in music in 2017
• Obaze reverses self, hails Obiano as APC accepts result
• ‘Nigeria has one endocrinologist to 850,000 people’
• Power firms issue force majeure notice to FG
• Convention: Adeniran petitions Makarfi over election panel members
• Chef drugs ex-minister, Kalu Idika, robs him of N10m
• Police declare Burna Boy ‘wanted’ for attack on Mr. 2Kay
• Cop not involved in robbery – Lagos CP
• Ex-PDP chair’s son: Command obtains CCTV footage, arrests guards
• Hospital holds mother, newborn baby for four months over unpaid bill
• FMC labourers protest non-payment of salaries
• Man jailed for stealing mosquito nets
• Senator makes a proposal to ban smoking in films
• Obaze reverses self, hails Obiano as APC accepts result
• Convention: Adeniran petitions Makarfi over election panel members
• Atiku’s posters flood Katsina PDP secretariat
• Anambra poll too transparent to be contested – Okorocha
• Obiano’s victory ends impunity, says Oduah
• Accept Anambra election outcome in good faith, APC tells candidates
• Police arrest two officials, 52 others for electoral offences in Kwara
• APGA South Africa congratulates Gov. Obiano
• Anambra defeat: Makarfi brought ill-luck to PDP, says Kashamu
• Dangote inaugurates $500m cement plant in Congo on Thursday
• Power firms issue force majeure notice to FG
• Citizens deserve to know why Nigeria Airways failed – Buhari
• FG announces prices for $3bn Eurobond
• FG excited as GDP grows by 1.4%
• Boroffice links low GDP to poor research funding

(www.punchng.com)

Guardian

• Negative growth in real sector contradicts government’s GDP numbers
• Immortalise Ekwueme, Igbo, others tell FG
• PDP peace pact fails, Adeniran accuses Makarfi of favouring Secondus
• Serbian FA to visit Nigeria over friendlies, camp site
• Zimbabwe has ‘insatiable desire’ for Mugabe exit: ousted VP
• Adherence to rule of law is key for democracy survival, says Buhari
• Maina challenges EFCC to open debate on pension fraud
• Police boss advises Burna Boy to report himself over robbery investigation
• ‘How we drugged, robbed former Finance Minister, Kalu’
• Five million pupils get free meal in 19 states, says presidency
• Obaseki hails Falconets’ 5-1 victory over Morocco
• Man City, Feyenoord clash in UEFA Champions League
• Barcelona interested in signing Everton star, Henry Onyekuru
• Amodu, Keshi Sports Festival still on course, says NAESS
• Rashford wants Man Utd winning machine
• Sacked Tony Pulis proud of his three years at West Brom
• 16 firms pull out of Onne FTZ over INTELS, OGFZA saga
• CBN injects $210m into forex market
• Nigeria earns N271.77bn from solid minerals in eight years
• Russia, here we come
• Automatic ticket and democratic elections
• Problem with the legal profession regulation bill
• APC congratulates Obiano
• Requiem for political icon, Alex Ekwueme
• PDP drags Almakura to court over alleged sale of state assets
• Trends From GTBank Fashion Weekend
• How To Choose The Best Protein Shakes
• American Music Awards: Full List Of Winners
• ‘Biggest corruption in Nigeria is degradation of our foundation’
• Information sharing under Credit Reporting Act 2017
• Court adjourns child custody suit to December 18
• Lagos police arrest killers of APC stalwart, ‘Onwa’
• Gold leaf from Napoleon’s crown fetches 625,000 euros
• Nigeria has third highest number of preterm births

(www.guardian.ng)                        

