NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2018.

THIS DAY
Minister Launches Support Group to Champion Buhari’s Re-election Bid in S’West
Nationwide Blackout Persists as System Collapses Twice in 24 Hours
Benue Killings: Youths Stone Ortom, Buhari Orders Arrest of Culprits.
Nigeria Secures $550m from China to Fund Two Satellites for NigComSat.
Stop Work Order: Security Agencies Clamp Down on BUA Cement, Arrest Two Staff.
Lawal Kaita Buried in Katsina Cemetery
Dogara Seeks Overhaul of Internal Security Architecture
Theatre Commander Seeks Deal With Police, Others to Crush Boko Haram
2018 Appropriation Bill Unconstitutional, Agbakoba Writes N’Assembly.
11 Killed by Suicide Bomber in Gamboru
Benue Killings: Labour Party Warns against Ripple Effect
Appeal Court Declares Okoronkwo IPMAN National President
Lagos Shuts Filling Station of Suspected Badoo Kingpin.
FG Delegation Departs for Libya over Evacuation of Nigerians
Trouble Brews in Anambra over Disappearance of Herdsman, Dead Cows

THE PUNCH
I will appear before police, but not CP Edgal –Suspected Badoo kingpin
Violent protest rocks Makurdi, Atiku, Mark, others condemn killings.
Marketers agree to N145, beg FG for incentives.
Fuel scarcity: Senate to grill Kachikwu, Baru, DPR today
EPL: Bellerin strikes late to rescue Arsenal in Chelsea thriller
Bomber kills father, 10 others in Borno mosque.
Can Buhari still bring the change?
N338m fraud: Ex-Lagos Speaker, Ikuforiji, learns fate Jan. 12
We’ll open campaign office for Buhari/Osinbajo Jan. 20 – Minister
Police nab man with 114 bags of hemp
Man who tied, beat up father gets bail
Police arrest driver who killed Ibadan journalist
S’East should align with North for 2023 presidency –Uzodinma
Dankwambo unfit for President, Gombe group tells Mbaka
Chadian kills friend in Lagos for not lending him glasses
Blackout as electricity grid collapses twice in 16 hours
CJ illegally transferred Farouk Lawan’s $620,000 bribery case –FG

THE SUN
Fuel subsidy: Presidency peddling falsehood –Senate
2019: Arewa youth groups drum support for Igbo president
Badoo: Lagos seals suspected kingpin’s property
2019: Minister hints of Buhari’s re-election bid
8 herdsmen arrested as violent protest rocks Benue.
Teenage suicide bomber kills own dad, 9 others in Borno mosque attack.
Blame game over Lagos Trade Fair fire
Accra agog for historic Aiteo CAF Awards ceremony 
China to produce 2 Nigerian satellites free of charge

DAILY TRUST
2019: Atiku’ll not get PDP’s presidential ticket — Omale
PDP can’t win Lagos in 2019 — APC
Senate: Groups intensify call on Yuguda to re-contest in 2019
APDA group denounces prophesy, vows to win Ekiti gov’ship race
APC mourns late Lawal Kaita
Kebbi governor swears-in 2 new commissioners
More APC members defect to PDP in Niger
2019: Awujale alerts politicians over fraudsters
Gombe coalition flays Mbaka’s endorsement of Dankwambo