Read today's newspaper headlines [Friday, November 17, 2017]

THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER

Mugabe resisting army pressure to quit

President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler, an intelligence source said on Thursday.

Nigerians are still suffering, Tinubu tells President Buhari

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to do more to improve the lot of citizens. Tinubu gave the advice yesterday while unveiling a book, Making Steady, Sustainable Progress for Nigeria’s Peace and Prosperity, at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Reject irresponsible leadership, Ezekwesili, others urge Africans

Fomer World Bank Vice President, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, and other speakers yesterday called for an end to inept leadership in Africa.They made the disclosure during the Fifth Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine held at the Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja.

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VANGUARD NEWSPAPER

Why Intels’ sister firms lost work visas – FG

Contrary to insinuations that the Federal Government cancelled the work permits of expatriate workers of Intels and its affiliates, government, yesterday, provided evidence to prove that the action had no political undertones.

Buhari vows to press on with anti-graft war

Amid an outpouring of commendations on his strides in office, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, vowed to press ahead with the war against corruption, warning that anyone who steals public funds would surely end in jail.

Watch your debt, IMF warns FG

The growing debt profile of the Federal Government could be worse and needs to be carefully managed, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, has said.

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THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER

Nine killed as train hits truck in Lagos, vehicles crash in Ogun

No fewer than nine persons lost their lives on Thursday to a road accident at the Kara end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, and a train crash in the Fagba area of Lagos State.

Police brutalise displaced Otodo Gbame protesters, arrest 158

There was pandemonium in the early hours of Thursday at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, as displaced residents of Otodo Gbame, a slum in the Lekki area of Lagos State, were allegedly attacked by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command.

93-year-old Mugabe resists military pressure to resign

The Zimbabwean’s President, Robert Mugabe, has refused to resign after a military coup, insisting that he remains the only legitimate ruler of the country.

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BUSINESSDAY NEWSPAPER

The battle for Anambra’s hot seat … a 3-horse race

Who leads Anambra in the next four years? This will be decided on November 18 when the next Chief Executive Officer or governor of one of Nigeria’s best run states is decided by the people of Anambra, which is one of the most commercial states in the country.

Value of Nigeria M&A deals to hit $4 billion in 2018

Deal making in Africa’s biggest economy will stage a comeback in 2018 and 2019, according to Chicago-based multinational law firm, Baker McKenzie, as curtains draw on a period of policy uncertainty which saw Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) shrink since 2016.

Banks asset growth slows on lower deposit mobilisation

The reduction in deposits as a result of increased customer interest in Treasury Bills (T-Bills) has hindered lenders from creating risk assets. Hitherto, lenders in Africa’s largest economy were growing assets even at the depth of economic recession, thanks to the partial devaluation of the currency that saw increase in dollar denominated assets.