LOCAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: WEDNESDAY 16/12/2015

PUNCH

·        TUC opposes reintroduction of tolling on roads

·        UK court blames Jonathan for $1.1bn oil scandalbars Etete from getting N17bn

·        Chinese plan fresh N98.5bn investment in Nigeria

·        Akin Adesola emerges as new Lagos auto arena

·        Stock market sheds N78bn as 39 companies lose

·        Aero workers worry about looming job losses

·        Adopt new approach to business challenges CIPM

·        Gala set to ignite Turkish war over Mikel

·        Azeez targets Copa Lagos glory

·        Shofoluwe urges Under-23 team improvement

·        Unuanel targets Sunshine double

·        Taekwondo federation intact Secretary

·        Messi tax investigation dropped

·        Ex-Eagles play against HIV/AIDS

·        Pepsi Academy rewards coaches, players

·        Isife wins Tiger Open tourney

·        Depot owners responsible for fuel scarcity IPMAN

·        Court sacks Secondus as PDP chairman

·        Recovered funds intact, Magu tells Reps

·        Ambode assures residents of judicious use of funds

·        EFCC: Dasuki used arms cash to buy assets in London, Dubai

·        Policemen beat up, rupture churchgoer's intestine

·        Lagos N168m debt threatens rural water supply

·        Nine foreign oil thieves bag five years jail

·        Ondo workers warn Mimiko against pay cut

·        20 pipeline vandals arrested in Lagos

·        Join govt against B'Haram, Buhari tells religious leaders

·        Women found dead by roadside, private parts removed

·        Idanre ready for Mare Festivalas Mimiko lauds Nollywood

·        FG may employ jobless graduates as teachers Ngige

·        I didnt cancel Southern Ijaw results unilaterally REC

·        Alleged N44.5m fraud against CCT chair, mere suspicion AGF

·        Election battles have become more competitive, says INEC

·        BHaram killed 700,000, displaced 2.2 million in NEast Reps

·        Nigeriansll beg PDP to return Fani-Kayode

·        Fraudsters impersonating me Ashafa

·        Focus on solution, Murray-Bruce tells APC

·        Stay away from Lagos, APC warns pro-Biafran agitators

·        NITDA queries SystemSpec for hosting TSA database abroad

THISDAY

·        EHORECON Boss to Close Illegal Health Training Institutions

·        Access to Budget Information Vital to Anti-Graft War

·        CSR: Jovago Supports Victims of Oko-oba Fire

·        A.M. Best Ugrades Rating of AXA Mansard Insurance to BBB-

·        Oriental Energy Clarifies Status of Ebok Field, Negotiations with Afren

·        Understanding Bear Markets

·        Five Perm Secs in Niger Own up to N3bn Fraud

·        Anti-social Media Bill: Oyintiloye Cautions Senate against Cyber Repression

·        Oshiomhole: Why I Removed Head of Service

·        Ecuadorian Envoy Presents Letter of Credence to Buhari

·        NAPTIP: Poverty, Peer Pressure, Responsible For Human Trafficking

·        Chinese Investors Commit $500'm to Expansion Nigerian Businesses

·        Mixta Nigeria Targets Affordable Housing

·        Court Reinstates Dismissed EFCC Director, Ibekaku, Orders Payment of Full Entitlements

·        Court Sacks PDP Chairman, Issues 14-days to Vacate Office

·        Dasuki, Bafarawa, 4 Others Plead not Guilty to Corruption Charges

·        Shiites : Soldiers Lay Siege to Kano-Zaria Highway

·        Kwara Poly Students Protest Late Registration Charge

·        Ecuadorian Envoy Presents Letter of Credence to Buhari

·        Yuguda Spent 91bn Vote - Bauchi Govt

·        NAPTIP: Poverty, Greed, Peer Pressure, Others Responsible for Human Trafficking

·        Akwa Ibom Creating 10,000 Jobs

·        Sokoto LG Polls: Court Summons APC over Primaries

·        Six Political Parties Want Bayelsa Poll Cancelled

·        Mark's Date with History

·        Faleke: An Acid Test for the Courts

·        FG Planning to Silence Me, Claims Metuh

·        Diaspora Tarabans Urge Judiciary to Save State

·        NBA Boss Defends Fayose over Dressing Style to Assembly

·        Fashola: We'll Talk Less, Do More on Power Sector Reform

·        Environmental Pollution: Nigerians Sitting on Time Bomb

·        NUPENG Blames FG for Protracted Fuel Scarcity

·        UN: Boko Haram's Female Suicide Bombers Often Unaware They're Carrying Bombs

