Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [22 January, 2017]

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Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Sunday, January 22, 2017.

PUNCH:

• Presidency dispels death rumour, says Buhari alive
  
  
• EFCC, others lied against me –Diezani
  
  
• Nationwide outage worsens as fire razes TCN control room
  
  
• IPOB didn't obtain permit, rally illegal – Police
  
  
• IDPs bombing: 68 surgeries condudcted in 48 hours
  
  
• Boko Haram: Adamawa govt deploys 150 hunters
  
  
• FG to launch rice, cassava industries in Imo
  
  
• FG begins health insurance for corps members
  
  
• Policemen to escort air travellers on Abuja-Kaduna Highway
  
  
• LFZDC to spend $250m on sand filling
  
  
• Nigerian Sovereign Invstment Authority posts N111bn profit
  
  
• Christians demand shelter for Southern Kaduna victims
  
  
• Buhari warns VCs against funds mismanagement
  
  
• 2019: Akande, others meet on Yoruba political agenda
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• Diezani: EFCC hands evidence to British investigators
  
  
• Protests in Osogbo as police shoot 2 UNIOSUN students
  
  
• Biafra’s Protest: We didn’t kill anybody, say police
  
  
• FG procures surveillance gadgets to track kidnappers
  
  
• Anti-Trump protests sweep the globe
  
  
• Son of Nigerian diplomat jailed for killing prostitute in UK
  
  
• Jammeh, family leave for exile in Guinea
  
  
• Ogun pays N1.5bn gratuity
  
  
• I’m returning to my homeland, says Barrow
  
  
• Death toll of Rann bombing rises to 236, says council boss
  
  
• NMA asks FG to withdraw directive replacing striking doctors
  
  
• Shock as Refugees’ Commission locks out Reps on oversight visit
  
  
• Rainstorm destroys 100 houses, renders many homeless in Ekiti
  
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• I have not, will never steal money from or defraud Federal Government of Nigeria – Diezani
  
  
• ECWA, TEKAN Fault FG’s Handling Of Southern Kaduna Killings
  
  
• Police, IPOB Trade Claims On Trump Protest
  
  
• Ex-Militant Leader Laments Delay In Payment Of Amnesty Stipends
  
  
• Cornfield Books Worth Millions For 104 Federal Unity Colleges
  
  
• Forex Crisis: Expert Calls On CBN To Harmonise Exchange Rate
  
  
• Rename Ozoro Poly After Okpozo, Isoko Students Beg Okowa
  
  
• Cleric Throws Weight Behind Accountability Codes For Churches
  
  
• 2Face Suspends Victoria Island Club Rumours Opening
  
  
• AFCON 2017: Total To Take 14 Lucky Football Fans To Gabon