Vanguard

• Maryam Sanda Arrested For Stabbing Husband To Death
• India’s Ruling Party Leader Threatens To Chop Off Hands Of Modi’s Critics
• Unclear If Any Minister Will Attend Mugabe’s Cabinet Meeting: Spokesman
• Update On Mubi Blast: Suicide Bombers Kill 15, Injure 20
• Update: Scores Feared Dead In Adamawa Mosque Suicide Attcak
• HOSCON Seeks Speedy Release Of 10 Modular Refineries Licenses
• Resignation: Mugabe Convenes Cabinet Meeting
• $2.1b Arms Cash: EFCC Arrests Ex-DSS DG, Ita Ekpenyong
• Beyonce Emerges World’s Highest Paid Female Singer
• Petroleum Ministry To Spend N610m For ‘7 Big Wins’ Implementation
• Maryam Sanda Arrested For Stabbing Husband To Death
• Two Firms Sign MoU, Strategise To Bridge Facilities Management Gap
• Dangote Opens New Cement Plant In Congo
• FG, States Killing Businesses With Multiple Taxes — NECA
• Ogbeh Leads FG Delegations To Kogi Agric Summit
• Cooks, House Helps Confess To Drugging, Robbing Bosses
• Stop Applying Raw Egg, Engine Oil To Wounds, Plastic Surgeon Warns
• Buhari, Ngige, Okorie mourn Ekwueme’s death
• I’m under serious pressure — Buhari
• Breaking: FG finalises move to repatriate $321m looted cash from Switzerland
• Death of 26 migrants: FG queries Italy over hurried burial
• How Ekwueme died — Igwe Laz, brother
• 1bn pension fund: Maina challenges EFCC to open debate
• FG budgets N7.3bn for presidential aircraft
• Anti-graft war: CJN tackles Buhari over FG’s disobedience to court orders
• 2018 FIFA WC: Eagles reject pay-per-minute bonus
• Agali is Eagles’ chief scout for Russia 2018
• Rohr keen to toughen Eagles defence
• Klopp not concerned of Barca audition for Coutinho
• The ‘devil’ came to town, killed three policemen, man in clinic – Residents narrate Ondo bank robbery
• Insult! The Ijaw want to have separate Oba in Benin Kingdom
• My wife, our quadruplet dead after I denied them antenatal care – Bereaved man
• How Imo monarchs waited for Liberian President

(www.vanguardngr.com)

Tribune

• Why we increased tuition fees of fresh students ―UNIOSUN VC
• Makanjuola leads S/West PDP leaders on visit to Bode George in Lagos
• PDP chairmanship: Fayose’s call for S/West aspirants pruning in order ―Ladoja
• FCT minister flags off N8.62bn Apo-Wasa dual carriageways projects
• UCH at 60: Osinbajo calls for increased private sector funding in health sector
• Anambra Poll: Obaze congratulates Willie Obiano
• 2019: Allow Ogun West to produce next governor, Adeola begs Ijebu/Remo people
• FCT minister appoints mandates secretariats, political appointees
• Biafra: Abaribe demands N10m compensation from Nigeria Army
• Fayose celebrates Jonathan at 60, mourns Ekwueme
• PDP national convention: Adeniran threatens to pull out of signed peace accord
• FG begins nationwide conduct of learning assessment in schools
• Dr Alex Ekweme was a pillar of nigeria’s unity-IBB
• Ekwueme, a quintessential democrat, patriot ―Atiku
• CBN injects $210m into forex market
• Ekwueme: We’ve lost a stabilising force, urbane politician ―Aregbesola
• Oil lifts Nigeria’s GDP growth to 1.40% in Q3
• Private sector driven seminar on rural agriculture development to hold October
• Presidency hails steady growth in agriculture, mining, others
• CBN determined to create job opportunities for youths ―Barau
• ‘No exams until Mugabe resigns’: Zimbabwe students in mass boycott
• Mugabe faces impeachment, ignores resignation deadline
• Mugabe, First Lady Grace, expelled from Zimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU-PF
• USADF is funding agripreneurs with $250,000
• Shell Idea 360 Competition still open
• Google trains 21 Nigerians startups in Lagos
• 3 ways to test your next business idea
• Unilever increases shares to 5.5bn with additional listing
• MPC: Mixed domestic signals justify maintaining status quo —Analysts
• OMO, rates, Open Market Operations (OMO)
• N200bn OMO maturity to boost liquidity, moderate rates
• Nigeria’s forex reserves will hit $40bn mark if… —Emefiele
• NDIC calls for greater use of banking servicesProfit taking: Investors lose N73bn in 7 days
• Nestle’s N15 interim dividend due to strenghtened operations —MD/CEO
• He’s fond of tying me to a tree; once threw me into a septic tank —Wife
• He ejaculates few minutes into love making —Wife
• She’s promiscuous, steals; her pregnancy is not mine —Husband

(www.tribuneonlineng.com)