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Latest news this morning (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)

The Nation

  • Boko Haram burns school, health facility in Yobe 
  • Kunle Afolayan, ‘Swallow’ and Buhari 
  • The argument about state police 
  • Full deregulation of petrol price coming, says Fed Govt 
  • EU tackles Nigeria over ban on dairy products 
  • EFCC to bankers: asset declaration now a must 
  • Fed Govt, ECOWAS-EU to train 150 ex-militants from Cross River
  • Enugu State House of Assembly steps down controversial life pension bill for ex-governors 
  • Protesters accuse Edo speaker of ‘murder’ 
  • Fed Govt, UN seek $1b for victims of Northeast insurgency
  • February inflation rate hits 17.33% 
  • Adamu can be IG till 2024, say Buhari, Malami 
  • ‘Aregbesola okayed working arrangement with Omisore in 2018’ 
  • USSD: NCC, CBN agree on new pricing 
  • INEC set to engage National Assembly on alteration of electoral constituencies
  • U.S revisits rejected visa applications under Trump 
  • Ecobank launches super rewards scheme
  • Labour will defend position on minimum wage by all means, says Wabba 
  • Elumelu: foreign investors need long-term plan for Africa 
  • Obi: govt’s borrowings should be for production not consumption
  • Nigerian Breweries offers shareholders dividend conversion option 
  • Judge threatens to stop Sani’s trial over EFCC’s ‘misrepresentation’
  • At 95, I can no longer lead Afenifere, says Fasoranti
  • Tina Umukoro’s silent moves uncovered 
  • Motherhood is a woman’s most selfless commitment, says Mercy Johnson 
  • Cobhams, Tiwa Savage, K1 hail Temple company’s Ogidi studio 
  • Davido, Kaffy laud D’Banj, Bankulli for settling two-year rift 
  • Tonto Dikeh: Each time I see my son, I want to cry 
  • Reinvigorating coffee business 
  • Upskilling extension workers
  • Targeting youths for farming 
  • Sadiq Daba: Exit of the golden voice 
  • Ariyike, a great movie lowered by poor ending  
  • Mike Omoighe: Bye-Bye so soon
  • Celebrating a life of service with integrity 
  • ‘We’re here to fill a lacuna in media industry’ 
  • NCC clamps down on street vendors of copyright works 
  • Ekiti community celebrates festival 
  • UNIZIK business centre fire victims count losses 
  • Seth Akintoye: Twists and turns of his life 
  • Kings College pupil wins painting competition 
  • Entrepreneurial skill key to tourism growth 
  • Avoiding frosty Legislative/Executive relations
  • ‘Rubber-stamp tag does not tally with reality’ 
  • Is the 9th National Assembly a rubber-stamp? 
  • State police 
  • Laudable but problematic 
  • School kidnappings and education in the North
  • Harry, Meghan and UK’s royal rumble 
  • Child labour: A glance at one of North’s problems 
  • Mercenaries NO; Diaspora Nigerians, foreign satellites, drones YES! 
  • Insecurity and social anomie: Call for decisive action 
  • Distortions in minimum wage debate 
  • Who is Nigeria working for? 
  • Buhari, Malami: IGP Adamu can remain till 2024 
  • Three dead, 183 hospitalised from strange disease in Kano 
  • Boko Haram burns military base, school, hospital in Yobe
  • It’s not my business to preach to bandits – El-Rufai 
  • Financial crimes: We’re focusing searchlight on bankers, says Bawa

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Punch

  • Man who escaped prison during #EndSARS protest jailed 14 years
  • Lecturer arrested for alleged rape of Ogun minor
  • Suspects flee Kogi NSCDC cell, agency detains officers
  • Missing child of mentally-ill woman found, police probe Ondo orphanage
  • Court jails man 15 years for fraud
  • Lagos probes officers in viral phone theft video
  • Family sues Ogun traditionalists over monarch’s corpse, demands N50bn
  • Police confirm release of abducted UNIPORT lecturer
  • Nigeria’s inflation rises again, hit four-year high February
  • Bankers must submit asset from June, says EFCC
  • Foreign exchange inflow rises to $23.60bn
  • CBN, NCC fix USSD banking transactions at N6.98
  • NCAA backs Sagamu Cargo Airport, disowns Wasimi
  • FG clears N6.2bn arrears of 16,210 pensioners
  • Zenith Bank rewards shareholders
  • APC flays Obaseki for shifting 100-day anniversary to Delta
  • Anambra poll: APGA denies planned imposition of Soludo
  • Enugu Assembly bows to pressure, drops ex-govs, deputies’ life pensions
  • Despite video evidence, Deputy Speaker Wase denies blocking Diaspora’s petition
  • Why presidency should come to the South-South – Edo PDP
  • Govs meet on fuel subsidy, COVID-19 vaccine
  • I’m authentic National Chairman of AA, says Omoaje
  • Ondo ex-deputy gov considers letter demanding return of govt vehicles
  • Controversy dodges Gusau-backed AFN trials
  • Confed Cup: Enyimba target away win against Pirates
  • Edo awaits FG’s cash to host festival – Shaibu
  • Spain’s Bernat extends PSG deal till 2025
  • UCL: Simeone confident Suarez, Felix can unlock Chelsea
  • Pepe, Andre Silva return for Portugal’s World Cup qualifiers
  • Africa must win World Cup soon, says new CAF boss
  • Effective administration of COVID-19 vaccine
  • Restructuring’ll benefit Nigerians, says PDP gov aspirant
  • Uzodimma, bad example for democracy – Imo PDP
  • I will fire any disloyal aide, Akeredolu warns
  • Two Umahi’s aides resign, govt says they’re incompetent
  • Join mainstream politics through APC, Lawan tells Igbo
  • Africa must win World Cup soon, says new CAF boss
  • Ibrahimovic to return to Swedish national team —Coach
  • Dinamo Zagreb coach quits after jail sentence for fraud
  • Goalkeeper Patricio conscious after head injury, says Wolves manager
  • I look forward to working with you, Infantino tells Pinnick on FIFA election
  • I can’t remember what happened after I collapsed – Ibekwe

(www.punchng.com)

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