·        Teacher Training, Equal Opportunity, Key to Finland's Success in Education, Says Envoy

·        Jim Ovia: Nigeria Should Urbanise Sustainably Through Investment Approaches focusing on Superior Performance

·        All Mortgage Assets to Be Insured as NAICOM, FMBN Strengthen Partnership

·        1004 Estates Limited Requests IGPs Investigation of Police Role in Tenants Interference with Facilities Management

·        Chinese Investors Commit $500'm to Expansion Nigerian Businesses

·        Substandard Goods: SON to Introduce Reference Code for Products in 2016

·        Three Shiite Members Killed in Kaduna During Protest over Army Crackdown

·        Angola Overtakes Nigeria in Crude Oil Production

·        Buhari Admits Receiving Two SUVs from Jonathan after Boko Haram Attack

·        UN: Boko Haram's Female Suicide Bombers Often Unaware They're Carrying Bombs

·        Bauchi Govt: Yuguda Spent 91bn Security Vote

·        Crude Theft: Kachikwu's War Yields Result, 20 Vandals Arrested

VANGUARD

·        ARMS PROBE: Dasuki faces 47-count charges in 3 courts

·        Nigeria loses $248m, N3.558bn to waivers in 6 yrs 'NPA

·        Ibom Seaport: 2018 completion date sacrosanct 'Gov Emmanuel

·        How we upgraded from phones thieves to full-time robbers'Suspects

·        INSECURITY: Police vow to stamp out insurgency by December deadline

·        Ransome-Kuti petitions Defence Minister over conviction by Court-Martial

