NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017

THE NATION
Osinbajo: no one will get away with hate speeches
‘N284b budget padding’: EFCC grills Jibrin for hours
Reps to govt: give Abiola GCFR
Afe Babalola varsity gets AfDB’s $40m loan
Budget 2017: Our fears, hopes by stakeholders
AGF demands capacity training for financial managers
Woman, 52, commits suicide in Ondo
Ekiti APC threatens legal action over Paris Club cash
Suspected robbers raid church in Ondo
Ijaw elders clash over report on IYC crisis
Ondo APC crisis: Panel to publish recommendations on Kekemeke
Agitation for Biafra nonsensical, says Okorocha
Senate decries rising spate of suicides

THISDAY
Osinbajo Meets Northern Leaders, Cautions Against Hate Speech
2017 Budget as Lever for Economic Recovery
Divide Among Banks Widens as Small Lenders Face Cash Crunch
NPAN Asks FG to Rein in EFCC, Says Agency is Cowering Free Speech
Amaechi: Nigeria Was Inching Towards Civil War in 2015
FG to Reinstate Projects Tampered With in Budget, Osinbajo Signs
Trump Administration Set to Release Boko Haram Plan
FG Raised N205bn from VAT in First Qtr
June 12: House Directs FG to Confer Highest Honour on Abiola
Saraki, Senate C’ttee Meet Bank Chiefs on High Interest Rates
2017 Budget: Osinbajo Tasks Officials of FG Agencies on Revenue Generation
FIRS Generated N778.19bn in First Qtr of 2017

VANGUARD
Gov Ishaku kicks, as Miyeti Allah begins 7-day strike in Taraba
FG’ll deal with hate-mongers — Osinbajo
Senate flays 25-30% interest rate regime
I took to crime after my father disowned me – Evans
Fuel subsidy returns, as NNPC records N50bn shortage
Jonathan wasn’t competent to continue as president —Oshiomhole
*Naira appreciates to N364
Only Igbo presidency in 2019 will stop Biafran agitation – Ohaneze youths

PUNCH
Kidnapping: Dogara, Reps, service chiefs in four-hour closed-door meeting
Dickson denies receiving N24bn
‘North not responsible for South’s development’
Protest in N’Assembly as another Lasun’s aide dies
Anti-Igbo threat: Osinbajo vows to clamp down on troublemakers
Budget padding: EFCC grills Jibrin for five hours
Nigeria would’ve been in danger if Jonathan had continued –Oshiomhole
Melaye wants state of emergency in Kogi, Bello seeks senator’s trial
Asset declaration: CCT rules on request to free Saraki today
ICPC arraigns ex-Kogi commissioner for N35.5m fraud
Don’t describe judiciary as corrupt, NBA tells FG
Flooding looms in 35 states, warns hydrological agency
How we subdued kidnappers, other criminals – Obiano

GUARDIAN
Fire engulfs tower block in west London
Why Nigeria must resist Morocco’s move to join ECOWAS, by ARCAN
Marvin Dekil: Nigeria Army may be deployed to Ogoniland to stem vandalism, others
Naira firms up as CBN resumes intervention with $418m
FCT Police alert residents on range exercise
Biafra: South East, South South agitators threaten to boycott 2019 polls 
NNPC: Nigeria earns $2.5bn from oil, gas export
Electricity consumers chide IKEDC over non-compliance to NERC’s order
Yemi Osinbajo meets northern leaders, vows to deal with troublemakers
Nigeria’s economy reels under U.S. oil exports, unstable prices
Mariners decry inadequate presence of Nigerian Navy at sea