NIGERIA NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14, 2016

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines




DAILY TIMES:

Asaba Stadium To Be Completed Soon Okowa

Rivers Utd battle La Liga clubs in Spain

Beat FM, Classic FM, Naija FM create music for Apple-Ubosi

Akwa Ibom Christmas Carol holds this weekend with Glos support

Kano Govt donates N500m to victims of Sabon Gari market inferno

NIMASA staff alleges threat to life

Niger Delta needs positive action to address crisis -ERA

Anambra to hit above 200,000 metric tons of rice

FG to increase salaries next year Ngige

Reps Propose $42.50 oil benchmark, N350 to dollar for 2017 Budget

How Dokpesi collected N2.1b from Dasuki without any contract, says witness

Ekweremadu proposes single term of six years for President, Governors

$29.9b Borrowing: Buhari will go Ahead Despite Senates Rejection Presidency

Senate cuts down Presidents control of Nigeria Police Force

FG ARRAIGNS JUSTICE ADEMOLA, WIFE FOR GRATIFICATION, OTHER OFFENCES

Church Building Collapse; None Of My Aides Died Trying To Save Me Gov Udom.

Crisis of confidence hits Accord Party, as chair is dragged to court

Wike declares Rivers SARS commander unwanted

News Buhari, Sirleaf to hold talks with Jammeh over election row

Buhari, others in Banjul on fence mending

Okowa promises more road projects in 2017

Rivers rerun: Why I will never fund police, army again Wike

PDP crisis: Makarfi, Sheriff ask each other to exit party

 

TRIBUNE:

FG urged to prosecute electoral offenders

IG orders investigation into beheading of DSP in Rivers

Opposition parties’ perception of politics needs to change ‘NIPSS DG

We will pay workers before Dec 20 ‘Kogi gov

Fire killed 12, destroyed N 2.1bn property in Sokoto in 12 months ‘DG, Fire Services

Why we came up with pension bill for speakers, deputy speakers ‘Lagos Assembly

Uyo building collapse: CAN commiserates with victims, bereaved, Udom

We’ll not relent in equipping security agencies, Ambode assures

Kaduna gov signs N214bn budget into law ‘Zamfara presents N107bn budget proposal for 2017

Senate investigates alleged $4bn non-remittance by NNPC, NPDC

Yuletide season: Security agencies carry out joint show of force

Presidential delegation visits victims of Madagali bomb blast in Adamawa

Boko Haram terrorists, suspects will be prosecuted ‘FG

APC crisis: We must salvage our party ‘Oyegun ‘As Dogara says crisis normal

INEC has lost its independence ‘Ekweremadu

FG misses promised 6,000MW electricity generation ‘As power generation hovers between 1,500 and 3,200MW

Ondo received N6.5bn Paris Club re-fund

 

GUARDIAN:

No evidence yet to indict Diezani, Adoke, Aganga on Malabu oil deal

Lagos records 246 murder, 486 armed robbery cases in one year

Ekweremadu seeks single term for president, governors

90 per cent offemale prisoners pregnant, nursing mothers

Malaria killed 429000, infected 212 million in 2015, says WHO

Court fixes Feb 2017 to rule on Goodie Ibru’s application to quash charge

Panic, humour as MMM ‘crashes

Michael Ibru’s burial rites begin in Agbarha-Otor

BoI disburses over N30m to MSMEs under pact with Oduduwa Foundation

How dollarisation of gas supply hurts electricity sector

Nigeria targets localising 50% of Internet traffic by 2020

Egbin to double capacity to 2,200MW by 2020

NIMPORT to partner NIWA on waterway navigation

 

 

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PEOPLE’S DAILY
Ayine emerges AGF nominee, to Senate
AU leaders in Gambia to chart peaceful transition
Senate orders NNPC, NPDC probed over unremitted $3.34BN
N’East Devt Commission: senate backslides excludes Kano, Plateau

NEW TELEGRAPH
Panic as MMM freezes 3.3m Nigerians’ accounts
Rivers rerun: PDP demands military, DSS, POLICE’S probe
Senate wont rubber stamp 2017 budget – Saraki
Biafra: my testimony will break up Nigeria – kanu
Judge upbraids EFCC over Kalu’s trial




