¤ NATIONAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES for today Sunday, January 4th 2015

The TRIBUNE:

* Amaechi should be tried for treason —Rivers PDP
*Osun PDP warns religious leaders over politics
* Why Nigeria is underdeveloped —Lagos PDP senatorial candidate
* Wike re-assures Ogoni people of comprehensive development
* Rout Boko Haram, Nigerians in US charge Jonathan
* Calls for Wike’s substitution, undemocratic —Rivers PDP elders
* Fire destroys 300 shops in Zaria market
* 2015: APC will take over —Cardinal Odunmbaku
* Ex-Speaker Bankole loses stepmum on sister’s wedding day
* Ekiti to launch Security Trust Fund this month
* APGA presents Maku as Nasarawa guber candidate
* Only loyal party members ’ll get position in APC —Kwankwaso
* I promise adequate representation —Reps candidate
* Oyo APC aspirant seeks justice over alleged unfair treatment

The PUNCH:

* Presidency, others to fuel cars, generators with N815.4m
* I am nobody’s stooge-Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
* Oil price crash: Mass sacking looms in private, public sectors
* Ogun APC to provide 2,260 phones for agents
* Isiaka remains Ogun PDP gov candidate — Aide
* APC must not relax —Borishade
* Nigeria’s oil export to Europe, Asia drops
* Nigerians in US flay Jonathan’s handling of insurgency
* Akpabio donates N10m to inmates
* Ebola: UK nurse in critical condition

The VANGUARD:

*41 Days to Presidential Poll: Millions in South may not vote
* Nigeria does not need 72-yr-old grandfather as president – Peter Obi
* Okupe makes Jonathan look incompetent – Lai Muhammed
* Emenike: Fenerbache reject 10m euros bid
*Keshi loses out on Equatorial Guinea job
* 2015 Presidency: Jonathan is desperate — Oyegun
* 2015: APC equips polling agents with over 2260 handsets in Ogun
* Alaafin warns that MDGs may not be achieved
* Report on NNPC audit ready later this month
* Edo police arrest 15 suspected cultists
*Okupe makes Jonathan look incompetent – Lai Muhammed

The GUARDIAN:
* 2015: PDP Unveils Campaign War Chest
* US Security Officials Quit Search For Chibok Girls
* Gaidam Commends Military, Others On Fight Against Insurgency
* Ohanaeze NDIGBO: Going From Crisis To Crisis
* Fashola: Lagos Deserves Continuity, Not Experimentation
* Sallau: I Would Have Resigned If I Were Tambuwal
* 2015 Elections: Security Imperatives, Apprehensions And The Task Ahead
* Buhari: Army Ridiculing Me With Certificate Scandal
* ‘PDP, APC Failed Nigerians On LG Autonomy’
* US Security Officials Quit Search For Chibok Girls
* Gaidam Commends Military, Others On Fight Against Insurgency
* 2015: Imo NUJ Plans Debate For Candidates
* Edo PDP, Government Bicker Over Cost Of Commissioning Projects

THISDAY:
*Army ’Not In Possession of Buhari’s Original Certificates’
* Maccido: How Wamakko Sabotaged Services at My 50-bed Capacity Hospital
* Military Debunks Boko Haram Seizure of 40 Boys, Men in Borno
* 4 Babies, 2 Expectant Mothers Among 834 Inmates in Uyo Prison
* Military: ‘Actionable Intelligence’ from US on Chibok Girls Belated, Unrealistic
* PDP Urges Atiku, Kwankwaso to Return
* Fulani Herdsmen Kill 15 in Kaduna, 10 in Plateau
* Fashola Decries Planned Increase of VAT
* Newly Acquired Navy Warship Arrives Nigeria, Set to Tackle Maritime Illegalities
* Kano Courts on Indefinite Strike
* We’ve been Prudent in Handling State Resources, Says Amaechi
*Tertiary Institutions in Ondo Charge Least Tuition, Says Mimiko
* Plateau Crisis: Over 100 Persons Displaced