Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [07 September, 2016]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Wednesday, 06 September, 2016

PUNCH:

• Nigeria will remain in recession till 2020 – Agbakoba
  
  
• Michael Ibru dies at 86
  
  
• Incessant rain wreaks havoc on Lagos, Ogun
  
  
• Hoodlums attack Anambra police station, steal AK-47 rifle
  
  
• PDP asks court to disqualify Obaseki over university degree
  
  
• Arrested journalist, Salkida, not in our custody –Army
  
  
• Estate landlord flees as gunmen abduct two housekeepers
  
  
• Avoiding investments that are too good to be true
  
  
• Mudslide kills newly-wed teenager in Lagos
  
  
• Incessant rain: Gatekeeper electrocuted one day after resuming work
  
  
• 12,179 northern schools get $100m bailout
  
  
• Nasarawa loses N600m to workers’ strike
  
  
• Protests rock Kwara over unpaid LG workers salaries
  
  
• Police arrest 22 suspected kidnappers
  
  
• ‘1,143 inmates awaiting trial’
  
  
• Babangida, two others face extortion, kidnap charges
  
  
• Malnutrition: UNICEF trains 120 health workers in Jigawa
  
  
• Buhari, others seek votes for Obaseki

VANGUARD:

• Meet Ime Archibong; The Nigerian Who Runs Things @Facebook
  
  
• MINILS Crisis Deepens As Labour Petitions Buhari, EFCC
  
  
• American Bizman Commits Suicide In Lagos Hotel
  
  
• FG Introduces SOP To Fight Corruption At Lagos Ports
  
  
• Mudslide Kills Newly-Wed Teenager, Two Others Rescued During Heavy Downpour In Lagos
  
  
• Exports Increase By 63 % To N1.9 Trillion In 2Q
  
  
• Our Banks Need Help
  
  
• Ebonyi One-Man, One-Hectare Agric Programme Begins As Youths Get Cheques
  
  
• Bayelsa APC Leaders Back Brambaifa’s NDDC Appointment
  
  
• Petrol Price Hike: Modular Refineries Only Way Out, Ejinkeonye Tells FG
  
  
• All Embracing Dialogue, Panacea To N-Delta Crisis —Okowa
  
  
• Plateau Trains Health Workers On Early Lassa Fever Detection
  
  
• Niger Govt Refunds Civil Servants’ 30% Slashed Salaries
  
  
• Borno Muslim, Christian Youths Commended On Peace Building
  
  
• NDDM Raises Alarm Over Flood Menace 3:26 AMEnvironmentalist Flays Low Penalty For Gas Flaring
  
  
• Jonathan’s Govt Left N65bn Fertiliser Debt — Presidency

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• FDI: FG To Introduce Visa On Arrival –Osinbajo
• Tension In Anambra, Delta As: Traffickers, Ritualists Abduct 45 Children
• Bishops To Buhari: Nigerians Are Suffering
• Telecoms Contributes N1.58trn To GDP In Q2 – NBS
• Recession: Nigerians Abandon Rice For Noodles
• Chibok: Police, Buhari Supporters Stop BBOG March On Aso Villa
• Business Mogul, Michael Ibru, Dies At 86
• Emergency Powers: Ministers Throw Weight Behind Buhari
• Lalong: Buhari Not Responsible For Economic Hardship
• No FRSC Official Convicted In Sokoto For Stealing’

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

• South/South Govs Strategise For PDP
• Nigeria’s Recession May Last Till 2020 If… —Agbakoba
• Naira Trades At N425 For Two Days At Parallel Market
• MMA2 Still Fully Operational —Bi-Courtney
• FG To Inaugurate Water Project In Otuoke Tomorrow
• Damboa LG Re-Opens Damboa Market As Peace Returns To Borno
• I’ll Create Upset In Edo—PPA Gov Candidate

THE NATION:

• Rohr picks Kalaba, Sunzu as Zambia key players
  
  
• Taraba to receive three investors – Governor
  
  
• Foreign investors to get visa on arrival – Osinbajo
  
  
• Gateman electrocuted day after employment
  
  
• Abraham rejects Ondo APC primaries, heads for appeal committee
  
  
• Photos: Buhari, Ambode, others in Edo for APC rally
  
  
• Hard times will be over, Buhari assures Nigerians
  
  
• Business mogul Ibru dies at 85
  
  
• Abraham files appeal against Ondo primary
  
  
• Man kills daughter in Ekiti after impregnating her
  
  
• Oyo dredges water channels to battle flooding
  
  
• Mudslide kills newlywed woman in Lagos shanty