Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [31 December, 2016]

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Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Saturday, December 31, 2016.

VANGUARD:

• How Obaseki Will Make Edo The Economic Hub Of Nigeria-—Akerele
  
  
• Buhari Should Give Way To A Younger Man In 2019 — Bishop Okah
  
  
• 2016: Sports Plunge Deeper As Eagles Soar
  
  
• Opposition To Buhari’s Re-Election Among Issues That Could Shape 2017
  
  
• Buhari Fighting Political Foes, Not Corruption— Fayose
  
  
• NEITI Indicts NNPC, NPDC For Non-Remittance Of $4.7bn, N380bn
  
  
• Delayed Baggage: Med-View Airline Holds Consultation With Aggrieved Passengers
  
  
• 40 Families Homeless As Fire Destroys Makeshift Estate In Rivers
  
  
• N25bn ETF: Lagos Approves Fund For 281 Micro Enterprises
  
  
• Our Mosque Was Not Burnt – Enugu Cattle Dealers
  
  
• Southern Kaduna Killings: CAN Declares National Day Of Mourning
  
  
• Harmattan Haze: NAMA Says Navigational Aids Are Been Upgraded
  
  
• Desist From All Forms Of Ungodly Act, Sheikh Eleha Tells Muslims
  
  
• Nurses Retired From Ogun Service, Beg For Gratuities
  
  
• Buhari’s Statesmanship And Olive Branch For Niger Delta
  

PUNCH:

• DHQ says Shekau’s end near, 15 terrorists killed in Borno
  
  
• Buhari signs 17 bills into law in two months
  
  
• Court orders Osun CP to arrest Oluwo
  
  
• Three Boko Haram suspects, 11 kidnappers in DSS net
  
  
• Killings: Defend yourselves, Dokubo-Asari tells Southern Kaduna
  
  
• Borno, army to construct roads in Sambisa
  
  
• Stop night operation, tanker drivers’ union warns members
  
  
• Lagos to create 900,000 jobs, seals N47bn bond deal
  

THE NATION:

• Revealed: Seized 47 SUVs, 100 motorcycles bought for Jonathan’s campaign
  
  
• 15 Boko Haram fighters killed in sect’s surprise attack
  
  
• 2016: Our exciting, ugly experiences, by Aregbesola, Obaseki, Ayade, Lalong, others
  
  
• N25bn ETF: Lagos targets 900, 000 jobs by 2019
  
  
• Buhari, Saraki meet in Aso Rock
  
  
• SERAP drags FG to UN over Southern Kaduna killings
  
  
• Buhari signs Endangered Species Bill into law
  
  
• Putin declines diplomatic tit for tat after US hacking sanctions
  
  
• President’s silence on Kaduna killings unacceptable, says CAN
  
  
• ASUU, group vow to keep petition against JAMB registrar, UNILORIN VC alive
  
  
• Jammeh incommunicado, says Ban Ki-Moon
  
  
• Osun monarch must be arrested and brought to court, magistrate insists
  
  
• Omoluabi Mortgage Bank opens Ilesa branch
  

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Sapele: Priest Leads Residents To Protest Power Outage

15 Killed As Soldiers, Boko Haram Terrorists In Gun Duel

Russia Finally Retaliates, Says 'RIP' To Obama Administration

Buhari Set To Replace Fashola, Compensate 3 Tinubu's 'Boys' [See Names]

I Am Number One Causality Of Boko Haram, Sheriff Speaks Over Sambisa Forest Capture

Buhari Sacks Boniface Ebuka, Appoints New Acting DG For NTDC

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