LOCAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: TUESDAY 2/2/2016

 PUNCH

·        We've not applied for foreign loans ' Minister

·        Prepaid meters'll go round in one year ' NERC

·        DPR shuts Hudson Petroleum depot

·        Agip loses 16,000bpd of crude to pipeline explosion

·        An encounter with cult gangs in Lagos

·        Govs live like emperors, divert council funds Obasanjo

·        EFCC raids former VP Sambos office in Abuja

·        BHaram: Jonathan bought refurbished, expired weapons, says FG

·        Police fire tear gas at workers, injure one

·        Woman batters nine-year-old niece for eating soup

·        Police arrest estate agents for N6m fraud

·        Lawyer scaled fence into office, stole $40,000 ' Witness

·        Female driver crushes eight to death in Lagos

·        Ikhana takes pay cut to coach 3SC

·        I won't quit 'Oliseh

·        City confirm Iheanacho for Champions League

·        Senate queries N10bn increase in education ministry's budget

·        Court adjourns ex-PUNCH employee's trial

·        Ekiti APC to AGF: Prosecute Fayose, others for rigging

·        Group seeks sanction for corrupt judges

·        Student nurse survives Lassa fever in Ekiti

·        BBOG lists casualties of Chibok suicide attack

·        N34bn fraud: Tompolo begs court to vacate arrest warrant

·        Olubadan for burial Feb 12

·        Why I didn't pick Aluko as my CoS ' Fayose

·        Gulak files fresh suits against PDP NEC meeting

THE SUN

·        WHO declares Zika outbreak international emergency

·        Obasanjo Blasts Governors for Living Like 'Emperors

·        International Donors Pledge $250m to Fight Boko Haram Insurgency

·        Disgusting 35-Year-Old Man Charged for Molesting 3-Month-Old Baby

·        Ado Ekiti: How We Successfully Treated Lassa Fever Patient Against All Odds ' Chief Medical Director, Teaching Hospital

·        Ibadan: Court Remands 3 Accused of Gang Rape of 19 Year Old

·        Foundation expends N64.3m on beneficiaries

·        Supreme Court's validation of Wike's election

·        Interpreting the Supreme Court ruling on Anambra PDP Exco

·        Poor waste management and achievement of SDGS

VANGUARD

·        My fears for Buhari's change agenda

·        Senate uncovers N10bn hidden in education budget

·        Man, 35, docked for defiling 3-month-old baby

·        Anambra central: APC should accept defeat 'Okonkwo

·        Count Oshiomhole out of impeachment plot against deputy 'Edo APC

·        Dasukigate: How EFCC raided ex-VP Sambo's office

·        Fire razes 16 shops in Ebonyi

·        ANAMBRA CENTRAL: 'Ikeazor'll guarantee victory for APC

·        ABIA GOV: CJN queries Judge over litigant's petition

·        Kukoyi lecture: Stakeholders call for rebuilding of public institutions

·        I didn't negotiate with fake BoKo Haram ' Jonathan

·        Corruption'll cost Nigeria 30% of GDP by 2030 'Report

·        FCMB, Courteville: Profit warnings and more underway

·        Implications of Lagos bond repayment re-scheduling 'Cowry Assets

·        Governance and crisis management

·        Aisha will unite waring groups in Taraba

·        Microsoft retools 50 Nigerian teachers in 21st century digital teaching skills

