Read today's newspaper headlines [Monday, October 12, 2015]

For today, Monday, October 12, 2015:

VANGUARD NEWSPAPER

Tinubu attacks Saraki

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, described the Senate President, Bukola Saraki as a disloyal party member. READ MORE…

Explosion in Lagos

A locked beer parlour along L & K Road, in Oworonsoki area of Lagos exploded on Sunday afternoon, October 11, 2015, leaving four people injured. READ MORE…

IMF urges CBN to review forex policy

As the foreign exchange market records further widening of the parallel market margin, the Director, African Department of International Monetary Fund, IMF, Ms Antoinette Sayer, has said that measures put in place by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to restrict access to foreign exchange, forex, needed to be reviewed.

Police nab 6 of Falae’s abductors in Ondo, Ekiti, Niger

Police reports say they have arrested five people in connection with the Kidnapping of the former SGF, adding that they suspect the kidnappers had help from the inside. READ MORE…

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THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER

Ministers: Buhari submits second list this week

Barely three days after submitting the list of the first set of ministerial nominees, President Muhammadu Buhari is weighing options on the next batch of nominees.

Tinubu, Saraki in war of words

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, described the Senate President, Bukola Saraki as a disloyal party member. READ MORE…

Boko Haram beheads soldier in new video

A new Boko Haram video purports to show Islamic extremists repelling an advance by the troops in Borno state and beheading a captured soldier.

Police arrest Falae’s abductors in Ondo, Ekiti

Police reports say they have arrested five people in connection with the Kidnapping of the former SGF, adding that they suspect the kidnappers had help from the inside. READ MORE…

Lagos beer parlour explosion injures four, destroys six houses

A locked beer parlour along L & K Road, in Oworonsoki area of Lagos exploded on Sunday afternoon, October 11, 2015, leaving four people injured. READ MORE…

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THE GUARDIAN

Fireworks begin over ministerial screening

A season of high political drama may debut in the nation’s corridors of power tomorrow as the Senate begins screening and confirmation of ministerial nominees presented by President Muhammadu Buhari.

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THISDAY NEWSPAPER

Concern mounts over politicisation of corruption by Rivers govt, CCB

As the Senate prepares to screen ministerial nominees tomorrow, there are growing concerns among legal analysts and judicial officials in the country over the politicisation of corruption by some state governments and institutions of the federal government to settle political differences.

Five suspected kidnappers of Falae arrested

Police reports say they have arrested five people in connection with the Kidnapping of the former SGF, adding that they suspect the kidnappers had help from the inside. READ MORE…

Tinubu attacks Saraki again

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, described the Senate President, Bukola Saraki as a disloyal party member. READ MORE…

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BUSINESS DAY

Power investments squeeze as losses reach N240bn annually

Millions of dollars of investments into the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry are now squeezing, as commercial and technical losses in the sector remain on the rise, following its privatisation about three years ago.