LOCAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: WEDNESDAY 20/01/2016

 

PUNCH

·        Emefiele blames naira fall on US policy, importation

·        Trafigura didnt fulfil crude swap deal terms Customs

·        Nigeria loses N571bn annually to tax waivers Report

·        SWest govs okay Lagos as Odua member

·        CBN unveils N300bn fund for non-oil exporters

·        France promises visa for Nigerian business owners

·        Grand Cherokee Hellcat under way

·        New Hyundai Genesis targets Mercedes S-Class, BMW 7-Series

·        Wozniacki crashes out

·        De-Royal retain F5WC title

·        Handball league to resume

·        Mayflower school clocks 6o, immortalises Solarin

·        Crime has reduced by 65% in Lagos Ambode

·        NUPENG storms Assembly, alleges LASG owes union N224m

·        Lagos trains 200 residents in vocational skills

·        Desertification threatens 200 communities

·        Zamfara demolishes corpers lodge

·        Yoruba monarchs hail Ooni for visiting Alaafin

THISDAY

·        Banks to Charge Stamp Duties Fee as FG Seeks to Boost Revenue

·        Maiduguri Resident, Daughter Injured by Explosive

·        Stocks Decline: FG May Summon Stakeholders Meeting

·        DMO to Raise $1.75bn from Bond Market in First Quarter

·        Court Throws Out Honeywells Contempt Suit against Ecobank

·        FCMB Anticipates Lower Profit for Third Quarter of 2015

·        Delta Royal Father Halts Community Meeting over Threat to Peace

·        Kari Tasks Operators on Innovations, Alternative Business Approach

·        Mutual Benefit Assurance Provides Cover for PZ Products

·        Mobile Payment as Catalyst for Financial Inclusion

·        Need for Alternative Sources of Forex Earnings

·        Nigerian Bond Market and Budget Deficit Financing

·        Lassa Fever Spreads to 17 States, Could Kill 1,000 Nigerians

·        Five S'West States Okay Lagos as Co-owner of Odu'a Group, Target N20bn Revenue in 2019

·        Olubadan of Ibadanland is Dead

·        ActionAid: Nigeria Gave Away $3.3bn Through Tax Breaks to Shell, Total, Eni

·        Corrupt Judges Will Go to Jail, FG Warns

·        Court Grants Metuh N400m Bail

THE SUN

·        FG urged to commence work on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

·        Naira depreciation: Senate grills CBN gov

·        New forex policy'll lift manufacturing sector 'Eric Umeofia, CEO, Erisco Foods Ltd

·        Non-oil revenues decline by $6.14bn, says CBN

·        FG to shut down illegal poultry farms

·        Nigeria-France trade volume hits 5.6 bn Euros

·        Naira depreciation: Senate grills CBN gov

·        40% of real estate business in Africa is done in Nigeria-Chapel

·        Olubadan Of Ibadan, Samuel Odulana Odugade I, Joins His Ancestors

·        NUJ Sues Nigerian Customs N500m For Assaulting Journalist

·        Buhari Warns Niger Delta Militants, Says Defeating Them Won't Be Tough

·        Nigeria Fraud Case Puts Buhari's Anti-Graft Drive In The Dock

·        World's Oldest Man Dies In Japan

·        Nigeria, UAE Sign Agreement On Stolen Funds' Recovery

·        Olubadan dies at 102

·        Nigeria ranks second in global rates of stillbirths

·        Stolen funds: Nigeria, UAE sign recovery pact

·        Ambode reads riot act to hoodlums

VANGUARD

·        Bureaux de Change owners fighting Naira

·        Make votes of 3 LGAs in Abia count, rights group urges S' Court

·        Oshiomhole blames PDP for tension in N-Delta

·        I'm resolute in my commitment to serve Lagosians ' Ambode

·        Bird Flu: Plateau farmers tasked on timely report

·        ZARIA KILLINGS: Army acted within its rules of engagement, COAS tells probe panel

·        Workers' sack: Tension heightens in Imo

·        Lassa Fever: FG confirms 212 cases in 17 states

·        Wada to dissolve cabinet today

·        Ikot-Akpan Udo, Amazaba communal crisis: Peace meeting deadlocked

·        515,531 children for measles immunisation in Ekiti

·        Opportunities from the Missing Budget saga

·        The story of my trip to APC ' Ekwunife

·        EDO GOV RACE: Oshiomhole has right to pick his successor ' Odion

·        Why UPU lifted sanctions against Amori, Igbuya, Ibori ' OFOTOKUN

·        FCMB expects earnings drop in Q3

·        Shine A Light On The Gaps By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala & Janeen Madan

·        Between Jonathan's Ebola Fever and Buhari's Lassa Fever

GUARDIAN

·        Super Four champions to emerge in Uyo

·        How weakening Naira wanes manufacturers' competitiveness

·        Eagles' best yet to come, says Oliseh

·        Rules, reasons and Nigerias forex market stability

·        Investor group buys Barclays offshore trust business

·        Banks put lid on rise in European equities

·        NSEs index depreciates further by 0.4 per cent

·        Driving the night time economy (1)