GUARDIAN

·        INTERPOL issues arrest warrant

·        Tompolo asks court to set aside warrant of arrest

·        Jonathans arms cant defeat BHaram

·        Ondo youths urge completion of Niger Delta projects

·        Boat mishap: Operators lament, seek govt intervention

·        Relief as Lagos replaces 58-year-old transformer

·        Oshiomhole denies sacking deputy governors aides, owning airline

·        Governors have become emperors, says Obasanjo

·        Controversy trails $3.5bWBank , AfDB emergency loan

·        Oil palm firm to generate 45,000 jobs at new plantation

·        Senate alleges inflation of education budget by N10b

·        Nigeria can survive without oil, Osinbajo insists

·        Rotary Club admonishes pupils in Surulere on career choice

·        Ojo, Badagry communities still losing sleep over One Million Boys

·        Police officers wives count losses as fire razes 33 shops in Lagos

·        Wenger alerts Chelsea on danger of missing Terry

·        Guardiola to take over from Pellegrini at Man City

·        Iheanacho takes over Nasris place in Citys CL squad

THE NATION

·        PDP chief: my life at risk over Ekiti poll 'fraud' leak

·        Uwais, Gambari: Buhari's corruption war on course

·        EFCC searches Sambo's office

·        PDP chairman: Dankwambo, Ishaku back ex-governor

·        Mbaka's transfer not punitive, says Catholic church

·        INTERPOL to arrest Maina over N2.1b pension scam

·        Why Federal Government introduced new policy, by Minister

·        PDP jittery over Oshiomhole's five-star hospital, says govt

·        Mixed reactions as new electricty tarriff begins

·        Tension in Akwa Ibom as Supreme Court delivers judgment tomorrow

·        NEXIM Bank gets CBN's N300b export stimulation fund

·        Pipeline attack cuts Agip's oil export by 16,000 barrels

·        NIMASA remits over N42b to Federation Account

·        Fighting drunk-driving, over-speeding with breathalysers

·        Bureaux de Change may sack 30,000 workers

·        How to prevent air, ground aircraft collision

·        Adeosun explains strategy for Nigeria's foreign loans

·        Fed Govt may appoint Bello NERC chief

·        Terminal operators are volating agreement, ministry official alleges

·        Winning war on drunk driving, over-speeding with breathalysers

DAILY INDEPENDENT

·        Economic Crisis: Osun Nurse 60million Active Cocoa Trees

·        Rivers' Loot: Rights Group Wants Amaechi Prosecuted

·        Ambode Replaces 58-Year-Old Transformer In Palmgrove Estate

·        Bamidele Lauds Adebayo's Efforts In Reuniting Aggrieved APC Members In Ekiti

·        Over 8,000 Bauchi Residents Practice Open defecation

·        Sub-Clean Seeks Court's Declaration On Headship

·        Osun Assembly To Strengthen Oversight Functions.

·        Edo Pays N2bn Gratuities To Pensioners

·        Measles: Ekiti Govt Urges Parents To Disregard Negative Myths On Vaccine

·        Anti-graft War: Lagos Cleric, Nwosu, Urges NJC, To Sack Corrupt Judges

·        Why Buhari Will Not Quit As Petroleum Minister ' Thompson

·        On Dec. 9 A'Court Judgment I Stand ' Bayelsa Speaker

·        Explosion Rocks Agip Pipelines In Bayelsa

·        PDP Chairmanship: Adamawa Rejects Gulak, Settles For Juta

·        Explosion Rocks Agip Pipelines In Bayelsa

·        I Won't Relent In Project Execution, Wike Assures Rivers People

·        Ogun Receives Delivery Vans, Others Items From Partners

·        Ebony T Creation Splashes N48million On First Ekiti Culture Contest

·        Ikpeazu And The New Abia Transformation

TRIBUNE

·        No suicide bombing in IDP camp 'NEMA

·        10 die as Fulani herdsmen invade Agatu in Benue

·        EFCC raids ex-VP Sambo's office, seizes $50,000

·        UPDATED: Rousing welcome as Buhari visits Ogun

·        Adeosun explains strategy for Nigeria's foreign loans

·        Serious accident on Challenge Road, Ibadan

·        Nigeria must increase its capacity to meet domestic, regional, global challenges -Prof RichardJoseph

·        Senate uncovers N10bn excess allocation in education budget

·        ISGPP inaugural conference: Full text of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo's speech

·        NMA rejects 3.65% budgetary allocation to health ministry in 2016 appropriation

·        Military trains 46 personnel to combat Zika virus, Lassa fever

·        Jigawa: Doctor develops Lassa fever symptoms after treating patient

·        Olubadan will not be interred secretly 'Govt

·        Gross misconduct: We want Melaye out of Senate 'Group

·        Supreme Court verdict: Oduah, Uba sighted in Senate

·        Obasanjo, Sultan delegation, Olajumoke Akinjide visit Olubadan-designate

·        Nigerian govs act like emperors 'Obasanjo

·        Unnamed club joins bid for Musa