today's national newspaper headlines.

Punch:
*Fuel scarcity, queues may last beyond New Year
*Fire at Obasanjo’s Hilltop Mansion
*Lagos explosions: 1,500 shops shut, traders lament
*US, Canada warn citizens against travel in Nigeria
*Army denies ethnic, religious bias in officers’ retirement
*Govt spends N975m on 140 transformers

Vanguard:
*PRESIDENCY 2015: How Buhari, govs plan to stop Jonathan
*Gunmen kill eight in Maiduguri
*EDO TANKER FIRE: My husband died trying to protect his bus - Widow of bus driver
*NFF sets semi-final target for Keshi
*NPA board: Presidency defends Anenih's appointment
*Kaduna House confirm Bajoga Dep Governor
*Edo flays US security warning
*FG sends 140 Police officers to Somalia
*‘Another flooding imminent in Nigeria’

Guardian:
*Fresh electricity subsidy crisis looms
*More democracy dividends in 2013, says Presidency
*Controversy trails job placement at rights commission
*Kaduna lawmakers okay Bajoga as deputy gov
*Unilorin to introduce sign language
*Queen’s portraitist, Nigerian Chinwe Roy, passes on

Tribune:
*Explosion: Police after importers of ‘knockout’ •Govt begins demolition exercise
*Hope not lost on states creation —Mark
*Jonathan working to fix Nigeria —Presidency
*Kaduna Assembly clears Bajoga as dep gov
*Army retires 36 Generals
*Bomb scare: FG tightens security at MMA •As hundreds of passengers trek to catch flights
*LAGOS COUNTDOWN FESTIVAL: Lagosians hold breath as fireworks experts arrive from UK
*LAGOS COUNTDOWN FESTIVAL: Lagosians hold breath as fireworks experts arrive from UK
*Edo is safe, state govt tells US
*Police deploy 140 officers to Somalia
*Lagos Assembly passes cremation bill into law.



What are your takes on these headlines?

@least 500kva transformer is less dan #2 million. Wich is abt #280million but #975million was spent :Oº°˚˚°º. Naija I hail thy corruption