Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [11 January, 2017]

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Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Wednesday, January 11, 2017.

PUNCH:

• I didn't send anybody to take bribes for me – Jonathan
  
  
• Reps debate Adeboye, church leaders' tenure code today
  
  
• Metuh collapsed in church, hospitalised, lawyer tells court
  
  
• Stranded vessel: Cooking gas price hits N5, 000
  
  
• BDCs move to eliminate multiple exchange rates
  
  
• External reserves continue increase, hit N26.5bn
  
  
• Oil workers begin three-day warning strike today
  
  
• Nigerians see corrupt politicians as heroes - Osinbajo, ICPC boss
  
  
• Kanu, IPOB supporters are fraudsters, says Uwazuruike
  
  
• Nwodo emerges President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo
  
  
• N510bn bailout: FG appoints auditors to monitor states
  
  
• Federal retirees lament 14 months unpaid pensio
  
  
• Nigeria imports processed tomatoes worth N15bn yearly – NARICT
  
  
• 14-year-old Jos runaway found in Lagos
  
  
• Three killed, many injured as cults clash in Lagos
  
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• IPOB: Court begins Kanu’s trial in secret
  
  
• Kogi JAC protests unpaid salaries
  
  
• Kwara gets N3.7b from London-Paris Club refund
  
  
• MMM to return with new currency
  
  
• Nigeria loses N15bn annually from importation of processed tomato
  
  
• Fed Govt seeks $400m loan for Northeast rehabilitatio
  
  
• Four dead in herdsmen/farmers’ clash in Niger
  
  
• APC Senate caucus sacks leader Ali Ndume
  
  
• Gunmen kill 300-level Ondo varsity student
  
  
• Senate eyes 7.5m jobs with economic bills
  
  
• Govt: Osun pensioners paid N1.5b in Dec.
  
  
• Fuel scarcity looms, says IPMAN
  
  
• Pension fund grows by N1.25tr in one year
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• Senators Kick Against Closure Of Abuja Airport
  
  
• Workers Paralyze 12 Flow, Compressor, Pumping Stations In Delta
  
  
• FG To Roll Out $300m Diaspora Bond In March — Adeosun
  
  
• I don’t have any bank account, aircraft or real estate outside Nigeria – Jonathan
  
  
• Biafra: Kanu in court, alleges plot to detain him perpetually
  
  
• Kebbi Spends N500m To Check Cattle Rustlers, Kidnappers —SSG
  
  
• FG’s N-POWER Applicants Protest At Lagos Assembly
  
  
• Ogun Demolishes Health Centre Being Fixed By Kashamu
  
  
• DSS arrests fleeing Boko Haram suspects in Lagos, Taraba, Nasarawa, Kogi
  
  
• Grains Hoarders Doing Themselves Harm— Lokpobiri
  
  
• INEC Fixes Jan 28 For Etsako Fed Const By-Election
  
  
• Mikel’s Place In Eagles Safe After China Move – Yusuf
  
  
• 10 years after marriage, C-River couple welcomes quintuplets
  
  
• 22-yr-old man allegedly steals crayfish worth N160,000
  
  
• Birth attendant allegedly steals newborn, gives dead one to nursing mother