Find out what is making headlines all over the country from the covers of The Guardian, Vanguard, The Punch, ThisDay and BusinessDay.
Find out what is making headlines all over the country from the covers of The Guardian, Vanguard, The Punch, ThisDay and BusinessDay.
For today, Monday, February 19, 2018:
THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER
Nigeria frees 475 Boko Haram suspects for lack of evidence
Nigeria has freed another 475 Boko Haram suspects following a series of mass trials in which most cases were dropped for lack of evidence, the justice ministry said Sunday.
‘Why we’ll stop Buhari, Atiku, Obasanjo, Tinubu in 2019’
Piqued at their exclusion from politics that produces leaders for top public offices, the nation’s youths have moved against old politicians. To the youths, their future is being mortgaged by the old leaders who have refused to quit the stage for them to take a shot at governance.
Relief for importers as government relaxes rule on palletisation policy
The Federal Government has relaxed its new cargo import policy on palletisation, urging all importers to comply with international standards and stacking prescription by the original manufacturers of products.
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VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
Kaduna APC crisis gets messier, El Rufai suspended for six months
The crisis in the All Progressive Congress in Kaduna state got messier Sunday as the Restoration faction of the party led by Senator Hunkuyi announced the suspension of the state governor, Nasir El Rufai for six months for his failure to respond to a query issued to him last week Thursday.
Alleged plot to divide North: Outrage, as Southern leaders blast Ango Abdullahi
Outrage overflowed from leading Southern leaders yesterday over comments attributed to Prof. Ango Abdullahi, the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, accusing them of a plot to divide the north and also, among others, justifying the rampage of herdsmen in the south.
Malabu: Malami writes Buhari, wants trial of Adoke, Diezani, others stopped
The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to back off on his administration’s legal battles against the principal actors in the controversial Malabu Oil deal.
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THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER
CBN bars banks with huge bad loans from paying dividends
The Central Bank of Nigeria has stopped the payment of dividends to shareholders by Deposit Money Banks and discount houses with huge bad loans and low capital base.
Twins, nursing mother, 471 other Boko Haram suspects released
Many lost control of their emotions after the Federal High Court sitting in Wawa Cantonment, New Bussa, Kainji, Niger State, on Friday ordered the release of 475 Boko Haram suspects detained in the barracks.
CCTV catches Lagos couple robbing commuters
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a couple after they were allegedly caught on a mobile Closed Circuit Television camera robbing some commuters.
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THISDAY NEWSPAPER
Falana Laments Delay in Prosecution of Benue Killings Suspects
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has lamented the delay in prosecuting over 100 suspects arrested in connection with the killings in Benue State, fearing that the suspects might eventually escape justice.
Finally, Obasanjo, Jonathan Reconcile, Seek Nigeria’s Unity
After over two years of what seemed like a cold war between former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, the two Nigerian leaders on Sunday in Otuoke, Jonathan’s village, publicly reconciled and harped on the virtues of forgiveness and national unity.
Provide Better Choice of Leadership for Nigerians, Babaginda Tells PDP
Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Rtd), at the weekend challenged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to focus on providing a better choice of leadership for Nigerians.
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BUSINESSDAY NEWSPAPER
At BusinessDay economic summit, FG says economy on track
In a friendly but heated debate on Friday, leading players in the Federal Government’s economic management team said the country’s economy was on track, but their counterparts in the private sector insisted that more reforms were needed.
Deep-pocket Sime Darby, Olam eye Nigeria’s oil palm industry
Two deep-pocket global oil palm investors – Sime Darby and Olam International – are planning to invest in Nigeria’s oil palm industry.
Kogi, 15 other states cede 1,050km2 of land for cattle colonies
As killer-herdsmen intensify their activities across the country, Kogi State and 15 other states have ceded 1,050 square kilometres of land to the Federal Government to create the controversial “cattle colony,” BusinessDay learns.