Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [29 December, 2016]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Thursday, December 29, 2016.

THE NATION:

• Police foil plot to bomb Third Mainland Bridge
  
  
• Troops recover Shekau’s Qur’an, flag
  
  
• Malabu oil deal: UK group alleges $523m went to ex-President’s fronts
  
  
• Etete, 12 others set for trial in Italy
  
  
• Airline operators blame poor navigational aids for landing problems
  
  
• Nigeria won’t let Guinea Bissau down, says Buhari
  
  
• Naira weakens to N490/$ at parallel market
  
  
• No more strike, Ado Poly students beg workers
  
  
• 14 remanded in Ekiti for alleged terrorism
  
  
• Benue varsity to test shoddy buildings
  
  
• PZ Cussons kicks off Chemistry contest
  
  
• NAFDAC secures conviction of eight drug offenders in 11 months, says DG
  
  
• Amosun pays severance allowances to ex-public officials
  
  
• LASU honours workers at maiden award
  
  
• NHRC tells Fed Govt: it’s time to end herdsmen attacks
  
  
• Buhari, Delta APC chieftains mourn Okpozo
  
  
• Baraje, NASFAT hail military for dislodging Boko Haram
  
  
• Okada rider wins quiz contest
  

PUNCH:

• Sambisa’s capture: B’Haram may have used Chibok girls as shields during attack –Army
  
  
• Dogs disappear as Ekiti residents eat canine meat
  
  
• Nurse pulls off baby’s hand during delivery
  
  
• FG to spend N1.9bn on sewage, fumigation in 2017
  
  
• Dangote loses 32% of wealth in 2016 – Bloomberg index
  
  
• Wike presents N470bn budget to Rivers assembly
  
  
• LEDAP attacks Obaseki over execution of prisoners
  
  
• Church tragedy: A’Ibom panel seeks memoranda from public
  
  
• Pay outstanding stipends, ex-militants tell FG
  
  
• Okpozo: Buhari mourns
  
  
• Carnival excites Ayade
  

VANGUARD:

• Budget 2017: Power Gets N69.96bn
  
  
• Gender Equality, Workplace Diversity Key To Technology Sector Growth – Experts
  
  
• Imo 2019: Youths Urge Ararume To Contest Gov Polls
  
  
• Okpozo’s Death Heartbreaking —Uduaghan, Ibori, Omo-Agege, Ogboru, Others
  
  
• Obaseki Urges Support For Senior Citizens, Others
  
  
• A-Ibom Assembly Makes Case For Victims Of Itu Communal Attack
  
  
• Wike Budgets N470bn For 2017 Fiscal Year
  
  
• N-Delta Dialogue: Buhari In Search Of Genuine Niger Delta Leaders— Presidency
  
  
• Omeruo Will Explode Like Moses, Says Coach Obuh
  
  
• Naira Weakens To N490/$ At Parallel Market
  
  
• Why We Planned To Bomb 3rd Mainland Bridge – Suspect
  
  
• 2016: The Year PDP Lost Its Voice, Bearing
  
  
• Why We Are Combating Consumer Abuses In Every Sector— DG, CPC
  
  
• NNPC Enugu Depot To Resume Operation Next Year
  
  
• Ikpeazu Tasks New Council Chiefs On Resources
  
  
• APC To ABSIEC: Withdraw Certificates Of Return From PDP Candidates