Find out what is making headlines all over the country from the covers of The Guardian, Vanguard, The Nation and The Punch.
For today, Wednesday, April 19, 2016:
For today, Wednesday, April 19, 2016:
THE GUARDIAN
NERC to set recapitalisation guideline for power sectors investors
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), is set to release a minimum recapitalisation level required to be met by core investors in the power sector
Airlines resume flights as Abuja airport re-opens
Normal aviation services resumed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja yesterday as the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika re-opened the facilities a day earlier than the April 19 schedule.
Buhari’s performance rating rises to 55%
President Muhammadu Buhari’s job performance approval rating has increased slightly by five per cent, rising from, 50 per cent as at last month to the current level of 55 per cent.
THE NATION NEWSPAPER
El-Rufai, Sani row deepens
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State may lose the governorship seat in 2019, a senator warned yesterday.
Bailout Probe: Senate to visit states
THE last may not have been heard of the bailout funds given to cash-strapped states by the Federal Government to settle worker’s outstanding salaries and retirement benefits.
Patience Jonathan’s $15.5m: Firms seek to overturn conviction
THE four firms convicted for laundering $15.591 million allegedly belonging to former First Lady Patience Jonathan have urged the Court of Appeal in Lagos to overturn the verdict.
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
$43 million Osborne Fund: Saraki asks EFCC to disclose owners
SENATE, yesterday, asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to immediately unveil owners of the $43 million found in a luxury apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos
FG opens Abuja airport 24 hours ahead of deadline
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commended the efforts of the Ministries of Transport, Power, Works and Housing, Kaduna State government, Julius Berger Plc, others who made possible the official re-opening of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, ahead of the deadline.
False census figures spur Biafra agitation-Eastern Consultative Assembly
The Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, has said false and bogus census figures which give the north superior majority over the south was one of the major reasons for agitations for the revalidation of the Biafran republic.
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THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER
Seized N13bn cash: EFCC searches ex-gov Obi, Mu’azu, others’ Ikoyi flats
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, searched the apartments of the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi; and a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, as part of investigations into the $43.4m, £27,000 and N23m (N13
Nigerian held for robbing four New York banks
A 53-year-old Nigerian, Abdullahi Shuaibu, has been arrested by the New York Police for allegedly robbing four Manhattan banks
Hunt for Chibok girls will take years — Minister
The Minister of Defence, Brig. Gen. Munir Dan-Ali, has said it will take years to rescue the remaining 195 Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.
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