Some of Today's Newspaper Headlines, December 20, 2012

Some of Today's Newspaper Headlines, December 20, 2012

PUNCH

*‘We almost travelled in crashed copter’

 *I narrowly missed crashed helicopter –Gowon

 *Virginity test: Ogun suspends principal

 *Two feared killed in Osun bank robbery

 *Eagles list: Ameobi in, Obi out •Ezekiel ejected

*Babalakin files fresh suit to avoid arrest

*Protests stop pension reform boss from Senate probe

*Senate suspends passage of anti-terrorism bill

*Two feared killed in Osun bank robbery

*Lagos pledges support for people with disabilities

*Jonathan bars ministers without Remembrance Emblem from FEC

*Stop spreading falsehood, ACN warns Tokyo

*FG begins amnesty programme third phase

*Police arrest 15 undergraduates for robbery

*I narrowly missed crashed helicopter –Gowon

*Emergency workers reach pipeline explosion source

*Family keeps co-pilot’s widow under watch

*Policeman kills youth over illegal land charge

*PHCN privatisation: Senator warns against asset-stripping

*Pipeline vandals could cripple downstream sector – NNPC

*Dana: Reps want Demuren prosecuted for criminal negligence

*Power firms need N170bn to provide sufficient meters

*Oil sector’s fiscal terms should be competitive – Mobil

VANGUARD

*Nigerian pilgrims dance, pray at Sea of Galilee*

*Winner of first Hausa reality show to get N2.5m

*Police make N.1m from Kano-Jigawa road checkpoints daily

*NATCA, NAMA trade words over lack of communication facilities in airports

*Quality of graduates is the direct input of teachers – Prof Osarenren

*27 dead as trailer plunges into river

*2015: It 'll be political suicide if Ndigbo is absent - Chukwumerije

*2 killed, 5 injured in Osun robbery

*Ogoni seeks succour for flood ravaged communities in Rivers

*SURE-P can’t be hijacked by politicians – FG

*What Daba’s absence means to us – Family

*Why it’s difficult for police to prosecute criminal cases – Pedro, SAN

*Borno empowers 18,000 youths

*Babalakin re-institutes action against EFCC

*NAVY CHOPPER CRASH: We escaped death by whiskers – Gowon, Maku

*Special FEC meeting for Yakowa

*Ogun pensioners shed tears over unpaid entitlements

*Organised Labour’s 100 years of gains and pains: Labour unity, panacea for relevance

*When scholars, monarch rethink art for growth

*LG boss donates 2 patrol vehicles to Police

LEADERSHIP

*Tight Security As Jonathan Leads Team To Yakowa’s Burial Today

*Politicians Exploiting Religious Sentiments To Divide Nigerians - Jonathan

*Yakowa Resisted Calls To Remove Me – Gov Yero

*NHIS Top Job: Minister Fingered In Due Process Breach

*We Have No Confidence In Senate Pension Committee - Maina

*Yakowa/Azazi: No Foul Play In Crash, Says Gowon

*EFCC Quizzes Ex-Gov Idris Over Choice Properties

*OBJ’S Criminal Insensitivity

*Legal Aid Council Was Set Up To Offer Free Legal Services — Bob-Manuel

*Cassava Bread, Best In The World – Maku

*PDP: e-Registration And The Quest For Internal Democracy

*We Need Attitudinal Change, Not Constitutional Amendment – Aliyu

*Dana Crash: Reps Recommend Demuren’s Sack

*N1.23t Fuel Subsidy Payment In 2012 Is Worrisome – CSO

COMPASS

*Dana Air crash: Reps demand Demuren's sack

*Soyinka wins first Awolowo prize for leadership

*Pension probe: God will catch you, Senate tells Maina

*How I escaped helicopter crash - Labaran Maku

*Yuletide: Okorocha declares two- week holiday

*Senate in rowdy session over terrorism Bill

*We can’t continue fighting for Jonathan, he should fight for himself -Dokubo-Asari

