LOCAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: WEDNESDAY 27/01/2016

PUNCH

·        PDP trying to destroy my relationship with Buhari- Tinubu

·        Building on the IMF assessment

·        States and solid minerals sector

·        Lagos State's N25bn employment initiative

·        Anohu-Amazu should go after pension defaulters

·        Buhari's technical education programme

·        The North-East rehabilitation project

·        Ajaokuta: Fayemi needs fresh model

·        Corruption is fighting back

·        Fire, fire everywhere

·        Lassa fever is ravaging again

·        Punish offenders in Bayelsa poll violence

·        N'Korea's H-bomb test: Threat to global peace

·        Hollow defence of senators' SUVs

·        Money laundering: CBN should clean up its act

·        NDDC in need of radical overhaul

·        Saving Nigerians from killer policemen

·        Between privatisation and economic failure

·        2015: Deadly year for journalists

·        Untimely celebration of Boko Haram defeat

·        Onigbinde, Etim slam Eagles over CHAN exit

·        Customs target N1tn revenue for 2016

·        Emenike: Palace, West Ham fight

·        Tax more Nigerians to fund budget, FG urged

·        Nigeria unserious with underage football ' Onigbinde

·        Eagles crash out, lose 1-0 to Guinea

·        Fear grips dock workers over planned sacking

·        Hard times ahead, CBN warns Nigerians'says low oil revenue to linger

·        Forex: FG may grant concessions to automakers

·        45% of Nigerian graduates unemployed ' Survey

·        Control your emotions, control your money

·        Degree without professional qualifications is not marketable ' Onalo

·        Mining, the next investment destination

·        Low-priced equities, good investment opportunity ' Analysts

·        Naira drops to 305 against dollar

·        Nigeria's fixed exchange rate policy

·        The looming danger in Anambra

·        Teaching and teachers in 2016 budget (2)

·        Who will save our sisters from rapists

·        Ibadan School of Government and public policy

·        The saddest country in the world

·        Lassa fever and our governance woes

THE SUN

·        Abia rerun: My expectation from Supreme Court 'Otti

·        Bayelsa poll: Sylva should congratulate me 'Dickson

·        INEC fixes February 20 for Benue South rerun

·        Abia North re-run: SERG endorses Kalu, Umeh

·        Metuh collected N400m for 3 vehicles, lawyer tells court

·        Democracy in danger 'Mantu

·        Kogi: Tribunal clears Bello for inauguration

·        APC is broke 'Oyegun

·        Obiano hails Supreme Court judgment on APGA, calls for reconciliation

·        Retired general, 500 others defect to APC in Cross River

·        Benue South rerun: Moro, Idoma youths insist on David Mark

·        Stopping Obasanjo's 3rd term bid greatest achievement of legislature -Dogara

·        APGA chieftain urges factions to return, reunite with party

·        Igbo in Canada endorse Kalu for Abia North rerun

·        Court thwarts efforts to stall Yahaya Bello's inauguration

·        Our families now live under threat ' Secondus

·        CHAN flop: Fans rap 'African Guardiola' Oliseh

·        Australian Open: Serena, Djokovic, Federer in s/finals

VANGUARD

·        Robbers kill 2 policemen in Aba

·        Buhari installs Alake of Egbaland as FUNAI first Chancellor

·        Abia Court Verdict: PDP gov aspirant files notice of appeal

·        Produce anti-govt lecturer, Kaduna CP tells KASU VC

·        Kogi : Claims of the claimants

·        Kogi: What next after inauguration

·        NFF, Oliseh apologise to Nigerians

·        CHAN: How Eagles crashed out

·        $2.1bn arms probe: Metuh, 77 others got paid for doing nothing ' Witness

·        Rep decries killing of Nigerians in S-Africa

·        Edo 2016: Mayaki accuses PDP of plots to blackmail Oshiomhole

·        Group urges ESUT mgt to reduce tuition fee

·        Abia A-Court judgment, affront to Ngwa people 'PDP chieftain

·        APC raises committee to replace Faleke as Bello's Deputy

·        ERC faults UNIABUJA, Nasarawa varsities on students' unions

·        Electricity bills: Go after defaulting govt agencies, Reps tell Discos

·        Reps query Communications Minister over suspension of NITDA boss

·        Pipeline bombings: Okowa faulted over failure to join Defence Minister's inspection team 

