LOCAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: THURSDAY 28/01/2016

PUNCH

Don’t interfere in Olubadan matter, Oyediji tells Ajimobi

Metuh’s firm had N6.6m balance before Dasuki’s N400m

Buhari seeks stiffer penalty for money launderers

I won’t speak on arms scandal now – Jonathan

EFCC summons oil magnate, Omokore, again

Suicide bombers attack Chibok, kill 14

Falana knocks Okonjo-Iweala, says ex-minister deceitful

Estate manager accuses police of frustrating court order

Group kicks against Lagos ban on sand mining

Lagos records second death from Lassa fever

Police set up committee for Adewusi’s burial

N’Assembly pledges to recover NDDC funds

Ex-Lagos deputy gov, Pedro may get over N500m entitlements

Lagos goes after cultists, gangsters

More European tourists test positive for Zika

Why I shunned Bello’s inauguration – Faleke

Boko Haram: Aisha Buhari visits injured soldiers

THE NATION

Obasanjo accuses Senators, Reps of reckless spending

Yahaya Bello sworn in as Kogi governor

Supreme Court okays Wike, Amosun, Umahi

Crisis in PDP as Gulak ‘takes over’

Saraki: we must lay bare Senate’s budget

Senate fixes Feb. 25 to pass Budget

Southsouth ex-lawmakers urges Tompolo to surrender

EFCC gives Obaigbena two-week ultimatum to refund N670m

Oil price crash: Mismanagement, corruption backlash hunt economy

Expectant mum suffers womb rupture in police cell

Woman slumps as fire guts bungalow, church

Woman flees with fiancé’s N295.5m after drugging him

Faleke: I wasn’t invited to inauguration

Buhari seeks enhancement of Money Laundering Act

EU backs anti-graft war

VANGUARD

A-Ibom Assembly tasks MDAs on IGR

500,000 unemployed graduates as teachers: Solving one problem to create more?

LASSA FEVER: 1 dies, 26 under surveillance in Jigawa

Kenyan, Ivorian Presidents to chair 2016 Africa CEOs forum

Maritime Varsity: Ijaw youths demand apology from Amaechi

Ajimobi, Ahmed, Emir of Ilorin mourn ex-IGP Adewusi

Okowa flays calls for more tertiary institutions in Delta

Buhari sends money laundering, criminal activities bills to Senate

Boko Haram: Female bombers kill 14, injure 24 in Chibok

Nursing mother sells baby for N300,000

Alleged N70m bribery: Orubebe’s trial suffers setback

IPOB UK demands fair hearing, judgment in Nnamdi Kanu’s case

Traffic gridlock grounds Oshodi Apapa Expressway again

Bank staff says Metuh ran 5 accounts, as court varies bail conditions

Jubilation in Rivers as S-Court upholds Wike’s election

Obasanjo writes Saraki, Dogara, accuses NASS members of corruption, greed, impunity

DAILY TRUST

Drama at PDP HQ as Gulak ‘seizes’ power

We must take battle to terrorists, Buhari tells global community

Obasanjo writes Saraki, Dogara, says N/Assembly is corrupt

S/Court upholds Wike’s election

Shettima signs N159b budget into law

Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima yesterday signed into law the N159.

Arms deal: I’ll talk at the right time – Jonathan

Reps caution FG on economic partnership with EU

Adewusi’s death, a great loss – Oyo gov

Corruption, bane of past social intervention schemes – Osinbajo

Arms deal: Bank confirms Dasuki’s N400m transfer to Metuh

Orubebe: Tribunal threatens to throw out case

Imo is broke - Okorocha

Army foils Boko Haram incursion into Chibok

Kogi's new gov makes surprise appearance at NGF meeting

Buhari to global community: We must take the battle to terrorists

Supreme Court upholds Wike's election

TRIBUNE

Linking Boko Haram with Islam accords terrorists legitimacy —Minister

Minimum wage, subsidy removal: NLC, TUC meet CSOs tomorrow

We must employ tougher global action against terrorism —Buhari

‘New electricity tariff may not take off now’

Lagos confirms another Lassa fever patient dead

Bomb blast kills 14, injures 24 in Chibok

Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Companies lament non-payment of compensation

Synagogue: Engineers challenge AG on manslaughter charges

N3.1billion debt: Zamfara appeals judgment freezing its accounts

Lagos confirms another Lassa fever patient dead

Man on trial for 15 years for killing 80-year-old woman

We raped primary 5 pupil because she isn’t a virgin —Suspects

Sex workers allegedly beat up, tears policeman’s uniform

Lagos to treat cultists as murderers, arsonists

Policeman who killed nursing mother over N50 for murder trial

2,850 volunteers to be recruited for disaster management

2016 will be a difficult year for Nigerians —MAN

Boeing forecasts 2016 earnings below estimates, shares tumble

Age of oil price going up is gone forever —Adenikinju

Nigeria flirts with economic disaster as naira controls stay —Bloomberg

Stock markets rally as oil rises above $31 a barrel •Nigerian market indices drops by 0.5% as Seplat tops gainers

Minister tells MTN to drop lawsuit over fine