Today's Newspaper Headlines [27 April, 2017]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Thursday, April 27, 2017.

PUNCH:

• Buhari writes N’Assembly, seeks $6.9bn loan for Lagos-Calabar rail, others
  
  
• FG puts meningitis death toll at 813
  
  
• PDP, CLO attack Buhari over decision to work from home
  
  
• Court freezes Patience Jonathan’s $ 5.9m account again
  
  
• N’Assembly suspends 2017 budget over police raid on Goje’s home
  
  
• Saraki, El-Rufai instigated Buhari not to pick me as VP – Tinubu
  
  
• Afenifere, Agbekoya, Okurounmu, others berate Akiolu for snubbing Ooni
  
  
• 91 groups seek INEC registration
  
  
• Court relists case against Tambuwal’s election, hears suit May 23
  
  
• I’m not harassing your family, Buhari tells Jonathan
  
  
• Queen’s College alumni drags FG to Senate, calls for criminal probe
  
  
• Monarch flees as Fulani herdsmen behead man in Delta
  
  
• Outrage as Covenant varsity suspends students for missing Easter programme
  
  
• PUNCH searches for soldiers who forced man to swim in mud
  
  
• Lagos parents use son as collateral for N8,000
  
  
• Buhari: Police hunt for cop who vowed to kill 200
  
  
• Woman allegedly incurs N757,000 debt at Lagos bar
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
  
  
• Buhari to Jonathan: I allow the law to take its course
  
  
• Jega, Senator tackle Jonathan over claims in book
  
  
• Again, 82-year-old ambassadorial nominee’s name sent to Senate
  
  
• Fed Govt to take $12.921b loans
  
  
• It’s not compulsory for Buhari to preside over FEC meetings- APC
  
  
• 2017 budget documents carted away by police, says National Assembly
  
  
• Ikoyigate: Reps to probe N13b discovered
  
  
• Obasanjo: I warned Jonathan over Diezani, second term bid
  
  
• Cause of Adeleke’s death yet unknown, says family
  
  
• Ex-Minister Borishade dies at 71
  
  
• Nigerian Directors to Confer Honorary Fellowship on Obi of Onitsha
  
  
• Aiteo Group votes N2.5b for Nigerian coaches
  
  
• Fed Govt inaugurates 21-member MSMEs Council
  
  
• Fayose under fire for identifying with Biafra
  
  
• Kano Pillars name Musa as acting coach
  
  
• Ex-internationals organise fundraising for former footballers
  
  
• 82-year-old widow sues Catholic bishop for property in Anambra
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• Jonathan, from beginning, was too small for the Presidency – Obasanjo
  
  
• Turkish Air abandons Nigeria children at Istanbul, airport bills them for sleepover
  
  
• Immunization Trust Fund law underway — NASS
  
  
• FG sets up audit panel on take-off grants to 12 new federal varsities
  
  
• Elumelu Foundation Picks 1000 Entrepreneurs For TEEP 2017
  
  
• NDLEA Charges 2 Brazilians Over Cocaine Importation
  
  
• Over 68,000 inmates face starvation over N5.6bn debt to contractors
  
  
• Dangote’s New Pasta Products Hit Market
  
  
• Abia govt demolishes kidnappers’ hideouts
  
  
• Ita Giwa Lights Candles For Man-U Dead
  
  
• One Dies, 70 Vehicles Destroyed As Hoodlums Clash In Lagos
  
  
• Complaints Galore At Enugu Assembly’s Public Hearing On EEDC
  
  
• Raw Material: NB Targets 60% Local Content By 2020
  
  
• N10m FRAUD: EFCC docks Church Elder for duping Pastor