LOCAL HEADLINES: WEDNESDAY 23/12/2015

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: WEDNESDAY 23/12/2015

PUNCH

 

·        Forte Oil net income rises by 7%

·        Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers gets NSE commendation

·        NSE market capitalisation rises by N66bn

·        Zenith funds promise better result next year

·        Marketers confirm subsidy payment, explain petrol scarcity

·        Amusan targets Olympics qualification

·        Taekwondo crisis: NTF awaits ministers verdict

·        Copa Lagos: Pepsi committed to football development

·        Abramovich asks Emenalo to get Guardiola

·        Ajimobi presents N165bn budget for 2016

·        Hoodlums kill three policemen in Rivers

·        Turn to God, Kumuyi urges Nigerians

·        Fayose lied, got N1.9bn, not N1.3bn in Dec. APC

·        NLC rejects hike in electricity tariff, subsidy removal

·        Group laments blackout in Ogwashi-Uku

·        BSN calls for peaceful resolution of Biafran agitation

·        Foundation urges Igbo businessmen to invest at home

·        Reps grill Buratai, summon Arase over Zaria killings

·        Police arrest car thieves, recover stolen vehicles

·        12 feared killed in Rivers as pirates ordered passengers to jump into sea

·        Woman arraigned in Edo for stealing group fund

·        Rift over Anambra court workers' salaries deepens

·        Ogun: Police arrest 116 robbers in six months

·        Suspected robber misses way after operation, arrested

·        Police admit killing UNIPORT student, SUG fumes

·        Another family demands missing son from embattled DPO

·        Double honours: PUNCH wins Newspaper of the Year again

·        Contractors handling Ayinke hospital messed up ' Health commissioner

·        I won't put pressure on myself 'Ighalo

·        Serena, Djokovic named world champions

·        NCAA fines Aero over Bauchi incident

·        APC, PDP clash on Buhari's N6tn budget

·        Biafra: Kanu faces fresh charges

·        IG okays promotion of 558 police schoolteachers

·        Bayelsa rerun: PDP, APC clash over rigging plot

·        Budget: Buhari arrives NAssembly as Reps debate Dogaras birthday

·        Stop blaming Jonathan, Murray-Bruce tells Lai Mohammed

·        Ill fulfil Buharis vision for Niger Delta Seminitari

·        Pay me my money, Fasehun tells Buhari

·        Rivers Assembly sacks council boss over killings

·        Govt records N103bn shortfall in revenue allocation

·        Senate extends 2015 budget implementation to March 2016

THISDAY

·        Boko Haram Insurgency Forces 1m Children out of School

·        FG Declares December 24, 25, 28 Public Holidays

·        Semenitari: I'll Fulfil Buhari's Vision for Niger Delta Development

·        IG Meets NSCIA on Shiite Group, Says Detainees Can be Visited

·        Nobody is Reducing Minimum Wage, Says FG

·        Police Service Commission Promotes 986 Officers

·        Gombe: Police Promise Hitch-free Celebration

·        Ogun Pays December Salary Plus Bonus

·        EHORECON Boss to Close Illegal Health Training Institutions

·        Two Years After, Badagry Communities Protest Demolition of Buildings by Police