THE NATION

·        More shocking corruption reports coming, says govt

·        IG's Task Force finds illegal fuel depot in Lagos

·        Plot to smear Tinubu in full swing

·        My agenda for Ibadan, by Olubadan-designate

·        Metuh's firm, others paid N1.4b for phoney contracts

·        UTME to hold between Feb and March, says JAMB

·        Kogi: A state transiting in crisis

·        MASSOB accuses Uwazuruike of plot to attack secretariat

·        Lassa fever: Rivers declare 'Operation kill all Rats

·        Dariye wanted in UK for money laundering, by EFCC

·        CBN: no devaluation of naira

·        Customs eyes over N1tr revenue

·        FAAC shares N387.7b among federal, states, local govts

·        Budget 2016 scales second reading

·        Forex restriction: Nigeria loses 50% cargoes to Cotonou port

·        Debt option and capital projects funding

·        Ambode votes N6.5b for accrued pension rights

·        Building a successful food business

·        Dock workers threaten strike

·        Firms' directors risk assets forfeiture over corporate governance failure

·        Wabba chides elder statesmen implicated in Dasukigate 

DAILY INDEPENDENT

·        Ikpeazu Inaugurates Committee On Dry Sea Project

·        Pipelines Bombing: CEPEJ Caution Against Using Military Might

·        Scrapping of NIMASA Maritime Varsity In Bad Faith, Says CEPEJ

·        Lassa Fever: FUNNAB Student, 18 Others Under Contact Watch

·        Oredo Chairman Vs Oshomhole: Court Reserves Judgment For February 23

·        Kogi Gov-elect Tasked On Good Governance

·        Reps, Minister, Clash Over Suspended NITDA DG

·        Market Women, Children Defy Oshiomhole's Security To Appreciate Gov

·        Fire Guts Station Market Kaduna

·        Fire Destroys ATBU Female Hostel In Bauchi

·        Former NBA Aba Branch Chairman Survives Armed Robbery Attack

·        Ikpeazu's Passion For Service, Mark Of Good Leadership, Says Adindu

·        Naira Depreciation: Buhari Still Optimistic Of Economic Recovery ' SGF

·        Okowa Calls For Robust Education System

·        Super Eagles Crashed Out Of CHAN

·        Nigeria Loses $287m Yearly To Software Piracy ' Communications Minister

·        Ex-militant, Ateke Tom, Condemns Attack On Pipeline

·        Treasury Looters Are Fighting Back- Lai Mohammed

·        Don Laments Failure Of NUC, JAMB, Wants Them Scrapped

·        OAU Suspends Students Union Leaders For 14 Semesters

·        Winners Emerge In Skye Bank's 'Reach For The Skye' Millionaire Reward Scheme

TRIBUNE

·        Ex-IGP, Sunday Adewusi, dies at 79

·        $2.29m scam: EFCC accuses Ohakim of intimidating witness It's a ploy to destabilise my defence 'Ex-gov

·        2016 budget against women interest 'Senator Tinubu

·        Afenifere condemns FG over excessive borrowing to finance 2016 budget

·        15 wounded, 11 buildings burnt in C'River communal clash

·        Enugu police uncover 3 dead bodies in shallow grave

·        Bayelsa: Judicial commission on election violence sits today

·        NSE boss calls for attitudinal change

·        Saraki tasks foreign investors on local content

·        All set for Bello's inauguration in Kogi 'Buhari, Osinbajo expected 'Committee nominates 3 candidates as dep gov

·        Crude oil price crash a blessing 'Ahmed

·        Adeleke lauds Ogiyan of Ejigbo at 80

·        Alakija donates N1bn law building to Ajayi Crowther varsity

·        Cervical cancer leading cause of cancer related deaths 'Expert

·        UNILORIN ASUU tasks FG on free education to IDPs' children 'Donates over N3m cash to IDPs in Abuja

·        Fayose, Aregbesola in dramatic make up

·        Dariye wanted in UK for money laundering, EFCC tells court

·        How Metuh's firm, 77 others got paid for contracts not executed 'Witness