Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [18 January, 2017]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Wednesday, January 18, 2017.

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• We Recovered N54m, $121,279 From Justice Ademola – DSS
  
  
• Southern Kaduna: Reps Summon Service Chiefs Over Killings
  
  
• Davos: Dangote Hinges Rapid Economic Development On Stable Power
  
  
• Oba Of Benin Suspends Palace Chief
  
  
• Wike To Sanction School Principals, Others Over Levies
  
  
• Army Begins Hardware Movement To Sambisa, Southern Kaduna
  
  
• Fighter Jet Misses Target, Drops Bomb On IDPs
  
  
• N4.6bn Fraud: Fani-Kayode Seeks Case Transfer To Abuja
  
  
• El-Rufai Vows To Prosecute Southern Kaduna Killers
  
  
• Sultan To Leaders: Stop Playing The Ostrich With Religious Challenges
  
  
• Bomb Blasts: NLC Urges Military To Intensify Intelligence Network
  
  
• Senate, Ministers Disagree Over Abuja Airport Closure
  

PUNCH

• How Saraki operated, funded undeclared foreign accounts – Banker
  
  
• Tragedy as NAF jet bombs Borno IDP camp, kills 100
  
  
• Jonathan’s kinsmen lament four-year power outage
  
  
• Buhari, Ayade meet over Bakassi seaport
  
  
• NAMA backs FG on vehicle importation ban
  
  
• Militants bomb NPDC pipeline 24hrs after Osinbajo's visit
  
  
• Reps probe diversion of N500m Chibok school repair fund
  
  
• We're 'seriously' negotiating for Chibok girls' release – FG
  
  
• How we recovered bags of cash from Justice Ademola's house – DSS
  
  
• EFCC declares Shema's associate wante for N1bn SURE-P scam
  
  
• N623m account: EFCC rejects judge's plea to travel
  
  
• INEC arraigns seven for Ondo poll offences
  
  
• Alleged adultery: Edo police hunt for fleeing pastor
  
  
• Headaches could be early signs of stroke, hypertension
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• Scores die as Air Force jet bombs IDPs camp in error
  
  
• EFCC seizes N948m aircraft linked with ex-governor
  
  
• Police close in on Turkish School pupils’ abductors
  
  
• Fed Govt, CBN to close forex rates’ gaps
  
  
• Fed Govt targets 1m out of school children in Northeast
  
  
• Senate fails to stop Abuja airport closure
  
  
• Army offers N500,000 reward on suicide bombers
  
  
• MMM ‘removes’ all payment requests
  
  
• Ogun, firm to partner on $10m rice project
  
  
• Uncertainty as Labour sets 56,000 minimum wage target
  
  
• Fed Govt insensitive to our plight, say retirees
  
  
• CBN to Nigerians: stay away from bitcoin
  
  
• Umar replaces Owoseni as Lagos CP
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• CBN bars banks from transactions in virtual currencies
  
  
• 4 Injured As Herdsmen, Farmers Clash In Anambra
  
  
• Benin Traditional Council Suspends Isekhure
  
  
• Buhari Hails Anyaoku At 84
  
  
• Peterside Faults Move To Repeal Rivers State Reserved Fund Law
  
  
• 5 Dead As Perennial A-Ibom, C-River Community War Escalates
  
  
• Osun Varsity Student Allegedly Kills Colleague—Police
  
  
• Motorists urge FG to rehabilitate Aba – Azumini highway
  
  
• Man Gets 9-Yrs Imprisonment For Conspiracy, Obtaining By False Pretence
  
  
• Serial Fraudster Bags 3 Years Jail Sentence
  
  
• 4-Month-Old Boy Found Dead In Calabar Gutter