Today's News Headlines Sat, 16 Dec 2017

Today's News Headlines Sat, 16 Dec 2017



**NIGERIA:

*Trump’s Jerusalem Move: Jesus’s Hometown, Nazareth Cancels Christmas Celebrations

*Atiku: Mbaka reveals why ex-VP should be Nigeria’s next president

*NYSC: How I killed corps member after sex – Driver

*Low-income women seek government’s intervention on maternal mortality

*Not all blacks in Libya are Nigerians, Buhari tells AU, ECOWAS commission

*GIGM redefines road travel with mobile App

*Police arrest top Boko Haram commander in Borno

*Double registration saga: Kogi stakeholders urge Bello to resign

*NAF commences operation Ruwan Wuta III, bombs Boko Haram hideouts

*Counsel in Evans’ alleged kidnap case urges court to stay proceedings

*Abia awards full scholarship to one-day teenage governor

*Delta police arrest 36 pickpockets in Asaba

*DMO to list N10.7b maiden Green Bond on NSE in January 2018

*Anambra central: Jan 13 election date is sacrosanct, says Umeh

*Lagos police arrest female lawyer over alleged abuse of house-help

*NNPC uncovers 144 hoarded petroleum products-Laden tankers in Kano

*Drive against traffic, forfeit vehicle till after Yuletide FRSC warns

*FG approves purchase of patrol vessels to curb illegal activities on Nigerian waterways

*Obasanjo bags PhD in Christian Theology from NOUN

*Imo government begins demolition of new market, CSOs to protest Monday

*NCC set to harmonise short codes, USSD in telecoms industry

*Tambuwal, In Asaba, strategies with Ibori, Okowa, Wike

*We only increased acceptance fee, not tuition, says LASU

*FG $1bn excess crude money to fund Buhari’s 2019 election, not for Boko Haram, alleges Fayose

*Army court martial jails six soldiers for murder, ammunition possession

*PDP asks FG to apologise to Nigerians over alleged false claims on Boko Haram

*Harmful traditional practices, beliefs worsen breast cancer scourge

*Robbery: Burna Boy surrenders to Lagos police

*Benue assembly confirms Onum as new chief Judge

*‘Nigeria must ensure sustainable growth, prosperity for citizens’

*Southern Kaduna leaders seek restructuring to address minority challenges

*LASG trains 50 women on handcraft using water hyacinth

*Yuletide: Worsening insecurity worries Bayelsans as pirates, armed robbers take over sea, land

*Boko Haram: PDP battles Buhari over govs’ approval of $1bn

*Alleged corruption: Court frees Enugu heart surgeon

*Royal fathers meet in Rivers, insist on devolution of power

*Confab: Southern senators blast Northern counterparts over call on President to jettison report

*Hurray: Grammy nomination for Timaya

*Senator Tinubu seeks welfare schemes for elderly citizens

*Nigerian jailed in Vietnam for import scam

*2 Nigerian nationals let off in drug peddling case

*US megastar, Jason Derulo to collaborate with African artistes

*The Falz experience set to shake Lagos

*LASG announces diversion of traffic for Olamide “OLIC’’ concert

*Army sentences soldier to death for killing five civilians

*APDA urges united action against terrorism, commends army

*Skye Bank named top donor in Lagos Security Trust Fund

*Police nab woman with 187 bags of Indian hemp

*Court remands board member in prison for allegedly defiling minor

*Rivers community threatens to sue APC for ‘insulting’ Ateke Tom

*Police arrest 67 in A’Ibom for armed robbery, cultism

*2019: INEC introduces election risk management tool

*Hearing stalled in Diezani’s $4.760m property forfeiture case

*PENGASSAN begins strike Monday as peace parley ends in stalemate

*NNPC document forces shift of FAAC meeting till today

**AFRICA:

*Ramaphosa, Dlamini-Zuma in tight race to lead South Africa's ruling ANC

*Zimbabwe's ruling party must fix economy to win vote: president

*Air traffic controllers end strike at new Senegal airport

*Forgetful ministers keep Mugabe's name alive at Zimbabwe congress

*Battle lines drawn for South Africa's ANC on eve of leadership vote

*Ethiopian ex-official gets Dutch life sentence for war crimes

*South Sudan's Kiir promotes three generals facing U.N. sanctions

*Steinhoff's ex-chairman Wiese calls off $2.6 billion Shoprite deal

*South African regulator probes conduct of Steinhoff auditors

**WORLD:

*Adult Film Star Yuri Luv Dies Aged 31

*Jerusalem announcement: US may cede more ground to Russia in the Middle East

*Earthquake hits Java in Indonesia, tsunami warning issued

*Canada police probe 'suspicious' deaths of billionaire, wife

*Tupac murder weapon was found after his death, then went missing

*As migrants flee for Canada, fears are rising over the perils of frigid illegal crossings

*Vatican says royal commission findings deserve to 'be studied seriously’

*Trump visits FBI after vowing to "rebuild" it

*Peru’s congress launches process for president’s ouster

*Australian PM's future at stake in crucial Sydney by-election

*Austrian conservatives strike power deal with the far-right

*Austria's Sebastian Kurz strikes deal with far-right

*Trump-Russia: Republicans trying to kill off investigation, says Adam Schiff

*Venezuela talks to resume in January after government, opposition fail to reach deal

*Dutch Court Sentences Ethiopian to Life in Prison for War Crimes

*Strong quake hits Indonesia's Java, at least two dead

*N. Korea unmoved as world unites against its nuke ambitions

*Australians vote in key bye election

**SPORTS:

*Flamingoes target victory over Ethiopia

*Six wrestlers stranded in Nigeria, miss C’wealth tourney

*Kanu, Diouf in charity match for Boko Haram victims

*NBA, Solektra seal lighting deal

*Morata cannot be compared to Drogba – Conte

*Lack of fund stops 6 wrestlers from C/wealth tourney

*Club World Cup final: Madrid eye landmark win

*Pogba shows off new burning’ haircut

*Madrid to Ronaldo: Pay £177m and go or sit tight

*How Opayinka promotes tourism in Equatorial Guinea with golf

*Kanu Laments Neglect Of Internally Displaced Persons