Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [29 September, 2016]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Thursday, September, 29, 2016

PUNCH:

  • Naira plummets to all-time low of 472/dollar

  • Jibrin heads for court over 180-day suspension

  • FEC, not govs will decide on sale of assets –FG

  • Edo election: Oyegun loses in his polling unit

  • Boko Haram pastor and death of curiosity

  • Atiku backs Tinubu, slams Oyegun for Ondo APC primary

  • Edo election: Ize-Iyamu, Obaseki in close race

  • Tight security as INEC awaits results from LGAs

  • 23 stocks depreciate as market sheds N4bn

VANGUARD:

  • Tebite Scores Okowa High, Says He’s A Grassroots Politician

  • Soldiers Provide Hygiene Service To Delta Community

  • Cardinal Onaiyekan Sues For Religious Tolerance, Says God Belongs To All

  • Photos: Lagosians Cook ‘Egusi’ Soup With Alligator Killed At Gbagada

  • Time To Pass The PIB 4:00 AMWhich Way Out Of This Recession?

  • Nigeria Lost N61trn To Non-Passage Of PIB – NEITI

  • ‘In Nigeria, Government Does More To Prevent Progres’

  • Edo Election: Collation Of Results Begins Thursday, Says

  • Now That Patience Is On The Menu

  • Nigeria At 56: What Education Was Like Before Independence

  • Edo Governorship Battle: Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu Win Poll Units, Oyegun, Osunbor Lose

NEW TELEGRAPH:
  • Edo Guber: Oyegun Loses Polling Booth To PDP

  • Ondo: Atiku Backs Tinubu, Decries APC Chair’s Role

  • FG Spends N33bn On Airports’ Runway Resurfacing

  • Budget Padding: Reps Suspend Jibrin For 180 Days

  • Honey And Water Could Cure Urine Infections

  • MTN Denies Illegal Transfer Of $14bn From Nigeria

  • Court Admits Oronsaye’s Statement In Evidence

  • AGF Stalls Saraki, Ekweremadu’s Forgery Trial

  • INEC Denies Allegation Of Ballot Box Snatching, Gunshots
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE:
  • #EdoDecides: Oredo Final Result

  • Tension as Edo awaits election results

  • Edo governorship poll marred by violence in parts of Edo Central

  • Edo polls: It is not until it is over, says PDP lawmaker

  • APC wins Ward Seven Oredo LG

  • Upholding Ondo APC result negotiates democratic norm, say Atiku, Olumilua

  • Edo elction: Collation of results begin todays, says REC

  • Oshiomhole, Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu win units

  • We're already walking out of recession, says Finance minister

  • Tinubu, Atiku, others proffer ways for economic recovery

  • Russia fingered in Malaysia 2014 plane crash

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