NEWSPAPER HEADLINES MONDAY 13th OCTOBER 2014 SUN Hell fire ■Many killed, vehicles, houses destroyed as petrol tanker wreaks havoc 2015: Saraki shelves presidential ambition NIGERIA WON’T BORROW FROM IMF, WORLD BANK –OKONJO-IWEALA Amosun’s convoy in auto crash N7bn tax evasion: Petitioner tackles Shell, EFCC Power blackout: PPA berates Abia govt over insensitivity Okey Wali, ex-NBA president kidnapped 2015 Presidency: Buhari declares Wednesday THISDAY Kim: Don’t Isolate Affected Countries, Isolate Ebola 2015: INEC Demotes two Electoral Officers in Enugu $9.3m Arms Deal: Presidency Clears Oritsejafor Mutiny: Convicted Soldiers Appeal *Seek Nullification of their Conviction Maku Quits Jonathans Cabinet October 20, Others to Resign Soon Okey Wali, Ex-NBA President, Kidnapped 2015: Uduaghan Assures of Peaceful Polls Kwakwanso to Declare For Presidency on Oct. 23 THE NATION Don’t beg me, do the needful, Obasanjo tells Jonathan, others Saraki pulls out of APC presidential contest $9.3m arms deal: Presidency exonerates Oritsejafor, Ex-NBA President Wali kidnapped Maku to resign from cabinet next week Nigeria vs Sudan fallout: Chukwu asks Keshi to resign UN hopes for rapid Ebola containment AFCON: Nigerian football is dead – Okocha TRIBUNE Ibadan tanker explosion: God! I’m in pain —Victim •Man loses wife, 3 children •11 die, 16 sustain severe burns •45 shops, 15 cars, 12 motorcycles, 6 tricycles destroyed Soldiers shoot selves •To avoid deployment to Boko Haram communities NJC kicks as judge stops colleague’s corruption probe Ogundipe emerges PDP S/West zonal chairman Synagogue: Bodies of S/Africans to be taken home Wisconsin varsity honours Professor Onwueme No Nigerian soldier tested positive to Ebola virus —DHQ Court martial: 3 convicted soldiers appeal judgment Nigeria, neighbours meet today on cross-border military operations NATIONAL MIRROR Again, OBJ slams PDP over apology….says you’re wrong, I’m still party member; Nigeria, others losing $1trillion yearly to illicit financial flows; Striking Unity School teachers resume Wednesday—Minister; Mutiny: Three soldiers appeal death verdict…says our trial, a sham; Gunmen kidnap ex-NBA President, Wali; Flood destroys North-South rail track; DAILY NEWSWATCH Jonathan reshuffles cabinet soon…four ministers set to resign; We’re not frustrating Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram—South Africa; FG, Cameroon, Chad, others meet today; Bribery: EFCC moves to extradite ex-MINT boss; Coroner’s inquest begins today an Synagogue’s tragedy; Shell’s oil bloc nets 437billion naira; FG wades into Adamawa crisis, asks Fintiri to withdraw suit; THE NICHE Customs under scrutiny over 50million naira duty….Officers seek Dikko’s job; Ezeife: Why the north is against restructuring; Balarabe, Falae, others form new party….as counterweight to PDP, APC Watch your back, Esin tells Pinnick; Women in cassock; Covenant University develops electric car; PUNCH Fayemi’s loss a mystery, says Soyinka; I have no grudge against anyone in PDP –Obasanjo; Nigerian football is long dead, gone —Okocha; Mimiko intimidating lawmakers seeking to join us –APC; Mixed reactions trail reopening of appeal court in Lagos; Edo crisis: Police to arraign 12 suspects next week; 11 killed, others injured in Ibadan market fire; 850 soldiers returning from Liberia to be quarantined; VANGUARD Military arrests soldiers for being ‘moles for Boko Haram; PDP: I will not be active until... – Obasanjo; $15million Arms Deal: Why we have been silent, says FG; Mobilize Nigerians against Boko Haram, Ezekwezili tasks Jonathan; Edo Assembly crisis: Police arrest 12 suspects; Thunder kills three teenagers in Ogun; Group mobilizes Nigerians nationwide to endorse Jonathan; PDP governors meet to take stand on endorsement; GUARDIAN Reps vote on constitution review report this week….Councils’ autonomy, states’ creation, budgets of CBN, NNPC, others top agenda; Nigeria unveils counter-terrorism strategy at UN; Saraki drops presidential bid, Kwankwaso to run; APC asks Jonathan to explain Nigeria’s role in Malabu oil deal; Presidency exonerates Oritsejafor from $9.3million arms deal; NBA, Falana, others seek Wali’s release, decry insecurity; Government to make locally produced goods more attractive; NAHCON, FG meet pilgrims, promise better service; HAVE A PRODUCTIVE WEEK AHEAD Good morning.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 07:17:33 +0000