NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2016

                                    

THISDAY
Presidency Alerts Senate of Cabinet Shake up Next Month
Forbes Names Dangote, Putin, Others Most Powerful Persons in the World
Sack Justice Abang Now, Rights Group Tells NJC
NDIC Boss Urges Banks to Recapitalise
Lagos Investigates Fresh Stampede in Synagogue Church

25 Unions Form New Labour Movement
Boko Haram: UN, ONSA to Adopt Regional Approach on Rehabilitation of Repentant Terrorists
Transmission System Stability Not Guaranteed Below 3,000MW, Says TCN

VANGUARD
RRS nabs 22-yr-old fraudster posing as girl on Instagram
N-Power jobs: 13 states submit list of verified applicants – Presidency
Cabinet Reshuffle: Buhari may drop 10 ministers
Corruption: Tension mounts as Buhari orders EFCC Chair, SGF’s investigations
IMO: It is an aberration for Gov’s wife to oversee 4 ministries – Ihedioha, PDP
Rivers Govt, People Won’t Submit To Police Probe Panel —WIKE
Shiite: Kaduna Bans Processions, Unlawful Assembly
Banks need fresh capital, creativity to weather recession – NDIC

GUARDIAN
Weak estimates threaten proposed 2017 budget
Cabinet shakeup looms in Buhari’s government
Passengers groan as airlines cancel flights over fuel scarcity
Uyo building collapse caused by human error, says governor
Kwara Assembly plans zero budgeting template for next year
Doctors, pharmacists fault proposed 4.15% vote for health
VC flays exclusion of private varsities from TETFUND
Reps to endorse Buhari’s plan to borrow, says Gbajabiamila

PUNCH
Insurgency: Germany donates €3m, equipment to Nigeria
Corruption: Buhari orders AGF to probe SGF, others
Rivers rerun: Police to demand Wike’s call data this week
Sacked members: NUPENG threatens three-day strike on Jan. 9
El-Rufai bans processions, unlawful assembly
UN council meets FG over trial of B’Haram suspects
18 farmers hacked to death in Taraba
Marketers accuse CBN of frustrating aviation fuel imports

THE DAILY TIMES
Yuletide: NCAA steps up monitoring of airlines
Nigeria to get 3m Euros from Germany for military equipment
Rivers people wont partake in police probe- Wike
Senate vs SGF: Saraki, Dogara should first resign, says Arewa youths
130 transmission projects abandoned since 2002, says official

THE BLUEPRINT
Taraba peace concert turns tragic
How Oyegun scuttled 2016 party convention
NOUN VC gets traditional title in Enugu
Army recruits 5,898 Soldiers in Zaria
2.2m IDPs in North Easrt, NEMA boss confirms

THE AUTHORITY
$2 BILLION Abacha loot: gov Bagudu, wife file suit to claim seized funds in US
Excitement as FG fixes Ikot- Ekpene- Umuahia highway
24 killed in fresh Taraba violence
Rivers’ violence: I won’t participate in police probe- Wike
FIFA suspends grants to Nigeria

PEOPLE’S DAILY
Magu: SERAP accuses senate of political vendetta, petitions UN
CCB amendment by NASS unconstitutional- Gbajabiamila
Gunmen kill 18 farmers in Taraba
14 criminal gang leaders, 1000 others surrender in Zamfara
Buhari launches N10bn agric environment impact fund wednesday

NEW TELEGRAPH
Corruption: 15 SANs reject offers to prosecute judges
24 farmers killed in fresh Taraba violence\
Rivers rerun: count us out of police probe, says Wike
FG halts entry of 3,729 oil expatriates in 11 months
From wealth to waste, the story of Oluwa glass PLC

NATION
Buhari shuns lobbyists in battle for Magu’s job 
SERAP takes Senate to UN over Magu 
 Buhari orders probe of allegations against top officials 
20 Tiv farmers killed on Taraba’s Peace Day 
FRSC enforces tanker drivers’ ban from night journeys 
Rivers re-run: matters arising 
Senate to probe N213b power intervention fund disbursement 
Uyo church collapse was human error, says Emmanuel

LEADERSHIP
NUT Posts N85.62m Benefit In Niger 
‘Southern Kaduna Crisis Fuelled By Rumours’ 
Developing Countries Kick, As UN Ratifies Gene Drives, Synthetic Biology 
Military Equipment: Nigeria To Get 3m Euros From Germany 
World Human Rights Day: US Urged To Dismiss Bid For Gulen’s Extradition 
JAMB: Computer-based Test Has Curbed Exam Malpractices – CPAN 
PTAD Verifies 4,370 Pensioners In North East 
92 CSOs Threaten To Shut Down NASS Over SGF

NIGERIAN PILOT
Exclusive: Nobody can intimate INEC- Prof Yakubu
Corruption: Buhari orders DSS to probe SGF, EFCC boss
Buhari, Obsanjo for S/East summit
Farmers- herdsmen clash claim 24 lives in Taraba