Tuesday, 13 December 2016

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016

                                     
THE SUN
Rivers-rerun: Police performed well – IGP
Ex-soldier, 7 others jailed 104 years for kidnapping Speaker
FG unveils N7.02trn package to end recession
Customs seals up rice warehouses in Lagos, collects N286.623m seized vehicles
Buhari should listen to critics, not loyalists – Uwakwe
Ekweremadu wants single term for office holders
3m Nigerians panic as MMM suspends payments

DAILY TRUST
FG: N565bn recovered loot forms part of 2017 budget
NNPC still diverting oil proceeds — Saraki
Senate okays data price hike
Rivers: Police investigate death of DSP, others
Official, 3 others arrested over theft of IDP food
EFCC to appeal against order to defreeze Fayose’s accounts
Uyo disaster: CAN commiserates with Akwa Ibom people


LEADERSHIP
Reconsider Sale Of Power Coys, Reps Tell FG 
CSOs Allege Persecution Of Patience Jonathan By FG 
PMB Determined To Pull Nigeria Out Of Recession In 2017 – SGF 
Senate Drops Kano, Plateau From North East Devt Commission
$1.092 Malabu Deal: No Evidence To Nail Diezani, Adoke, Aganga, Says Malami
Security Forces Lay Siege To Election Commission As Heads Of State Visit The Gambia
2017 Budget Funding: FG Targets N10trn Earnings From Oil Licences, Taxes, Others

PUNCH
N1.4bn fraud: EFCC quizzes OAU VC, students, lecturers kick
Fayose orders Ekiti varsity to sack 400 workers
N1tn Abuja land scam: EFCC seizes 12 properties from ex-minister, Mohammed, son
Two killed, 15 vehicles burnt in Rivers tanker fire
Court orders EFCC to unfreeze Fayose’s accounts
Disown results of violent elections, Olurode urges INEC
Panic as MMM freezes three million Nigerians’ accounts

THISDAY
NHRC Asks FG to Prosecute Electoral Offenders in Rivers
NBS: 68.5% of Households Own Their Houses
Ndume: Senate will Not Rubber Stamp MTEF, External Borrowing Plan
9,700 Nigerians Killed Extra-judicially under Buhari, Says Rights Group
INEC’s Independence Dangerously Drifting Away, Ekweremadu Warns
Conflicting Figures as Emmanuel Says 23 Died in Uyo Church Building Collapse
Tourism Can Promote Economic Diversification in Recession, Says Expert

PEOPLE’S DAILY
Ayine emerges AGF nominee, to Senate
AU leaders in Gambia to chart peaceful transition
Senate orders NNPC, NPDC probed over unremitted $3.34BN
N’East Devt Commission: senate backslides excludes Kano, Plateau

NEW TELEGRAPH
Panic as MMM freezes 3.3m Nigerians’ accounts
Rivers rerun: PDP demands military, DSS, POLICE’S probe
Senate wont rubber stamp 2017 budget – Saraki
Biafra: my testimony will break up Nigeria – kanu
Judge upbraids EFCC over Kalu’s trial

THE AUTHORITY
Protest as court allows shielding witness in KANU’s trial
FG to issue new oil licences to fund 2017 budget
MMM shocks Nigerian subscribers, goes on one month break
Amaechi, Adeosun shun Reps over N1trn failed rail contracts

THE BLUEPRINT
Over 3m Nigerians lose billions to MMM
NASS probe NNPC, Malabu over oil deals
Another LT.-Col killed by Boko Haram insurgents
Xmas: Okorocha doles out N20m, doubles salaries to civil servants

NIGERIAN PILOT
Panic as MMM freezes members’ accounts… EFCC – "we warned you"
Senate accuses NNPC of failing to remit $3.487BN
President nominates Ayine as Auditor-General
Rivers re-run: Amaechi ordered my arrest– Commissioner
Buhari revises 2017-2019 MTEF
Military takes over Gambian Electoral Commission

NATION
Patience Jonathan faces fresh hurdles over $15.5m 
Justice Ademola, wife deny corruption charges 
How Fed Govt’ll raise N10tr in 2017 
Jammeh receptive to quit advice, says Buhari 
Panic as MMM stops payment 
Fed Govt loses $1b yearly to gas flaring 
Reps disagree over Medium Term Expenditure Framework 
Anti-graft agency quizzes OAU VC over N1.4b 
Uyo: Roof supplier, site engineer trade blames


VANGUARD 
20 arrested over killing of policemen, missing NYSC members in Rivers re-run 
‘Over 101,500 Nigerians murdered since 1999— Report 
Buhari forwards Ayine to Senate for confirmation as AuGF 
Ondo confirms receipt of N6.5bn Paris Club refund 
Rivers Rerun: A bloody recap 
Senators protest removal of Kano, Plateau from devt commission 
Edo poll: Tribunal dismisses YDP’s petition 
Biafra: By the time I finish testifying there will be no Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu tells Judge 
Alleged N1trn failed rail contracts: Amaechi, Adeosun, Waziri, others shun Reps c’ttee 
2016: Lagos records 246 murders, 51 kidnap cases in one year 
Pay us our pensions, gratuities, Delta pensioners beg Okowa 
Ogbe-Ijoh didn’t invade Aladja, kill Urhobo indigene—Youth leader

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