Nigerian Newspaper Headlines Today, 22nd February

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Vanguard

PDP chieftain faults Oshiomhole on accountability

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Edo State and an economist, Mr Osahon Igiebor, yesterday said that Governor Adams Oshiomhole was running foul of best international financial principles of accountability.

The Sun

Dasukigate: Metuh wants Jonathan as witness

NATIONAL Publicity Sec­retary of the Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has told a Fed­eral High Court that the Eco­nomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) cannot prosecute him without inter­rogating former President Goodluck Jonathan regarding the source of the N400 mil­lion alleged to be part of arms purchase funds.

Thisday

Kuku: N1tn Election Fund was Not Disbursed Through Amnesty Office

The former Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs,  Kingsley Kuku, at the weekend denied reports that linked him with an alleged disbursement of over N1trillion  said to have been spent by the presidency in the last two weeks to the March 28, 2015 presidential election.

Daily Times

Oil price stability high on agenda as Buhari visits Saudi Arabia, Qatar

President Muhammadu Buhari will begin a week-long official visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar tomorrow, Monday, February 22, 2016.

Guardian

Fayose urges devaluation of naira

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has called for the devaluation of the naira following the continued fall in the value of the nation’s currency in the parallel market.

Daily Trust

What Buhari told me — Rev Fr Mbaka

Rev Fr Camillus Ejike Mbaka is the founder and spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN). In this interview, he speaks of his recent encounter with President Muhammadu Buhari, what transpired between him and Mrs. Patience Jonathan when she visited his ministry ahead of the 2015 general elections and many other issues.

National Mirror

Jonathan’s Almajiri school policy underdeveloped education –Ganduje

Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has criticised the Almajiri school policy by former President Goodluck Jonathan, saying it was politically driven and as such a wrong policy that achieved practically nothing. Ganduje therefore, revealed plans by his administration to integrate the Almajiris into normal schools system to avoid

Leadership

Rivers Rerun: Wike Alleges Plot By DSS, Army To Arrest PDP Leaders

Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has alleged that there is a plot by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army to arrest prominent leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the eve of the March 19, 2016 rerun elections in the state.

The Nation

Jonathan’s ADC states role in N10b gift for PDP chiefs

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s detained ex-Aide-de-Camp (ADC) Col.  Ojogbane Adegbe has passed the buck on the N10billion gift for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates.

Tribune

We can’t confirm arrest of Shekau now —Military

The Nigerian military has said it is yet to confirm the speculation over an arrest of Boko Haram kingpin popularly known as Bashir Sarkin Yanka, which, in Hausa, means Bashir the King of Slaughter and who had been acting as Abubakar Shekau in some videos on the social media.