Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [04 January, 2017]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Wednesday, January 04, 2017.

PUNCH:

• N23bn Diezani bribe: 100 INEC staff face suspension
  
  
• FG's N5, 000 payment to poor Nigerians mere propaganda – Fayose
  
  
• FG to repair 50 bridges with N270bn – Fashola
  
  
• IPOB warns FG against continued detention of Kanu
  
  
• Policemen shoot protesting Chi Limited wokers, kill two
  
  
• '10 per cent of married Nigerian women are infertile'
  
  
• FG investigates suspected polio case in C'River
  
  
• NAPTTON urges FG to encourage indigenous production of drugs
  
  
• Power ministry budgets N324.1m for generators this year
  
  
• Customs redeploys 246 officers
  
  
• FG to ban petroleum products' importation by 2018
  
  
• Kaduna killers are criminals, stop hate speech, says FG
  
  
• Sokoto to conduct proficiency test for teachers
  
  
• Janet Jackson gives birth to son at 50
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• Governors’ visits to Wike, Udom stir anxiety in APC
  
  
• Alleged N2.5m gratification: Court remands Perm Sec in prison
  
  
• Police officers’ pay ‘delayed’ after Somalia’s tour of duty
  
  
• Oil price hits 18-month high at $58.37
  
  
• Customs implements ban on vehicles import
  
  
• Army deploys troops in Southern Kaduna
  
  
• Abuja airport to be closed on March 8
  
  
• #BBOG to mark Chibok schoolgirls 1000 days with march on Villa
  
  
• Mimiko: I got 12.5 per cent from Paris Club fund
  
  
• Social Investment Programmes, will stimulate economy, say Osun lawmaker
  
  
• Osun paid out N14.2b in salaries, pensions, says Aregbesola
  
  
• APC hails Fed Govt over N5000 payment to poor Nigerians
  
  
• Ex-NYSC DG begs Obaseki to reinstate deposed monarch
  
  
• Oyegun may get ambassadorial job
  
  
• Lagos Assembly okays N812.9b budget
  
  
• AEDC laments inadequate power allocation
  
  
• SSAUTHRIAI laments non-payment of pension
  
  
• Huawei: no plans to move network centre to India
  
  
• Ibadan traders president removed
  
  
• Uyo church collapse: Panel orders architect’s release
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• Federal appointments: Oshiomole meets Buhari at Aso Villa
  
  
• Oil prices rise above $58, bridge budget deficit
  
  
• Anti-corruption war: SNG drags Buhari to court, seeks trial of Magu, SGF
  
  
• IPOB predicts crisis over alleged dictatorial style
  
  
• 2017 Budget: 2.2m Bpd Projection Not Feasible —Rep Egor
  
  
• SEC Summons Six Directors Over Complaints On N300m Investors’ Funds
  
  
• AFCON 2017: Elephants Get N1.9b Boost To Retain Trophy
  
  
• Jigawa Speaker Impeached
  
  
• Delta Community Cries Out Over Planned Invasion By Herdsmen
  
  
• Rivers Re-Run: PDP, Abe Move Battle To Election Tribunal
  
  
• Lagos Pays N170m Deceased Workers’ Beneficiaries
  
  
• Diamond, Fidelity, Sterling Banks Removed From NSE 30 Index
  
  
• Abia Govt Donates N50m Security Gadgets To Police In Aba
  
  
• Underdevelopment: Ijaw’s Case Worse Than Almajiris’— Clark
  
  
• How Violence Can Be Curbed In Rivers Elections, By Governor Wike
  
  
• I Remain UPU President-General —Omene
  
  
• UPU: Taiga Vows To Build Bridges Across Ethnic Lines
  
  
• Igbo Traders Cry Out Over Eviction At Alaba Market
  
  
• Shettima Donates 100 Cows For Coronation Of Tor Tiv V
  
  
• Afe Babalola spends N16m on empowerment
  
  
• Awujale sets up committee on Ijebu Obas' burial rites