Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [22 September, 2016]

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Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Thursday, September, 22, 2016.

PUNCH:

• Nigeria needs progressive economic policies – Sanusi
  
  
• EFCC freezes Patience Jonathan’s personal $5m account
  
  
• Reps in shouting match over move to suspend Jibrin
  
  
• PDP may adopt new zoning formula to resolve crisis
  
  
• Ambode seeks peaceful resolution of conflicts
  
  
• Torture is SARS only form of interrogation, alleges AI
  
  
• N7bn contract scam rocks Benue, two cashiers arrested#
  
  
• Kogi: We’re ready to support Bello, says Wada
  
  
• We’ll solve N’Delta problem soon – Buhari

VANGUARD:

• Impunity, Rights Abuse, Anti-Corruption War: Where Gani Could Have Stood
  
  
• Sanusi Backs CBN On Interest Rates
  
  
• Jibrin Calls Reps Members ‘Thieves’
  
  
• Recession: Schools Give Discounts On Fees
  
  
• Education, Good Governance Key To Economic Growth — Tinubu
  
  
• Don’t Blame Rohr If Eagles Fail To Qualify – Babangida
  
  
• Gernot Rohr Wary Of 2 Zambian Strikers
  
  
• SIT-AT-HOME: Police Warn Group, As IPOB Says No Going Back On Protest
  
  
• Jigawa Emir Blames Food Scarcity On Hoarding
  
  
• Boko Haram: 13,000 Churches Destroyed, 1,5000 Schools Shut, 611 Teachers Killed —Report

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• Buhari: We’ll Fund Roads, Rail, Power Projects With Loans
  
  
• How Police Torture, Extort Detainees –Amnesty
  
  
• Sanusi, Experts Back CBN On Retention Of Interest Rate
  
  
• Airport Terminals Funding: Stop Black Mailing Jonathan, PDP Tells Adeosun
  
  
• Budget Padding: Drama As Reps Move To Suspend Jibrin For 6 Months
  
  
• 11 Die, 14 Family Members Missing In Auto Crashes
  
  
• Catholic Priest Killed After N1.5m Ransom –Police
  
  
• Govt Working To Stimulate Economy By Spending – Emefiele
  
  
• Officials On The Run As Police, DSS Storm LMC Office
  
  
• Ekweremadu Opposes Saraki On Sale Of Assets

THE NATION:

• Emir Sanusi calls for Fed Govt to sell refineries, oil assets
  
  
• Alleged N74.6b fraud: I'm a victim of political persecution – Shema insists
  
  
• EFCC prosecutes woman for allegedly issuing N50m dud cheques
  
  
• Brutality: IGP faults Amnesty Int'l report
  
  
• Labour vows to resist sales of national assets
  
  
• House refers Jibrin to Ethics Committee
  
  
• Ekiti cuts relationship with bank over Fayose's frozen accounts

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE:

• Panic In Imo As IPOB Threatens To Shut Down S/East
  
  
• Budget Padding: Reps In Rowdy Session
  
  
• Protesters Storm NASS, Want Jibrin Suspended, Prosecuted
  
  
• Coronation Of Benin Crown Prince Postponed To Oct 20
  
  
• NDLEA Destroys 24 Tonnes Of Cannabis In Ondo In 2 Months
  
  
• Crisis Looms At Seaports As Truckers Serve NPA Strike Notice
  
  
• Boko Haram: Over 2 Million Women, Children Freed From Captive – COAS
  
  
• Buhari, Daniel, Obey, Okoroji, Kosoko Eulogise KSA At 70
  

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