Read today's newspaper headlines [Friday, September 11, 2015]

For today, Friday, September 11, 2015:

VANGUARD NEWSPAPER

Make corruption capital offence – Labour

The march was organized by the Kano and Kaduna chapters of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress. READ MORE…

Electrocution: FG dispatches technical team to UNILAG

Oluchi, a high performing student on course to earn a first class degree, died when a 330 KVA cable belonging to the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) fell on her, electrocuting her to death. READ MORE…

Kaduna refinery resumes production in December – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, disclosed yesterday that Kaduna Refinery will resume the production of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS (petrol), within the next three months.

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THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER

Govs reject death penalty for looters

Many Nigerian governors have out rightly rejected the suggestion that looters of the nation’s resources be sentenced to death. READ MORE…

Why Soyinka abuses me and the Obasanjo connection – Oyinlola

Former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State has said that the recent criticism of him by the Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, over the chairmanship of the Board of Trustees of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo, was borne out of an alleged friction between him (Soyinka) and former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

68% candidates pass 2015 NECO exam

THE National Examinations Council has released the June/July 2015 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination results. The result showed a remarkable improvement when compared with previous examinations between 2011 and 2014.

Fighting terrorism oil theft not easy –Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that it is not easy for his administration to fight terrorism, oil theft and corruption at the same time. READ MORE…

EFCC arrests BGL boss, Okumagba

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested the Group Managing Director of BGL Plc, a Lagos-based financial services company, Mr. Albert Okumagba, for alleged N28.9bn fraud.

NNPC lifts ban on 113 oil vessels

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has lifted a ban placed on 113 vessels from engaging in crude oil/gas loading activities in any of the terminals within Nigerian territorial waters. READ MORE…

My removal made PDP lose, says Tukur

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, said on Thursday that if he was not forced out of office, his party would have won the 2015 general elections. READ MORE…

Election didn’t hold in four Rivers LGs

The Nigerian Army again on Thursday told the Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja how the April 11, 2015 governorship election was aborted by the snatching of electoral materials and sporadic shootings in four local government areas in the state.

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THE GUARDIAN

Buhari backs down, unbans 113 oil vessels

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has lifted a ban placed on 113 vessels from engaging in crude oil/gas loading activities in any of the terminals within Nigerian territorial waters.

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BUSINESS DAY

State workers lose access to mortgage over pensions

Employees of states that are yet to comply with the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) will not be eligible for equity contributions for residential mortgage, as provided for in the Pension Reform Act 2014.