**NIGERIA:

*Christmas: Boko Haram burn 3 persons to death, abduct woman in Borno

*Mercy Abang: Sexual predators on the prowl, Nigeria​n kids the target

*Those who cause violence in Oyo now in APC – PDP

*NNPC, DPR uncover illegal fuel reservoirs in Abuja

*‘Sound of Music’ actress Heather Menzies-Urich, dead

*This is our worst Christmas, Nigerian laments

*Houses torched, vehicles vandalized as insurgents attack Maiduguri

*Liberian run-off: Jonathan calls foru peace, urges candidates to accept results

*Fuel Scarcity: Illegal petrol reservoir uncovered in Abuja

*Defection of former VP Atiku to PDP a futility – Masari

*Katsina ex-Speaker dumps PDP for APC

*Four killed in fresh Southern Kaduna attack, more troops deployed

*I thought I was 74 but was told I’m 75 –Buhari

*PDP Chief Asks Court To Sack Treasurer, Deputy Spokesman

*Gunmen raid Maina’s house, handcuff guard

*Peter Okoye, joins Olamide, others at Lagos music fiesta

*George Weah or Joseph Boakai: Liberians must choose new leader today

*FCTA imposes six to six indefinite curfew on Bwari township

*Buhari mourns Inuwa Dutse, condoles with govt., people of Jigawa

*2017 most difficult year for Nigeria – Buhari

*NNPC not FG bears the cost of fuel subsidy – Osinbajo

*Curfew imposed on Abuja town as three deaths confirmed

*Christmas : Church feeds 4,739 needy people in Ogun

*North-East leaders’ unity led to passage of NEDC bill-Dogara

*2019: I’ll reposition Imo as most progressive state – APC guber aspirant

*Anambra Central: Umeh confident of January 13 rerun

*Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri foiled after jihadis in pickups infiltrate civilian convoy

*The CBN non-oil export stimulation facility

*VAIDS: FIRS to offer free consultancy services to taxpayers –Fowler

*Bank debtors to undergo credit rating –CBN

*Recession downgrades Nigerian banks, eurobond in 2017

*INCDMB targets $14bn value retention for oil sector

*‘FG to plug deficit with $300m from Diaspora bond’

*Road maintenance: Funds paucity impede FERMA’s activities –Rafindad

*Air Peace takes delivery of Boeing 737 aircraft

*Bleak Xmas as ATMs, PoS machines malfunction

*SEC halts Crypto stock over manipulation concerns

*Wike advocates united political platform for Rivers development

*Fuel queues persist at Christmas, labour lambasts FG

*No plan to increase fuel price, says Osinbajo

*Banks’ Borrowing From CBN Increases By 52% In December

*Suspected ritual killer arrested with dead baby – Police

*Gunmen raid Maina’s house, handcuff guard

*PDP chief asks court to sack treasurer, deputy spokesman

*Gunmen kill three as LG officials share Christmas gifts

*Buhari fails to award national honours in two years

*Gunmen on the rampage kill six on Christmas Eve

*Hoodlums in camouflage invade Ogun community, shoot resident

*How EFCC gave free publicity to Innoson

*Oyo, Kwara residents spend Christmas at petrol stations

*Police tackle artiste Praiz over alleged harassment by SARS

*Fuel queues persist at Christmas, labour lambasts FG

*How I came out better from sickness – Buhari

* NNPC not FG bears the cost of fuel subsidy – Osinbajo

*Army aborts Boko Haram attack at checkpoint

*Lagos CP denies Praiz ‘harassment’ allegation

**AFRICA:

*Attackers torch Democratic Republic of Congo president's property

*Nigerian army says it repels suspected Boko Haram militant attack

*Nigerian military says it repels suspected Boko Haram attack

*Emirates stops flying to Tunisia in row over ban on Tunisian women

**WORLD:

*Venezuela's opposition reinvents itself with soup kitchens

*One Man’s Stand Against Junk Food as Diabetes Climbs Across India

*Liberians vote in delayed run-off poll

*1917: Americans Skate in No Man’s Land and Bait Enemy

*A Topless Protester Tried to Snatch a Baby Jesus Figure From the Vatican's Nativity Scene

*Trump to end first year as president without hosting a state dinner

*China hands down harshest sentence in multi-year rights crackdown

*New clashes in Peru over Fujimori's pardon

*Pakistan army says Indian fire kills 3 soldiers in Kashmir

*Building owner, manager arrested in South Korean fire that killed 29

*Chinese human rights activist jailed for eight years for subversion

*Duterte’s son resigns as Davao vice mayor after drug case, failed marriage

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