NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY, MONDAY 29th AUGUST 2016.

VANGUARD
Self-sufficiency, food security in agriculture are achievable in Nigeria'
Kidnappers abandon victim as truck driver blocks escape route
Why budget padding occurs — Ita Enang
Sheriff provoked Boko Haram insurgency, says Borno AG
Nigeria'll overcome present challenges — Jonathan
Thugs attack Obaseki's campaign train, five abducted.

PUNCH
Naira falls further to 414/dollar
No Christian died in Zamfara killings, says CAN
IYC, others knock Buhari for threatening militants
Dickson, Bayelsa APC clash over alleged missing $4.6m
Suspected Edo PDP thugs abduct Obaseki's supporters
72 PLWDs to monitor Edo gov election

THISDAY
PIB: NNPC Concerned over Move by Petroleum Ministry to Assume Control of Proposed IJVs
N'Delta Avengers: We've Not Nominated Anyone Including Soyinka to Negotiate on Our Behalf
Nigeria is No. 1 Scrabble Nation in the World, Yet Team Denied French Visas
Buhari: My Comments on Chiboks Girls Have Been Politicised
Again, CBN Meets Bank CEOs Today, Considers All Options

THE NATION
Buhari agrees to swap girls for Boko Haram detainees
Floods as 13 hours rains pound Lagos
Ex-Head of State, others named in N1.09b oil deal
N5b capital market development fund coming
Ambode gives contractor December deadline on road projects
Sheriff's faction relocates Ondo PDP primary to Ibadan

THE AUTHORITY
Celebration as police kill 6 notrious kidnappers, robbers in Rivers
Anambra community to police: 23 detainees are not terrorists
2016 paralympics games: Nigeria names 23 athletes
Buhari to Niger Delta militants: accept dialogue or face war, lists new conditions for talks with boko haram, confirms Shekau wounded
Herdsmen on rampage in Niger, kill 37

BLUEPRINT
We`re ready to swap boko haram detainees with chibok girls-Buhari
Education ministers at war over juicy agencies, FG urged to release varsities` funds
54,000 Nigeria pilgrims now in Makkah
Irregulary salaries expose civil servants to corruption
Military, Niger community clash: judicial panel begins hearing Wednesday
Police arrest Edo nurse over missing patient

NEW TELEGRAPH
Inflation raises 32%
Mambilla power contract rise to 6billion dolars
Troops establish schools for IDPs in Borno
Soldiers kill four robbers nab 10 kidnappers
IPOB raises alarm over arrests, deaths of members
Forex: CBN`s suspension of nine banks bad for economy-LCCI
BUDGET APDDING: SECURITY AGENCIES PROBE Jibrin`s assets in UK, US, Dubai others

NIGERIAN PILOT
We`ll overcome present challenges-Jonathan
CBN orders closure of accounts over illicit forex deal as banks eye forex from agro export
Red alert: disastrous floods coming-NEMA, kills 5 in Sokoto, wreak havoc in Kaduna, Edo
Nigeria more divided under APC than it was during the civil war-Dokpesi
Buhari finally admits, Nigerians are hungry
5,000 tax can save a child from malaria-FIRS Boss.