*Park Geun-hye elected S’Korea's first woman leader

THISDAY

*Jonathan: Day of Helicopter Crash, Sad One in our History

*Seven Vie to be Yero’s Deputy

*Soyinka Bags Awolowo’s Prize for Leadership Award

*Igbo Nollywood Group Demands Sylvanus Release

*Jonathan: Day of Helicopter Crash, Sad One in our History

*Voters in Ondo, Borno, 17 Others Top List of Electoral Offenders

*Ogun Suspends Principal for Conducting Virginity Test on Students

*Terrorism Act: Appointment of NSA Coordinator Splits Senate, Jeopardises Bill

*House Threatens to Arrest Odimegwu

*Derivation Fund: Oil Communities Allege N7tn Misappropriation

*Again, Babalakin Seeks Court’s Protection from Arraignment

*JTF Lost Nine Men in Niger Delta Operations in 2012

*Igbo Nollywood Group Demands Sylvanus Release

*N195bn Pension Fund: Maina’s Absence Stalls Senate Investigation

*NERC: N170bn Required to Close up Metering Gap in Electricity Sector

*Fuel Subsidy: House Passes N162bn Supplementary Budget

*Suswam Presents N130.9bn Appropriation Bill

*EFCC Nabs Another Air Passenger With $130,000

*No Experienced Person Has Governed Ekiti Since 1999

*NNPC Pipeline Fire Rages in Lagos

*Agbakoba Sues FG, National Assembly over Poor Funding of Judiciary

*Amnesty Programme: Kuku Names Team for Third Phase

*Applicants Lament FG’s New Employment Directive

*Pirates Hijack Vessel, Kidnap Five Indians

*Army Promotes 150 Senior Officers

*Akpabio: Akwa Ibom is PDP's Poster State

*Early Passage of 2013 Budget Strategic to Development

*Allegations of marginalisation Not True in Delta

*INEC Acted Well by De-registering Parties

*We’ll Wrest Power from ACN in Lagos in 2015, Says PDP Chief

*Obasanjo, Daniel’s Supporters Clash at PDP Secretariat

*Naira Gains Marginally as CBN Closes WDAS

*Dangote Sugar Targets N16bn Profit for 2012

*Developers Jittery over PMI’s Recapitalisation Deadline

*CCA Names Elumelu African Business Leader of the Year

*UN: Global Economy Risks Falling into Renewed Recession

*Govt, Professionals Tasked on National Devt, Productivity

*Dangote Flour Mills Workers Down Tools

TRIBUNE

*80% of Ojota drivers hypertensive - FRSC

*Virginity test: Ogun govt suspends principal

*Couple remanded in prison for allegedly killing toddler

*Awolowo Leadership Prize for Soyinka, a homemade crowning glory - Aregbesola

*NEW STATES: S/East not divided - Kalu

*Senate divided over bill seeking capital punishment for terrorist

*Plateau govt threatens striking workers

*Staggered elections are not the best for Nigeria - Jega

*Nigeria can’t develop with 36-state structure —Anyaoku

*ACF, YUF: Building bridges of unity

GUARDIAN

*DFID donates N3b drugs to Kano hospitals 

*Tackling skin diseases in Nigeria 

*Understanding the ketogenic diet and cancer 

*Chronic alcohol, marijuana use during youth can compromise white-matter integrity 

*Eating unhealthy snack foods may increase cancer risk 

*Govt to subsidise electricity to poor consumers, bridge metering gap

*Resident doctors want tax-free allowances, task govt on oversees training

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Good morning & God bless Nigeria

Some of Today's Newspaper Headlines, December 19, 2012

Some of Today's Newspaper Headlines, December 19, 2012

PUNCH
*Chime underwent heart surgery in 2005 – Aides
*Corruption affecting Nigeria’s security – Envoy, Braithwaite
*Slavery, colonialism haunting Africa – Soyinka
*Ajimobi breached our agreement, Tokyo insists
*Southern Kaduna groups jostle for deputy gov slot
*Presidency worries over govs’ demand on crash probe
*N’Assembly queries NNPC’s N48bn excess expenditure
*Don’t sweep probe report under the carpet – CAN
*Bayelsa kidnappers release Nigerian, detain Korean
*IG plans overhaul of SARS over attack
*Yakowa’s body arrives in Kaduna amid tears
* Bayelsa crash: Pilot’s family accuses FG of partiality
*Southern Kaduna groups jostle for deputy gov slot
 *Fengor, Bassey complete Eagles team
 *The seamless democratic transition in Ghana
*Many state workers may retire without pension – Ahmad
*Power generation peaks at 4,350MW


VANGUARD

*Yakowa/Azazi : Publish air crash reports, Senate tells Jonathan
*Qatar-based firm to produce $1bn film on Prophet Mohammed
*Insights into onshore – offshore dichotomy, by Obong Victor Attah
*Zambia’s Chipolopolo to play 4 warm-up matche
*Students allege govt’s plan to hijack Nans convention
*F/Eagles train in Faro, Qatar
*Opponents should worry about Eagles – Keshi
*Consumers owe PHCN N1.7bn in Ilorin
*Poly Product shareholders back delisting from NSE
*Plateau ready to pay striking workers 3 months salaries
*27 dead as trailer plunges into river
*NITMA 2012: Olajide, Arogundade bag fellowship awards
*Halliburton: Nigeria not fighting corruption enough – US
*NAICOM reiterates support for weak insurance companies
*Reps kill Police Reform Trust Fund Bill
*Lagos lawyer blasts AMCON over Capital Oil
*2013 budget: Reps adopt $79 benchmark
*Mega Party threatens legal action over caretaker c’ttees
*Retirees demand improved pension from FBN
*FG committed to addressing challenges of senior citizens – Jonathan

