Nigerian newspaper headlines December 10, 2016.
Leadership
Terrorism: FG, Wayamo Foundation, Others Train Prosecutors On Complex Crimes
The Wayamo Foundation, International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Justice have step up to develop the capacity of federal prosecutors in Nigeria who are dealing with the Boko Haram issue in the northeast, on addressing complex crimes under Nigerian criminal law.
Thisday
Again Opposition Wins in Ghana, Mahama Concedes
After a bitterly fought campaign, Ghana’s main opposition leader former foreign minister, Nana Akufo-Addo who was making his third bid for the top job, yesterday won the country’s national election, defeating imcumbent President, John Mahama, electoral commissioner Charlotte Osei said.
Punch
CBN Asks Banks To Rescue The Economy
The Central Bank of Nigeria has charged Deposit Money Banks in the country to work towards salvaging the distressed economy as the role of returning it to normalcy remains their responsibility owing to their financial intermediation activities that cut across all sectors.
Guardian
53 burnt to death in Edo car crash
Edo State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) yesterday confirmed that not less than 53 persons died in a multiple accident that occurred on Thursday evening at Abudu Bridge, along Benin/Agbor Road, in Orhionmwon Local Council of the state.
Vanguard
Rivers rerun polls: Innocent blood should not be spilled, Buhari warns
As re-run elections into federal and state legislatures hold today in Rivers State, world leaders have joined President Muhammadu Buhari in calling for violence-free polls even as the army has deployed troops to protect oil facilities and other strategic locations in the state.
The Nation
B/Haram: Teenage girl bombers kill 30, injure 57 in Adamawa
About 30 people were killed by suspected teenage female suicide bombers who infiltrated Madagali market in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The Sun
You’re a serial betrayer, Bode George blasts Obasanjo
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George has asked ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to shut up and stop playing to the gallery through public criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Premium Times
Online media dominate Wole Soyinka Investigative Journalism Awards
Online media outshined their print counterpart at this year’s Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Awards with The Cable’s Fisayo Soyombo winning the top prize, the Nigerian Investigative Journalist of the Year.