NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2016.

THE DAILY TIMES

Anti-graft war: FG okays whistle blower initiative

15 years after, activists seek fresh probe into Ige's murder

INEC 's partisanship, manipulations, cause of electoral violence- Fayose

Five die, several injured in Ife-Ibadan expressway auto crash

Re-run : Wike sets up judicial panel to probe killings 

NIGERIAN PILOT

FG declares Dec 26, 27 : Jan 2, 2017 public holidays

Ex- delta state, governor James Ibori regains freedom

20 killed, 10,000 displaced in Taraba communal crisis

Rivers re-run: INEC committee probes alleged staff misconduct

Stocks extend losing streak, post 1.08%

THE AUTHORITY

FG restarts N130 bn 2nd Niger Bridge project

Rivers rerun: Wike sets up commission to probe killings

S/East senators to boycott Buhari's meeting in Enugu

Ibori released from prison, restricted to London home 

NEW TELEGRAPH

Britain demands N7bn before Ibori's deportation

FEC approves cash reward for whistle blowers

Army arrest 504 Boko Haram suspects

Rivers-rerun: INEC probes officials over bribery

$1.3m cash recovered in arms panel member's home - AGF

THE BLUEPRINT

Kaduna crisis: Mob ATTACKS El-rufai's convoy

My trial, vendetta - Adoke

Don't borrow to celebrate Christmas: CAN urges Nigerians

1,400 workers on Yari's neck over 32 months unpaid salary

FG posts 47 new ambassadors

NATION

 AGF: how we found $1.30m at ex-panel member's home 

Adamant Jammeh: I won't step down 

He must vacate office Jan. 19, says UN 

Whistle blowers to get 5% of looted fund 

London court frees James Ibori as deportation hearing begins in Jan. 

 $1.6b Malabu Oil deal: I acted on Jonathan's instruction, says Adoke 

Shettima presents N183m budget 

PDP members defect to APC in Jos 

Nigerians urged to patronise domestic gas  

LEADERSHIP

Expose Corruption, Get 5% Recovered Loot, FG Promises Whisteblowers In New Policy 

NNPC Lifts N461bn Crude In 21 Months 

Amosun Offsets N12.5bn Workers' Gratuities 

97 Graduate From Amnesty's Agric Training Scheme 

PMB, Ortom Congratulate New Tor Tiv 

Jammeh Calls ECOWAS' Bluff, Vows To Remain In Office 

Saraki To Commission Girls Boarding School In Ilorin 

Buhari's Cabinet: An Assessment Of The Torch Bearers 

Malabu Oil Deal: I Acted Within The Law – Adoke 

Rivers Rerun: Peterside Dismisses Wike's Probe Panel 

PUNCH

Bauchi, Benue, Borno present 2017 budgets to lawmakers

Attack: El-Rufai imposes 24-hour curfew on three LGAs

Katsina health workers protest suspended salary structure

Rep warns against withdrawing troops from N'East

Military begins road construction into Sambisa Forest

18 die, 21 injured in Osun, Delta accidents

FEC okays resumption of work on second Niger Bridge

Fayose signs N94bn 2017 budget into law

THISDAY

FG to Reward Whistleblowers with 5% of Recovered Loot

Jubilation in Delta State as Ibori Regains Freedom

Kogi, Edo to Benefit as FG Approves 13% Derivation for Non-oil Mineral producing states

Bauchi, Katsina, Jigawa, Osun Present 2017 Budget Proposals to Assemblies

Nigerian Military Builds Roads into Boko Haram Havens

El-Rufai Says Attack on His Convoy, Part of Burden of Leadership

IG to Fly in Forensic Experts to Probe Killings, Wike's Alleged Audio Tape

VANGUARD

Falcons captain signs for new Swedish club 

Ogbeh puts poultry farmers on alert over bird flu outbreak 

Former Benue LG boss arrested with cache of firearms 

Gunmen kidnap female Customs officer in Lagos 

Demonstrators stone El-Rufai's convoy in Kaduna 

PENGASSAN warns Mobil to reinstate 150 sacked workers 

APC leaders are bad learners —PDP S-South Chair 

Security votes on N-Delta enough to develop the region—Pereotubo 

Herdsmen abduct Delta monarch 

22-yr-old man stabbed dead over N50 loaf of bread

Sultan's comments show hatred, hypocrisy against Biafra — MASSOB