COMPASS
*Senate, Reps fix crude oil benchmark at $79
*Fayemi sacks 2,781 council workers
No fewer than 2,781 local
*Anambra budgets N110.89b for 2013
Governor
*Jonathan tells univeristies to source for alternative means of finance
*It was a dream come true for the 5, 249 graduates of the Obafemi Awolowo...
*Chime is alive -Gov Orji
*Insecurity has killed North's night economy – Abdulsalami
*We must rise above religious, ethnic differences, says Jonathan
*1,200 ACN, LP members defect PDP in Ekiti
*Police extend search for Rotimi’s wife beyond Ibadan

LEADERSHIP

*Stop Sharing Excess Crude Funds, Ex-CBN Gov Tells Jonathan

*AMCON Insists On Possessing Capital Oil Assets

*Why We’ll Deregister More Political Parties – Jega

*Final Journey Begins...Yakowa’s Remains Arrive In Kaduna

*30 Killed, 16 Injured In Sokoto Auto Crash

*Fuel Price Increase Will Breed Violent Protest – NLC

*Reps Okay $7.3bn External Borrowing Plan

*SARS Attack: IGP Overhauls Mobile Police Force

*How The Ghost Of Bola Ige United Obasanjo And Aregbesola

*Abuja Under Me Won’t Become Like Lagos — FCT Minister

*Why ICPC Adopted New Strategies Against Corruption – Ekpo

THISDAY

*Kaduna Weeps as Yakowa’s Remains Arrive State for Burial

*Police Indict Capital Oil, Ubah for Subsidy Fraud

*Goje’s Convoy Kills 18-year-old Man During Condolence Visit

*Pipeline Fire Kills Many in Lagos

*National Assembly Adopts $79 Oil Benchmark for 2013 Budget

*Abdulsalami: Insecurity Has Killed Night Life in the North

*Power Generation Rises to 4,349.7MW

*Uproar, Confusion Force Senate to Halt Debate on PIB

*House Wants Museum Named After Enahoro 

*Bukola Saraki Turns 50

*FG Names Anohu-Amazu Acting DG of PenCom

*SEC Shuts down Illegal Fund Manager

*Shareholders Applaud Eterna’s Performance

*‘Nigerian Markets Attractive to Long-term Investors’

*‘Nigerian Markets Attractive to Long-term Investors’

*Onasanya Wins ‘CEO of the Year’ Award

*Onasanya Wins ‘CEO of the Year’ Award

*Ecobank to Reward Rapid Transfer Customers

GUARDIAN

*Path to reviving Nigeria’s economy, by stockbrokers’ forum

*Jonathan, N’Assembly meet over budget benchmark

*Police to raise security for Xmas, New Year

*Senate probes crashes, fumes at death of Yakowa, Azazi, others

*Eternaoil posts N41b revenue in 2011, targets N1.1b profit in Q3 

*SEC seals illegal fund manager’s office 

*How govt, politicians nailed Lagos-Ibadan expressway 

*DELIVER US FROM EVIL 

*Computer Society confers Fellowship on Juwah 

*Minister summons aviation operators over sector’s woes

*Saraki: Between leadership, power and service

                         -30-

Some of Today's Newspaper Headlines December 18, 2012

Some of Today's Newspaper Headlines December 18, 2012

PUNCH

*Police disqualify SSCE, Third Class holders from recruitment

*kidnappers contact Imo over actress

*Lagos impounds 6,972 motorcycles in three months

*FG, Lagos agree on Lekki Seaport

*Govs demand role in helicopter crash probe

*Ondo tribunal okays joint inspection of electoral materials

*Party interest killed electoral reform committee report – Uwais

*Kidnappers abduct four expatriates, Nigerian in Bayelsa 

*How Ajimobi won 2011 Oyo gov poll – Tokyo

*States should control police –Senator

*Health workers’ protest politically motivated –NMA

*Politicians encouraging terrorism –Aregbesola

*FG to ban packaged sugar importation in January

*Petrol supply inadequate as Christmas approaches – Marketers

*2012 subsidy claims to reach N1.23tn – PPPRA

*Wife of conductor killed by policeman seeks justice#

*No clue to TV presenter’s whereabouts– Police

*Children, women protest planned demolition of Ogun estate

*True entrepreneurs are doers, not dreamers, Awosika tells graduates

*OAU at 50: Akinkugbe, Omole charge alumni to support institution

*UNIABUJA graduates students with multiple carryovers —Panel

*Nigerian graduates not as bad as people claim – OOU VC

*Four Britons arraigned for bribing Lagos, Rivers officials

*Katongo wins BBC award, expects easy ride against Nigeria

*Nations Cup: Keshi targets 10 NPL players

*‘We’ll use locally-assembled computers for identity registration — Onyemenam

*What is the life of a Nigerian worth?

