Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [23 December, 2016]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Friday, December 23, 2016

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• Workers to Fayose: Don’t divert N9.3bn bailout
  
  
• Buhari to govs: Pay workers’ salaries with N552bn refund
  
  
• Parties kick as PDP sweeps Abia LG election
  
  
• Ugwuanyi, a populist leader, says Sultan of Sokoto
  
  
• Buhari backs Christmas Day curfew in Kaduna
  
  
• APC chieftain denies link with suspected killers of DSP
  
  
• Budget 2017: FG earmarks N42.9bn for State House
  
  
• DSS: Wike, Saraki’s aide plotting violent unrest
  
  
• Forex: Pharma industries resort to local materials
  
  
• NCC to spend N1.982bn on travels, N3bn on communication centres
  

THE NATION:

• 8th Governor’s Belt: SuperiorBet set to sponsor tournament
  
  
• Xmas: Workers battle governors over salaries
  
  
• Buhari to governors: pay from N552b debt-service refunds
  
  
• Alleged treason: Wike, DSS clash
  
  
• How DSS operatives arrested Saraki’s aide, by colleague
  
  
• Digital Switch Over: Broadcast media to rake in $400m
  
  
• Igbo in Akure kick against ‘plan’ to install Eze Ndigbo
  
  
• Lagosians rush to get Lake Rice
  
  
• Saraki: I won’t condone lawlessnes
  
  
• Governor: it’s false, baseless alarm
  
  
• Presidency budgets N978m for travels
  
  
• 500 ex-militants get training in advanced farming
  
  
• Psychiatric hospital records more mental cases
  
  
• Buhari greets veteran journalist Oyebola at 80
  
  
• Lawyer writes Senate, AGF on Magu’s status
  
  
• Glo leads in new Internet subscription
  
  
• Buhari hails the appointment of Dorgu as the 13th Bishop of Woolwich

PUNCH:

• DSS accuses Wike of sponsoring Abuja protests
  
  
• Cleaner kills boss for not paying salary in advance#
  
  
• El-Rufai meets Buhari over Southern Kaduna attacks
  
  
• Robbers snatch police van, kill one in Ekiti
  
  
• Released Chibok girls return to Borno for Christmas
  
  
• Togolese arrested for land grabbing in Lagos
  
  
• Taraba workers shut down secretariat over unpaid salaries
  
  
• Stop Taraba, Kaduna, Zamfara killings, FG orders IG
  
  
• Mother, two children killed in Ogun crash
  
  
• Operatives foil bank robbery, arrest three
  
  
• Policeman kills driver for refusing to give bribe

VANGUARD:

• Emmanuel Proposes N365.251bn For 2017 Fiscal Year
  
  
• Crisis Brews In Ondo Over Plan To Install Rival Eze Ndigbo
  
  
• Why I Retired From Football – Okocha
  
  
• Court Recognises Hrh Eresoyen As Enogie Of Irhue-Owina, Edo State
  
  
• Keep Hope Alive, Osun APC Urges Citizens
  
  
• Bayelsa Govt Blames Banks For Delay In Salary Payment
  
  
• Rangers Ready For Champions League – Chukwu
  
  
• Govt Lauds Indigenous Firm On Job Creation
  
  
• No Going Back On June 2017 Digital Switchover Deadline— Buhari
  
  
• Toyota Fortuner: Sleek Like Sedan, Tough Like No Other SUV
  
  
• No Evidence Backing Alleged Plastic Rice— Health Minister
  
  
• Rivers Re-Run Violence: Wike Inaugurates Commission Of Inquiry
  
  
• Hyundai Ranks High In 2016 Auto Bild’s Quality Report
  
  
• There Is Nothing Stopping FG From Initiating Fresh Criminal Charges Against Ibori – Lawyers
  
  
• Plateau Drills 340 Boreholes, Tackles Rusted Water Pipes
  
  
• Muslim Ummah Urged To Emulate Prophet Muhammad
  
  
• Herdsmen Will Not Be Allowed To Intimidate Our People — Dickson