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Here are the major headlines for Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Tribune

  • Ekiti anti-cultism law: Students, youths stage solidarity rally for Fayose
  • Journalist, pregnant wife and children die in auto crash
  • ICAN backs Edo govt’s reform, commitment to transparency
  • Japan to provide N642m grant for social and economic development in Nigeria
  • Air transport to boost African GDP growth, create more jobs ―Osinbajo
  • PDP chair: Resign now, Bode George tells Makarfi
  • Government funding education alone, not feasible, outdated ―Ajimobi
  • Clark alleges deliberate attempt to decimate Niger Deltans
  • Reps to probe $20bn expended on TAM
  • wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode
  • Maternal mortality: Utilise govt facilities, Ambode’s wife tells expectant mothers
  • ADP alleges manipulation of Kwara LG
  • EFCC seeks court permission to tender Fani Kayode’s bank account as exhibit
  • Liberian political logjam will end constitutionally ―Buhari
  • Oyo farmers lament loss of 22 acres farmland to herdsmen
  • She’s having affairs with five men, fights me with knife, broken bottles —Husband
  • He abandoned me and our kids, prefers living under his mother’s roof —Woman
  • house, documents, husband, court, married, child
  • Our child died while in his custody, fought me ’cos I changed my faith —Wife
  • She fought me in the office, made away with my valuables —Husband
  • FG receives audit panel report on new varsities
  • Ondo police arrest two suspected generators thieves
  • FG to establish technical centres for Nigeria’s industrial base
  • UNIOSUN student remanded in prison over alleged armed robbery
  • NMA, AMLSN resolve to end inter-professional rivalry, strikes in health sector
  • UCH will address brain drain, medical tourism challenges in Nigeria —CMD
  • Experts set new guidelines for blood pressure
  • Health sector, key driver of economic growth — Health Minister
  • BPE rejects force majeure by electricity distribution companies
  • GDP growth: More work needed to consolidate recovery ―CBN
  • 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
  • Zimbabwe: Sacked VP, Mmangagwa, to take over until elections in 2018
  • VIDEO: Rapturous applause, dancing, cheering in Zimbabwe’s parliament as Mugabe resigns
  • AfDB calls for bold actions to improve air connectivity in Africa
  • Lawmakers to Begin Mugabe Impeachment Process
  • FG unfolds plan for rehabilitation of eastern roads, others before Yuletide
  • Engineers urge members to participate in politics
  • Real estate firm to help FG bridge 18 million housing deficit by 2030
  • Lagos surveyors alert residents to fake survey plans in circulation

(www.tribuneonlineng.com)

 

Vanguard

  • CP Imohimi Speaking Burna Boy, Mr. 2Kay Attack
  • How I Tackled Nigeria’s Poor Performance In Sports – Dalung
  • Africans Must Not Be ‘Beggars Of The World’ – Akufo-Addo
  • Zuma Cancels Plan To Travel To Zimbabwe Following Mugabe’s Resignation
  • Apple Sells MekaMons, Robots Built By Adekunle Nigerian-British
  • Nigerian Army Orders All Personnel To Learn Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa In One Year
  • Liverpool Not Mentally Weak Despite Sevilla Surrender – Klopp
  • Burna Boy Wanted, Still On The Run, Police Insist
  • Dino To Security Agents: Why Do You Investigate Rich People And Leave Poor Ones
  • PANDEF To FG: Military Intimidation Can’t Stop N-Delta Struggle
  • APC Not Anti-Igbo—Group
  • Why Nigeria Is Important Market For IPhone 8
  • Oshiomhole To Isoko Nation: Join APC, Get Fed Appointments
  • Ukanafun Killings: We’re Leaving No Stone Unturn —A-Ibom CP
  • How Prophet Joshua Iginla Predicted Mugabe’s Resignation
  • South-East Monarchs Laud Umahi, Others, Over Buhari’s Visit
  • PANDEF to FG: Military intimidation can’t stop N-Delta struggle
  • DSS, NIA operatives block EFCC from arresting Ekpenyong, Oke
  • Crisis looms as Senate queries ‘unrealistic projections in MTEF’
  • Adamawa: 105 killed in Mubi, Numan attacks
  • 12 varsities established by Jonathan have only 3,756 academic staff — Panel
  • Evans not starving; we’re just taking precautions —Prisons boss
  • Tinubu’s stubbornness made him last man standing in Nigeria’s politics — OBA Akiolu
  • Street beggars take over Aba
  • Abia community laments deplorable condition of roads in the area
  • 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

(www.vanguardngr.com)

 

