NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY TUESDAY 12TH DECEMBER 2017

Tue, 12 Dec 2017

**NIGERIA:

*Experts laud establishment of CIN to tackle terrorism financing

*Federal Government awaits judgment to reclaim allegedly stolen land

*Sanctions for bank directors with bad loans

*Two dead in suicide bombing in Cameroon mosque

*Group rejects immunity for legislators

*Lawyers hail sanction against judicial officers, seek stricter appointment procedures, others

*APC has only hardship to offer — Balarabe Musa

*SEC, OANDO in legal cross fire over suspension of shares

*Arms importation: Customs, agents trade blames over use of scanners at Apapa port

*NIPCO deepens gas usage with free accessories

*Airtel announces return of Touching Lives CSR initiative

*MultiChoice Nigeria up the ante with app for DStv installers

*ITUC-Africa, OTUWA meet on ECOWAS free trade and migration

*Oyo moves to generate 2000MW through IPP

*State of the nation: APC rode to power on false promises –Balarabe Musa

*Debt profile: Buhari correcting PDP’s profligacy, VON DG replies Ekweremadu

*Waste manager’s, LASG’s case adjourned for settlement terms

*Chinaemelu urges FG to embrace restructuring

*Budget implementation level more important, than passage date -Namdas

*HURIWA lauds appointment of Odimegwu-Ojukwu’s as rights commission boss

*‘People still leak information about troops to Boko Haram’

*Set standard for drug distribution, community pharmacists tell NAFDAC

*Relief as doctors rescue Nigerian women from VVF nightmare

*Boko Haram: UN supports 950,000 displaced persons with $13.4m

*Clinical care: Medics task LASG on infection control, prevention curriculum

*Heavy metal pollution: Igbokoda River community at risk —Study

*At UN environment summit, delegates commit to pollution-free planet

*Green economy: ‘GDP inadequate to measure social wellbeing’

*Waste to energy: Production of biofuel from waste to commence in South-west

*FG constitutes tripartite committee to review Occupational Safety and Health Policy

*NLC urges FG to fix fuel scarcity

*Ortom canvasses ranching law to check farmers, herdsmen’s clashes

*Nigeria making progress in anti-graft war, says Osinbajo

*Army to increase operations, commercialise resources

*Brother-in-law allegedly batters wife over sick brother’s property

*Gunmen kill three, abduct 10 persons in Niger

*Igbo coalition faults BPE on concession of Lagos Trade Fair Complex

*Deportation of staff: Intels drags Immigration boss to court

*Delta royal fathers move against human trafficking

*NASU seeks implementation of education retreat recommendations

*New firm’s oil, gas city to employ 10,000 workers

*Power remains at the heart of ease of doing business in Nigeria — LCCI

*Electricity: Stakeholders make case for embedded generation

*90% of gas cylinders in Nigeria are expired – FG

*Oando marketer hoards 34, 000ltrs of petrol

*IPMAN blames depot owners, marketers for fuel crisis

*Man dies in SARS custody, family demands justice 

*Badoo: Four arrested for allegedly killing woman, son, pastor 

*Amaechi celebrates S’Court victory anniversary 

*PDP: Jonathan leads reconciliation team, Wike, Secondus visit George 

*Family drags Bianca, others to court over Ojukwu father’s property 

*‘Ikoyi whistle-blower to get N421m this week’ 

*APC mustn’t behave like PDP, Tinubu replies Okorocha 

*21 new Ibadan kings threaten to recommend Olubadan’s removal 

*SARS protests rock cities

*Days of impunity gone, says EFCC chief Magu

*Tinubu: I didn’t underrate governors

*Ambode proposes N1.046tr budget

*Budget 2018: Financiers to execute rail projects

*PDP pacifies angry Southwest leaders

*Olubadan gets 21-day deadline

*N750b capex fund coming, says Fed. Govt

*Inconsistent policy, others killing ICT

**AFRICA:

*Burundi will raise funds from citizens to pay for 2020 election

*Nigerian police official defends unit against brutality accusations

*U.N. seeks 1,300 places for refugees from Libya

*Ivory Coast offering $26,000 buy-outs to reduce army size: documents

*S.African prosecutors extend deadline for Zuma to file arguments over revived graft charges

*Kenya's opposition says postpones 'swearing-in' of alternative president

**WORLD:

*'Explosion' at Manhattan bus terminal

*Space: Astronomers to check interstellar body for signs of alien technology

*North Korean Submarine Missile Threat Prompts U.S.-Led Military Drills

*Woman dies after being run over four times in south London

*European countries to follow Trump on Jerusalem, Netanyahu says

*Ex-US deserter to NKorea who married Japan abductee dies

*'Amateur-level' weapon used in New York bombing

*Charles Jenkins, US soldier who defected to North Korea in 1965, dies in Japan

*Bangladesh condemns US attack in which citizen is suspect

 

*Firefighters hold back massive Southern California wildfire

*Indonesia to ban Bitcoin from 2018 in latest internet crackdown

*Protests in Bogata against Trump’s Jerusalem move

**SPORTS:

*Ronaldo faces Neymar as Real draw PSG

*Pillars lose first game in Tunisia

*Salah beats Moses to BBC award

*200 kickboxers for Yenagoa championships

*Poland confirm Super Eagles friendly

*Insurance set to fire 15 players

*Salah Joins Okocha, Drogba, as BBC Africa Best Player

*Ahmedu in US for refresher course

*Maradona unveils personal 12ft statue

*FIBA Central body meets, mum over NBBF crisis

*Actuaries Golf Open: Odoh leads Nigeria contingent

*Youth Games: S/Africa beat Nigeria in Pentathlon

*Arsenal Face Ostersund, Celtic to Play Zenit in Europa League