Today's National Newspaper Headlines/News - 4/5/2015

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PUNCH

***Dino Melaye, Ben Bruce And Other Senators-elect Seek Reduction In Cost Of Governance

Some senators-elect have described as unacceptable the high cost of running government in the country, demanding immediate review so that the incoming administration of the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, can achieve meaningful development.

Specifically, the senators-elect, who spoke in separate interviews with our correspondent in Abuja, advocated a drastic reduction in the allowances accruable to top government functionaries and the lawmakers.

Ben Bruce (PDP, Bayelsa East), described as unjustifiable the fact that the National Assembly consumed three percent of the national budget.

Bruce said if leadership is by example and leaders live a humble lifestyle, billions of dollars would be saved to improve the lives of Nigerians and create enough jobs for the youths.

Bruce pledged to sponsor a bill that would seek to reduce the cost of running the government immediately after the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly.

Another senator-elect, Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West), also pledged to champion the cause for a drastic reduction in the allowances payable to lawmakers after the inauguration in June.

He said, “I am actually championing the cause of a cut in our pay. There is a need to cut down our pay because if we talk about change, there is the need to demonstrate that change. We must sacrifice as legislators.

“Nigerians are going through a perilous time. That change is to cut down our own pay and remuneration. So instead of increasing our earning, we should enhance the committees to start proper oversight functions.

***Buhari will shock Nigerians –APC chief

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and the party’s senatorial candidate for the Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district, Chief Inibehe Okori, has said that the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, will shock critics with his pronouncements on May 29.

Speaking in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on Sunday, Okori stated that Buhari would prove to Nigerians and the international community that corruption would be checked as soon as the president-elect settled down to work.

He added that Buhari’s proclamation, dedication and discipline will go a long way in restoring hope, faith and confidence of the citizens in the country.

He said, “Unlike other presidents who were not prepared for leadership but foisted on the country by individuals and interest groups, the President-elect has consistently presented himself to the electorate to lead the country on four occasions and had his visions well enunciated.

***Death Toll In Plateau Attack Rises To 39

The death toll in the clashes between some villagers and soldiers in three villages of Kadarko, Kurmi and Wadata in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State has risen to 39.

Soldiers said to be on reprisal in over 40 trucks were said to have arrived the villages on Saturday and killed the villagers.

The soldiers’ action was said to have been informed by reports of alleged killings of four soldiers at Angwan Nanmi, Karin Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State by the villagers.

The traditional ruler of Ponzhi Kadarko, Chief Lot Nde, told Punch correspondent that the death toll could still rise as soldiers, with armoured tanks, had pursued some villagers into the bush where many of them were shot and killed.

He said that the entire villages had been razed.

***APC Govs Meet Buhari On Ministerial Nominees Tuesday

Governors of the All Progressives Congress are meeting with the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Tuesday, The PUNCH has learnt.

The meeting, it was gathered, would be the first to be attended by the governors jointly since the conduct of the March 28 presidential election which Buhari won.

One of the governors, who spoke on the condition of anonymity with Punch correspondent Sunday, said that the meeting would also be attended by all the APC governors-elect.

He said, “The APC governors, serving and incoming, are to meet GMB (Buhari)on Tuesday morning in Abuja to pay a courtesy call on him, formally congratulate him on his electoral victory and make input into the policy direction of the administration ahead of the May 29 inauguration of the new government.

*‘Missing’ $20bn: Reps panel wants PwC probed

*Rescued women narrate ordeal in B’Haram captivity

*PDP crisis: Party secretary attacks Bode George, others

*FG, marketers disagree on outstanding subsidy debt

*NBA secretary counsels Buhari on anti-corruption war

*Soldiers arrest B’Haram fuel supplier, free 260 captives

*We won’t be Fayose’s rubber stamp, Ekiti lawmakers-elect

*Abia: Ikpeazu bans courtesy visits

*Senate Leader blames PDP govs for Jonathan’s loss

*W’African Nursing College honours Afe Babalola

*Bank worker on trial for aiding N241m fraud

*Death toll in Plateau attack rises to 39

*Buhari’s transition committee to decide Oronsaye report, others

*Mayweather pockets $100m

*Mikel wins second EPL title with Chelsea

Pacquiao: Disappointed Filipinos cry foul

*Few Nigerian banks may collapse in 2016 – Report

*Union Bank to finance N4bn PNG gas plant

*Dangote Cement production hits 30 million metric tonnes

*Restructure NNPC, experts advise Buhari

*9.5 million residents benefit from Lagos de-flooding programme

*FG, Lafarge sign pact to build 500 houses

*Ogun community protests killing of pregnant woman

*Mother of son dumped at filling station arrested

VANGUARD

*We‘ll reorganise PDP to regain power at national level —Dickson

*Ebola: CDC recommends non-contact with male survivors’ semen

*The army’s confidential report on Buhari: A man of boundless energy — Ogbemudia

*Nigerians should buy locally made goods to grow economy — MD BoI

*Terrorists’ fuel, food supplier nabbed

*Rivers PDP warns RSIEC against conducting planned LG polls

*Dearth of nurses hit Lagos hospitals

*No police gun was found in my bedroom, says Edo monarch

*Impeachment: Fayose is embarassing all of us in Ekiti — Speaker Omirin

*I love Pacquiao but Mayweather, a smart fighter — Omotola

Davido,50 Cent,P.Diddy win bets on Mayweather

Emma Nyra, Ubi Frankling open up on their rift

GUARDIAN

*Nigeria beats U.S., others, wins women's 4x200m race

 *Southeast leaders, army generals visit Buhari, make case for the zone

*Okorocha congratulates re-elected NGE president

*Enugu transition committee gears up as CAN welcomes Ugwuanyi

*Church expresses support for Jonathan, Buhari

*Phantom APC group is Fayose's aide's creation, says party youths leader

*WHO, Federal Ministry of Health to conduct survey on Soil Transmitted

Helminthes among children in Ekiti

*INEC workers protest against non-payment of allowance

*NLC gives Jang ultimatum to pay salary arrears

*Senator tasks security agents over bombing of radio station

*I 'm proceeding on vacation from politics, says Niger governor

THE NATION

*PDP defectors will return with empty stomach, says Jonathan

*Jonathan angry as Buhari seeks reports on agencies

*Military evacuates rescued girls, women

*Bayero replaces Abdullahi at NPA

*Shettima, Chibok community: hope rises for Chibok girls

*Joda heads 19-man transition panel

*29 APC chairmen reaffirm support for Umana

*Protesting workers lock out Anyim over N1.2b allowances

*Benue House plots speaker's removal

THISDAY

*Presidency Moves to Replace Mu'azu with S'South Governor

*Soldiers Allegedly Kill Scores in Plateau Villages

*Presidency Moves to Replace Mu'azu with S'South Governor

*As Nigerian Troops Approached, Girls Were Stoned to Death by Boko Haram

*Nigerian Witch Doctor Sentenced to 14 Years Imprisonment in the US

*Xenophobia: Pan-African Parliament Considers Relocating Headquarters From S/Africa

Police Uncover Fraud in Sales of Government Houses

*Subsidy Payments: FG Questions Marketers' Fresh Claims

*US Court Orders Chevron, BNP Paribas to Produce Documents on Disputed Oil Blocks