NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY, FRIDAY DECEMBER 30, 2016.

NEW TELEGRAPH
808 killed in Kaduna crisis – Catholic Church
Revealed: how pastors fleece desperate spinsters
Wike: APC plotting to bomb my plane
Vice principle defiles teenage schoolgirl

THE AUTHORITY
FG plots to charge me with treason – Wike
Watch out for expired rice, customs alerts Nigerians
Anti-graft war: FG recovers 40 SUVs from ex perm sec
Eagles will do something new at 2018 world cup – Pinnick

NATION
Ambode opens 500-metre link bridge in Badagry
Army dismisses Shekau’s video as mere propaganda
808 killed in Southern Kaduna, Catholic Church alleges
Nigeria imports rice, wheat with N1tr annually, says CBN
Ahmed presents N135b budget estimate
Ajimobi presents N207.64b ‘budget of self-reliance’
Fed Govt recovers 40 SUVs, others from perm sec
Jammeh appoints six foreign judges to Supreme Court to hear his petition
Sheriff: I’m the greatest casualty of Boko Haram
40,000 seized bags of rice shared to IDPs camps, says Customs
Court remands Cameroonian for boss’ death

LEADERSHIP
Senate Pushes For Diaspora Voting In 2019
Presidency Refutes Report On Board Appointments
Shekau’s New Video Mere Propaganda – Army
ASUU Petitions EFCC N2bn Fraud At Ilorin Varsity
Boko Haram Used Schoolgirls As Human Shields
CBN, SEC Issue Guidelines On Securities Settlement
Sambisa: Gov Bello Warns Againt Fleeing Terrorists
No Plastic, Only Contaminated Rice In Nigeria – NAFDAC
I Reserve N19 Billion For Workers’ Salary Challanges In 2017 – Gov Badaru
There Is No Amount Of Legislation That Can Stop Corruption – Sen Dada

THISDAY
Buhari Becomes Victim of Obsolete Landing Aids
NNPC Shops for New Investors for Brass, OKLNG Projects
Wike Accuses APC of Plotting to Bomb His Plane
808 Killed in Southern Kaduna Attacks, Says Catholic Church
Abia Lawmakers Impeach House Speaker
NUP President Commends Gaidam, Others
FG Recovers 40 SUVs, Other Cars from Perm Sec

PUNCH
Kupolokun heads Akeredolu’s transition committee
Navy arrests 47 stowaways inside ship in Lagos
FG’ll make key festivals attractive to tourists – Minister
Sambisa: Afenifere hails Buhari, urges restructuring
Bird flu: Kano kills 9,000 birds
Tambuwal, Ahmed present 2017 budgets to lawmakers
FG recovers 40 SUVs from ex-perm sec, NLC urges probe
ASUU petitions EFCC over alleged N3bn fraud
Bad weather stops Buhari’s visit to Bauchi, President apologises

VANGUARD
CBN sell $1bn forex to clear backlog of demand
Serena Williams finally says “yes” to secret lover, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian The war is not over yet, Shekau tells Buhari
Kaduna killings: Buhari can’t talk about everything – Adesina
FG begins free medical services for poor Nigerians
Female teacher dies with four children on Christmas day
Senate pushes for Diaspora voting in 2019
Saraki reneges on promises to publish details of 2016 NASS budget
Sambisa Forest: Niger gov urges vigilance
No room for caretaker arrangement in PDP constitution— Modu Sheriff
Ajimobi presents N207bn ‘budget of self reliance’ for 2017
Turkey coup: Nile varsity absorbs 80 deported Nigerian students

NIGERIAN PILOT
Shameful that DSS is now leaking Nigerians phone conversations – Fayose
Why we expel 35 Russian diplomats – U.S.
Republican House Speaker Ryan backs Obama’s Russia sanctions
Why I tried to kill myself – ex-world boxing champion
Pay backlog of stipends owed militants, Akpodoro tells FG
No plastic, only contaminated rice in Nigeria – NAFDAC
Shekau video mere terrorists propaganda – Army