Headlines December 31 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

NATION

*Fuel scarcity: Something is rotten in Nigeria – Soyinka

*NNPC in frantic bid to clear queues before New Year

*APC, PDP clash over dead board appointees

*American, 67, posing as Nigerian prince held for email scam

*10 MODULAR REFINERIES CLOSE TO TAKE-OFF – PRESIDENCY

*2018:Those who will shape politics

*NIMASA to acquire more vessels to boost maritime security

*Fleeing Boko Haram attack military base in Yobe

*Presidency admits mistake in appointment of dead persons as board chairmen

*Ogun Speaker wins media award

*I bear no grudges against Catholic Church – Ortom

*Lagos fiesta: Ambode, sponsors promise spectacular grand finale

*Economic challenge threat to internal security – Aregbesola

*Investigate alleged defection, group urges Kwara APC

*Navy arrests five notorious kidnappers

*Air Peace pledges expansion in 2018

*PDP congratulates Weah, tasks INEC on 2019 pol

*Insurgency, herdsmen attacks: Church urges FG to equip security agencies

*Bwari residents bemoan their condition after communal clash

*Allege N12.6b fraud: Prisons, Immigration deny report

*Medview Airlines appointed for evacuation of 5,037 Nigerians from Libya

*Ekiti NUJ elects new chairman, others

*It's time to reap democracy dividends, says Ashafa

*Medical experts seek subsidised healthcare services

*Iranians take to streets in biggest protest since crushed 2009 demonstrations

DAILY TRUST

*Uproaras dead menmaKe FG's boardS list

*Scores killed in Boko Haram attacks inBorno, Yobe

*What Iwould do if I were to start life afresh– Alhaji Inuwa Dutse

*My Role in Nigeria's First Coup – BrigGen Atom Kpera (rtd)

*After Xmas day violence: Uneasy calm pervades Bwari

*38 investors to establish refineries in N/Delta – Osinbajo

*Chibok girls still in my mind – Buhari

*Audit report: Our records are in order – NIS

LEADERSHIP

*Speaker Dogara Was Well Prepared For Leadership – Reuben Abati 

*NTCA Urges Finance Minister To Enforce Tobacco Control Act In 2018 Fiscal Policy

*Nigerians Kick Against PMB's Board Appointments

*CAPP Congratulates George Weah AFRICA / 10mins ago

*PDP Will Provide Robust, Vibrant Opposition In 2018 – Secondus 

*Fuel Scarcity A National Embarrassment – UPP 

*Abductors Of Asaba Pastors Demand N100m Ransom 

*FRSC Promotes 1,925 Personnel 

*A Law To Save Lives 

*Presidency Hails Agro Sector Performance In 2017 Scorecard 

*10 Niger Delta Modular Refineries Reach Advanced Stage – Presidency NSC Targets *300,000 Jobs As PMB Commissions Kaduna Dry Port Thursday 

*CAPP Congratulates George Weah 

*PDP Will Provide Robust, Vibrant Opposition In 2018 – Secondus

*Fuel Scarcity A National Embarrassment – UPP 

*Abductors Of Asaba Pastors Demand N100m Ransom 

*FRSC Promotes 1,925 Personnel

VANGUARD

*I Was Undeterred Despite Being Abandoned By My Father, Kidnapped By Ritualists — Awe, AAU Best Graduating Student

*Boko Haram: State Of Counter-insurgency Operations

*Ex-police Boss Led Invasion On Land Grabbers In Ogun Community – Atan Ota Residents

*Obaseki's Result-oriented Leadership Style In A Political Milieu

*Winning By Losing

*Yuletide: NDDC Embarks On Cleaning Exercise In Edo

*Delta LG: Imarah Promises To Touch Lives

*In The Throes Of Scarcity And Poverty

*How The Late Ooni Okunade Sijuwade, Helped Me To Start Oduduwa University – Adedoyin, Founder