·        MTN targets $955 million net profit in Nigeria

·        IMF reviews Nigerias 2016 growth projection downward to 4.1%

·        Exchange Monitor

·        Nigeria, UAE sign pacts to enhance ties

·        Non-oil export revenue drops by N1.87tr in 12 months

·        Govt threatens to scrap NIMASA over corruption

·        Monarch urges govt, communities to dialogue over demolition exercise

·        Gunmen abduct two of six-month-old triplets in Imo

·        Suspected drunken truck driver causes accident in Oshodi

·        Pastor, 70, seeks dissolution of 41-year-old marriage

THE NATION

·        Olubadan dies at 101

·        Metuh gets N400m bail

·        Investor flees Nigeria after being paid N32b for vessels

·        Ambode: Lagos crime rate drops by 65%

·        Ex-Governor Sani to face trial for alleged N1 billion fraud

·        Lassa fever patient flees hospital, says minister

·        $2.1b arms scandal: Do mutinous soldiers deserve pardon

·        Theft of N1.34 trillion sad, obscene, says Ajibola

·        EFCC'll never disobey court order, says Magu

·        Panel report: Ekiti lawmakers allege plot to 'assassinate' Fayose

·        Nigeria loses $3.3b to IOCs

·        N4.2b debts : Auditors worry over survival of John Holt

·        Nigeria, UAE sign pact on stolen funds recovery

·        Smartphones insulated from global economic meltdown, says Huawei chief

·        New export financing programmes coming

·        CBN's pill for better, longer life

·        Intel's Skylake processor to push PC sales

·        Kano Governor okays N274.3b budget

·        A farmer with a difference

·        Reckitt Benckiser partners govt

·        Apapa-Ijora Bridge

·        PDP, APC in make or mar contest in Ondo

·        Youths kick against Ikpeazu's sack

·        Injustice 'll not stand in Abia

DAILY INDEPENDENT

·        Dickson Directs Political Appointees To Prepare Handover Notes

·        Lagos Assembly Sets To Initiate Bill On Health Trust Fund

·        Osun Community Takes Protest To State Assembly Over Land Tussle With Varsity

·        Wike To Pay Backlog Of Salaries Owed Health Emergency Workers

·        N224m NUPENG Claim Questionable ' LASG

·        NUC Approves 14 Courses For Niger State Varsity

·        Release NDDC's N800b, APC Begs Buhari, Extols Semenitari

·        Synagogue: Court Adjourns Hearing In Crimnal Trial To Jan 27

·        Lassa Fever: Minister Accuse States, LGAs Of Nonchalant Attitude

·        Finally, Bayelsa Speaker Quits Over Appeal Court Ruling

·        IPMAN To NNPC: Disregard Strike Threats

·        Birds Flu Disease Kills Hundreds In Adamawa

·        Lassa Fever: Ogun Lawmaker Urges FG To Take Awareness To Villages

·        I Am A Staunch Supporter Of Biafra ' Babatope

·        I Will Use Big Stick Against Those Who Refuse To Give Their Land For Infrastructure ' Al-Makura

·        Federal Teaching Hospital Ekiti Confirms First Case Of Lsssa Fever

·        Deputy Speaker Markets Nigerian Culture In Malaysia

·        Transcorp Hotels Lists N10b Bond On NSE, FMDQ

·        Economy Downturn: Redeploy Adeosun From Finance Ministry , Group Tells Buhari

·        CHAN 2016: Eagles Not Yet Title Contenders ' Oliseh

·        CHAN 2016: No Cause For Alarm Against Tunisia ' Chikatara

·        Enyimba Focus On Cup Success

·        Okowa Congratulates Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom On 99th Birthday

·        Nigeria to Re-Focus on Renewable Energy ' Kachikwu

TRIBUNE

·        Probing NNPC's crude oil swap not a witch-hunt 'Dogara

·        Even if oil price drops to $5 per barrel, Buhari will perform 'Information Minister

·        Desertification: EU earmarks '20m for Nigeria, Gambia, 4 others

·        Corrupt judges will end up in jail 'FG

·        DHQ bars vehicles not painted in military colours

·        Cassava, yam not economically inferior products 'University of Greenwich

·        Olubadan dies 86 days to his 102nd birthday

·        Lassa fever spreads to 17 states, death toll now 63, 212 cases reported

·        8 MASSOB members dragged to court over protests

·        It's illegal for any gov to cut workers salaries or sack them 'NLC

·        FG threatens to scrap NIMASA over massive fraud, indolence

·        CHAN 2016: Eagles were too good 'Niger coach

·        Australian Open: Nadal, Venus crash out

·        Chikatara has promised to sign for us 'Pillars

·        Eaglets '85 members set for Abuja reception

·        IAAF scandal worse than FIFA's 'Michael Johnson

·        3SC set to launch fan base

·        Enyimba official laments