·        Housing Sector Holds Key to Solving Youth Unemployment, Says Al-Amin

·        Be Vigilant, Niger Govt Tells Indigenes

·        Emmanuel, Ajimobi, Ahmed Present 2016 Budgets to State Assemblies

·        Christopher Chukwuemeka Okoro for Burial

·        Ayade Lights up Calabar, Pledges to Eradicate Unemployment

·        NBA: Inadequate Funding Responsible for Corruption in Judiciary

·        Again, Osun Offers Free Train for Christmas, New Year Holiday Makers

·        Subsidy Removal Inevitable, Says Oyegun

·        Ekiti CJ Frees 28 Inmates

·        Sokoto Doles out N500,000 Each to Families of Victims of Hajj Stampede

·        NBA: Inadequate Funding Cause of Corruption in judiciary

·        Police Promotes 986 Officers

·        Sokoto Gives Hajj Stampede Victims' Families N500,000 Each

·        Buhari Presents N6.08tr 2016 Budget

·        Appeal Court Moves Reserved Judgment on Delta Guber Poll to Abuja

·        Sokoto LG Polls: APC Sets up Council, Zonal Campaign Committees

·        Before Akala Makes That Move

·        Time for Faleke to Rethink Strategy

·        Memories of Bala and Chima At a Time Like This

·        Buhari Presents N6.08tn Budget, Says CBN to Review Forex Policy

·        The Budget of Change

·        Fayose: 20 Things Nigerians Should Expect under Buhari's Govt in 2016

·        N1bn Fine: Court Adjourns Guinness' Suit against NAFDAC to Feb 8

·        2016 Budget Implementable, Says Al-Makura

·        Bauchi Airport Fiasco: FAAN Absolves Self of Wrong Conduct

·        Climate Change May Cost Nigeria $460bn by 2050

·        Abia North Senatorial Rerun: Ohuabunwa Vows to Beat Opponents

·        NGO Set to Give Soft Loans to IDPs, Donates N20m Items

·        Celebration of Life for Archbishop Akinadewo

·        Music Legends, Evelyn King, Obey, Others Excite Guests at Glo-sponsored Ovation Carol

·        House Commences Investigations into Zaria Killings

·        Last Edition of 2015 Glo Slide 'n' Bounce Holds in Enugu

·        Adelabu, a Quintessential Role Model

·        Abia APGA is at It Again

·        Okowa Calls for Revamping of Nigeria's Steel Industry

·        Merging Ministries of Housing, Works, Power is Counterproductive

·        Real Estate Professionals, Financers to Collaborate on Property Development, Sales

·        Effective Land Administration is Crucial to Housing Delivery

·        Structural Engineers to Introduce Members to Stakeholders

VANGUARD

·        Budget 2016'll revive economy, says Buhari

·        Military versus Zakzaky's group

·        Her cruel taunts put me off sex

·        Semenitari takes over as acting MD, NDDC, promises devt

·        2016 will be tough, but' 'Oshiomhole

·        Bank challenges N4.5b breach of contract judgement

·        NCAA sanctions Aero over Bauchi Airport ladder saga

·        Cross River declares 5-yr tax holiday for outdoor practitioners

·        14,000 police, 200 civilians get human rights training

·        Jigawa to employ 100 foreign doctors to enhance manpower

·        What Omo-Agege's emergence means to the Urhobos

·        Benue South: David Mark's new battle

·        MAN charges CBN to stop funding Bureaux de Change

·        Edo 2016: The next governor

·        Must dos in Bayelsa guber re-run election

·        Broadband is the next revolution 'Danbatta

·        Lenovo unveils new VIBE series smartphones,

·        My Gift Arena makes gift easy for families at christmas

·        Science & tech, key to solving Nigeria's economic woes

·        Expo participants challenge Computer Village traders on online presence

·        Sports Minister reads riot out to NFF

·        CHAN: Super Eagles face Angola, Cote d' Ivoire test

·        NTF board reaffirms Binga as president

·        Rio 2016: Siasia dismisses overage players list

·        GOtv Boxing Night: 'Beating Skoro will be my Xmas gift to Ugandans,' boasts Kakembo

·        Buhari to reward athletes in the new year

·        O'jez plans foreign trips for table tennis team

·        MTV Base ends 2015 in style

·        How Skepta, Krept & Konan, Olamide rocked Beat FM Xmas concert

·        Buhari, the Army, ethnic and religious militias

·        Nigeria needs a higher sense of purpose

·        APC and appeal court ruling on Akwa Ibom governorship election

GUARDIAN

·        Abia Warriors to retain 70 per cent of current players

·        Tour de France 2017 returns to Germany after 30 years

·        England get easy win over South Africa A team

·        Wales Rugby star, Davies signs new contract with Scarlets

·        Fifa committee was asleep for four years, Platini declares

·        Chelsea rift rumours written by idiots, says Matic

·        Enugu Rangers to begin screening December 28

·        Ojezs table tennis team for overseas training tour

·        Dalung bars NFF from selling Under 23 Eagles players

·        Steel firm commences work on 400,000MT plant in LFZ

·        SIFAX unveils strategic growth agenda

·        Stakeholders explain anti-corruption clause for shipping contracts

·        Indiscriminate granting of waivers to foreigners worries ship owners

·        NSEs market capitalisation up by N66 billion

·        The holidays were never meant to be marked by stress, anxiety

·        Manufacturers canvass pharmaceutical village, single digit interest loans

