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Headlines February 28 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

NATION
*Air Force deploys 100 jets in search of 110 schoolgirls
*Executive, legislative feud slows down govt, says Buhari
*Maritime industry ‘to grow by 2.5 – 5% in two years’
*China Devt Bank, UBA sign $100m loan for SMEs in Africa
*APC extends national, state excos’ tenure for one year
*Corruption: CJN unfolds 13 reforms as judges get travel guide
*Mama Boko Haram begs Albarnawi to release girls
*FUOYE replaces dead official with wife
*Police confirm APC leader’s abduction
*Group assures governor of 3m votes
*Vice Chancellor decries invasion of varsity’s land
*2019: Ibadan indigenes back Oke-Ogun governorship ambition
*Officer, three ‘kidnappers’ killed in gun battle
*Suspects arraigned for alleged N1.6m visa fraud
*Achuzia’s death: Obiano commiserates with Okowa
*Police arrest 12 as separatist agitators disrupt ECA meeting in Enugu
*‘Greed, self-interest behind executive/legislature conflict’
*Nigerians will return PDP to power in 2019’
*Court declines jurisdiction in taxi operators’ suit
*APC extends national, state excos’ tenure for one year
*2019: INEC boss to RECs: avoid controversies
*Gunmen kidnap lawyer in Ondo
*Police nab 20 suspects in Nasarawa
*Council chief seeks corporate organisations’ help
*Ambode seeks corporate bodies’ support for community development projects
*Tinubu always welcome in Ondo, says Akeredolu
*Death toll in Kaduna clash rises to 12
*Ekiti Afenifere hails Buhari over APC reconciliation
*Two in court for ‘blocking’ governor’s convoy
*U.S. designates Boko Haram leader Al-Barnawi, others global terrorists
*Homeowners’ charter: we are keeping to our promise, says Amosun
*CBN releases smaller naira notes to traders
*APC national officer urges Buhari to dissolve NDDC board
*Rivers Assembly okays 15 for CTC chairmanship
*From River Hiddekel to River Gihon
*Ekiti Afenifere hails Buhari over APC reconciliation

DAILY TRUST
*Dapchi girls: Major Gen head sprobe committee
*Land tussle tears family apart in Lagos community
*NTTF promise training programmes for female players
*UEFA hit Nasri with six-month doping ban
*Vehicle inspection will reduce road crashes
*Delegates seek UN intervention on Lake Chad

LEADERSHIP
*Oyegun Survives APC Power Play, Gets Tenure Extension
*Steer Clear Of Politicians, INEC Warns RECs
*Kogi, NNPC Sign MoU On Biofuel Devt
*Nigeria’s GDP Grows By 1.92 % In Q4 2017
*Why Foreign Investors Are Ignoring Nigeria’s Agribusiness – Minister
*PMB Congratulates Ace Movie Producer, Tunde Kelani At 70
*Image Dapchi Kidnap: Dogara Cautions Against Blame Game
*PDP Denies Squandering $500bn Oil Proceeds
*FG Releases Names Of Dapchi Schoolgirls, Sets Up Probe Committee
*Oyegun Survives APC Power Play, Gets Tenure Extension
*Steer Clear Of Politicians, INEC Warns RECs

VANGUARD
*World Bank Tackles N20m Water, Electric Projects In Enugu Community
*Land Speculators Have Destroyed FUTO Master Plan—VC
*How We Plan To Inject N12.2 Billion In Tech Sector —MDXi
*Sectional Agenda In Delta Giving Justification To Oligarchy — Ogboru
*Bayelsa Residents Protest Two Months Power Outage
*Let’s Collaborate To End Herdsmen Attacks In S’West, Gani Adams Tells Northern Leaders
*Oyo Govt Destroying Forest Reserves — Timber Contractors
*Dapchi: FG Sets Up Probe Into Boko Haram School Kidnapping
*High Performance Phones Trending This Week
*Finalists Emerge At Lagos Malta Guinness Maltavator Challenge
*Ayade’s Aide, Two Others Sue Navy Over Human Rights Abuse
*A-Ibom Assembly Summons Firm Over Missing Equipment

