NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2016.

THE DAILY TIMES

2017 budget: NASS lists 11 bills to revamp economy

Buhari lacks moral right to intervene in Gambia - Fayose

NPDC loses N1.5trn to vandals

Husband, wife to die by hanging in Osun

Lekki building collapse: Lagos to prosecute contactors, others

PEOPLE'S DAILY

Buhari to Nigerians: expect new era in 2017

Senate wants SGF removed, prosecuted

Army rescues 605 women, children from Sambisa forest

WAEC to conduct GCE twice a year

Bird flu resurfaces in Kano

THE BLUEPRINT

N7.3 trn 2017 budget'll end recession - Buhari

APC, PDP cant salvage Nigeria - Waku

MMM: shun quick return schemes, EFCC tells Nigerians

Police warn Shiites on planned Abuja protest

IDPs contract scam: Senate demands SGF's sack, prosecution

NIGERIAN PILOT

Resign now, Senate tells SGF

Buhari presents N7.298 trn budget for 2017

Man commits suicide in Benue over MMM alleged crash

Buhari orders immediate payment of Super Falcons

Kidnappers of Delta Speaker get 104-year jail term

NATION

N7.298tr budget: DisCos, contractors, others to smile  

Alleged contract scam: Senate seeks SGF's sack 

Uyo: 26 dead, 218 injured, says govt 

Xmas: Ayade subsidises rice, tomatoes prices by 40 % 

EFCC re-arraigns Ladoja for allegedly converting N4.7b 

Malabu oil block: Obasanjo's govt approved $209m payment into escrow account, says Adoke  

'How accounts with Jonathan's wife's $15.5m were opened' 

Senator Tinubu's Bill on special status for Lagos gets backing 

CBN to Nigerians: stop investing in MMM  

Fani-Kayode, Nenadi get new trial dates 

THISDAY

Buhari Presents N7.3tn Budget to N'Assembly

Senate Calls for SGF's Resignation, Prosecution over Mismanagement of IDP Funds

Trump Formally Unveils Bayo Ogunlesi as Strategic and Policy Forum Adviser

FG Recovers N1.44bn from Unremitted Operating Surpluses, Renames YouWin

Bala-Usman Vows to Recover N192bn Debts from Terminal Operators

ECOWAS Leaders to Meet in Abuja Saturday over Gambia

Nigerians to Pay More for International Passports

VANGUARD 

Imo lawmakers move to sack TC chairmen 

Rivers re-run: Govs of Bauchi, Benue, Kano, Plateau donated N1b each for rigging – Wike 

Nigerian athletes to miss 2017 IAAF World Championships 

S-East govs committed to security, economic devt— Nnaji 

Mikel ready to leave Chelsea, Siasia reveals 

Uyo church collapse: Panel of enquiry to commence work immediately 

$1.092bN Malabu oil deal: Adoke writes NASS 

Biafra: IPOB commends Ekwueme, Nwabueze, others 

Fani-Kayode: Court adjourns case till Jan 

LEKKI GARDENS BUILDING COLLAPSE: Contractors, others for prosecution Amuka tasks 

2 die as car crashes into building in Ekiti 

IDPs contracts: Senate calls for resignation, prosecution of SGF

LEADERSHIP

Unremitted Revenue: FG Recovers N793m From MDAs 

2019: Internal Reconciliation'll Re-unite PDP To Oust APC –Nyitse 

Lulu Calls Out NFF Over Falcons' Allowance Saga 

Presidency Directs Ministry Of Finance To Pay Falcons Today 

Medical Association Seeks FG's Attention On Health 

NCDs: FG's Commitment Will Lessen Deaths – Medical Experts 

Senate Should Allow Magu Take A Bow Today 

Re: Obasanjo Attacks Buhari, Senators, Reps, Judges 

PUNCH

How Buhari shut down N'Assembly for 2017 budget

Jammeh must go when term ends – UN

I'll pay retirees before Dec. 31 – Masari

IDPs: Shettima seeks urgent trial of suspected rice thieves

B'Haram: US donates fresh $92m to displaced persons

N26m Dasuki fund: Fani-Kayode's ill health stalls trial

Mimiko meets Akeredolu, promises smooth transition

Senate wants public officers to operate foreign accounts

NEW TELEGRAPH

Funds diversion: senate demands SGF's resignation, prosecution

NNPC loses N1.5trn oil revenue to attacks

Only court can resolve PDP crisis- Sheriff

Old people's home die of hunger, sickness

MMM participant slumps, dies in bankmy