Today’s Newspaper Headlines [23 March, 2017]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Thursday, March 23, 2017.

PUNCH:

• Lagos traders arrested for selling beans preserved with Sniper
• B’Haram kingpin arrested in Ekiti, kidnap suspects killed in Rivers
• Sacked workers: Aviation unions to picket Arik
• FG approves N2bn for Rural Electrification Fund
• Senate says democracy under threat as SGF shuns invitation
• Suicide: Police recover body, to analyse doctor’s phone
• Certificate: ABU makes a U-turn, keeps mum on Melaye
• Fayose destroyed my filling station for politics –Petrol dealer
• Certificate: Dino Melaye shares photo of himself in NYSC camp
• Herdsman rapes 70-year-old Ebonyi widow
• Ile-Ife: Afenifere mobilises 100 lawyers to defend suspects
• Police arrest three for Zaki Biam killings
• VIS men accused of burning impounded car in Lagos
• Naval ratings batter Bayelsa civil servant
• Fanta-Sprite ruling: Reps probe NBC, others

  THE NATION:

• Senators attack Ali, AGF
• Senate on vengeance mission against Customs boss, says Falana
• FEC okays N102.08billion, $1.79b for roads, rail, other projects
• FMBN spends N1.4b on housing units in Niger
• Fed Govt to halt export of unprocessed minerals
• CBN Deputy Governor Alade retires
• Plateau commissioner dies during exercise
• Lafarge achieves 40% use of alternative fuels
• Ambode: three Lekki-Ajah roundabouts to go
• I wrote JAMB seven times, says LASU’s best
• Nnamani chides Fayose for ‘senseless criticisms’
• BEDC restores power to Ogwashi-Uku seven years after
• Report corrupt officers, FRSC urges motorists
• I was asked to pay $11,550 for ‘doubtful PhD degree’, says JAMB Registrar

  VANGUARD:

• NASS approved Buhari’s request for $500m Eurobond in the overall interest of Nigerians
• FEC approves N80bn for Second Niger Bridge, roads construction in 12 states
• Teachers, Pupils Protest Paralyse Economic Activities In Jalingo
• 22 Traders Die In Kebbi Auto Crash, Buried In Mass Grave
• MFB Empowers Over 100, 000 Rural Women In 8 States
• ILE-IFE CRISIS: Tension In Ife As More Condemnation Trails Abuja Parade
• LASG Directs Land Owners To Shun Tenement, Ground Rent Payment
• Policeman Kills Commuter In Aba
• Nigeria Hopes On A/Ibom For Athletes In 2020 Olympics — Sports Minister
• Food Scientists, Technologists Endorse Fanta, Sprite
• NDDC MD Urges N-Delta Youths To Come Under One Umbrella

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