Punch
We’re negotiating Dapchi, Chibok girls’ rescue, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said the desire of the Federal Government was to have the schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram sect from Chibok and Dapchi back alive.
Vanguard
Okorocha has destroyed Imo economy, medical practioners cry out
OWERRI—THE Association of Catholic Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, ACMPN, has accused Governor Rochas Okorocha of “mindlessly destroying Imo economy” with over N3.5 trillion allegedly lost to the state’s urban renewal programme.
The Sun
Edo: Market women laud Benin monarch’s curse on human traffickers
Edo State market women have hailed the courage of the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, for placing a curse on human traffickers, pledging to abide by the monarch’s orders.
Thisday
Buhari in Benue, Asks Nigerians to Stop Escalating Herdsmen-Farmers’ Clashes
Guardian
Daily Times
Shehu Sani urges President Buhari to name those who lobbied Osinbajo to Make them VP during death rumour
The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani,has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to name those who lobbied the then Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), to make them Vice President when the it was rumoured that he was dead.
Tribune
Buhari meets US Secretary of State, Tillerson, in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Leadership
FG Committed To Increasing Power Supply – Fashola
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday reassured Nigerians of the federal government’s commitment to ensuring that the country makes steady growth in power supply.
The Nation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen 30 accounts and seized 37 assets allegedly belonging to the former Chairman of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, Dr. Ngozi Olojeme.
The Herald
“I’m Surprised IG of Police Snubbed My Orders”- Buhari
President Buhari during his visit to Benue state said that the actions of the Inspector General of Police as regards the orders given to him to stay in Benue were surprising.