Today's Newspaper Headlines [22 June, 2017]

Below are the headlines in some selected Nigerian newspapers today, 22 June, 2017.

Punch
I authorised FG appeal against Saraki’s acquittal, says AGF

W’Bank approves $961m for Nigeria’s economic recovery plan

NNPC sustains losses, records N39.3bn deficit in four months

N381bn health insurance fund: Minister, NHIS, HMOs trade words

Senate plans bill to check high house rents

Agricultural finance fund closes at $65.9m, says FG

FG plans ministerial retreat over poor education standard

MASSOB flays S’East govs for wearing ‘Hausa/Fulani attire’

N23bn Diezani bribe: EFCC arraigns ex-minister, Akinjide, today

Yoruba don’t need to meet Osinbajo – ARG

N4.9bn fraud: Don’t try me in Lagos, Fani-Kayode insists

Kidnappers write to another Lagos school, vow to abduct pupils

Lagos plans radio stations for 20 LGAs

Lagos policeman allegedly caught extorting money with POS

Truck avoiding govt official kills tricycle rider in Imo

Stop pasting 2019 posters for me – Niger gov

Indonesian firm to build refinery in Nigeria

Ladoja donates N5.8m to LAUTECH

Lassa fever hits Ondo, five cases recorded


The Nation
Governors tell agitators: Nigeria must remain one

$115m ‘Diezani bribe’: Lawmaker freed as ex-minister surrenders to EFCC

NCC, CBN wade into Etisalat debt crisis

PDP commends Osinbajo on tension-dousing steps

Customs alerts on killer-rice

PenCom: Fed Govt’s workers enrolment begins next week

Over 300 houses affected in Ibadan flood, says NEMA

Police parade dad, son, six others over killing of APC chief

Ogun govt to residents: Vacate areas near Ogun River, others

El-Rufai denies awarding contracts to wife, cronies

Suspected herdsmen rape, behead woman in Edo

MOSOP condemns violence, killings in Ogoni community

Suspected criminals set family house ablaze, kill three in Rivers

Eid-il-Fitr: Osun offers 30th edition of free train to indigenes

Vanguard
Don’t play politics with national security, Osinbajo warns govs

Death penalty dangles on kidnap kingpin Evans as Ambode signs bill to law

Five killed in Boko Haram mine blast, ambush

N4.6bn fraud: Fani-Kayode tells Court to decline jurisdiction

Indonesia firm to build 10,000bpd refinery in Akwa Ibom

Herdsmen Menace, Prophesy Foretold By Nnamdi Kanu —IPOB

Budget 2017: Panic as oil price drops to $43.90 per barrel

NNPC repays N450bn debt to FG

World Bank approves $961m credit for FG’s ERGP

Court remands 5 alleged kidnappers of Ogun students in prison

CRK Not Removed From Curriculum — Education Minister

BUA Group To Grow Nigeria’s Sugar Output By 2mmt Annually

Gov. Bello disowns 2019 re-election campaigners

NAPTIP Arrests Another Human Trafficker In Edo

Eid-El-Fitri: Impounded Vehicles Will Be Released, TRACE Vows

Benin palace chief, two others docked for alleged forgery

Dizengoff Unveils New Tractors To Boost Agricultural Productivity

3rd year anniversary: Fayose holds victory rally, carpets FG

Obaseki Celebrates Victor Uwaifo