·        APC chieftain calls for ex-NIMASA DG's release

·        Army/Shiite clash: NHRC sets up probe panel

·        Bank debt: Court rules on contempt suit Jan 15

·        Amaechi lauds introduction of e-clearance for flights

·        9 foreigners jailed 5 years for oil theft

·        Can we afford the N5,000 stipend

·        Why I'll continue to oppose Buhari, APC ' Gov FAYOSE

·        My trip to APC ' Senator Adighije

·        NSE: Investors lose N109bn in two days

·        World manufacturing output grew 2.7% in third quarter 'UNIDO

·        FRCN vs Stanbic IBTC: We were misled

·        Edo 2016 ' APC: All trees, no 'Iroko

·        Atlantic rebounds on repayment plan

·        2016 Budget and poverty alleviation: Matters arising

·        The Igbo Question: A response to JIbrin Ibrahim

·        E-UNIT: Adeosun's strategy against waste in FG expenditure

·        60 Nigerians to become millionaires through Airtel

·        Why cybersecurity law needs urgent amendment

·        ICT Devt Index: Implications of Nigeria's low ranking

·        Spectranet subscribers to get Double Data this season

·        CHAN 2016: Eagles camp bubbles

·        Ogba hails Ambode for reviving Lagos Marathon

·        Olympians oppose blanket ban on doping nations

·        Yesufu wants sponsorship drive intensified for players

·        Pinnick hails appointment of Okowa as Delta sports boss

·        Galatasaray table $8.5m for Mikel

·        Who do you owe allegiance to: Corruption vs the common good

·        The God of money and the Nigerian gods of corruption

·        Agboyi ' Ketu residents get touch of care, healing

·        Potable water: SFH launches WaterGuard Plus

·        Illegality of stay of proceedings in FRN v Saraki

GUARDIAN

·        Fayose urges Buhari to resign for alleged incompetence

·        Electric powered straddle carriers debuts at ports in 2016

·        Electricity consumers worry over power supply at yuletide

·        Three feared dead in fresh Shiites clash with security men

·        Dasuki, Yuguda, Bafarawa, son docked, remanded in custody

·        Govt not paying N5,000 to all Nigerian youth

·        Foundation celebrates the late music legend, Yusuf Olatunji

·        Metuh alleges govt plans to silence him

·        Buhari denies receiving monetary gift from Dasuki

·        Climate deal short-changed worlds poorest people, says Oxfam

·        Why our victim died in captivity, kidnap suspects explain

·        I owe nobody apology for commitment to Nigeria, says Obasanjo

·        Buhari presents N6tr budget to NASS on Tuesday

·        Immigration arrests Senegalese woman with cocaine at border

·        Senate orders recall of suspended police officer 21 years after

·        NUPENG decries lingering fuel crisis, kicks against subsidy removal

·        Why we cleared CCT boss, Umar, of wrongdoing, by AGF

·        Ogba, others commend Ambode, Access Bank for Lagos City Marathon

·        Enyimba, Warri Wolves battle for Eunisell shirt sponsorship deal

·        Gbajabiamila, Elliot football tourney begins in Surulere

·        Mikel wants to join U-23 Eagles for Rio Olympics

·        Smartphones to become extinct by 2020

·        Telecoms sector in Nigeria, SAfrica to add $166b to regions GDP by 2020

·        Experts charge computer village operators on reinvention

·        ICT: The state of the nation

·        Phase3 Telecom to honour stakeholders at Yuletide

·        ConSol seeks more opportunities for BPO initiative in Nigeria

·        StarTimes boosts viewing with new channels

·        CWG charges lawyers on technology adoption

·        ISIS: Time for U.S.-Russia ground assault

·        IROLAGOS HOSTS SOIREE GARDEN PARTY

·        D'banj To Be Featured On E! News

·        Tourist Attraction: Zimbabwe Victoria Falls And Zambezi River

·        Taylor Swift Announces 1989 Live World Tour Film Hosted Only By Apple Music

·        New Video Premiere: Adekunle Gold- Pick Up

·        Multiple Award Nominated Movie REBECCA Set For UK Premiere

·        Kemi Olunloyo Claims Linda Ikeji's Banana Island Mansion Was A Political Gift

·        Serena Williams Is Fierce As Sportsperson Of The Year For Sports Illustrated

·        British Research Fellow laments decline of Nigerian travel writing, African languages

·        Etteh at 80, multiple dance steps for engineering icon

·        Stepping up appreciation of national art competition

·        Why were staging The Chibok Girls: Our Story, by Oguntokun

·        Kakadu ignites symbiosis of visual and performance arts at Christmas

THE NATION

·        N31b loot: Jonathan's camp to seek talks with Buhari

·        Three dead as Shiite members protest

·        Court sacks PDP Acting Chair Secondus

·        I got no cash for attack, says Buhari

·        EFCC: Dasuki diverted cash to buy houses in Dubai, London

·        Alleged N18b fraud: Court remands Dasuki, Turaki, Bafarawa, others in EFCC custody

·        The 20th Olu of Warri and the burden of expectations

·        Ambode: we'll utilise tax payers' money well

·        Mountain Top varsity resumes Monday

·        Obasanjo urges support for Ortom

·        NUPENG accuses security operatives, others of aggravating fuel sacrcity

·        Fed Govt moves to insure mortgages

·        CBN acquires 62, 021 meters for power firm

·        Buhari to present 2016 budget next week

·        Stanbic IBTC appeals judgment on FRC sanction

·        Fayose: In his usual fashion

·        Akoko should produce next Ondo governor

·        Season of inconclusive elections

·        Power should shift to Akure

·        Chieftain advises Lagos APC on unity

·        APC floors PDP in Boripe/Ifelodun/Odo-Otin Constituency

TRIBUNE

·        Buhari never received money from Dasuki, he got 2 SUVs he was entitled to as ex-head of state, says Presidency

·        Court orders PDP National Chairman to vacate office within 14 days

·        We didn't breach any rule to become Senate President, deputy, say Saraki, Ekweremadu

·        Minister orders reduction of security agencies at Lagos airport

·        FG raises security alert, warns against violent protests

·        2 courts fix Thursday, Friday to rule on Dasuki, others' bail applications

·        Saudi Arabia names Nigeria among 34-country Islamic alliance to fight terrorism

·        Pipeline surveillance: FG orders probe of Asari Dokubo, Ateke Tom, others

·        OBJ charges Nigerians on regular exercise

·        Italy seizes 3,500 fake 'Apostolic Blessings' in Rome

·        Xi, Obama pledge cooperation to implement Paris climate accord

·        Over 700,000 people evacuated as typhoon hits Philippines

·        Row over minister's apointment: ANC says no plans to dismiss Zuma