09/03/2014
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR SUNDAY 09/03/14
The Punch:
• 50 gunmen attack Enugu govt house
• Presidential drama: President Jonathan’s N9bn jet refuses to fly
• Why I accepted centenary award —Buhari
• NLC vows to resist sale of refineries
• National confab delegates may defy Jonathan
• ECOWAS calls for integration plans
• Kenyan president, ministers take pay cut
• PDP will get Kwara, others back from APC —President
• National Confab: Badagry protest exclusion
• Boko Haram kills 582 under new service chiefs
• Chances of reducing LASU fee near zero — Lagos govt
The Vanguard:
• Al-Qaeda takes over Boko Haram
• Nigeria under siege — Christopher Kolade
• Constitution Amendment: Why we are stripping president, govs of immunity—Dep Speaker Ihedioha
• World Cup 2014: I am surprised at Keshi’s remarks - Uche
• Jonathan celebrates govs defection from PDP
• Obi leaves N75bn; Iweala, Dangote, Achebe, others eulogise him
• `Virgin’ undergraduate, 22, r***d to death
Nigerian Tribune:
• Missing Malaysian jetliner: US Navy deploys destroyer, P-3C •239 passengers on board
• Sultan, Wamakko urge Jonathan to end killings
• Terror sect members are cowards —Buhari
• Second Niger bridge: S/East APC alleges Igbo marginalisation
• Six-year-old girl r***d by 42-year-old man develops VVF
• Former SSG files divorce suit against wife
• Confab: Itsekiri, Ogoni carpet FG over exclusion
• PDP vows to reclaim Nasarawa, Kwara states •Woos defectors, Al-Makura, others
• Tourism sector loses N35b to Boko Haram, terrorism annually
Daily Independent:
• 2015 election:U.S. invites INEC, parties to Washington
• One killed as Chime escapes assassination
• Women must be careful in balancing home, career –Majekodunmi
• Enugu PDP removes Ekweremadu from special committee
• Confab: Ogoni, Itsekiri, Ijaw flay Jonathan over exclusion
• Opposition leaders are chameleons –Jonathan
• Voter registration: PDP, APC members clash in Osun
• Glo, Airtel, MTN pay N647.5m NCC fine
• Jonathan’s cousin still in kidnappers’ den