Headline January 3 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

NATION
*Agric: What Nigerians expect from Fed Govt this year
*Gusty Getafe end Real Madrid unbeaten run
*Marylove wins maiden Abuja Tennis Cup
*Ighalo grabs match winner in seven-goal thriller
*Messi tests positive for Covid
*Guinea Bissau skipper warns Super Eagles
*Osimhen may return against Bologna
*Malcomines win Jos Polo tourney
*AFCON 2021: Okoye, Moses, Sanusi swell Eagles to 13
*Ayade: from bubble to burst
*Why Buhari signed 2022 budget, by Presidency
*Olubadan: Another royal titan gone, says Tinubu
*Ibadan mourns
*Post-Biafran syndrome
*Nigerian investors earn N7.76tr in two years
*2023: Jonathan meets with coordinators
*Buhari: states fighting lost battle on $418m Paris Club cash
*Suspension dollar sales: 15,000 BDC jobs at risk
*Olubadan: Attention shifts to next-in-line Lekan Balogun 
*Ibadan: from Lagelu to Adetunji
*State House visitors to undergo COVID-19 test, says Presidency
*Why 1m COVID-19 vaccine doses expired, by health minister
*NDLEA arrests 330 drug traffickers
*Abducted cleric reunites with family
*Police arrest man for stabbing wife to death
*Gunmen attack passenger boat in Bayelsa
*A’Ibom APC chieftain shot dead on New Year Day
*Bandits release two more Baptist students
*Bandits kill 7, abduct 18 in attacks on Kaduna villages
*Six Afaraukwu inmates regain freedom
*NIMET alerts airline operators to poor visibility in eight northern states
*2019 AuGF report: 178,459 arms, ammunition missing from police
*2023: ‘Use February national convention to review APC manifesto’
*SERAP seeks probe of governors for ‘misuse of security votes’
*New moon: Sultan directs Muslims to look out for Jumada al-Thani 1443AH
*Senate probes agency’s payment of N200m to foreign firms without vouchers
*NIS: Scarcity of international passports to end by March
*Lawmaker votes N375m for constituents’ exam fees
*I’ll clean up the dirt in Kaduna, says Shehu Sani
*CAN praises police for rescuing nine kidnap victims
*Minister orders early completion of Katsina windmill projects
*PDP washes hands of violence in Bauchi communities
*‘Insecurity, drugs intake may threaten 2023 polls’
*Group chides Masari over call for arms acquisition
*Governor to deepen development strides
*Lawan hails Aba monarch at 93
*Only Ugwuanyi can choose his successor, says Nnamani
*‘Fire won’t stop Port Harcourt refinery rehabilitation’
*IYC, NANS, others give award to Diri
*Monarch urges govt to establish blacksmithing village
*Wike bans nightclubs, prostitution on Abacha road
*Community opposes Obaseki administration on airport project
*250 shops in flames in Nnewi

LEADERSHIP 
*Buhari Mourns Olubadan Of Ibadan Land
*Gov Uzodinma To Name Sponsors Of Insecurity In Imo Tuesday
*Bandits Kill 7, Kidnap 18 In Attacks On Kaduna Villages
*2022 Budget Insertions: No Rift Between Buhari, NASS – Presidency
*Buni Bags ‘Authentic Man Of The Year’ Award, Blueprint Deputy Online Editor, Others Shine
*Lawan Hails Abia Traditional Ruler, Ikonne, At 93
*Adamawa Police Arrest Man For Stabbing Wife To Death
*JUST-IN: Gunmen Abduct Ex-Plateau Guber Aspirant, Varsity Lecturer
*Again, D’Tigress Threaten To Boycott World Cup Qualifiers Over Outstanding Allowances
*Underestimate Us At Your Own Peril, Guinea-Bissau Star Warns Super Eagles
*2022: Experts Set Agenda For Strategic Repositioning Of Education Sector
*Clerics And Their Predictions For 2022
*Despite Volatility, Equities Investors Gain N1.24trn In 2021
*National Grid Gets 26,503.9GW Of Electricity In 9 Months – NERC
*Northern Group Seeks Confirmation Of NPA MD
*Naira Plunges To N435/$ At Official Window, As CBN Adjusts Rate
*Entry Opens For 2022 Elumelu Foundation $5,000 Business Grant
*Equities To Commence Trading On Positive Note In New Year

