Nigeria Newspapers Today

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*FEBRUARY 16, 2019*
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The Guardian
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*INEC postpones general elections

*PDP rejects election postponement

*Buhari Campaign condemns the postponement of elections

*" It will take a very aggressive, fearless woman to ascend to number one position "- Madam MacDella “Mackie” Cooper

*Elections postponement plan to disenfranchise voters, says Atiku

*ICAN: Delayed passage of 2019 budget may sabotage growth prospects

*Girl-child education, panacea for uplifting womanhood

*UN sues for calm, patience among Nigerians

*UK Aid to improve farmers’ access to market in Edo

*Court voids termination of appointment, order payment of entitlements

*No terminal date for Amnesty Programme, reiterates Dokubo

*Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay in joint bid

*Despite the ban on codeine, it is still sold in open markets’

*Stop allowing people pay you with ‘exposure’, women in media urged

*Factors to consider when choosing a crèche

*Don urges CBN to sustain monetary policy to further curb inflation

*Shell invites bid for new FPSO in Bonga

*The victims, the cost of the Boko Haram crisis
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Thisday
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*Presidential, National Assembly Elections Postponed by One Week

*Obasanjo Denies Fleeing Nigeria, Says He’s Ready to Vote

*Drama, As Onnoghen is Forced to Take Plea in the Dock

*Voting out Buhari to Save Nigeria is Sacred Duty, Says IYM

*UK: Free, Fair Nigerian Elections will Benefit Africa, the World

*IGP Lacks Powers to Restrict Movement, Says HURIWA

*JYEI Urges Nigerians to Vote Responsibly

*INEC: Kwara has  1.4m  Registered Voters,  1.1m PVCs Collected

*Atiku Raises the Alarm over Partisanship of PVC, Card Reader Manufacturer

*Imo: PDP Worries over Ghost Polling Units

*EFCC Releases Telephone Lines to Report  Vote Buying

*Sensitive Materials Yet to Arrive Bauchi INEC Office

*IPOB Calls Off Election Boycott,  Apologises for Lateness

*Abia PDP Accuses INEC of Plot to Rig

*Stop blaming APC for your failures, Amaechi tells Wike

*NEMA Receives 160 Stranded Nigerians in Libya

*Nigeria, S’Africa Battle for U-20 AFCON Third Spot

*For Effective Data Gathering, Invest inYouths, Gates Tells Nigeria
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Punch
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*INEC postpones elections till February

*INEC is a disappointment –Situation Room

*PDP rejects shift in election dates, asks INEC chair to resign death

*INEC reschedules presidential, NASS elections

*Lagos landlord’s daughter beats tenant to death

*They say I’m corrupt because I’m successful – Atiku

*Buhari’s desperation to win caused election postponement, says CUPP

*‘New Ronaldo’ can win Ballon d’Or – Agent

*Kogi senatorial candidate writes Buhari, alleges threat to life

*Obasanjo expresses fear over election, denies fleeing Nigeria

*Nigerian voter data statistically impossible – UK Guardian

*Election postponement: It’s the hand of Esau but the voice of Jacob – Atiku

*Assets: Onnoghen finally appears before CCT, pleads not guilty to charges

*Pandemonium as suspected cult members disrupt Valentine’s Day party

*Protesters seek justice for Ekiti farmer slain by herdsman
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Vanguard
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*Presidential election 23 Feb; Governorship 9 March

*I’ve not fled Nigeria, still around to cast my vote – Obasanjo

*Terrorists invade Ebonyi, plant explosives on bridges, two arrested

*66 killed in Kaduna on election Eve

*Kogi senator involved in auto accident

*Onnoghen: Tribunal adjourns hearing until March 11

*We condemn INEC’s postponement of Nigeria’s election – APC

*Even at 89 my memories are still intact — Madam Ozofu Ajayi

*Code of Conduct Tribunal: Examining its place in the Nigerian Judicial hierarchy

*Onnoghen docked, pleads not guilty to charges, gets bail on self recognizance

*Facebook Inc. to pay hefty fine to US agency over privacy violations

*Man convicted for exporting narcotics via courier

*Daniella Okeke: Rising above controversies

*2019 PRESIDENTIALPOLLS: Nigerian entertainers speak on their expectations, hopes

*Go and vote, IPOB tells Igbo

*May God use this election to declare glory on Nigeria, Adeboye prays

*I came to Nigeria to buy a car but ended up spending five years

*How Awka lost its fame as blacksmith city
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The Sun
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*INEC postpones elections to Feb. 23,

*Crazy thing I did for love –Omotola Adebayo, actress

*Unqualified foreign trained doctors causing havoc in Nigeria –Prof Faduyile, NMA

*Kuje school of horror

*PDP accuses police AIG, others of plottingto rig elections in Akwa Ibom

*Umahi orders arrest of criminal suspects for allegedly inserting hot iron into vice chairman’s private parts

*Company to develop equipment to determine child’s paternity

*Ghana’s “Alomo Bitters’’sold 13.9m bottles in Nigeria in 2018

*3 in court over alleged possession of guns

*Gunmen abduct Delta APC women leader, demand N30m ransom

*IG deploys additional AIGs, CPs in Ogun, Lagos, other states

*Number of PVCs exceeds total registered voters in Oyo

*6,000 security personnel ready for election in Zamfara –Police

*Parents urged to restrain their children from election violence

*Warri port to attract $1.6m annual concession fee — BPE

*Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, urges Nigerians to be peaceful at polls

*5 die as Customs clashes with smugglers in Katsina

*World Radio Day: NBA charges broadcasters on professionalism
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Nation
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*Election postponement: Remain peaceful in face of provocation, Atiku urges

*Amaechi blasts Wike

*We’re battle-ready for troublemakers – Police

*APC, PDP in tug of  war

*How President Buhari, wife will vote on Saturday

*I’ll vote if I’m alive – Obasanjo

*Polls: Police deploy 20, 000 security in Kano

*Massive voting key to checkmate rigging – Cleric

*First aircraft lands in Bayelsa airport

*Union urges members to vote out anti-workers governors, politicians

*Union praises Fed Govt for tackling influx of ‘expatriates’

*Enugu residents in panic purchase ahead of Saturday polls

*Group celebrates Ambode’s wife at 55

*Valentine’s Day: Two lovers die over lady in Nasarawa

*Slain prisons boss buried in Lagos

*Student charged with stealing N150,000

*Salesman accused of stealing pure water

*Ex-bank manager faces N411m fraud charge

*Fire razes police station in Anambra
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