Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [03 January, 2017]

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Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Tuesday, January 03, 2017.

PUNCH

• Buhari will reverse recession, says Ganduje
  
  
• CBN extends stamp duty collection to savings account
  
  
• EFCC gathers fresh evidence against Patience Jonathan's cousin
  
  
• Saraki inaugurates made-in-Nigeria contest
  
  
• Kaduna killings: NSCIA demands probe, IG faults CAN
  
  
• Police arrest 21 cattle rustlers, kidnappers in Niger
  
  
• FG to spend N929m on contraceptives in 2017
  
  
• Young Nigerian writers are lazy - Toni Kan
  
  
• I won't abandon any project, says Wike
  
  
• I'm a foremost APC leader – Melaye
  
  
• CBN recognises Skye Bank for fight against e-fraud
  
  
• Gunmen on motorcycle kill bartender in Lagos
  
  
• Auto dealer arrested with N1.1bn cocaine in Abuja
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• Ex-minister’s kidnap: Police arrest five suspects
  
  
• Olubadan: process of removing Iyaloja not completed
  
  
• Fed Govt condemns killing of Nigerian in South Africa
  
  
• Green Energy earmarks N2b for power
  
  
• Borehole drillers set to hike cost
  
  
• CBN: new e-payment pricing policy coming
  
  
• Ajaero to Wabba: you’re desperate, frustrated
  
  
• Budget 2017: Military to settle N585.9m judgment debt
  
  
• Fed Govt begins payment of N5,000 monthly stipend in nine states
  
  
• BoI to boost SMEs with N310b cash
  
  
• Lagos to host Rasheed Gbadamosi Eko Art Expo
  
  
• ASUU urges Buhari to implement pact in 2017 budget
  
  
• Rivers govt to begin massive empowerment in 2017, says Wike
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• N-Delta Dialogue: Only Critical Stakeholders Can Stop Hostilities —Pereotubo
  
  
• World Bank, AfDB To Fund Construction Of Rural Roads In C-River
  
  
• PROTEST: Jibrin’ll Get Fair Hearing— Ethics C’ttee Chair
  
  
• FG Spends N14.35bn On Ex-Presidents, VPs In 12 Yrs
  
  
• Obasanjo Supports Legislating VGN As Security Outfit
  
  
• Boko Haram Defeat: NIPSS Alumni Wants FG To Address Issues Driving Sect
  
  
• Kogi Wins 9th Ajanah Basketball Tourney
  
  
• FG Not Using N29bn To Counter N-Delta Militancy —Budget Ministry
  
  
• Planned Doctors’ Strike On Hold As NARD, FG Meet Today
  
  
• Abia Assemby Mandates Ikpeazu To Spend N10. 6bn Paris Club Funds
  
  
• Imo People Deserve Leader That Knows Their Problems— Amadi
  
  
• 59 Jos Prison Inmates Shine In NECO, JSS, FSLC Exams