LOCAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: WEDNESDAY 10/2/2016

 VANGUARD

·        Achuba now Kogi Deputy Governor

·        Saraki won’t resign unless convicted, says Senate Leader

·        Era of manipulating judiciary for election victory over —Dickson

·        Rivers gov poll: S-Court judgment product of compromise —Peterside

·        Deltans protest alleged killings by Fulani herdsmen

·        I’m not under EFCC probe —Okonjo-Iweala

·        Stamp duty, Nigeria’s new goldmine — NIPOST

·        Glo customers to enjoy 6GB, 9GB bumper data offers

·        Multiple taxations weigh us down, telecom operators

·        ANAMBRA CENTRAL RERUN: I remain the candidate to beat—Nwofor

·        Mend fences with Gov Ikpeazu, Kinsmen tell Otti

·        FG mulls strategies to augment railway funding

·        Beko’s anniversary lecture, rally holds today

·        Olu of Warri tasks Buhari on trans-Itsekiri-Ijaw bridge

·        FG targets 30m farmers with e-wallet scheme

·        Budget 2016 full of errors, can’t be passed – NASS

THE PUNCH

·        Arakangudu dies, for burial Wednesday

·        Metuh bought N500m house, gave Kema Chikwe N5m – Witness

·        Boko Haram: Operatives beef up security in Aso Rock

·        Alleged bribe: Otedola to testify against Farouk Lawan

·        EFCC arraigns Saraki’s cousin, ex-commissioner for N371m scam

·        Kogi inaugurates Achuba as Bello’s deputy, bars newsmen

·        Gunmen kill Ooni’s security officer

·        DSS foils plan to steal N4.5bn from TSA

·        Court remands 17 students over ABUAD riot

·        Jobless youths advised to learn trade

·        Lagos plans all-inclusive education in public schools

·        Go, sin no more, CP tells pardoned policemen

·        Dickson vows to crush kidnappers, pipeline vandals

THISDAY

·        UN Warns of ISIS-Boko Haram Alliance as DSS Arrests Recruiter for Islamic State

·        Sleaze in Amnesty Office's N48bn Expenditure in Five Months Exposed

·        Citing Controversies, N'Assembly Postpones Passage of Budget Indefinitely

·        Buhari Never Called Nigerians 'Criminals', Presidency Clarifies

·        Gunmen Massacre 50 in Zamfara

·        Minister: Dossier on Property Owners in Dubai Ready Soon

·        FG Honours 12 Civil Servants

·        Osinbajo: Half a Trillion Naira Social Investment Allocation in 2016 Budget Unprecedented

·        Boko Haram: N’Assembly on the Same Page with Executive, Says Ndume

·        Saraki will Not Resign Because of Trial at Code of Conduct Tribunal Says Senate Leader

·        Dickson Visits Mark in Benue, Charges Idoma Nation to Stand Firm

·        Saudi Arabia, Yobe to Deepen Cultural Ties

·        Senate Pledges Support for EFCC

·        FG Shops for N240bn to Fund Teachers’ Programme

·        FG Targets 6,000km of Roads by 2019

·        Cultism Not for Nigerian Policemen, Says AIG Daura

·        Osinbajo: N500bn Social Investment Allocation in 2016 Budget Unprecedented

THE NATION

·        DSS arrests three over bid to rob TSA of N4.5b cash

·        10 pro-Biafra protesters ‘die’ in Aba

·        $2.1b arms deals: EFCC searches ex-CDS Badeh’s house

·        Peterside: Wike knew about Supreme Court judgment

·        Presidency tightens security against terror attack on Villa

·        Court jails two for attempt to smuggle $5.5m out of Nigeria

·        Airports, airports everywhere… but few viable

·        Corruption, others stifle MSMEs’ growth, says World Bank

·        ‘$4.5b Ajaokuta Steel Mill ‘ll be completed this year’

·        Obasanjo opens BAT’s head office

·        Don urges ecotourism blueprint to stimulate local economies

·        Substandard steel products fill market, says SON

·        As we embark on another constitutional amendment

·        PenCom recovers N10b pension contribution

·        Pros and cons of naira devaluation

·        ‘Metuh’s firm gave N500m to buy property on Banana Island’

TRIBUNE

·        Presidency working with NASS to pass PIB - Osinbajo

·        Ondo LG election: PDP denies imposition

·        DSS arrests 400-Level student recruiting for ISIS in Kano

·        ABUAD students arraigned, remanded in police custody

·        Wike influenced S’Court’s judgment on Rivers election —Peterside

·        2016 budget: Senate meets NLC, TUC, other CSOs tomorrow

·        FG meets power stakeholders, approves power purchasing agreement

·        DSS foils attempt to hack, steal N4.5bn from TSA

·        DSS arrests 400-Level student recruiting for ISIS in Kano

·        We can no longer pass budget in February —NASS

·        Olunloyo, Awe, Oyebola call for review of Ibadan traditional chieftaincy system

·        Budget ‘scam’ a national embarrassment —Fayose

·        Arms deal: Offenders should face firing squad —NATFORCE DG

·        Achuba emerges Kogi deputy gov

·        Nigerians spend $2bn on school fees abroad annually —Senate committee