*Vox Populi, And The Auguries Of 2018

*Moses Reveals Chelsea's Greatest Moments

*Corruption Fight And The Survival Of 'Common' Nigerians

* Onyekuru's Injury: NFF Wades In

*We Are Re-negotiating Agreements With Our Partners — Bala Usman

*Fuel Scarcity: Buhari Summons Kachikwu, Baru, Marketers, Others To Aso Rock

*Midwestern Oil And Gas Awards Scholarship, Donates Classrooms In Delta

*Yuletide: Guwor Fetes Constituents, Distributes Food Items

THE SUN

*2018 will be tough for terrorists, militants, says Buratai

*Only child of his parents murdered on Christmas day

*2019: Only Atiku/ Ekweremadu ticket can unseat Buhari, APC

*Harsher times ahead

*2018: What Nigerians want from Buhari

*2019 MAY BE BLOODY – LADI THOMPSON

*2019: What Buhari needs to do now – Senator Rufai Hanga

*Buhari under fire over appointment of 8 dead persons into boards

*Army begins online recruitment of applicants

*2018: Expect vibrant opposition, Secondus tells Nigerians

*Rivers APC leaders gain recognition by insulting me – Wike

GUARDIAN

*Mali president names new PM after surprise government resignation

*George Weah: From football star to Liberia president

*Four die in Edo road crash

*Rivers government confirms 2017 budget in public domain

*Former altar boys regroup to serve mass

*Boko Haram kills four loggers in NE Nigeria

*Nigeria's trade balance increases from deficit in 2016 – Presidency

*Saint Petersburg supermarket bomber arrested

*158 persons died in road accidents in Katsina State in 2017 - FRSC

*The most important charts to watch in 2018

*Jay-Z confesses to Beyonce in music video, "Family Feud"

*Eagles to observe New Year's break, as Salisu releases CHAN's list

*Super Eagles have capable young stars, says Dosu

*Lukaku adds to Mourinho's woes as United lose ground

*Salah inspires Liverpool, Chelsea crush Stoke

*Federer ends memorable 2017 with win at Hopman Cup

*Serena Williams loses on comeback

*Olayemi Olusoga: From banking hall to bookshelf

*Women discuss balancing roles at MBFC

*Being a woman does not limit you in anyway- Ifeyinwa Jacintha, farmer & agricultural advocate

*Do we spend so much during festivities?

THISDAY

*Seychelles: Experience another World

*As Deadline for e-Dividend Registration Expires Today…

*Oddities of Abuja Petrol Scarcity

*Liberia: The Player As President

*The Year Nigeria Almost Disappeared

*Definienda and Challenges of Nigeria's Foreign Policy in 2018

*Mark: In the Eye of the Storm

*DECEMBER 31st PRICE LIST FOR MUTUAL FUNDS, REITS and ETFS

*I Have Not Forgotten Remaining Chibok Girls, Buhari Reassures Victims' Families

*Yusuf Buhari: NCWS Urges Women to Pray for Speedy Recovery

*NEITI: Nigeria Earned $268bn from Oil in Five Years

*Dogara: Democracy Cannot Thrive Amidst Poverty

*Wike: Rivers APC Leaders Gain Recognition by Insulting Me

*Lagos Promises Spectacular One Lagos Fiesta Finale

*Marwa Organisation Urges Nigerians to Sheath Political Swords

*Army Commences 77 Regular Recruitment

*N12.6bn Fraud: NIS Boss Refutes Allegations

*PPPRA Moves against Fuel Pump Price Hike, Hoarding

*FIDA Advocates Capital Punishment for Babies' Hawkers

*Don't Tarnish Image of the Military, Air Force Chief Urges Junior...

