LOCAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: FRIDAY 22/1/2016

 

THE PUNCH

Lagos plans steady power supply in health centres

Plateau confirms five fresh Lassa fever cases

Return stolen funds, Ahmadiyyah tells looters

Dasuki files fresh application to stop trial

Oshiomhole, Lagos Speaker, others mourn monarch

Adetunji visits Odugade family

We’ll give Olubadan a befitting burial —Ajimobi

Panic as govt simulates plane crash in Lagos

APC regime, a step to fascism – PDP govs

Constitution review: Dogara meets empty hall for panel’s inauguration

I didn’t step down as Bayelsa Speaker –Benson

Arms probe: Metuh arraigned for destroying evidence

Cultists invade Rivers communities, kill 16

Order on asset declaration to expose corruption –Defence HQ

You can’t be Olubadan, chiefs tell Oyediji, endorse Adetunji

Court bars Wike from evicting sacked perm secs

ICPC arraigns ex-governor Yerima for N1bn fraud

THE NATION

EFCC arraigns Metuh for destroying his statement

Govt plans 42% GDP growth

ICPC arraigns ex-Governor Sani for alleged N1b fraud

Chiefs reject Seriki’s claim to Olubadan throne

Diezani at London police station

Ajimobi eulogises Olubadan as chiefs brief governor on monarch’s death

Ex-militant leaders: we didn’t blow up pipelines

Things fall apart at 1004 Estates 1004

Lawyer dies in London after Lagos road crash

False copter crash alert creates panic in Lagos

Ambode directs work to begin on Ajasa-Command, Abesan roads

Fire razes train, Samsung showroom, fibre firm

We use toy gun to scare motorists, says suspected robber

Ejigbo three: Father alleges daughter’s death

Another judge orders Metuh’s remand in Kuje prison

PDP governors deplore spokesman’s handcuffing

Reps summon Ambode, Monguno, others over $470m CCTV contract

Alleged N13.5b arms scam: Lawyer’s absence stalls proceedings in Dasuki’s trial

Lassa fever: Osun places 55 under surveillance

THE VANGUARD

Women’s jobs at risk in fourth industrial revolution

FG, UNIDO in talks over continuity of country’s projects

Return govt vehicle number plates, Enugu orders politicians

Court vacates bench warrant against Rep

Anambra Central Rerun: PDP must get it right —Obiora Okonkwo

Insurgency: Police high command deploys DIG, others to restore civil authority in N-East

I remain Bayelsa Assembly Speaker —Benson

Ex-Zamfara gov arraigned over alleged diversion of N1bn, granted N100m bail

Kogi Central Rerun: Group warns against accepting APC candidate

Biafra: Kanu should be in prison custody, not in DSS captivity —Rights group

ARMS PROBE: I’ll open up next week, says Falae

Olubadan-in-Council backs Adetunji, Seriki line kicks

Fire guts railway coaches, Samsung office in Lagos

I remain a PDP member —Ayade

Kidnapped Delta monarch found dead in Edo

22-yr-old pregnant housewife raped to death in Kano

Delta lawmaker commends Okowa on youth empowerment

TRIBUNE

Nigeria, Saudi Arabia clash over oil price at World Economic Forum meeting

Handcuffing of Metuh, plan to cast PDP in bad light, say PDP governors

55 placed under monitoring over Lassa fever in Osun

Suspected cultists go on rampage in Lagos, destroy 10 vehicles, raze 6 shops, building

Navy arrests ship found with 183 Nigerians, 41 illegal migrants from Gabon

Adetunji is indisputable Olubadan-designate — Olubadan-in-Council •As Olubadan-designate

Nigerian who posed as church volunteer to rape 17-year-old jailed 24 years in UK

Diezani returns to London police station

Arms deal: Judge stands down case for Dasuki’s appearance

Adetunji should be installed Olubadan —Olunloyo •Oyediji not a high chief —Baale Ayorinde

DAILY TRUST

Fayose denies owning house in Dubai

Gareth Bale’s transfer contract document leaked

Lassa fever: 55 people put under surveillance in Osun

Pregnant woman murdered in Kano

Oyedeji: D’Tigers will fight for medals at Rio Olympics

Cricket Federation drafts 22 players for World League camp

I won't be playing in Nigeria next season- Etebo

PDP govs: Metuh's handcuffing a terrible decay of power

2019: INEC to deploy new tech for collation

Kanu dead or alive not my business - Okorocha

Appeal Court ruling and why Taraba deserves better

Passionate Appeal to Buhari: ‘Go back to your first love’

Gunmen kill 21 at university in Pakistan

US seeks immediate aid for Syrian war victims

Adoke, Fadile, Sarkin Yaki, Dikko, others face arrest

Reps to summon Bala Mohammed over land swap, others

Musa Abdullahi Krishi & Ibrahim Kabiru Sule

Polio: FG to include govs in task force

Nigeria must tackle corruption to grow – Britain

UN launches advocacy group to tackle poverty, inequality