• FG To Tackle Human Trafficking With Carrot, Stick Approach —Saraki
• 1,400 For Free Cataract Surgery, Courtesy Rotary
  *Artisan Jumps Into Canal In Lagos, Drowns
  *NIMR Virology Centre Now WHO Prequalification Lab
  *Over 1,000 Houses Burnt As Kaduna Mayhem Worsens
  *Troops Kill 35 Terrorists, ‘Boko Haram’
  *Ambode Commissions Bridge, Car Park Built By Deeper Life Church
  *Nigeria Political Cross Carpeting: Danger To Democracy (2)
  *Enugu To Borrow N801m From Nigeria Infrastructure Bank
  *Windstorm Wrecks 321 Houses, Renders 5,000 Homeless In Cross River
  *Good News For Pensioners Under CPS, By Takor
  *IPOB, MASSOB Disrupt Igbo Leaders Meeting In Enugu
  *LASG Pays N139M Death Benefits To Families Of LASUBEB Staff
  *Army Sets Ablaze Boat-load Of Diesel, Illegal Bunkers’ Cars
  *Trump Son-in-law Kushner Loses Top Security Clearance
  *Trump Begins 2020 Re-election Campaign
  *NWFL Moves Secretariat To Lagos For Champions Shield

THE SUN
*Buhari rejects Peace Corps Bill
*Obaseki lauds FG on welfare package for Edo IDPs
*My people’s trust motivates me –Wike
*FG gets $10bn proposal to develop Niger Delta
*2017: Herdsmen/farmers’ clashes occurred in 31 states –Survey
*FG unveils details of 110 abducted schoolgirls
*US slams new sanctions on factional Boko Haram leader, Al Barnawi
*…Mama BokoHaram pleads for schoolgirls’ release
*Catholic bishop of Kafanchan Diocese, Bagobiri, is dead
*Niger Delta contributed N96tr to national coffers –Dickson
*Herdsmen: 20 killed, 23 injured in Adamawa
*Umahi bans herdsmen, night grazing
*Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation disburses zero interest loan to traders
*IPOB, MASSOB mourn Achuzia
*APC extends Oyegun’s tenure by 12 months
*2019: Ezeonwuka sets fresh target for APGA

GUARDIAN
*APC NEC extends Odigie- Oyegun led NWC’s tenure
*Top Burkina Faso generals on trial over failed 2015 coup
*Arsenal must part ways with Wenger, says club great Wright
*In message to Putin, DC names plaza after slain critic
*Buhari felicitates with NLC at 40, pledges improved workers’ welfare
*Court adjourns Shiite suit against Kano government until April 10
*Boeing says it has Trump deal on Air Force One planes
*Dapchi girls: Reps warn FG against further abduction, insecurity in North-East
*Do not 'weaponise' rights, Philippines warns UN
*Alleged N29bn Fraud: Court rules in favour of EFCC, admits bank documents on ex-Gov. Nyako
*Oprah praises Florida high school survivors
*Pouille calls revamp death sentence of the Davis Cup
*Neymar could still face Real, no operation planned: Emery
*Goalkeeping legend Buffon ready to play again for Italy
*Zidane to rest Ronaldo to keep him fresh for PSG
*Bolt to face Williams in Unicef charity football match
*Neymar suffers fractured metatarsal, serious doubt to face Real Madrid
*Tokyo stocks open higher
*Bank stocks depreciate on panic over CBN’s dividend rule
*NIWA issues 14-day quit notice to Addo/Badore dredgers
*Adesina urges America to support African agriculture as a business

