Nigerian Newspaper headlines Today: 14th April

Punch

Defend poor Nigerians, Wike urges media

Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has called on the Nigerian media to wake up and defend Nigerians, who are suffering untold hardship under the APC Federal Government.

Vanguard

Offa bank robbery: Police arrest 12 more suspects

THE Nigeria Police have arrested additional 12 suspects in connection with last week’s banks raid by armed robbers in Offa, Kwara State.

The Sun

Why we won’t support Buhari – Odumakin, Afenifere spokesman

Spokesman of pro-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has said that the group is not going to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election because the president failed to deliver on his campaign promises.

Daily Times

APC governorship aspirant describes Fayose as most wasteful governor in Ekiti history

An All Progressives Congress (APC), governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Victor Kolade has described the state governor, Ayodele Fayose as the most wasteful governor in the history of the state.

Guardian

Looters’ list: Court okays Secondus’ summons for Lai Mohammed, FG

A rivers State High Court, yesterday, granted the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, leave to issue a writ of summons to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the Federal Government, to be serve by substituted means.

Tribune

Chibok girls will never be forgotten ―Buhari

ON the fourth year anniversary of the abduction of schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State, President Muhammadu Buhari has assured their parents that “their daughters will never be forgotten or abandoned to their fate, despite four long years since they were taken away by terrorists.’’

The Nation

Offa bank robberies sponsored by drug baron —Police

THE police yesterday named a 29-year-old alleged drug baron as one of the brains behind the April 5 bank robberies in Offa, Kwara State

New Telegraph

GUNMEN IN ARMY UNIFORMS KILL 26 IN BENUE

Gunmen in the army uniforms yesterday went berserk, killing 26 people, following an attack on Jandeikyura, a border settlement between Taraba and Benue states.

Daily Independent

Ibe Kachikwu Named Among 100 Most Influential Africans

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has been named by the New African, a London-based magazine, as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans of 2017 in the category of Business and Finance.