SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES 20/12/2018

PUNCH

Dele Alli hit by bottle as Spurs send Arsenal out of League Cup


At Jesus’s birthplace, an app is born to ease crowds


Tinubu and the burden of history


Loose pair of trousers caused fatal chopper crash, investigators say


Was Buhari ever cheated at the polls?


FG withdraws $1.6bn in three weeks, shrinks ECA to $631m


Drama, protests as Buhari presents 2019 budget to National Assembly


I signed slave contracts at Auxerre, Inter –Taribo


Atiku claims Buhari’s economic team members lack requisite knowledge


Umeh threatens to expose ex-senators on constituency funds


Two arraigned for allegedly killing Osun pregnant woman


How SMEs can cut electricity cost


Forceful subscription: NCC set to order mobile operators to refund N36bn


Trigger-happy cop arrested for shooting Port Harcourt-bound passenger


Oshiomhole rejects calls for service chiefs sacking

(https://punchng.com/)


VANGUARD

I’m Not Worried About Mourinho Rumours, Says Real Coach


Corruption Is Killing Nigeria’s Legal Profession – Prof Ojukwu, SAN 


I’ve Changed The Narrative For Presidential Campaigns —Ezekwesili 


Tertiary Institutions Shut-Down As ASUU, ASUP, SSANU Boycott Duties 


FG, UNICEF And AI Should Cooperate


Act Now Before Nigeria Succumbs To Poverty Scourge, NECA Begs Govts


Revisiting The Politics Of Realpolitik 


Court Sacks Oshiomhole-Backed Kwara APC Exco 


Badeh’s Family Denies Media Report That Wife, Children Staying Away From Burial 


Experts Disagree On $60/B Benchmark For Budget 2019 


Fashola’s Faux Pas And Buhari’s Confession 7:02 AM‘President Buhari, Replica Of Late Sir Tafawa Balewa 


Procurement Of Russian Hackers: It Is A Sign Of APC’s Desperation – Atiku 


NCC’s War Against Consumer Abuse In The Telecoms Sector 


Subsidy On, As Buhari Presents N8.8trn Budget 7:00 AMOshiomhole Vs Amosun: Ogun APC Dares NWC, Says You Can’t Dissolve Us


Women Allege Marginalisation, Sluggish Implementation In Ogoni Cleanup


Access Bank To Raise $250m Tier 2 Capital Ahead Of Merger With Diamond Bank

(https://www.vanguardngr.com/)


GUARDIAN


Manhunt begins for Badeh’s killers



Real Madrid to land Jose Mourinho £18m a year job



Ezekwesili says Buhari may not ensure peaceful elections



Black Wednesday in Lagos as pipeline explosion razes over 50 vehicles, 100 houses



Rowdy session as Buhari presents 2019 budget


 FG, states, councils share N812.762 billion for November 2018


Nigerian Army recruitmentNigerian Army begins recruitment


Agbaje vows to free Lagos from Tinubu’s ‘tyranny’


Ondo suspends five civil servants over alleged fraud


Ikpeazu promises to declare emergency in Abia courts


Kano pays N2b pension arrears to retirees


(https://guardian.ng/)


THE NATION

NESREA: Nigerians spend N1.6trl on generators yearly


Tramadol: Drug abuse in Nigeria now UN Security Council concern


Senate President: Recovery from recession fragile


APC kicks as PDP Reps’ Caucus knocks President


Oshiomhole: mercantile parties collecting money to endorse candidates


Woman ‘killed’ after sex in hotel


Akpabio chides Saraki, Dogara


Ogun APM adopts Buhari


‘Apapa gridlock, nuisance to environment,’ say Residents


Telcos to refund ‘stolen’ deductions to customers


Atiku promises ease of doing business in Southeast


Osinbajo presides over FEC


120,000 Anambra pupils enjoy school feeding


We’ve made progress on all fronts, Buhari tells Nigerians


Houses, shops, vehicles razed in pipeline fire

(http://thenationonlineng.net/)


COMPLETE SPORT

Carabao Cup Semis: Spurs, Chelsea Clash; Man City Face Burton


Sports Ministry: Why We Can’t Maintain Abuja National Stadium


Carabao Cup: Iwobi Starts As Arsenal Crash Out; Moses Missing In Chelsea Win

(https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/)

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