Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [01 October, 2016]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Saturday, October, 01, 2016.

PUNCH:

• Tinubu vs. Oyegun: The battle for 2019 begins
  
  
• CBN Gov’s wife kidnap: IG deploys helicopters along Benin-Agbor Road
  
  
• NJC sacks Enugu CJ, Appeal Court Justice, Kano judge for alleged corruption
  
  
• NCC warns against use of unregistered SIM cards
  
  
• FIRS generates N675bn from education tax in two years
  
  
• ECOWAS court offers assistance to curtail terrorism financing
  
  
• Independence—PDP blasts APC, says party responsible for the woes of Nigerians
  
  
• BBOG flays FG over contradicting positions on Chibok girls’ rescue
  
  
• Ahead of LG election: Ogun police warns against thuggery, ballot snatching

VANGUARD:

• Quotes Of Founding Fathers On Nigeria
  
  
• Recession: Why I Can’t Stop Blaming Obj, Yar’Adua, Jonathan – Buhari
  
  
• How 1966, 1975 And 1983 Military Coups Destroyed Nigeria – Tanko Yakassai
  
  
• NIGERIA SPORTS @ 56: Odegbami, Onyali, Adamu, Kojo Speak
  
  
• Nigeria At 56: Fond Memories Of Ex-Beauty Queens
  
  
• Alele-Williams, 4 Others Honoured As Olu Of Warri Gives Out First Chieftaincy Titles
  
  
• Government Must Quit Being A Nuisance In Nigeria – Utomi
  
  
• “Big For Nothing, Good For Nothing”
  
  
• DAY AFTER GOV POLL: Edo Revels In Obaseki’s Victory
  
  
• Nigeria @56: Unending Attempts To Restructure Nigeria
  
  
• Bribery: NJC Sacks 3 Judges, Orders Their Prosecution
  
  
• Nigeria At 56 : A Story Of Prodigality
  

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• THE PRESIDENCY: WHY BUHARI CAN’T CHANGE CABINET NOW
  
  
• Saraki, Dogara, Ekweremadu, Kalu, Govs, US, Others Speak On Journey So Far
  
  
• CBN GOV’s DILEMMA: Kidnappers Demand N1.5bn Ransom For Emefiele’s Wife
  
  
• TBS: NEGLECTOF A MONUMENT
  
  
• States Opt For Low-Key Independence Celebration
  
  
• I’m Not Carried Away By Celebrity Status –Francis Duru
  
  
• Budget Padding: Court To Hear Jibrin’s Suit Oct 21
  

THE NATION:

• Lagos records 50.4 per cent in WASSCE
  
  
• Buhari is capable of fixing Nigeria – Tambuwal
  
  
• Kenyan court jails terror suspect to 80 years
  
  
• NiMet predicts cloudy, rainy weather for Saturday
  
  
• Oil giant shortchanged Nigeria of N74b, curt told
  
  
• NJC Fires Appeal Court Justice Over N200m Bribery Scandal
  
  
• EFCC probes ex-MILAD, other over Diezani's N4bn hotel deal
  
  
• Fayose's accounts remain forzen as EFCC opposes request for N5 billion damages
  
  
• PDP leader blames Anenih's impunity for party's loss
  
  
• Shock in Ogun Community as woman discharges maggots from private part
  
  
• Why Faleke could not succeed Audu – Supreme Court