Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [05 December, 2016]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Monday, December 05, 2016.

PUNCH:

• Jonathan shuns 2016 thanksgiving service in Villa
  
  
• Passengers grumble over rising luggage theft at airports
  
  
• Fayose knocks FG for increasing PAYE tax
  
  
• Ex-Lagos speaker, Ikuforiji, takes N600m fraud case to S’Court
  
  
• IPOB report: Amnesty has lost credibility, says SUN
  
  
• Python dance: We are not against Igbo, says Army
  
  
• Lagos moves to float N60bn bond
  
  
• APC wins Lagos bye-election, lawmaker congratulates winner
  
  
• We’re not allocating dollars, says CBN
  
  
• Senate may clash with Osun assembly over bailout probe
  
  
• NMA laments non-payment of Osun doctors’ salaries
  
  
• Ambode, Amosun mourn Kuforiji-Olubi’s death
  
  
• SEEFOR: Bayelsa gets $57m from W’Bank, EU
  
  
• Rivers rerun to hold in 1,840 polling units –INEC
  
  
• Lagos oilfield investors row over cash call deal
  
  
• NNPC, Total supply gas to Alaoji power plant
  
  
• Shehu Sani’s thugs attack our leaders, Kaduna APC alleges
  
  
• Unremitted N450bn: EFCC to grill Jonathan’s ex-ministers, perm secs
  
  
• Olugbo’s outburst, royal rascality, says Ooni
  
  
• Fraudsters hack email, defraud estate agent of N4m
  
  
• NSCDC enlists relatives of powerful Nigerians through the back door
  
  
• Passenger kills okada rider, flees with motorcycle
  
  
• Widow throws epileptic son’s corpse into cesspit
  
  
• Nigerian refugees arrested for drug use in Cameroon
  
  
• Five illegal refineries operators nabbed in Rivers
  
  
• Man jailed six months for stealing batteries, assault
  
  
• N4m was paid for our release, says cleric
  
  
• Judge sends woman to prison for pouring hot water on kid
  
  
  THE NATION:

• Pakistan, Russia fighter jets set to join Boko Haram war
  
  
• Buratai to troops: end insurgency now
  
  
• Attijariwafa Bank, UBA sign MoU
  
  
• NSE expels stockbrokers, accountant over ‘fraud’
  
  
• Ex Minister Kuforiji-Olubi dies at 80
  
  
• No unilateral dollar allocation, says CBN
  
  
• Ooni berates Olugbo for comments on MoremI
  
  
• NLC seeks sanction for pension non-remittance
  
  
• 512 new HIV cases in Borno IDPs’ camps
  
  
• Fertiliser: Dangote, Moroccan Group sign MoU
  
  
• NGA: market forces to drive gas supply
  
  
• Forex, govt dwindling revenue affect auto industry, says Toyota chief
  
  
• Gidi Blues to screen at Lagos under the Lens
  
  
• Judith Audu honoured in Benin
  
  VANGUARD:

• Massob Lauds Ikpeazu, Umahi For Promoting Locally-Made Goods
  
  
• NiMet Predicts Dusty, Hazy, Cloudy Weather For Monday
  
  
• CAN, Labour, Rights Activist Set For War As Minister Seeks Waiver For Islamic Board
  
  
• Paralympic stars steal show at 2016 Nigerian Sports Award
  
  
• PDP Crisis: Sherriff Faction Playing Role Of Spoilers —Okowa
  
  
• 4 Policemen, Guard Arrested Over Missing Idps Relief Materials In Adamawa
  
  
• Ex-Eagles, Nollywood Stars ‘Tango’ For HIV
  
  
• PTAD Clears Arrears Of 4,438 S/East Pensioners, Others
  
  
• Ayade donates 160 vehicles to security agencies
  
  
• Niger-Delta People Won’t Sleep Over Their Rights – Edwin Clark
  
  
• Police, Judiciary, Others Set Up Mobile Court In Delta
  
  
• 7 Die As Tipper Lorry Runs Into Market In Anambra
  
  
• Boko Haram: Buratai Urges Troops To Embark On Final Onslaught
  

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• 2019 presidency: North rules out blanket support for Buhari
  
  
• Nigerian refugees in Cameroon beg for repatriation
  
  
• FG moves to replace NAMA, FAAN, NCAA chiefs
  
  
• Kidnapping scaring investors away from Nigeria –NGE
  
  
• Court asked to reverse transfer of Kalu, others’ case to Lagos
  
  
• Nigerians in U.S. celebrate Trump’s appointment of Ogunlesi
  
  
• Adesokan: Why media must stop prying into cases under investigation
  
  
• Lagos to boost infrastructure with N60bn bond
  
  
• Crude lifting: Nigeria pays N1.88trn to foreign liners