NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016.

PEOPLES DAILY

Senate seeks 20% annual budget for constituency projects

Reps to FG: suspend ban on vehicle imports

Shiites reject Kaduna white paper, says report doctored

Maulud: FG declares Monday, Dec 12 public holiday

Senators' absence stalls Magu's screening

THE AUTHORITY

Marginalization: Igbo may not produce IG till 2036

2bn dollars Abacha loot: Gwarzo issued 60 false security letters

Anti-corruption: Obasanjo, IBB, Tinubu, Amaechi should be arrested – Prof Asobie

FG wants national ID for 2019 polls

NIGERIAN PILOT

We're building on Vision 2020 to get out of recession, says Udoma

Sokoto Guber: Tambuwal knows fate today at Supreme Court

Missionary scholar hails Gov Ugwuanyi's leadership style

How tobacco coys target African kids in schools – Report

NGO expends $15.5m to promote family planning in 6 states

Fire C'ttee Charges Osun Chief Judge on safety

Senator empowers constituents with N100m, proffers solutions to recession

Air Force officers beat man, 60, to death for alleged rape

Suspend quarterly release of funds to HMOs, Reps direct NHIS

NATION

Kidnapped NULGE chief freed 

NYSC member's body to be exhumed for autopsy 

Senate seeks overhaul of NYSC scheme  

Ondo CJ's security aides, litigants clash in court 

Rivers rerun: APC tells supporters to fight back 

DMO raises N1.18tr to fund economy 

Opposition leader Akufo-Addo set to become Ghana President-elect 

Federal lawmakers target N1.4tr for constituency projects  

Senate Committee proposes scrapping state, local govt joint account  

'Sheriff, Makarfi, should step down in PDP's interest' 

THISDAY

Rerun Polls: APC Unleashes Full Weight of Federal Might on Rivers

Eid-El Maulud: FG Declares Monday Public Holiday

House Asks FG to Suspend Ban on Importation of Cars Through...

Again, Senate Defers Magu's Screening Till Dec 15

Dasuki Asks S'Court to Hear His Appeals Challenging DSS' Refusal to Release Him

Court Okays Suit Seeking Amaechi, Onu's Arrest for Alleged Perversion of Justice

VANGUARD 

Suspend ban on vehicle imports through land borders, Reps tell FG 

A successor or alternative to President Buhari In 2019 

Naira's depreciation threatens adoption of ECOWAS single currency 

Buhari's homegrown school feeding programme kicks off in Anambra 

Reps dump bill seeking more powers for Sharia Courts 

Rights groups accuse police, Army of creating 250 road blocks on S'East highways 

Edo Election Petition Tribunal: Legal fireworks over inspection of ballot papers 

Falcons ordeal: SERAP drags FG, NFF to UN

LEADERSHIP

How Rivers Polls Stalled Magu's Confirmation 

Eid-el-Maulud: FG Declares Monday, Dec 12, Public Holiday 

President, Govs To Appoint Ministers, Commissioners Within 30 Days 

Reps Seek Reversal Of Ban On Vehicle Importation 

I Never Paid Herdsmen To Appease Them – el-Rufai 

Ghana Elections: Opposition Urges President Mahama To Concede Defeat 

Romance With Senate Won't Save Oyegun – Timi Frank 

Rivers Re-run: Dogara Denies Working Against APC 

Gov Dickson Presents N221bn Budget To Bayelsa Assembly 

FG Must Borrow To Move The Country Forward – Hon Usman

PUNCH

Rivers rerun: If they slap you, slap them, Oyegun tells Rivers APC supporters

Fake policemen kidnap Lagos businessman, demand N50m ransom

Suspected herdsmen behead graduate farmer in FCT

We won't consider 2017 budget until MTEF is passed – Senate

$1.6bn scam: Ex-NNPC boss testifies against Diezani's ally, Omokore

NSE, EFCC stop N20m capital market fraud

Police hunt UK deportee for killing father

Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia, Obla beg judge to vary bail conditions

THE BLUEPRINT

Rivers Re-run: Retaliate if attacked, Oyegun, Amaechi tell APC supporters

1.8m Nigerians control economy – ex-CBN chief

Shiites reject white paper

2019: no more second fiddle – North Central

FCTA reviews Abuja Master plan, suspends tenement rates