Punch

  • Apple sells gaming robots built by Nigerian
  • Farmers, herdsmen clashes kill 30 in Adamawa
  • 2018 World Cup: NFF to pay $2.4m as players’ bonus
  • Mnangagwa to be sworn in as Zimbabwe’s president on Friday
  • Eight rescued after US Navy aircraft crashes in Philippine Sea
  • Army orders all soldiers to learn Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo
  • Guardiola targets Champions League milestone
  • Air China suspends flights to North Korea
  • Mugabe will be remembered as father of independent Zimbabwe – AU
  • Sevilla comeback: Liverpool not mentally weak – Klopp
  • African Union welcomes Mugabe’s resignation
  • Zimbabwe’s exiled former vice president to return home
  • Mugabe’s resignation letter in full
  • Are Nigerian food vendors merchants of deaths?
  • Private WASSCE: 26% pass English, Maths, three other subjects
  • Reps query bid to spend $1.8bn on refineries
  • Soldiers chain man to motorcycle in Lagos, drag him on street
  • Jubilation as Mugabe resigns after 37 years in power
  • Badoo strikes in Lagos church, kills mother, children
  • Army arrests kidnappers in Rivers, recovers 10 skulls
  • Cop, five others nabbed for vandalising transformer in Nasarawa
  • Father of two hangs self in Osun
  • NAPTIP arrests plumber for torturing son with hot iron
  • I rob to boost my tailoring business – Suspect
  • Rivers community suspends monarch over alleged witchcraft
  • PDP convention: Bode George asks Makarfi to resign
  • I can’t be anybody’s stooge – Secondus
  • Obiano won’t join APC, says APGA national chair
  • Constitution amendment: N’Assembly sends 29 clauses to state lawmakers
  • 2019: Ogun West forum endorses Adeola as gov candidate
  • Buhari, Obaseki hail Obiano, President promises free 2019 elections
  • Obiano won’t join APC – APGA
  • Buhari congratulates Obiano, promises Nigerians credible elections
  • Obaze reverses self, hails Obiano as APC accepts result
  • Reps query bid to spend $1.8bn on refineries
  • 9mobile to get new investor by year-end — Emefiele
  • Some Lagos residents to experience 40-hour blackout
  • 10 reasons not to co-sign loans
  • Reps to debate MTEF today, 2018 budget next week
  • NERC rejects force majeure notice by power firms
  • Wife stabs ex-PDP chairman’s son to death
  • The only way set your belly and waist free of fat. CLICK
  • Mnangagwa to be sworn in as Zimbabwe president on Friday

(www.punchng.com)

 

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

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

 

ThisDay

  • Mnangagwa to Be Sworn in President as Mugabe Resigns
  • 53 Killed in Militia Attack, Suicide Bomb Blast in Adamawa
  • MPC Retains Policy Rate at 14% as Uncertainty Looms over Next…
  • Police Confirm Arrest of Maryam Sanda for Stabbing Husband to Death
  • DSS, EFCC in Stand off over Attempt to Arrest Former DSS, NIA Bosses
  • PDP Crisis Worsens as George Calls for Makarfi’s Resignation
  • NPO Seeks to Ban Beat Associations
  • NERC Moves to Protect Power Market, Rejects Force Majeure by Discos
  • Buhari Receives ECOWAS Chairman, Advocates Constitutional Resolution of Liberian Crisis
  • Amosun Presents N345.4bn Budget for 2018
  • FG Mulls Executive Order on Mandatory Use of Local Firms for Contracts
  • Aviation Unions Ground Dana Operations
  • FG Revises MTEF, Fiscal Deficit Now N2.05tn
  • FG Alleges Schools Short-changing Children in Feeding Programme
  • Jonathan: Many People Suffering Because of Decisions I Took in Office
  • Buhari Withholds Assent to TMI, Wukari University Bills
  • House Probes Sale of PHCN Non-core Assets, Maintenance on Refineries
  • Kachikwu: Involving Communities in Oil Activities, Solution to End Crisis in Niger Delta
  • Group Wants Dangiwa Umar to Contest 2019 Presidency
  • Buhari Hails Conduct of Anambra Poll, Congratulates Obiano
  • FG Blames Shipping Companies, Agitation in Cameroon for Illegal Arms Imports
  • Kaduna Losses Commissioner
  • Ijaws Will Get No Inch of Our Land, Say Edo Traditional Rulers
  • Goje Laments Multiple Adjournments of Fraud Case Against Him
  • PIB will Resolve Developmental, Environmental Challenges in Niger Delta, Says Wike
  • FG Intervention Can Speed Up Passage of PIB, Says Okowa
  • Nigeria, US Collaborate to Promote Govt, Private Sector Partnership
  • Shell’s 650MW Afam Power Plant Secures Licence for Another 10 Years
  • In Italy, Dogara Seeks Measures to Address Human Trafficking
  • House Directs Julius Berger to Pay N422m Debt to MFB
  • Ortom Calls for More Support on Ban on Open Grazing
  • Despite Terror Attack on Mubi, Group Holds Rally in Abuja to Celebrate Nigeria’s Success…
  • No Amount of Military Intimidation Can Suppress Our Agitation, PANDEF Tells FG
  • Ex-PDP Treasurer Dismiss Allegation of Embezzlement of N9bn

(www.thisdaylive.com)

 

Guardian

  • Mnangagwa to be sworn in Friday as Zimbabwe’s president
  • Nigeria, Japan sign N642m economic, social development grant pact
  • ‘One million barrels daily capacity deepwater projects need funding’
  • Content board to commission forensic audit on NCDF
  • Amosun proposes N345.42b budget for 2018
  • Lebanon’s PM Hariri says resignation on hold pending talks
  • China slams ‘wrong’ US sanctions on North Korea-tied traders
  • African Union welcomes Mugabe resignation
  • Senate blames retired state judges plight on non-payment of benefits
  • Niger Delta youths kick against NDDC board re-appointment
  • Anambra election shows electoral reforms paying off, says Buhari
  • Go easy, Tiger, Day urges ahead of comeback
  • Nigeria to pay $2.4 million World Cup bonus
  • Akpoguma shuns Nigeria, awaits for Germany’s call
  • Elitebox returns with Rumble on the Atlantic season two
  • Governor Emmanuel reaffirms commitment to sports development
  • Messi, Dybala renew rivalry as Juventus host Barcelona
  • FG mulls reduced interest rate for local manufacturers in Q1 2018
  • Experts seek policy to drive PoS penetration
  • NERC extends Shell JV’s Afam VI power licence by 10 years
  • MORE ColumnistsLagos Assembly and misplaced priority
  • The architect who made a difference
  • So that Sadiq Daba may live
  • PDP and imperative of a successful convention
  • Delta APC leaders laud Emerhor at 60
  • No better man for Presidency than Buhari, says Okorocha

(www.guardian.ng)

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