Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [29 January, 2017]

[PressRoom]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Sunday, January 29, 2017.

PUNCH

• Independent marketers threaten to stop lifting fuel this week
  
  
• Only 40 super-rich Nigerians pay correct tax — Govt report
  
  
• Helicopter drama: Seized aircraft bought by Amaechi, says Wike
  
  
• FG’s school feeding project starts poorly — Investigation
  
  
• Apostle Suleman to appear before DSS with 30 lawyers
  
  
• Magu: Senators demand new report from DSS
  
  
• APC: Nnamani becomes S'East leader, backs Buhari for second term
  
  
• Gunmen abduct Catholic priest in Delta, demand N10m ransom
  
  
• S'East politicians sponsoring IPOB protests – MASSOB
  
  
• Ondo assembly crisis: I’m still speaker, says Akindele
  
  
• Okorocha promises N5m reward for rearrest of kidnap kingpin
  
  
• PDP faults Okorocha on aircraft purchase
  
  
• Police arrest four robbery suspects
  
  THE NATION:
  
  
• Confusion, anger as US begins to bar Muslims
  
  
• How 10 of us kidnapped Turkish School students, by suspect
  
  
• 2019: Nnamani, Iwuanyanwu, S\East APC leaders back Buhari
  
  
• Wike: Seized helicopters belong to Rivers State
  
  
• DSS invites Apostle Suleman over ‘inciting’ sermon
  
  
• N23.29b bribery scandal: INEC staff in Lagos, Adamawa, Gombe, Enugu, Anambra top suspects list
  
  
• Mother of four dies in Kano after 5th caesarian session
  
  
• Lagos/Ibadan expressway: Harrowing tales from traffic lockdown
  
  
• Record Breaker: Serena wins ‘Williams War’, erases Graf record
  
  
• Ceding Agatu land to herdsmen is invitation to another mayhem, Rep warns
  
  
• FGPL: Nze Duru is off course on court order, PenCom tells DPPF
  
  
• Tribal and personal interests must take back seat in Niger Delta –Boroh
  
  
• Two factions lay claim to Ondo Speakership
  
  VANGUARD:
  
  
• FG Earmarks $1.2b For Kano-Kaduna Rail Line
  
  
• LEGAL VIEW: As Acting President, Osinbajo Can Exercise All The Powers Of The President – Sagay, Others
  
  
• Buhari’s Food For School Pupils In Anambra, Osun Not Going Round – Cooks
  
  
• Instead Of Biafra Agitation, Go Back Home And Develop South-East, Charly Boy Tells Ndigbo
  
  
• Man With 90 Wives, Bello Masaba, Dies At 93
  
  
• Why Govt Needs To Pump Huge Funds Into The Economy – Olatujoye, Ex-CBN Director
  
  
• The Day Ijaw, Itsekiri, Urhobo Stormed Ekiti For Oritsejafor’s In-Law
  
  
• Bolt: I’m Not Happy Losing A Medal
  
  
• Edo Bye-Election: APC Candidate In Early Lead, Oshiomhole Predicts Victory
  
  
• Scores Feared Killed As Boko Haram Ambushes Motorists In Borno