·        Winners emerge in Ships & Ports essay competition

·        NEPC advocates incentives to boost non-oil export

·        Why petrol price is high despite crude oil plunge

·        MTN refutes report of refusal to pay $3.9b fine

·        Concerns as Buhari unveils first-ever non-oil budget

·        LASEM A boss calls for safety during Yuletide

·        Warri residents send S.O.S to govt over bad roads

·        Govt to blame for Lekki mayhem

·        Man docked for allegedly slapping woman

·        Iraqi forces advance into strategic IS area

·        South Africa to lease planes from Airbus

·        Sweden to stop train service to Denmark over identity check

·        Parliament seeks Greeces recognition of Palestine

·        Two killed in Indian plane crash

·        Central African Republic set for presidential poll

·        Blaise Compaore for arrest over murder of Thomas Sankara in BFaso

·        Group advises parents on girls safety

·        Nigeria not yet a nation, says Uwazuruike

·        HURIWA seeks better relations between Army, civilians after military/Shiites clash

·        NMA asks Governor Aregbesola to dialogue with striking doctors

·        4m lives could be saved by 2022 through Health Act

·        NLC says past leaders lost focus on poverty, unemployment

·        Manufacturers reject new electricity tariffs, threaten court action

·        NCC raids illegal spots, seizes decoders, dishes in Edo

·        Science, technology can solve our challenges, says Onu

·        The N120m to NPAN: This is our story

·        Presidency promise to reward victorious athletes next year

·        Sneijder may hit Old Trafford amid Mourinho speculations

·        Pummeling Nigerias Usman will be my Xmas gift to my fans, Ugandas Kakemboboasts

·        State govt accuses FC Taraba officials of inciting players protest

·        Taekwondo board explains decision to remove Ashiru as president

·        Okagbares Guiness Book success thrills AFN

THE NATION

·        500,000 teaching jobs on the way in N6.08tr budget

·        The Nation hauls 13 awards at NMMA

·        Reps grill Buratai over soldiers', Shiites' clash

·        Faleke to tribunal: declare me Kogi governor-elect

·        Govt lists six treason charges against kanu

·        APC hails Buhari's budget presentation

·        Budget 2016: Reshaping Nigeria's future with N6.08tr

·        MASSOB blames Obiano for members' death

·        Saraki, Dogara seek Buhari's support to fight corruption

·        Administration of Criminal Justice Act and treasury looters

·        Court dismisses charges against Kads Farms CEO

·        Workers accuse Mobil of delaying appeal

·        CCT can't proceed with trials while its jurisdiction is being challenged

·        Agbakoba advocates 'Union of Nigeria

·        Isara Remo stool: pre-trial conference for Jan 20

·        Wanted: Customary Court of Appealfor Lagos

·        How international law can aid development

·        Buhari directs immediate payment of December salaries

·        N1b fine: Guinness, NAFDAC begin settlement talks

·        NCAA sanctions Aero Contractors

·        Buhari 'll not fail to deliver on his promises, says Momoh

·        APC 'll rule Ondo next year

·        Senate sets up 41-member constitution review panel

·        Ikpeazu 'll not be distracted by opposition, says aide

·        Lawmaker hails Appeal Court judgment

THE SUN

·        School's out: Boko Haram has driven 1 million kids out of school

·        Lagos gridlock: 3,000 tanker drivers struggle for fuel daily ' FRSC

·        Brent hits lowest since 2004 as supply surges

·        Buhari's budget a big fraud' ' PDP

·        India: Hospital provides free medical aid hardest hit victims of Chennai flood

·        Be wary of expelled MASSOB members, Uwazuruike warns politicos

·        Full text of President Buhari's 2016 Budget speech

·        Buhari presents 2016 Budget, reassures petrol will still sell at N87/litre

·        Again, DHQ alerts Nigerians on new B'Haram tactics terrorists

·        Fuel scarcity: Nigerians paying for Jonathan's sins 'FG

TRIBUNE

·        Wike assents to Rivers 2016 budget

·        Appeal Court upholds election of 6 Oyo House of Assembly members

·        Prepare for harder times in 2016, Presidency tells Nigerians

·        Appeal Court president knocks Sahara Reporters for accusing her of sacking judges handling election petition

·        We won't accept fuel price hike, subsidy removal 'NLC

·        Tribune carts away awards at NMMA ceremony

·        No state can reduce N18,000 minimum wage, says FG

·        Police get new AIG, 5 CPs, 18 DCPs, 25 ACPs, others

·        Family members, others free to visit detained Shiite members, says IG

·        Many passengers injured as train hits truck in Lagos

·        FG declares Thursday, Friday, Monday December 24, 25, 28 public holidays

·        UPDATED: Buhari says petrol price to remain at N87, apologises for queues at petrol stations

·        2016 Budget Speech delivered by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday

·        Ex-Burkina Faso president wanted for killing Thomas Sankara

·        Former Boko Haram captives take refuge in Cameroon

·        Ghana president bans first class travel for public officials

·        Kenyan Muslims shield Christians during militant attack