NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2016

                                      

PUNCH
FG to buy N400m vehicles for Obasanjo, Jonathan others
Policewoman joins kidnap gang to apprehend kingpin
Politicians already stockpiling arms for 2019 polls –Security chief
FG to buy N45m carpet, N63m seats for National Theatre
We’re ready for dialogue, militants reply Buhari
Recession will end soon, says Olumba Olumba
Ghost workers: N143bn saved in 2016, says FG
Delta may lose out on $250m Ibori loot

THIS DAY
Malabu Oil Deal: Etete Questions FG’s Decision Not to Prosecute IOCs
IPOB: Kanu’s Secret Trial Has No Precedence in Nigeria’s History
PDP Congratulates Buhari, Nigerian Military for Conquering Sambisa Forest
NCAA Penalises Arik for Delaying Delivery of Passengers’ Luggage
Uduaghan Tells Those Making Fanfare of Visit to Ibori to Stop it
Oyegun: APC Not Threatened by Proposed Mega Party
Black American Billionaire Offers to Pay for Chibok Girls’ Education
Stop These Diversionary Stories, Nigerians are Hungry, Fayose Tells Buhari
Sultan Rejects Bill Seeking Equal Inheritance for Men, Women

VANGUARD
Budget 2017: FG to spend N432m on cars for ex-presidents
PANDEF to Buhari: Stop creating impression S-South is against dialogue
Shettima calls for probe of Jonathan’s Govt N500m Chibok school reconstruction
How we actualised Kebbi rice dream — Gov Bagudu
El rufai comment capable of inciting north against Niger Deltans - IYC
Fulani herdsmen invade Enugu community kill two, 19 missing
Standard of living in Nigeria has depreciated abysmally in 1yr- MASSOB
Ambode budgets N2.698bn for five elderly homes

NEW TELEGRAPH
Harmattan haze forces airlines to make return
Sultan rejects equal inheritance bill
Fall of sambisa forest not the end of insurgency- PDP
I ingested 45 wraps of cocaine for N5M- suspect
arms scandal : panel recommends trail of ex-minister, general over N5.71bn

THE AUTHORITY
Nnewi celebrates: Igwe Orizu clocks 91, marks 53rd Ofala today
Sultan rejects NASS bill on inheritances for male, female children
Budget padding: FG seeks fresh proof against NASS
Buhari’s special anti-graft courts targeted at opponents- J.B Dauda

BLUEPRINT
FG saves N200bn from 50,000 ghost workers in 2016
Kano suspends director, 9 others over fraud
2017 budget: 63,000 prison inmates get N17.7 bn for feeding
Kogi okays N2bn for ex political appointees
10% Nigerians know HIV / AIDs status – NACA

NATION
Army arrests 40 foreigners after Sambisa Forest’s fall 
Obama calls Buhari as DSS arrests key terrorism suspect 
Govt promises good education for Chibok girls 
Fed Govt saves N200b from 50,000 ghost workers in 2016 
 Anyaoku seeks scrapping of states 
 Local Content Policy: NAICOM to sanction negligent insurers 
Uduaghan warns Ibori’s visitors over conduct 
NCAA fines Arik N6m for violating passengers’ rights

LEADERSHIP
Flaws In The Implementation Of Social Investment Project (N Power) And Other Issues 
The Late Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim Babangida And How The Boon Still Flutters 
LMC Declares N483m Surplus For 2016 
Oliseh Appointed Coach Of Dutch Side, Fortuna Sittard 
Enyeama Misses In World’s Best Goalkeepers List 
AMAC Marshal Guards Nab Fleeing Boko Haram Member 
Rerun: Security Agencies Plotted To Make Rivers Ungovernable – Wike 
Kano Govt Suspends Director, 9 Others Over Salary Fraud 
Abia: Ikpeazu Pardons 20 Prisoners 
Herdsmen Are Killing My People, Says David Umaru

DAILY SUN
Udaughan cautions Ibori’s visitors
16 exotic cars retrieved from stolen cars workshop
Reps’ll ensure ‘federal character’ in projects distribution – Spokesman
Anxiety in Presidency, security over 2019 polls
FG saves N200bn from 50,000 ghost workers
Plot to remove Abia speaker thickens