NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016.

THE DAILY TIMES

Recession will end in 2017 – Adeosun

Magu: senate disowns Ndume

Pensioners shut down Owerri over unpaid arrears

Lassa fever kills 2 in Ogun, infects two others

Buhari signs 9 bills into law 

NIGERIAN PILOT

How major oil coys rip off Nigeria

Ghanaian president-elect meets Buhari

Lassa fever resurfaces in Ogun, kills 2

FCT police bans fireworks during Xmas, New year celebrations

Ige's death: probe my accusers- Oyediran

THE AUTHORITY

$1.1 BN Malabu oil deal: EFCC files charges against Adoke, Etete, Aliyu

Magu: senate disowns Ndume, denies receiving 2 DSS reports

FG, states, LGs share N1.534 trn in 3rd quarter of 2016- NEITI

No room for card-carrying politicians in Ohaneze- caretaker committee

Amos adamu faces 2 year FIFA ban

NEW TELEGRAPH

$1.1 BN Malabu scandal: FG charges Etete, ADOKE, OTHERS

Why FG wants Islamic Studies' Board- Minister

Lassa fever killed mortuary attendant, nurse in Ogun

Rumbles in FRSC over unpaid salaries

I killed my mother for demanding sex  from me

THE BLUEPRINT

Buhari meets Saraki, signs 8 bills into law

Aviation workers suspend strike after grounding Arik air

Blackout: AEDC killing our business, Niger gov tells protesters

We stand on MAGU'S rejection- senate

Customs intercepts 102 bags of plastic rice

DAILY SUN

Magu remains rejected- senate

Nwuche: INEC unbiased in Rivers rerun

Southern Kaduna killings: youths shun curfew, attack el-rufai's convoy

Customs subjecting South East travelers to hardship – Obi

PEOPLE'S DAILY

Abuja bound flights divert to Kaduna in febuary

Nigerian army to set up cattle ranches nationwide

Senate disowns Ndume over MAGU

Yuletide: police ban fireworks, others

Buhari signs 8 bills after meeting Saraki

NATION

Etete, Adoke, seven others charged with $1.6b 'fraud' 

140 Nigerians deported from Libya  

Magu remains rejected, says Senate 

Court issues arrest warrant against Oluwo 

Customs intercepts 102 bags of plastic rice 

Nigeria's diaspora remittances hit $35b 

NNPC to rehabilitate refineries 

DMO urges Nigerians to back govt's economic recovery plans 

Lagos pays N125.9b to pensioners in nine years 

LEADERSHIP

PMB Orders Probe Of New Federal Varsities 

Court Orders EFCC To Vacate Gov Fayose's Property 

Miss Anambra Emerges 40th Miss Nigeria 

We Need N1trn To Complete Projects In N/Delta – Minister 

FG Hands Over Mineral Buying Centre To Sokoto Govt 

Jammeh's Petition Won't Stop Barrow's Inauguration – Gambia Opposition 

Ogun: Minister Calls For Vigilance Over Lassa Fever Outbreak 

Queen Elizabeth To 'Step Down' From Royal Duties Dec 31 

PMB Receives Ghana's President-elect, Akufo-Addo 

PUNCH

Lassa fever kills two in Ogun, nurses flee

EFCC corrupt – Fayose

Police frustrated trial of Ige's killers, says Keyamo

Customs intercept 102 bags of plastic rice

Recession won't end soon, says Obi

Buhari's anti-corruption war is selective — Clark

Soldiers fighting B'Haram protest ill-treatment in camp

Imo pensioners protest unpaid pensions, shut down Owerri

I have stronger passion for Nigeria's unity – Obasanjo