Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [02 September, 2016]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Friday, 02 September, 2016.

PUNCH:

• EFCC probes N8bn counter-insurgency funds
  
  
• We need restructuring, not breakup, Afenifere, Ohanaeze tell Abdullah
  
  
• N’Assembly plans bill to exempt NHIS, others from TSA
  
  
• ‘Missing’ $4.6m: Police nab Sylva’s ex-aide for defamation
  
  
• Lassa fever: 55 persons under surveillance healthy, says Delta
  
  
• Wike dissolves 17 LG caretaker committees
  
  
• JTF arrests 12 suspects, seven diesel tankers
  
  
• Group warns FG against negotiating with B’Haram
  
  
• Recession: Buhari committed to economic revival, says APC
  
  
• Olu of Warri disowns Clark stakeholders’ meeting
  
  
• Retirees sue aviation ministry’s agencies for N10bn
  
  
• UK minister, Wharton, to visit Nigeria
  
  
• Kano CJ knocks judges for abuse of power
  
  
• Niger repairs six schools for N2.1bn
  
  
• Planned Chibok girls swap not sign of failure – Military
  
  
• Lagos laments abuse of infrastructure at the grass roots
  
  
• EFCC quizzes ex-Benue officials for alleged N107bn fraud
  
  
• Zamfara killings: Soyinka seeks punishment for hate preachers

VANGUARD:

• Herdsmen Attack: Enugu Students Reject Call For Reprisal, Laud Ugwuanyi
  
  
• Probe The IDP Feeding Crisis Now
  
  
• Delta Community Alleges Marginalisation In Okowa’s Govt
  
  
• Retirees Sue Aviation Ministry For N10.2bn
  
  
• Obaseki Will Turn Edo To Dubai, Says Running Mate
  
  
• GIS: 41,000 Graduates Undergo Internship Training
  
  
• N-Delta Dialogue: Olu Of Warri Disowns Alleged Itsekiri Representatives
  
  
• IPOB Accuses Buhari, DSS Of Creating False Divisions Within Group
  
  
• Malabu Oil Deal: New Facts Implicate More Nigerians
  
  
• Excitement, Anticipation As Onicha-Ugbo Gears Up For Historic (Ine) New Yam Festival
  
  
• I Will Not Discriminate Like Oshiomhole — Ize Iyamu
  
  
• Dalung Don Beg Me – Siasia
  

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• Fines: MTN Nigeria Targets N300bn From IPO Proceeds
  
  
• You’re Insensitive To Plight Of Nigerians, PDP Tells FG
  
  
• Buhari To Nigerians: Change Not Bed Of Roses
  
  
• Don’t Negotiate With Boko Haram, Coalition Cautions FG
  
  
• Police Crime Database’ll Gulp N16bn –IG
  
  
• EFCC Recovers N2bn, 33 Properties From Amosu, Air Chiefs
  
  
• APC: PDP’s Voodoo Economics Responsible For Recession
  
  
• FG Shops For N2.4bn To Pay Off Aero Contractors Workers
  
  
• Smugglers Disguise Rice As Corpse, Use Ambulance
  
  
• MTN Unveils Osuofia, Saka, 8 Other Artistes As Brand Ambassadors
  
  
• Soyinka Wants Preachers Of Religious Intolerance Prosecuted
  
  
• Adiukwu: I’m A ‘Race For Life’ Veteran
  

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE:

• Facebook CEO, Zuckerberg, Visits Nairobi To See Kenyan Innovation In Action
  
  
• I’m Committed To My Change Agenda —Buhari
  
  
• Young Professionals Forum Urges Wike To Revive Abandoned Vocational Centre
  
  
• Dangote To Invest Over $150 Million In Nasarawa
  
  
• Nobody Can Islamise Nigeria —Kumuyi
  
  
• APC Open To All Nigerians Interested In Development —Oyegun
  
  
• Edo Poll: INEC To Commence Distribution Of PVCs Tomorrow
  
  
• Assemble Team Of Economic Experts Irrespective Of Party Affiliation, Makarfi Tells Buhari
  
  
• Economy: Pains Will Soon Give Way To Development, Buhari Assures

THE NATION

• Finace Minister disowns Twitter account
  
  
• Four Policemen arrested for ''illegal duty''
  
  
• Wike dissolves 17 LGAs Caretaker Committees
  
  
• Ooni foresees bright economic future for Nigeria
  
  
• How Boko Haram entice youths with money – NGO
  
  
• 'Why we are not operating flights'
  
  
• Experts to Buhari: Pump in Cash to Save Economy
  
  
• President: Nigeria'll be prosperous again
  
  
• Soyinka seeks trial of hate preachers
  
  
• NCAA: why airlines are suspending operations
  
  
• How to steer economy out of recession, by experts
  
  
• Shekau is dead, says army chief
  
  
• Tinubu: let's close ranks for victory in Ondo