Nigerian Newspaper Headlines Today: 31st December

Nigerian men look at the morning newspapers and discuss the partial election results released, at a newspaper stand in Kano, northern Nigeria Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The second day of vote counting in Nigeria’s bitterly contested presidential vote started late on Tuesday and electoral officials hope to announce later in the day who will govern Africa’s richest and biggest nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Punch

Outrage over six dead appointees on Buhari’s board list

There was outrage on Saturday over President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of dead people into boards of Federal Government agencies.

Vanguard

Hope Ahead of 2018: President, 34 govs to lift economy with N17.075 trillion

TO make 2018 a better year for Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari and 34 governors have promised to pursue ambitious and prosperity budgets totaling N17.075 trillion. This is N3.455 trillion higher than the N13.620 trillion the 34 governors and the Federal Government budgeted for 2017, which expires today.

The Sun

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

2018 is just some few hours away. As part of the strategy to ensure people’s support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 general elections, Senator Rufai Hanga urges President Muhammadu Buhari to make good his promise to inject new blood into his government in this interview. He also examines the face-off between Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and his predecessor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, describing the latter as a paper weight politician.

Thisday

Boards’ List Compiled in 2015, Submitted 2016, Says Presidency

Following the inclusion of the names of dead persons on the list of board appointments released by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Friday, the Presidentcy saturday attributed the development to the fact that the list was compiled in 2015.

Guardian

FG may seek additional World Bank funding on NEWMAP projects

 The Federal Government could seek additional funding from the World Bank to implement new projects under its Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) in 12 states.

Daily Trust

‎Nigerians suffering strange diseases, others under APC regime – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday‎ claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had turned year 2017 into a harvest of woes ranging from strange diseases, hunger, violence and untimely deaths of Nigerians.

The Nation

Fuel scarcity: Something is rotten in Nigeria – Soyinka

 Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is dismayed by the current fuel scarcity. He wonders why successive governments find it difficult to fix challenges facing the country.

Tribune

More trouble for corrupt public officials in 2018 —FG’s Assets Recovery panel

Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, headed by Chief OkoiObono-Obla is talking tough over its assignment to sanitise the system in the incoming year.

The Herald

American Arrested For Posing As Nigerian To Defraud People

An elderly American man, Michael Neu has been arrested by the police in the US state of Louisiana for posing as a Nigerian prince to scam people.

New Telegraph

WIKE: APC leaders insulting me to gain FG recognition

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has accused leaders of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), of insulting him to gain recognition from the Federal Government.
He said that the APC leaders lack political value in the state but were insulting him on the pages of newspaper and on electronic media.