*Energy saving tips this Yuletide

 *Helicopter crashed on 15th trip of the day –Source

 *Police disqualify SSCE, Third Class holders from recruitment

* How Ajimobi won 2011 Oyo gov poll – Tokyo

 *No clue to TV presenter’s whereabouts– Police

 *Kidnappers quizzed my mum on subsidy payments –Okonjo-Iweala

VANGUARD

*Nigeria starts printing of new encoded yellow fever card

*4 charged in UK for bribing Nigerian officials over tax

*FERMA MD speaks on `zero potholes’ on roads

*Kidnappers keep Imo dep gov’s aide 4 months after

*Race for PDP BoT Chair: Between moderation and desperation

*Electoral reform: Political interest killed my report – Uwais

*NNPC cautions IOCs against false accusation

*Six Hyundai Heavy workers kidnapped in Bayelsa

*PDP: Another script to cage Govs

*Court upholds right to hear case against selection of FUT, Minna, VC

*‘10.1m children dropped out of school in 2012’

*Lagos Speaker’s trial: I found cash registers – EFCC witness

*Cynthia: Court grants bail to Pharmacist

*FG bans importation of raw sugar from January 1

*Aregbesola, workers on collision course over new taxes

*Bandits snatch N15m from Delta LG

*Imoke’s aide blames environmental disaster on FG

*Plateau indigeneship non-negotiable – Sen Pwajok

COMPASS

*Osun workers poised for showdown with Aregbesola over tax, consultancy

*Four charged in U.K. for bribing Rivers, Lagos’ Internal revenue officials

*Community kicks against Amosun’s plan to demolish 300 buildings

*Bode George: Between a good name and material acquisition in leadership

*Etihad Airways named world’s leading airline for the fourth consecutive year

*Aero wins Best West African Airline of the Year 2012 

*OPEC Fund approves fresh $103.5m to boost socio- economic development in Africa

*Delta’s in Virgin Atlantic 49 % purchase prises open the valuable London Heathrow hub for SkyTeam?

*SEC vows to unveil any perpetrators of abuse in capital market

*Asset managers may takeover indebted mobile operators

THISDAY

*Govs to Appoint Consultant to Probe Helipcoter Crash

*Okonjo-Iweala: My Mother was Abducted over Subsidy Claims

*Uwais: Political Interests Killed My Report

*Actors Guild Plans Protest over Nkiru Sylvanus Kidnap

*Bakassi: Nigeria, Cameroun to Speed up Boundary Demarcation

*Helicopter Crash: ANPP Urges Thorough Probe

*NNPC: We Won’t Bend Contracting Procedures for IOCs

*Four Charged in UK for Bribing Nigerian Officials over Tax

*Judge Rejects Apple Injunction Bid vs. Samsung

*Inflation Defies Monetary Tightening, Rises to 12.3%

*YTD Gains: Nigerian Stock Market Leap-frogs Kenya, Others

*Banks, Operators to Acquire Fraud Prevention System

*Ecobank, Zenith, GTBank Bag Best Performing Awards

*Financial Education Helps Women into Boardroom Positions

*Fear of Fresh Fuel Crisis Mounts over Volatility in Price

*Nigeria, FAO, Others Sign Food Security Pact

*When Shema Stunned Obasanjo

*Ndigbo and Kalu’s Call for Unity

*Obama Makes New Fiscal Cliff’ Offer, Deal May Be Near

*Kwara PDP Condemns ACN Fracas in Ilorin

*Appeal Court Orders Retrial of Edo Service Commission’s Case

*PDP Sweeps Benue Council Polls

LEADERSHIP

*Ministers Panic As Jonathan Calls Emergency FEC Meeting

*Kaduna Deputy Governor: Emirs, Elders Make Case For Yakowa’s Wife

*Ministers Panic As Jonathan Calls Emergency FEC Meeting

 *6 Killed In Auto Crash In Malumfashi

*2012: FG To Spend N1.23 Trillion On Fuel Subsidy Payment

*Ahmed congratulates Buhari at 70

*Yakowa/Azazi: Reps To Probe Helicopter Crash

*Trade Ministry Unveils New Auto Policy In 2013

*My Mum Was Kidnapped Over Unpaid Fuel Subsidy – Okonjo-Iweala

*How Delta Dealt With Flood Disaster — Uduaghan

*Oldest Man In Benue Dies At 122

*Leadership Correspondent Wins SEC Award

*NBA Backs Call For Review Of NDDC Act

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GOD BLESS NIGERIA!!!