Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [07 June, 2017]

[PressRoom]

Below are the headlines in some selected Nigerian newspapers for today, 07 June, 2017

PUNCH:

• Groups give Ndigbo three months to leave North, Ohanaeze kicks
  
  
• Regional autonomy should come before self-determination, Nwabueze tells Kanu
  
  
• N19tn debt: NESG, Utomi, Rewane, others call for caution
  
  
• IDPs want independent investigators for sex-for-favour probe
  
  
• 2.1 million Nigerians lost their jobs in 2016 –NBS
  
  
• EFCC secured 340 convictions in six months, says Magu
  
  
• FCT demolishes newspapers distributors’ stands
  
  
• It’s shameful Nigeria imports finished petroleum products – Kachikwu
  
  
• Ghost workers: EFCC arraigns family members for manipulating FG’s payroll
  
  
• Ndume denies supporting B’Haram, FG insists on senator’s complicity
  
  
• Army accused of shielding soldiers over vandalised N63m cables
  
  
• 1,601 jostle to buy Kaduna govt houses
  
  
• Okowa promises to complete Asaba Stadium
  
  
• Onyali, others to market 2018 NIPOGA
  
  
• Lagos trader caught with stolen child
  
  
• Naval authorities torture ex-officer to a coma
  
  
• FAAN bans luggage screening at MMIA departure hall
  
  
• S’South not part of Biafra, IYC tells MASSOB
  
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• $2.1b arms: Ex-Air chief’s son forfeits 20 cars, house
  
  
• Buhari seeks support for Osinbajo, says First Lady
  
  
• Court orders forfeiture of N13b Ikoyi cash
  
  
• Senate probes $1b Ogoni clean up
  
  
• Broadcast stations indebtedness to NBC hits N5b
  
  
• Finance minister: Treasury looting too easy in Nigeria
  
  
• Nigeria’s crude hit by oversupply
  
  
• Sambo, ex-DSS chief aware of my contact with Boko Haram, says Ndume
  
  
• Senate probes telcos over dropped calls
  
  
• Presidency, lawmakers disagreement stalls budget assent
  
  
• Rivers APC caucus suspends chairman
  
  
• 2019: Zoning won’t work in Oyo, says senator
  
  
• Lawyer’s ill health stalls Fani-Kayode’s trial
  
  
• Mosque attack: Fayose’s silence ‘unjust,’ says Ansar-Ud-Deen
  
  
• Obiano denies funding MASSOB, IPOB
  
  
• Four policemen killed in Osun varsity town robbery
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• World Bank raises forecast for Nigeria’s economic growth to 1.2%
  
  
• 2017 budget to be signed soon – DG
  
  
• Osinbajo Writes Senate, Seeks Approval Of $1.49bn Loan For 10 States
  
  
• BIAFRA: You’re on your own, War veteran patron tells Kanu, Uwazuruike
  
  
• Customs Units Pass Bucks Over Investigation Of 440 Seized Arms
  
  
• Nyako: Court orders EFCC to pay N12.5m fine over illegal detention
  
  
• Plateau Businessmen Raise Alarm Over Multiple Taxations
  
  
• S’South not part of defunct Biafra, says HM Ayemi- Botu
  
  
• Match Against South Africa, Redeemer For Eagles – Onazi
  
  
• A-Ibom Assembly Passes Health Insurance Scheme Bill
  
  
• Teenager Die, Houses Destroyed In Katsina Windstorm
  
  
• Police Arrest 4 With 4,555 National Identity Cards
  
  
• 13-year-old commits suicide in Makurdi
  
  

 

[Samuel Arua]

Good headlines. What could make a 13year old teenager to commit suicide? Is it connected to hallucination and drug use?