NATIONAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES For TodayFriday, December 12th 2014

Punch
• Nigeria is very sick – Cleric
• Lagos asks students to shun violence
• Group calls for entrepreneurship drive
among youths
• Suicide bombers kill 16 in Jos
• Finland deports over 100 Nigerians
• Jonathan: Beyond the weight of
incumbency
• Buhari: The General in the ring again
• Ekiti asks court to sanction Obasanjo for
contempt
• FRSC warns drivers against traffic rules
violation
• 'It's now a crime to reject accident victims'
• I'll not let Nigerians down —Jonathan
• Nigeria needs $113bn for road, rail, power
– BPE
• Lagos police defend power-drunk cop, IG
wades in
• Obasanjo appeals against book seizure
order
• 2015: It's Buhari vs Jonathan
• Martins defends Balotelli
• Mikel massively underrated – Aluko
• Yobo predicts bright future for Dream
Team
• Aggrieved APC aspirants petition Ajimobi,
want primary cancelled
Vanguard
• 2015: PDP welcomes Buhari, urges him to
engage in issue- based campaign
• 2015: Jonathan accepts PDP nomination,
says 'I'ill give my all'
• 2015 Presidency: It's Buhari Vs Jonathan
• Double bombing rocks Jos, 13-year-old with
suicide vest held
• Atiku concedes defeat, congratulates
Buhari
• 2015 Presidency: TAN lauds PDP on
Jonathan's emergence
• WONDER BANK: 2 pastors get 7 years in
jail over N32m theft
• Wife, children accused of hacking husband
to death
• Police read riot act to Ogun politicans
• MURDER: Police can't prosecute gov
aspirant, others — DPP
• Ekiti govt flays Obasanjo over alleged
contempt
• SWAAN seeks indigenous commitment to
HIV/AIDS advocacy
• Capital market has capacity to rebound —
Okumagba
• Ihedioha thanks delegates for votes at
primaries
• OML 58 football tourney kicks off
• MY WATCH: Obasanjo appeals confiscation
order
• ICAN sets up N50m whistleblowers'
protection fund
• Lagos property developer, others petition
IG over alleged assault by monarch
• Nwuche appeals result of Rivers PDP
primaries
• Vice-Presidency: Why Goodluck bypassed
Shema, Sule for Sambo
Guardian
• How Buhari emerged as APC's candidate
• Adamawa 2015: Is PDP a moving corpse?
• The man, Buhari and his politics
• 'Ebola Fighters' exhibited courage,
kindness, bravery'
• Ekiti govt accuses Obasanjo of impunity
over autobiography
• Finland deports 100 Nigerians from asylum
camp
• Stakeholders urge INEC to adopt IT
innovations for credible polls
• Anambra legislators pass N164b budget bill
into law
• How to make National Health Act work, by
Lambo
• No nation should yield to terrorism, says
Israeli envoy
• Tomori, Obi urge vigilance over Ebola,
prudent spending
• 'Petroleum, power, transport sectors need
$113b investments in six years'
• New dawn in air transport sector as
minister begins cleansing process
• NSE to strengthen regulatory framework
• Sell-offs hit equities as ASI slides further
Tribune
• It's Jonathan vs Buhari again
• Court orders reinstatement of Buhari's ex-
ADC, Jokolo, as emir
• Security alert at PDP national secretariat
over Taraba gov primaries
• 5 arrested for printing fake PVCs in
Nasarawa
• Suicide bombers kill 16 in Jos, scores
injured
• Again, Obanikoro's supporters protest in
Lagos
• Oil prices: Nigerian airlines, others to make
huge profit in 2015
• Nigeria requires N2trn to fix oil, power,
transport sectors in 6yrs —BPE DG
Thisday
• Scores Feared Killed in Jos Twin Blasts
• Police Diffuse Bomb at Kano International
Foodstuffs Market Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano
• 2015: Elections Will Hold Nationwide,
Jonathan Assures
• Enugu Guber: Court Retrains Ayogu Eze
from Layjng Claim to PDP Ticket
• Atiku Concedes Defeat, Congratulates
Buhari
• Court Reinstates Deposed Emir of Gwandu
Jokolo
• Jonathan Picks Sambo as Running Mate
• Court Finds Obasanjo Guilty of Contempt
for Publishing Autobiography
• Jonathan Endorsed as Presidential
Candidate of PDP, Mu'azu, National
Chairman
• 12 APC Governors Endorse Buhari
• Time Names Ebola Fighters as Its 2014
Person of the Year
• Complaints, Protests Trail Party Primaries
• National Convention: APC Launches
Manifesto
• Female Suicide Bombers Kill Six in Kano
Market
• US Analysts Weigh Nigeria, Russia Arms
Deal
• Yuletide: IG Warns against Explosive-laden
Gifts, Fireworks
• Insurgency: Jonathan Urged to Seek
Assistance of Ex-service Men
• Falana: Vote out Parties, Candidates Not
Committed to Human Rights
• NEMA Moves Medical Materials for Kano
Mosque Blast Victims
• Synagogue: Inquest Dismisses Joshua's
Application to Stay Proceedings
• Buhari Victorious, Emerges APC
Presidential Candidate
• APC Presidential Primary: Buhari In Early
Lead
• Jega: Elections Will Hold Next Year
• APGA Replaces Umeh, Disowns Otti as
Guber Candidate for Abia
• Wike Sues for Peace in Rivers PDP
• 'Impeached' Ekiti Speaker, Others Sue
Fayose, Abba, DSS
• Tension in Ebonyi over Plot to Impeach
Elechi
• Lagos PDP Guber Primary: Agbaje Carpets
Obanikoro, APC
• Lagos Group Berates George, Ogunlewe
over PDP Crisis
• Primary Elections: Ambode Congratulates
APC Lagos Exco
• Group Hails Okowa's Emergence
• Abia Women Rally Support for Otti
• Virtues of Peterside
• Borishade: Atiku Will Win APC Presidential
Ticket
• Mamman: APC Will Be Consumed by Its
Contradictions
• Igini: National Conference Outcome
Important to Nigeria
• Ogbue: Nigerians Should Appreciate the
Military
• Fayemi: Why APC Primary is Yet to Get
Underway
• Why 12 Governors Endorsed Buhari Early
• APC Governors Endorse Buhari
• APGA Crisis Resurfaces as Court Restrains
Umeh as National Chairman
• FCMB Launches Personal Business Account
• ICAN Floats N50m Whistle-blowers'
Protection Fund
• Oduoza Seeks Enhanced Collaboration
Between Banks, Telcos
• Anyaoku, Okoye Seek an End to
Unemployment
• WISCAR Graduates, Inducts New Mentees
• Access Bank Hailed over Impressive Results
• AfricInvest Capital Applauds AXA's
Investment in Mansard Insurance
The Nation
• Okorocha for governor
• Explosions kill 32 in Jos
• Contempt of court: Obasanjo serves notice
of Appeal
• Let's rescue Nigeria, says Buhari
• Buhari: my plan for Nigeria
• Jonathan, Buhari and the way forward
• Buhari's emergence unsettles PDP
• Process excites Tambuwal
• Why I ran, by Imo Governor Okorocha
• Peterside hails Buhari, pushes support for
APC
• APC candidate promises quality
representation
• 100 Nigerians deported from Norway,
others
• How JAMB results can be valid for more
years, by Ojerinde