SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 17/09/2023

S3xual harassment: Varsities, polys clamp down on 35 profs, others

Indorama partners NNPCL, to invest $7bn in gas development

Floods wreak havoc in Lagos, Delta, Anambra, sweep away motorcyclist

N427 billion 2nd Niger Bridge abandoned again

Obasanjo under fire for humiliating Oyo monarchs at public event

Atiku, Obi contesting in separate parties gave Tinubu victory – Soyinka

Sani Bello declines pension, allowances as ex-gov, cites dual role as senator

CBN probe: Emefiele’s driver, 19 apex bank officials quizzed

Senate, Akpabio dismiss impeachment plot, say lawmakers united

Tinubu leaves today for 78th UN General Assembly in New York

Six govs, seven ministers to join Tinubu at UNGA78

Tinubu appoints Tope Fasua Special Adviser on Economic Matters

Nigeria, Cuba sign MoU on science, tech devt

Fed Govt completes Haiti collapsed school

Medical staff desert hospitals as Nigerian doctors flood Egypt, Uganda, others

It’ll take Nigeria 20 years to produce enough doctors, pharmacists, others – Stakeholders

Debt servicing gulps N2.34tn in six months – DMO

Oil earnings rise by N188.71bn as output appreciates

Nigeria to phase out 51% HCFC in 2023 – Environment minister

Umahi threatens to re-award Imo road contract

Anchor Borrowers prog: Thousands of defaulters can’t meet Sept 18 deadline

FG woos investors for Nigeria’s lithium deposits

China, India’s illicit, counterfeit drugs dumped in Nigeria – ECOWAS report

Telcos pay 41 taxes, says NCC

Nigeria’s 75% debt surge to N87trn under Tinubu alarming –CISLAC

PDP’s refusal to sanction Wike, a wrong signal – Bwala, others

Fresh Battle for NASS: Nwaoboshi plots to stop Nwoko

NASS Feb 25 poll: Senator Kalu denies disenfranchising Abiriba community

Ondo to take lead in cashew, oil palm production, says Akeredolu

Otti promises to restore Aba as West Africa’s leading commercial city

Oyo speaker emerges chairman Conference of Speakers

Ondo Assembly denies plot to remove dep gov

ID cards will soon be mandatory for herders – Niger govt

Abia carpets Anglican bishops, says attack on govt borne out of personal malice

Sustainable Transport Festival kicks-off Wednesday in Lagos

I wept when told to inherit five wives of predecessor – Oba Aladesuru

Isese practitioners seek protection for Tani Olohun

Gunmen kidnap Edo NBA member

Bandits kill two, abduct three in Kaduna

Man arrested for inducing, raping student in Adamawa

Bauchi policemen kill suspected kidnappers, rescue victims

Mother-of-five needs N25m for kidney transplant

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TODAY IN HISTORY 

• On this day in history, a Nigerian Air Force Dornier 228 crashed at Oko village in Vandeikya local government area, Benue State. Fifteen of the 18 persons on board died. 

• On this day in the first man to run 10,000 meters in less than 30 minutes emerged when Finnish runner, Taisto Mäki, broke his previous record by running the distance in 29 minutes 52 seconds.

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