Newspaper Headlines Today March 18

THE GUARDIAN
* Court bars army from Rivers polls
* Senate okays National Assembly’s takeover of Kogi Assembly
* Judge insists on Metuh’s trial despite petition to Chief Judge
* Buhari, Sultan caution clerics against hate-preaching
* Suspected sea pirates kill two army officers in Rivers
* Alleged trafficking: Court remands 37- year- old woman
VANGUARD
* Oil price slump: Nigerian companies’ll survive — Kachikwu
* PwC projects Nigeria’s economy to rank top 10 in 2050
* Ekiti accuses DSS of killing detained lawmaker
* Navy Vows To Crush Oil Thieves In Niger Delta
* Traditional ruler sends SOS to Imo govt over amenities for community
* Ibinabo Back In Prison As Bail Bid Fails
PUNCH
* Reps probe secret recruitment of 909 employees by CBN
* IG warns against foreign domestic helps
* Tenant sets 83-year-old landlord ablaze in Edo
* Return to pencil-paper examinations, Reps tell JAMB
* We must produce what we eat, Buhari tells Nigerians
* We operate patients with lamps, torchlight – UITH doctors
TRIBUNE
* NURTW declares war on sale of ogogoro at motor parks
* FG queries heads of MDAs over non-compliance with directive
* Kaduna community protests plan to demolish their houses
* Procurement activities for first nuclear energy plant on course — FG * Rivers REC confirms receipt of sensitive materials
* Wife accuses police of detaining husband on parents’ order
THE NATION
* Cameroon court sentences 89 Boko Haram men to death
* $2.1b arms deals: Panel summons more military officers
* N3.1b ‘fraud’: EFCC traces memo to ex-Villa perm sec
* National Hospital’s workers threaten indefinite strike
* TUC calls for transparency in Rivers election
* Federal Govt tackles unemployment with N10b ‘YES’ project...Good morning..Barka Jumah to all Muslim Faithful.