*Police Arrest Suspected Assailants of The Sun Correspondent, Ghana Gang Member

*Monarch Berates Lawmakers for Abandoning Constituencies

*Osun to Hold First Edition of Int'l Marathon in Ile-Ife

*Adeyeye Accuses Fayose of Plotting to Expel His Loyalists from PDP

*Auto Crash Claims Four Lives in Edo

*Marketing Edge Excites orphans at Yuletide season

*Tenaui Africa Moves to Build Partnerships in Nigeria

*Bluechip Technologies Adds BluePrime to its Portfolio

*Mactay Consulting Named as Official SAP Education Partner for W'Africa

*Full Time! The Return of Maryam Abacha

*Julius Rone Serenades Wife, Utibe, at 40

*Bolu and Ladun Akin-Olugbade Celebrate 37th Wedding Anniversary

*MOHAMMED BABANGIDA'S GODSON, ABE IBRAHEEM, CELEBRATES 50

*THIRD TIME'S A TREAT…FOLA OGUNLESI SET TO MARRY THIRD WIFE

*BIMBO ASHIRU THROWS HIGH-OCTANE SOIREE TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY AND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

*AS CAPTAIN IDAHOSA OKUNBO CLOCKS 60 NEXT WEEK

*CLASS ACT! GOV. AMBODE TURNS ONE LAGOS FIESTA INTO A SPECTACULAR...

*FAAC: FG, States Share N5.64 Trillion in 2017

PUNCH

*Outrage over six dead appointees on Buhari's board list

*Nigeria's economy will be better in 2018 —Fitch, economists

*Hospital visits to Buhari's son boosting sales — Abuja traders

*Fuel scarcity: Stop buying time and passing blame, Soyinka tells

*The good, bad and ugly of 2017 

*Outrage over six dead appointees on Buhari's board list 

*Nigeria's economy will be better in 2018 — Fitch, economists 

*Make calls at filling stations, go to jail — Police 

*Events that shaped 2017 

*Abducted Edo reverend sisters yet to gain freedom after 47 days 

*Hospital visits to Buhari's son boosting sales — Abuja traders 

*Four killed, two injured in Edo auto crash 

*Nigeria is too divided along ethnic, religious lines — Dickson 

*Bishop, MASSOB disagree over Buhari's performance

*Navy rescues rating, daughter during shootout with kidnappers 

*Rivers APC leaders insult me to gain relevance — Wike 

*Fuel scarcity: Stop buying time and passing blame, Soyinka tells FG 

*Oil marketers responsible for fuel scarcity, NNPC insists 

*Immigration, Prisons bosses deny N12.6bn fraud

*New Year resolutions

*Liberia and challenges of a Weah presidency

*Watching my wife birth our children brought me closer to God — Makinde

*Much ado about tithing

*Green bonds as a lifeline for Nigeria's degraded environment

*Underwriters get innovative to overcome patronage challenge

*Cabal sabotaged Buhari's graft war this year – Arewa leader

*2017: Year of deadly domestic violence cases

*When your spouse is a workaholic

*I surmount challenges by seeking mentorship –Amina Mohammed-Jaji

*FG, states, LGs got N5.7tn allocation in 11 months

*10 biggest scandals of 2017

*School knowledge is not enough —Ogunmokun

*Herdsmen caused havoc in Yorubaland this year — Afenifere

*Dad didn't believe formal education was for everyone —Children of Eze Goes to School author

*Money supply will increase in 2018 due to political campaigns — Rewane

*Kaduna refinery idle for four months, loses N14.4bn

*Mergers, acquisitions becoming more attractive in insurance industry — Apampa

*Deregulation will jerk up pump price to N190 – IPMAN

TELEGRAPH

*FG appoints Medview to evacuate 5, 037 stranded Nigerians in Libya

,*Liberian poll: PDP tasks INEC on credible polls in 2019

*FRSC promotes 1, 925 personnel, urges for re- dedication to duty

*Dickson harps on need for united Nigeria

*Jumia-Coscharis partnership: Luxury car buyers to save millions of naira

*VW to expand Atlas, Tiguan offerings by adding 2-row versions

*Ogbe-Ahiara Microfinance Bank marks 25th anniversary

*Abuja-Kaduna rail service receives 10 new coaches, two locomotives

*Agbo says Belgian League's racist chant, assault unacceptable

*Chelsea's EPL title hopes still intact - Drinkwater