NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2017.

VANGUARD
Gory tales as another batch of 258 Nigerian deportees arrive Lagos Airport.
2017 budget designed to take Nigeria out of recession — Udoma
Tinubu calls for true federalism
Osinbajo orders immediate expansion social investment programmes
Money laundering: EFCC docks ex-Niger Gov, Aliyu on 8-count charge
Prophet Arraigned Over Possession Of Human Skull
12 Killed, 15,000 Displaced In Taraba Farmers, Herdsmen’s Clash
Emir of Daura prays for Buhari’s ‘two years and four years to come’
FG Provides Details Of Social Investments Programmes
FG Conducts 4,349 Surgeries, 17,793 Screenings For Indigent Nigerians
Assassins Wipe Out Family Of 6 In Ogun
Terror Virus Ransomware Spreads Panic Around The World
French President Macron to travel to Africa on Friday
Ndidi wins Leicester City Young Player Award

DAILY TIMES
Money laundering: EFCC docks ex- Niger Gov, Aliyu, on 8-count charge
We found bags of foreign currencies in Justice Ngwuta’s wardrobe -DSS
RAIL PROJECT LOAN: SENATE SUMMONS AMAECHI OVER $5,851B
N19B alleged fraud: Again, FG fails to produce Dasuki in court for trial
Fayose: Fayemi’s position as a minister is a waste to Ekiti
Crisis: PDP reps caucus inaugurates 13- man committee to examine current...
Lafarge to seek approval for N140bn rights issue, Unicem merger at AGM
Shehu of Borno blasts ex-ministers of power for not connecting state to national grid
NCC releases guidelines on preventing cyber-attack
Death toll in Taraba herdsmen attack rises to 12, as IDPs lament hardship
Plateau constituents urges Federal Lawmaker to dump PDP for APC
Moses, to break EPL record with wins over Watford & Sunderland

THISDAY
Buratai Warns Officers to Steer Clear of Politics
Makarfi-led PDP Asks State Chapters to Use Alternative Parties for Coming...
Ogbeh: Nigeria’s Rice Policy Hurting Thai Production
Ambode Bans VIOs from Lagos Roads Permanently
Inflation Inches Downwards to 17.24% in April
Oshiomhole’s Wife, 334 Foreign Nationals Get Nigerian Citizenship
Again, Suspected Herdsmen Kill 12 in Taraba
Shell Pays $29bn to Nigeria in Five Years
Again, FG Refuses to Produce Dasuki in Court for Trial
DSS Invades THISDAY Editorial Board Member’s Office over Report on Sexualisation on School Kids
Again, FG Re-arraigns Justice Ngwuta on Amended 13-count Charge
Bills to Exclude Para-military from CPS, Regulate Name Change Scale Second Reading
CSNAC Asks Federal Character Commission to Investigate DSS Recruitment Scandal

DAILY TRUST
High cost of local rice worries FG
Steer clear of politics, Buratai warns officers
Expect more corruption trials – Lai Mohammed
JAMB releases UTME results
Ex-Niger gov Aliyu re-arraigned, granted bail
Bama: Borno governor cancels IDPs return before Ramadan
60% of local flights in Q1 delayed – Records
NMRC releases N13bn mortgages to housing board
Naira strengthens as CBN injects $457.3m into FX market
LG polls: Makarfi-led PDP asks candidates to look for alternative platforms
New Bafana Bafana coach says ready to give Super Eagles tough time

TRIBUNE
FUNAAB: Senior staff celebrate VC’s suspension with akara, pap meal
Horror in Ijebu-Ode! Imam, wife, 4 children killed by hoodlums
Fayose: Ask Fayemi what he has done for Ekiti in two years, as minister
French President Macron on first African trip to Mali on Friday —Source
BREXIT: Awolowo seeks stronger economic ties with UK
Babangida Aliyu docked over alleged N1bn fraud, granted N200m bail
LGs need reforms, not autonomy — Ahmed
Nigeria has strong universities that are not internationally recognised —World Bank chief
Police confirm 3 dead in fresh attacks in Taraba

THE SUN
PDP: Sheriff, Makarfi bicker over  party candidates
$5.8bn loan request: Senate moves against FG
Assemblies of God: Police bar faction from headquarters
Family member reveals how 6 gunmen butchered Pentecostal pastor in Umuahia
APC has deceived Nigerians, abandoned Rivers –Wike
Anambra Assembly to INEC: Conduct Central senatorial poll
NNPC boss laments huge security, remediation costs for pipelines
Corruption: FG acting on 2,500 whistleblower tips –Finance Minister
Abia guber tussle: Supreme Court  hears Ikpeazu, Nwosu’s suit Monday
Biafra: Kanu appoints deputy, directorate’s head
APC has impoverished Nigerians –PDP
VIOs banned permanently on Lagos roads, says Ambode
Nigeria’s inflation rate declines to 17.24%.