THE AUTHORITY
Protest as court allows shielding witness in KANU’s trial
FG to issue new oil licences to fund 2017 budget
MMM shocks Nigerian subscribers, goes on one month break
Amaechi, Adeosun shun Reps over N1trn failed rail contracts

THE BLUEPRINT
Over 3m Nigerians lose billions to MMM
NASS probe NNPC, Malabu over oil deals
Another LT.-Col killed by Boko Haram insurgents
Xmas: Okorocha doles out N20m, doubles salaries to civil servants

NIGERIAN PILOT
Panic as MMM freezes members’ accounts… EFCC – “we warned you”
Senate accuses NNPC of failing to remit $3.487BN
President nominates Ayine as Auditor-General
Rivers re-run: Amaechi ordered my arrest– Commissioner
Buhari revises 2017-2019 MTEF
Military takes over Gambian Electoral Commission

NATION
Patience Jonathan faces fresh hurdles over $15.5m
Justice Ademola, wife deny corruption charges
How Fed Govt’ll raise N10tr in 2017
Jammeh receptive to quit advice, says Buhari
Panic as MMM stops payment
Fed Govt loses $1b yearly to gas flaring
Reps disagree over Medium Term Expenditure Framework
Anti-graft agency quizzes OAU VC over N1.4b
Uyo: Roof supplier, site engineer trade blames

THISDAY
NBS: 68.5% of Households Own Their Houses
Buhari, ECOWAS Leaders Meet Jammeh, Insist He Must Step down
Justice Ademola, Wife Arraigned, Get N100m Bail on Self-Recognition
Six Months after, Buhari Appoints New Auditor-General
NHRC Asks FG to Prosecute Electoral Offenders in Rivers
EFCC Withdraws Charges against Former FCT Minister

DAILY SUN
Boko Haram kills another colonel
Panic, confusion as MMM suspends payment
Rivers rerun: democracy under threat – Makarfi
Senate probes NNPC, NPDC over unremitted $5.6 bn
FG to fight recession with n7.2 TR package

VANGUARD
20 arrested over killing of policemen, missing NYSC members in Rivers re-run
‘Over 101,500 Nigerians murdered since 1999— Report
Buhari forwards Ayine to Senate for confirmation as AuGF
Ondo confirms receipt of N6.5bn Paris Club refund
Rivers Rerun: A bloody recap
Senators protest removal of Kano, Plateau from devt commission
Edo poll: Tribunal dismisses YDP’s petition
Biafra: By the time I finish testifying there will be no Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu tells Judge
Alleged N1trn failed rail contracts: Amaechi, Adeosun, Waziri, others shun Reps c’ttee
2016: Lagos records 246 murders, 51 kidnap cases in one year
Pay us our pensions, gratuities, Delta pensioners beg Okowa
Ogbe-Ijoh didn’t invade Aladja, kill Urhobo indigene—Youth leader

LEADERSHIP
JAMB Exam Centres To Have CCTV Cameras – Oloyede
‘North Central Unity Bridge Not A Political Party’
Commission Embarks On Training To Trace Nomadic Students
IGP Sets Up C’ttee To Tackle Cattle Rustling
CSOs Allege Persecution Of Patience Jonathan By FG
Blame Onu Not Presidency For Marginalisation, Okorocha Tells Ebonyi APC
Reconsider Sale Of Power Coys, Reps Tell FG
‘2019: Atiku Committed To APC‘

PUNCH
N1tn Abuja land scam: EFCC seizes 12 properties from ex-minister, Mohammed,…
Senate probes $5.4bn NNPC, NPDC unremitted revenue
FG uncovers N2.2tn unrecorded debts after audit
Senate set to create special fund for constituency projects
Court orders EFCC to unfreeze Fayose’s accounts
Don’t worship in uncompleted buildings, CAN tells churches
‘Tinubu will only leave APC if…’
Terrorists disguise as labourers to attack Madagali, Maiduguri –DHQ
HMCAN to write N’Assembly on health insurance crisis




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