Encomium
NATION
*841 on trial, 68 convicted in 11 states over killings
*Boko Haram suspect held in Lagos
* Badeh’s killing probe on, says Air Force
*CBN okays Access, Diamond merger
*Afenifere endorses Buhari for 2019 polls
*Boxing star Joshua gets OBE
*New taxes, excise duties on the way to boost revenue
*Our administration financed project, says PDP
*Kresta Laurel gets ISO 9001:2015 certification
*Budget presentation: We showed our strength, says APC Reps
*Okorocha: it will take God to market Uzodinma
*Ikeja Electric expands network maintenance
*Court reverses APC’s substitution of Reps candidate in Cross River
*Buhari’s campaign fund swells with over N1.77b
*New taxes, excise duties on the way to boost revenue
*Amosun’s loyalists endorse Buhari as APM begins campaigns
*FRSC: we’re not abetting rice smugglers
*Who is Ogun PDP governorship candidate?
*Soldiers rescue two babies in Abia
*Kwara APC reports judge to NJC
*‘Buhari can’t be deceived’
*Buhari inaugurates 15m capacity terminal at Abuja airport
*‘Dissolution of Imo APC exco null and void’
*Navy jails three ratings for theft
*‘We’ve weathered storms’
*Ex-IYC chief, four others in Bayelsa exco
*Budget 2019: Lawmakers under attack for ‘unruly behaviour’
*Ajudua to Bamaiyi: show proof of source of $8.4m
*Buhari seeks genuine reconciliation of APC members
*JAMB to start 2019 UTME registration Jan. 10
*Ondo APC hails Akeredolu over workers’ welfare
*2019: Ajomale predicts victory for APC
*‘Southeast experienced 42 disasters in 2018’
*ACF: we don’t have presidential candidate for 2019
*Police, HP swoop on counterfeiters
*School holds inter-house sports
*‘2nd Niger Bridge too important to be politicised’
*Labour rejects proposed technical committee on minimum wage
*Oyetola mourns APC chief Abolade
*Community gets motorised borehole
*IRS makes N58b in three years
*Fayemi: Ekiti N3.9b Paris Club refund for salary arrears payment
*God ’ll not allow PDP’s return in 2019, says Oshiomhole
*Buhari warns Police against torture, extra-judicial killings
LEADERSHIP
*Kwara Assembly Passes N157bn 2019 Budget
*No Going Back On Our Indefinite Strike, ASUP Vows
*Borno PDP Faction Rejects Imam, Others As Candidates
*Hashim Vows To Reconcile Divided Nigeria, Fix Economy
*FG Commissions 151 Houses, Beneficiaries Recieves Keys
*Kogi West APC Endorses PMB, Others As 3,000 Dump PDP
*FHB Urge FISH Developers To Deliver More Houses
*Nigeria Set For Air Transport Hub In Africa – PMB
*Yellow Fever: Obaseki Gets Vaccinated, Leads Campaign Against Disease In Edo
*APC Leaders In Esan North East Lga Pass Vote Of Confidence On Obaseki
VANGUARD
*Elumelu Donates N2bn Hospital To Health Ministry
*2019: Afenifere Faction Backs Buhari, Osinbajo
* Imo Pensioners Protest 34 Months Unpaid Arrears
*YULETIDE: There’ll Be No Killings, Kidnappings, Rivers CP Vows
*2019: We Want Violence-free, Transparent Elections — US Official
*Okowa Bags Awards As Most Performing Governor For 2018
*I’ll Make Imo, Dubai Of Nigeria —Prof Ekwerike
*PenCom To Enroll Additional 30m Nigerians In 5yrs
* MDE Coordinator Drums Support For Okowa
*Reps Move To Probe N3.48trn Local Debts
*2019: Making The Votes Count
*S-East Stakeholders Review Police Reform Bill
*FG Plans New Taxes To Fund 2019 Budget
*Barkin Ladi IDPs In Tears As They Return Home
*Senate Passes Bill For The Establishment Of Poly In Abia
*Investors’sentiments Diverge Over Access, Diamond
*Ogun 2019: Amosun’s Loyalists Flag Off APM, Endorse Buhari
*Borno PDP Faction Rejects Imam, Others
*Bayelsa EXCO Okays 2019 Budget
*How Media Saved Me From Detention, By Edo Dep Gov
*Senate Confirms Owasanoye, 8 Others As ICPC Members, Abba-aji S’Court Justice
*EFCC Quizzes UNIOSUN VC Over Alleged Financial Impropriety
*N3.9bn Paris Club Refund For Salary Arrears Payment — Fayemi
*DPR Seals 46 Fuel Stations In A-Ibom
*Naira Up To N364.57/$ In I&E Window
*Ndigbo Muslims Unite, Align With Igbo Agenda
*Nigeria Laying Foundation For Transformation Of Tourism – FG Tells D-8
*Osinbajo Storms Ahmadiyya Jalsa In Ilaro
*Househelp Disconnects CCTV, Breaks Into Boss’ Bedroom
*Why Buhari’ll Win 2019 Polls With Wider Margin —Lai Mohammed
*Breaking: Suspected Boko Haram Leader, Umar Arrested In Lagos
*Senate Urges FG To Investigate Badeh’s Killing
*Ayade Inaugurates PDP Campaign Council
PUNCH
*Create time for self-development, Lagos HoS tells workers
*Boko Haram chief arrested in Lagos
*LASIEC decries voter apathy in council bye-election
*17-year-old goes missing on resumption day at varsity
*Seaweed invasion: Lagos boat operators, fishermen, lament losses
*Lagos inferno: Residents count losses
*INEC: ASUU strike’ll affect preparations for 2019 polls
*Two Togolese nabbed while attempting to obtain Nigerian passports
*Police arrest man who stole boss’ property 11 days after employment
*JAMB begins sale of UTME form Jan 10, bans cybercafés
*Certificate scam: Reps call for Obono-Obla’s sacking
*NBS data show we’re making progress – Buhari
*FG faults AI report on farmers, herdsmen’s killings
*Lassa fever hits Plateau
*B’Haram still uses Nigerian girls as human bombs –UNICEF
*AGF, Malami, distances self from Dasuki’s continued detention
*INEC: ASUU strike’ll affect preparations for 2019 polls
