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NEWS PAPER. HEADLINES, MONDAY, 5TH JANUARY.


DAILY TRUST

Jonathan seeks audience with Obasanjo;

Boko Haram seizes Baga…dislodges multinational force;

FG’s oil subsidy drops from 44 million naira to 0.90kobo per litre;

266 days since Chibok school girls were kidnapped;

God has decided outcome of next elections;

FG to spend 36 billion naira on ex-militants this year;

BLUE PRINT

Boko Haram seizes army base in Borno….residents flee by canoes into Chad;

APC to FG: Reduce fuel pump price;

Counterpart funding: Lamido demands 17 billion naira from Jonathan;

Jonathan loses younger sister;

Pope Francis names 20 new cardinals;

Counselor says adultery threatening marriages in Nigeria;

NEW TELEGRAPH

Stop 2015 elections…Buhari’s ex-running mate seeks two year-transitional government;

PDP unveils ‘war team’…Nigerians’ll decide election outcome, says APC;

TUC, APC push for fuel price cut;

214 Reps warmed bench in 2014;

Onwuliri: Only Jonathan can unite Nigeria;

House introduces 668, passes 101 bills in 3 years;

DAILY TIMES

I’ll respect freedom of worship — Buhari;

APC’ll stamp out corruption, Osinbajo pledges;

Boko Haram seizes continental Army base;

Family blames checkpoint police for death of four in auto crash;

Nigerians in US charge Jonathan to rout Boko Haram;

Despite bumps, Nigeria’s future is bright — Jonathan;

DAILY SUN

My life in danger…Reverend Father Mbaka cries out;

More Nigerians clash over priest’s sermon;

Mbaka you don’t know;

What he said about presidential election;

Akpabio’s 25,272-man choir breaks Guinness World Record;

Soldiers killed in ambush…two die in Adamawa explosion;

LEADERSHIP

UN moves to stop execution of 54 soldiers;

Hold talks with Jonathan in Abuja;

1 killed, 4 injured in Adamawa bomb blast;

Falling Oil Price erodes 2014 Capital Expenditure by 59%;

Bakare calls for postponement of February polls if…;

Why Father Mbaka is fighting Jonathan;

NEWSWATCH TIMES

Boko Haram dislodges soldiers in Borno military base…residents flee;

Mimiko can’t win Ondo for Jonathan without Jimoh Ibrahim;

Alleged drunk driver crushes pregnant woman, husband, daughter;

Army gives conditions for release of Buhari’s academic records;

Savings in banks to decline in 2015 — Expert;

Politicians will decide Nigeria’s fate beyond 2015 — Kukah;

NATIONAL MIRROR

Fresh grumblings in Army over wave of dismissals;

Boko Haram captures another Borno border town…Explosion kills 2 in Adamawa;

NEPC allays fear over declining oil revenue;

68% of 56, 785 prison inmates awaiting trial — Investigation;…1, 452 including 32 women on death row;

Jonathan loses younger sister;

Nigeria, India trade hits 17 billion dollars — Envoy;

THIS DAY

Buhari, Fashola in Church Service, Urge Nigerians to Thank God;

The Portentous Signs of 2015;

PDP Jittery as Obasanjo Meets Yoruba Women Today;

APC Holds Presidential Rally in Akwa Ibom Tomorrow;

Buhari will Lose Woefully in Ekiti, Says PDP;

Judge: I Did Not Stop INEC from Publishing List of Ondo PDP Candidates;

PUNCH

APGA favours Buhari to emerge as president;

Only court can disqualify Buhari – INEC;

Boko Haram overruns military base in Borno;

Truck crushes parents, two kids to death;

Why I became a neurosurgeon?;

UN to plead for 54 convicted soldiers;

Presidency, others to spend N517.9m on meals in 2015;

SOCCER STAR

Man U close to 77million pounds POGBA deal;

Martins wants Keshi sacked;

City targets 25million pounds Draxler;

Sunderland wants Ideye;

Keshi urges Eagles to beat Cote D’ivoire;

Norwegian club drags Eduok to FIFA;

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