Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [18 December, 2016]

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Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Sunday, December 18, 2016.

PUNCH:

• Confirmation crisis: Magu blocked from seeing Buhari
  
  
• Ponzi palaver: Nigerians count losses, blame economic recession for MMM woes
  
  
• Abati, Obanikoro, FFK, others pose for photo in EFCC custody
  
  
• Nobody forced me to concede defeat to Buhari — Jonathan
  
  
• First lady, Osinbajo, others absent as Buhari marks 74th birthday
  
  
• We put our school fees, project money in MMM, varsity students lament
  
  
• How I became a lecturer at law school – 24-year-old Okwo
  
  
• I don’t consider Tiwa Savage a friend
  
  
• Partygoers escape death in Osun ghastly accident
  
  
• MURIC slams Senate
  

VANGUARD:

• Rivers Rerun: Police Investigate Inec Chairman’s Allegations
  
  
• Female Football Dying Slowly In Nigeria—Onome Ebi
  
  
• Nigeria Can Become Africa’s Outsourcing Headquarters For Data Science Opportunities — Adekanmbi , C-Level Executive MTN
  
  
• Uduaghan Mourns Omawumi Udoh
  
  
• Obasanjo Created A Jungle Out Of Nigeria’s Democracy – Ambassador Maisule
  
  
• Why We Replaced Monthly Sanitation With Cleaner Lagos Initiative — Adejare, Commissioner For Environment
  
  
• Nigerian Coaches’ Demand For Bribe Pushed Me To Haiti—Sarki
  
  
• OAU Senate Faults VC’s Invitation By EFCC
  
  
• POOR POWER SUPPLY: DISCOs Can’t Account For The Bulk Of Revenue From Electricity Consumers — NBET MD
  
  
• From The Creek, Akinleye Takes Oil War To The Gallery
  
  
• RECESSION: Ugwuanyi And The BudgIT Verdict
  
  
• 2017 Budget Hints Opportunities For SMEs, Agro Entrepreneurship
  
  
• C’ River Partners Ita-Giwa On Calabar Food Festival
  
  
• The Thousand-Year Reign Of Christ 2:16 AMGeorge Akume Is Not My Godfather – Gov. Ortom
  
  
• Revealed: SGF, Babachir Lawal Awarded N220m Grass Removal Job To His Firm – Senate Report
  

THE NATION:

• Presidency weighs options on Magu
  
  
• Rivers: IGP raises panel to probe audio tape
  
  
• Nobody asked me to concede defeat, says Jonathan
  
  
• Kickback: SGF’s firm allegedly received N200m in 20 instalments
  
  
• Buhari marks 74th birthday with special parade
  
  
• Troops arrest notorious militant ‘General Eagle’
  
  
• SHEHU DIKKO -‘I want NPFL to drive our economy’
  
  
• Female monarchs in Yorubaland seek recognition
  
  
• COSTA KEEPS CONTE’S CHELSEA CHUGGING ON TOP
  
  
• Gambia: Take decisive action now, Sirleaf tells ECOWAS
  
  
• FRSC says no going back on speed limiting device