Read today's newspaper headlines [Tuesday, November 21, 2017]

THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER

PDP peace pact fails, Adeniran accuses Makarfi of favouring Secondus

The peace accord signed by chairmanship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week has suffered a setback.

Negative growth in real sector contradicts government’s GDP numbers

Although the Presidency hailed the third quarter (Q3) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday, a break-down indicates manufacturing, a critical sector of the economy, has actually suffered a setback.

Immortalise Ekwueme, Igbo, others tell FG

Tributes have been pouring in for former vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, just as the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, called on the Federal Government to immortalise him.

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VANGUARD NEWSPAPER

Death of 26 migrants: FG queries Italy over hurried burial

The Federal Government, yesterday, queried its Italian counterpart over the hurried burial of 26 migrants found dead in a Spanish warship, Cantabria, in the Mediterranean Sea.

I’m under serious pressure — Buhari

AS Nigeria hosts International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said he was under serious pressure from Nigerians to establish a national airline.

How Ekwueme died — Igwe Laz, brother

NIGERIANS across political divides, yesterday, paid glowing tributes to the late Second Republic Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, who died in a London clinic, Sunday night after battling with what the family said was a chest infection.

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THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER

We’ll finalise process for return of looted $321m by Dec – FG

The Presidency says the Federal Government is concluding plans, latest by December, with the Switzerland Government for the repatriation of $321m looted from Nigeria.

Buhari, Shagari, Obasanjo, others mourn Ekwueme

The elder statesman’s death was disclosed in a statement issued by the Ekwueme family of Oko, in Anambra State.

N13bn contracts: EFCC obtains warrant to detain Anyim for 30 days

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured a remand warrant to further detain a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius, who was arrested by the EFCC last Thursday.

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THISDAY NEWSPAPER

Nigeria Mourns Politician Par Excellence, Alex Ekwueme

Monday was a day of mourning nationwide when word got out that Nigeria’s first Executive Vice-President, Dr. Alexander Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, had passed on at a London hospital on Sunday night at the age of 85.

Buhari: Raid of Judges’ Homes Not Meant to Intimidate Judiciary

For the first time since the Department of State Services (DSS) raided the homes of some judges earlier in the year, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday explained that the raid was not intended to intimidate the judiciary but purely in pursuit of his administration’s anti-graft war.

All Eyes on MPC as GDP Growth Doubles to 1.4% in Q3

Following the report released Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showing that the Nigerian economy grew by 1.4 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) of this year, effectively doubling the revised growth rate of 0.72 per cent recorded in the second quarter, market analysts and economists were of the view that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should at its two-day meeting slated to start Tuesday, commence gradual easing of its monetary policy.

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BUSINESSDAY NEWSPAPER

Nigeria’s 1.4% economic growth eludes non-oil sector

A worrying decline in the non-oil sector, which is the largest contributor to the Nigerian economy, is muting excitement about the economy’s second expansion in seven quarters.

Barclays bank pulls out as financial adviser for 9mobile sale

Barclays Africa has pulled out as financial adviser over the sale of 9mobile for the consortium of the 13 lender banks after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) questioned the bank’s transparency in the bidding process of the telco.

Nigeria raises largest Eurobond yet with $3bn issuance

Nigeria has raised $3 billion in Eurobonds with 10 and 30 year maturities.