NEWS HEADLINES: 2/13/2013

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

THISDAY

•     Jonathan Showers Gifts, Honours on Super Eagles

•     Dana Air Plane Crash Blamed on Human Error

•     Chime: I Was Treated for Cancer of the Nose

•     Police Establish Communication between Salami, ACN Leaders

•     FG Mulls Alternative Funding Structures for Transmission Network

•     Lamorde, Otedola to Testify against Lawan

•     SURE-P Received N180bn in 2012

•     Power: We Have Enormous Problems, But We Shall Overcome, Says Minister

•     Maku: Cross River Becoming Manufacturing Hub

•     JTF Impounds Two Vessels, Destroys 23 Illegal Refineries

•     Arepo Pipeline Suspects in Prison

•     FG Urged to Fund NIFOR

•     Sultan Wants Violence Treated as Criminal Offence

•     FG Expresses Fear over Delivery of Calabar Power Plant

•     Resignation: Jonathan Hails Pope’s Courage

•     Ex-Naval Officer, 2 Others Arrested for Navy Recruitment Scam

•     Pay Your Debt, AMCON Tells Babalakin

•     Naval Officer Kills Policeman with Dagger

•     2015: Opposition Parties’ Govs Mobilise for APC

•     Ekweremadu: Outcome of Referendum Will Decide State Creation

•     Presidency, National Assembly Reach Truce on 2013 Budget

•     PDP Crisis Deepens, as Party Opposes Oyinlola’s Application to Stop

Judgment

•     House Demands Urgent Rehabilitation of Niger Bridge

•     Oyo Asks EFCC to Refund Ladoja's ‘Stolen’ Money

•     PDP Lauds Jonathan over Developments in FCT

•     Ekweremadu Seeks Equal Opportunities for Women

•     Audacious el-Rufai

•     PDP Losing Its Lustre

•     Opposition Politics Changes

•     A New PDM Births

•     Bank Charges to Drop in 2013, Says Bankers' Committee

•     Non-oil Export Earnings Rise to $987m

•     Nigeria’s Eurobond Yields Hit Two-Month High

•     Tax Evasion: Tribunal Indicts AMBA MFB

•     Cement Firms Disrupt Stock Market Rally

•     NASD Gets Final Approval, Commences Operations Q2

•     Secondary Trading Will Boost Nigerian Bonds Market, Says Rencap

•     PETAN Demands Penal Measures against Skills Drain

•     Holdco Listings: Were Shareholders Cheated?

•     UPDC REIT: A New Investment Window

•     Disquiet over Non-remittance of FG’s Revenue

•     Contributory Pension, Life Annuities and Retirees’ Benefits

•     Bayelsa Invests N4bn in Power Sector

•     Retirees Pay N12.09bn Premium for Life Annuity

•     Institute Boosts MFBs, MFIs on Micro-insurance Services

•     Institute Boosts MFBs, MFIs on Micro-insurance Services

•     STI Adopts Enterprise Risk Management Framework

•     Pension Operators Eye 20m RSA Holders in 2017

•     PETAN Demands Penal Measures against Skills Drain

•     Southern Sun Fetes Customers at Valentine

•     Ogun Plans to End Multiple Taxation

•     Survey Scores TV Ads Low on Credibility

•     FCMB: Free Visa Cards Will Serve Customers Better

•     Fayrouz Partners Darey to Celebrate Valentine

PUNCH

•        Keshi, players get national honours, cash, plots of land

•        NFF pressured Keshi to accept foreign boss —Mark

•        Babalakin owes AMCON N60bn – Agbakoba • AMCON misleading the public

–Bi-Courtney

•        I underwent treatment for cancer – Chime

•        Buhari not dropping out of 2015 race –CPC • Ambition will tear

APC apart–Tukur

•        Jonathan lauds Pope for voluntarily relinquishing power

•        Aregbesola, Omisore disagree over governance in Osun

•        PDP opposes Oyinlola’s bid for reinstatement

•        League: Glo, Total Promotions disagree again

•        President will not sign budget this week – Minister

•        Banks slash current account charge to N3 …plan to reduce other

charges

•        Housewife’s corpse for autopsy, husband moved to SCID

THE GUARDIAN

•        Tumultuous reception for heroic Super Eagles

•        Chime admits taking nose cancer treatment abroad

•        Police indict MTN over suppression of evidence in Salami case

•        Court remands two journalists in Kano

•        10 APC govs meet, say no going back on merger

•        Path to religious harmony, by SCIA, CAN

•        Human error may have caused Dana plane crash

•        Mobile Number Portability: Panacea for improved telecoms services?

•        Report foresees robust growth in Nigeria’s telecoms sector

•        Lagos drums support for software development in Nigeria

•        Indian IT training centre commissioned in Lagos

•        Signal Alliance fetes customers

VANGUARD

•        Gunmen kill 6 persons in Plateau

•        JTF impounds two oil vessels, barges in Bayelsa

•        Former Rep escapes assassination

•        Afcon: Super Eagles get cash, national awards

•        Six cops, LASTMA official arrested over extortion

•        Crime fighting: Police raise bar for college entrants

•        Anxiety as Senators, Reps refuse Jonathan’s request to alter budget

•        My cancer story – Chime

•        Pope’s resignation: There’s no crisis in the church – CSN

•        Reps call for construction of 2nd Niger Bridge

•        Keshi was bold – Rufai

•        Monarchs accuse Abia House of Assembly of extortion

•        What Valentine’s Day Means to Us

•        Uduaghan orders demolition of illegal structures in Asaba

•        Constitution amendment: We’ll not be intimidated – Ekweremadu

•        Edo lawyer sues DSS for alleged illegal arrest, detention

•        And now for the hard part

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

•        Pope benedict suffers memory loss •Had heart surgery 3 months ago

•        APC: Govs list programme priorities for 2015

•        Intrigues that forced Keshi to resign

•        ENUGU: I went abroad to treat nose cancer - Chime

•        Vitamin C supplements, hot food in plastic plates may cause

kidney stones - Studies

•        Alleged ban of CRS in Osun schools: Media report not true - CAN

•Published communique issued last year

•        Jaji bombing: Indicted military officers to face court martial

•        UN condemns killing of foreign doctors, health workers in Nigeria

•        I have no interest in CBN job - Kaduna gov

•        N160bn estate: Residents want minister, EFCC to probe land

allocation

•        Restriction order: Truck owners, drivers protest in Ogun

•        Man docked for defrauding US citizen of N3.9m