Today's Newspaper Headlines [19 December, 2016]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Monday, December 19, 2016.

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• Corruption: 15 SANs reject offers to prosecute judges
  
• FG halts entry of 3,729 oil expatriates in 11 months
  
• FIRS to spend N586m on meals, N750m on fuel for generators
  
• Forbes names Dangote, Trump, others world’s most powerful people
  
• Rivers rerun: Count us out of police probe, says Wike
  
• Lawyers thumb up warrant in rebranded ACJA 2015
  
• Justice Minister, Magu meet over DSS report
  
• Lawyer sues Buhari, others for appointing CJN in acting capacity
  
• Akeredolu to address unpaid salary, gratuities

PUNCH

• Insurgency: Germany donates €3m, equipment to Nigeria
  
• Corruption: Buhari orders AGF to probe SGF, others
  
• N7.29tn budget: Nigeria can’t do without borrowing, say Reps
  
• Rivers rerun: Police to demand Wike’s call data this week
  
• Budget padding: Indicted ministry officials posted to cash office
  
• Sacked members: NUPENG threatens three-day strike on Jan. 9
  
• El-Rufai bans processions, unlawful assembly
  
• UK to invest $1bn in Nigeria’s transport sector
  
• BUA targets eight million metric tonnes of cement
  
• Forbes names Dangote, Putin, Trump among world’s most powerful
  
• UN council meets FG over trial of B’Haram suspects
  
• People queried my attending collapsed church – Emmanuel
  
• Saraki, Sheriff hold secret talks
  
• Undergraduate impersonates US female artist, dupes 33 lovers
  
• Four killed as police, kidnappers clash during rescue
  
• Police arraign supervisor for stealing N4.5m
  
• Poor funding hits Nnamani electoral reform committee
  
• 18 farmers hacked to death in Taraba
  
• Alade Market concessionaire plans 24-hour mall
  
• ‘400 aid workers killed in B’Haram war’
  
• ‘Saraki influenced report on SGF’
  
• Awolowo foundation cancels 2016 leadership award
  
• Fayose lashes clerics for predicting his impeachment
  
  THE NATION
  
• Buhari shuns lobbyists in battle for Magu’s job
  
• SERAP takes Senate to UN over Magu
  
• Buhari orders probe of allegations against top officials
  
• Qatar National Bank raises stake in Ecobank
  
• 20 Tiv farmers killed on Taraba’s Peace Day
  
• ARIAN, CIIN disagree over certification fee
  
• FRSC enforces tanker drivers’ ban from night journeys
  
• Senate to probe N213b power intervention fund disbursement
  
• Uyo church collapse was human error, says Emmanuel
  
• Afe Babalola Foundation to give N100,000 to 200 indigent Nigerians
  
• Ekiti workers to EFCC: monitor bailout funds
  
• Kashamu to Nigerians: support Buhari to end economic woes
  
• Orphan, 10, others get Akwa Ibom Speaker’s scholarship
  
• Reps query purchase of 63 ambulances by ministry
  
• Army to begin Show of Force in Aba
  
• Panic in Delta community over Okowa’s aide’s kidnap
  
• Oniba kidnap: Two victims died of bullet wounds, says pathologist
  
• Remita processes $30b transactions yearly, says SystemSpecs
  
• Buhari to launch N10 billion agric fund for women
  
  VANGUARD
  
• I’ll Not Compromise Integrity — Ortom
  
• We Have Nothing To Hide—NFF
  
• RRS Nabs 22-Yr-Old Fraudster Posing As Girl On Instagram
  
• INEC To Embark On E-Registration, Transfer Of Voters’ Cards
  
• Experts Disagree Over NPA’s Stake In Lekki Deep Seaport
  
• N-Power Jobs: 13 States Submit List Of Verified Applicants – Presidency
  
• Stop Maligning Me, Ibori Tells Journalists 2:56 AMPDP Won’t Die— Umahi
  
• Rivers Govt, People Won’t Submit To Police Probe Panel —WIKE
  
• Dog Eats New Born Baby In Bauchi
  
• Bank of Agriculture to publish list of loan defaulters
  
• IMO: It is an aberration for Gov’s wife to oversee 4 ministries – Ihedioha, PDP
  
• Cabinet Reshuffle: Buhari may drop 10 ministers
  
• 18 Killed In Taraba Tiv, Fulani Clash
  
• Reps Probe Alleged Invasion Of Nigeria Forest By Chinese
  
• Gunmen Kill Okada Rider In Delta
  
• Lloyds’ Threat: No Airline’ll Fly Without Insurance Cover— NCAA