Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [19 January, 2017]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Thursday, January 19, 2017.

PUNCH:

• FG unveils economic recovery plan in February
  
  
• No plan to increase petrol price, says NNPC
  
  
• Attempts to form mega party will fail – Oni
  
  
• Councillor, others arrested for selling IDPs' food
  
  
• EFCC arrests OSOPADEC chair, others
  
  
• Ekweremadu won’t defect to APC, says aide
  
  
• Justice Ngwuta paid me N313m to build him houses – Contractor
  
  
• Masterminds of Nigerian- Turkish school kidnap arrested – Police
  
  
• NIMASA to commence disbursement of N30.7bn Cabotage Fund
  
  
• Pension assets rise to N6.03tn
  
  
• Dangote shuts tomato paste plant over dollar scarcity
  
  
• Police arrest graduate, others for armed robbery
  
  
• Naval rating allegedly beats wife to death in Lagos
  
  
• Trigger-happy cop arrested for killing trader
  
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• Revealed: Air Force jet hit IDPs after foreign alert
  
  
• Fuel tanker falls off Otedola Bridge
  
  
• Naval rating arrested for ‘car snatching’
  
  
• Police confirm murder of septuagenarian
  
  
• Nigeria deploys 200 Air Force men, jets for action in Gambia
  
  
• Obaseki restates commitment to rule of law
  
  
• Death toll now 76, says Red Cross
  
  
• Fed Govt to foot medical expenses of injured
  
  
• Air chief: strike a tragic mistake
  
  
• Police panel arrests 23 INEC officials over Rivers rerun
  
  
• IMN to international community: tell Fed Govt to release El-Zakzaky
  
  
• Saraki’s CCT trial: Banker says documents relating to foreign account burnt
  
  
• NOUN writes DSS, Police over plot to disrupt convocation
  
  
• Nigerians are regretting voting PDP out , says Makarfi
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• Fatal IDP Bombing: Buhari Cancels FEC Meeting As Reps Probe Bombing
  
  
• Fuel Scarcity Looms As Marketers Stop Importation
  
  
• CCT Adjourns Saraki’s Trial To Feb 8
  
  
• Senate Approves MTEF, Increases Oil Price Benchmark To $44.5
  
  
• Reps direct IG to pay entitlements of 3,000 deceased police officers
  
  
• I’ve No Intention Of Leaving APGA —Obiano
  
  
• Kebbi Stops Hiring Jets For Official Trips
  
  
• Dariye Accuses Judge Of Bias In N1.162bn Fraud Case
  
  
• Nigerite Wins ‘Cleanest Business Environment’ Award
  
  
• Anambra To Boost MSMEs With N3bn In 2017
  
  
• 3 Suspected Rustlers Arrested In Delta Over Murder Of Herdsman
  

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• Gambia’s Jammeh Dares ECOWAS, Stays Put As Deadline Passes
  
  
• Airstrike On IDPs: Doctors: We Were Vaccinating Children When Military Struck
  
  
• Nigeria Deploys Troops, Fighter Jets To Gambia
  
  
• Senate Passes MTEF , Adopts N305 To $1, $44.5 Oil Benchmark
  
  
• Marketers Embargo Fuel Importation Over Forex, Debt
  
  
• How Justice Ngwuta Spent N313m On Three Houses – Witness
  
  
• Niger Delta Avengers: Minister Seeks EU’s Support On Ethical Orientation
  
  
• Candidates To Write 2017 UTME Under CCTV