THISDAY
*China Development Bank, UBA Sign $100m Loan Deal to Support SMEs...
*Dapchi Girls: Dogara Wants Army, Police to End Buck-passing
*SGF Inaugurates FRSC, NACA, NAEC, Others Boards
*20 Killed in Adamawa in Herdsmen, Farmers’ Clash, 5,000 Sacked from...
*Lagos APC Splits as Faction Forms Rival Group
*Citing Security, Funding Constraints, Buhari Declines Assent to Peace Corps Bill
*UK Experts Scramble to Fight Nigeria Lassa Fever Outbreak
*Social Media Abuzz over British Accent for Nigerian Children
*Nigerian, Cameroonian Troops Kill 35 Boko Haram Terrorists in Joint Operation
*Osinbajo: Why Nigeria’s Anti-corruption Rating by TI Dropped Sharply
*FG Issues Directive on How Buhari Should be Addressed
*Senate Condemns Fresh Outbreak of Violence in Kaduna
*OPEC Chief Expects Oil Market to Balance in 2018
*Obi Gives Conditions to Be Met for Nigeria and Africa to...
*NCC Suspends Telcoms Firms’ Licences, Bars 750,000 Lines over Call Masking,...
*FG Launches Annual Trade Policy Report, Bans Free Market Access
*CBN Begins Campaign for Lower Currency Denominations
*Tribunal Adjourns Saraki’s Asset Declaration Trial to March 8
*BoI Grants N1.5bn Direct Funding to 28 Businesses in Nigeria
*ARG Canvasses Legislation Proscribing Open Grazing in South-west
*We Recovered N5bn Loans Under Anchor Borrowers’ Scheme, Says BOA MD
*OUKF Offers Traders Interest-free Loans
*Onnoghen, Malami, Others Shower Encomiums on Retired S’Court Justice, Clara Ogunbiyi
*Don’t Allow Your Aides Set You Up on $500bn Claim, PDP,...
*FG, Stakeholders Mull $10bn Development Initiative for N’Delta
*Afenifere: Tinubu, Oyegun Must Settle Rift in APC’s Interest
*Verification Exercise, Fraud, Responsible for Payroll Changes, Says Benue Govt
*Total Nigeria’s Profit After Tax Drops by 46% to N8.019bn
*Banking Sector Credit Predicted to Hit N16.7tn in 2018
*Obuebite: Bayelsa State is no Longer Educationally Backward
*Dozie: Digitisation Makes Banking Simpler, Cheaper and Faster
*Shareholders Renew Calls for Constitution of SEC Board
*Rohr Recalls Joel Obi, Ideye for Next Month International Friendlies
*Fiscal Responsibility Commission, CSJ Launch Budget Inequality Index
*Bolt to Play in Star-studded UNICEF Match
*The Limits of Propaganda
*FG Restates Commitment to Enabling Business Environment
*NFF Inaugurates Audit Committee, Technical Study Group
*Experts Canvass Knowledge-based Curriculum Planning
*Embrace Social Media or Die!
*NAICOM to Expend N20m on Insurance Rebranding Project
*Shell Nigeria Emerges NOGIG 2018 Champions
*FUG Pensions Organises Leadership Skill Lecture for University Students
*Ambode Approves Monthly Stipends for RSW Interns
*Leadway Assurance Organises Training for Journalists
*FG Relaxes Cargo Import Policy on Palletisation
*11 Fidelity Bank Directors Receive FACT Certificates
*C’River Primary School Teachers to Get Arrears of 2016 Salaries
*Japan, Indonesia, Others to Participate in Enugu Trade Fair
*KIA Lakeside Academy Assures Parents of Quality Education, Facilities
*Who’ll Unseat Ayade?
*Lawyers Demand Speedy Review of Insurance Legislation in Nigeria
*Create a Conducive Learning Environment- Physical Safety
*Dangote Cement Awards Multi-million Naira Scholarships to 115 in Host Communities
*Insurers Quest for More Patronage
*Interswitch Moves to Revive STEM Education with SPAK Initiative
*Ekiti Federal Varsity Loses Head of Sports’ Dept, Ogundele
*Abbah Calls for Inter-house Sports Revival
*Kwara’s Harvest of Criminals
*Firm Assures Customers of Quality Solutions from Dell EMC
*MIPAN Unveils Media Academy to Train Advertising Practitioners
*Underage Prostitution Reigns in Abuja
*Avoiding Traps That Kill Family Businesses
*NCC, NOTAP, Others Commend Airtel on 4G Launch
*King’s College Principal Solicits Stakeholders’ Support for School’s Devt
*1,210 Indigent Kwara Students Get Saraki’s Free UTME Forms
*Kwara Assembly Warns State Institutions against Admitting Students for Unaccredited Courses
*Entry Opens for PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge
*CURBING CHILD DEATH IN NIGERIA

PUNCH
*Group commends Ambode, lawmakers for Yoruba preservation law
*NDLEA officers accused of abducting, robbing Lagos lawyer
*Tear gas kills Lagos schoolboy as policemen, hoodlums clash
*Imo footballer killed, buried in shallow grave
*Is Nigeria’s education system beyond redemption?
*How Rohr can solve goalkeeping crisis – Rufai
*How non-profits can attract funding
*FG sets up panel to probe 110 Dapchi girls abduction
*Dapchi girls: Boko Haram strikes again
*DMBs and the option of ‘homemade dividends’
*Enhancing integrity of Nigeria’s voter register
*Call masking: NCC sanctions operators, bars 750,000 lines
*GDP recorded 0.82% growth in 2017 – NBS
*We’ll flood market with lower naira denominations, says CBN
*Biofuel: NNPC signs MoU with Kogi, plans stations nationwide

TELEGRAPH
*Western Union, MoneyGram insist on BVN for non-account holders
*Angels Among Men exhibition tackles discrimination against albinos
*APC: At war with itself
*Lekki toll fee hike: Lamentations without end
*Breaking rules with religion
*DSS kills four suspects, arrests senator’s abductors
*FAAN to make provision for perimeter fencing in 2019 budget
*CBN boosts intervention schemes amid fiscal policy uncertainty
*Measles: WHO pledges support as Ahmed flags off campaign
*Fulani herdsmen sack 5,000 residents in Makurdi village

GOD BLESS