DAILY TRUST
*Buhari, Govs, Atiku, Tinubu, Others Mourn As Olubadan Buried
*Flight Delays, Cancellations: How Airlines Trample On Passengers’ Rights
*Tortuous Ascent To Olubadan Throne
*APC And The Risk Of A Slapdash Convention
*National Drug Control Master Plan 2021-2025
*Bauchi: The Politics Of Deforestation
*English Language As Taught In Schools: The Rigasa Experience
*How Weather Information Can Be Delivered To Farmers – NiMet
*Report Bribe-Seeking Officials, DisCos Tell Power Users
*Report Bribe-Seeking Officials, DisCos Tell Power Users
*PiggyVest Pays Out Over 242bn To 3.5m Customers In 2021
*How Strategic Leaders Can Develop A Growth Mind-Set And Win
*Reduce Tax, Interest Rate In 2022, ACCI Urges FG
*Rice Firm Offers To Mentor Youth On Modern Business Strategies
*Customs Kaduna Command Generates N8.4bn In 2021
*Subsidy Removal Will Increase Hardship – Abdulqadir
*Dangote Flags Off Nutrition Programme In Kano
*Fire Razes Fuel Truck, Pump At P/Harcourt Refinery
*Abbey Wins Innovative Mortgage Bank Of The Year
*Coleman’s Fibre Optic Cable Will Place Nigeria In 5th Position In Africa – Onafowokan
*Entrepreneurship Success: Keep Your Word (III)
*Why High Rises Adorn Ikoyi’s Landscape
*Plateau Civil Servants Mass Housing Project To Take Off 1st Quarter Of 2022
*Fire Razes 250 Shops In Anambra Market
*We’II Ensure Staff Arears Are Paid – FCT NULGE
*Police Nab Suspected Motorcycle Snatchers In Osogbo
*Waste Evacuation Commences In Six Area Councils
*NDLEA Arrests 330 Drug Traffickers, Secures 48 Convictions In 2021
*650 Screen For HIV/AIDs, Other Diseases In Nasarawa
*Sanwo-Olu To Lagosians: Embrace Love, Shun Divisiveness
*Commercial Driver Stabs Wife To Death In Adamawa
*Man Arraigned For Cow Theft, Murder Threat In Ekiti
*Court Remands 32-Year-Old Over Murder
*Security Guards Burgle Employer’s Store
*4 Guards Arrested For Denying Police Boss Access To Magodo Estate
*Kwankwaso, Ganduje Trade Words Over 2019 Gov’ship Election
*Yari Will Bring Back Aggrieved APC Defectors – Aide
*Why I’ll Contest Kaduna Gov’ship In 2023 – Shehu Sani
*The Changing Faces Of INEC In 10yrs
*AFCON: Eguavoen Expects Full Squad Today As Eagles Depart Jan 5
*NPFL: Pillars Earn First League Win As Enyimba Lose Again
*Getafe Ends Real Madrid’s 11-Match Unbeaten Run
*Bosso Utd Wins FEYSOC Tourney In Niger
*Medvedev, Berrettini Suffer Shock ATP Cup Defeats
*Everton Crash To Pile Pressure On Benitez
*On Amina Of Zazzau, The Film

VANGUARD
*Don Charles Mmaduka bags endorsement deals, reaches new height in Nollywood
*Nigeria must improve access to justice
*Crackdown on illegal financial services providers underway
*New Year message: 2022 a year for rebranded Cross River – Senator Onor
*Why we focus on addressing ecological challenges
*Asiwaju Tinubu Condoles Makinde, Ibadan Indigenes over Olubadan’s Transition

PUNCH
*Power-drunk SFU adamant, refuses to release PUNCHman’s phone, ID card
*Mbaka claims anonymous DSS invitation, seeks prayers from congregation
*Police deploy personnel as gunmen kidnap ASUU chair, Plateau ex-gov aspirant
*Love, sex and scam in 2022
*EPL: Man City's title to lose after Chelsea, Liverpool draw -Virgil van Dijk
*Abuja journalist arrested over s*x scandal story in Katsina federal varsity -NUJ
*Oyetola mourns as ex-Osun military governor, Anthony Obi, dies
*Olubadan: Markets to shut down in Oyo Monday
*Brazil's Ronaldo tests positive for COVID-19
*Why Sarr couldn't join Senegal for AFCON -Watford

THISDAY
*Vitafoam Reports N7.34bn PBT, Declares N1.88bn dividend
*Value of 10 Highly Cap Stocks Gain N532.66bn Amid Decline in...
*‘Nigeria’s Position as Africa’s 3rd Largest Importer of Tomato Paste Unacceptable’
*Energy Transition: What is Nigeria’s Plan B?
*Abia Moves to Protect Markets, Businesses from Fire Outbreaks
*Finchglow Travels Celebrates Yuletide with Motherless Babies
*GLOBAL INVESTORS AND JANUARY EFFECT

THE SUN
*MBF, Arewa, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, MBF set agenda for Buhari
*South East traditional, religious leaders seek peace
*Keep hope alive -Adeboye
*Osun warns applicants against fake teacher’s recruitment list
*Beneficiaries of free train ride canvass re-election of Oyetola
*Banditry: Journalist donates clothings, shoes to displaced persons in Kaduna
*Sultan directs Muslims to look out for new moon
*Kano govt dares Kwankwaso, accuses him of rigging the 2019 polls
*Ugwuanyi’s belief in God responsible for cordial relationship between Christians, Muslims – Alhaji Sani Nnaji
*NAFDAC bans 30 pesticides, other chemicals in Nigeria
*2023: Run for presidency, Anambra APC charges Ngige
*Okpella on warpath with Edo govt over airport project
*Benue: Group accuses govt of imposition of Odogbo as new Och’Idoma
*Ugwuanyi hosts ex-Enugu commissioner, Nnam
*2023: Ex-gov Duke kicks against zoning of Cross River guber
*Why PDP can’t fail to rescue Nigeria –Wike
*Uzodimma to name sponsors of Imo insecurity tomorrow
*Probe alleged misuse of security votes by govs, SERAP tells Buhari
*Lagos blames multiple police checkpoints for Apapa traffic
*Dowen College: We’re waiting for toxicology report – Police
*Kaduna: Bandits kill 5, injure 1
*meth: Man kills 2 brothers, 3 others in Ebonyi
*Odumosu didn’t lock Brook Estate, but humiliated by security guards at gate – Police
*Turn a new leaf or lose it all, Marwa warns drug barons
*Midnight fire kills woman, son in Aba
*Abducted Delta General Overseer regains freedom
*Kidnappers sieze ex-Plateau governorship aspirant, Nshe, varsity lecturer
*Gunmen invade Enugu community, kill 3, kidnap woman, daughter

GUARDIAN
*Conference seeks defined roles for traditional rulers
*Lawan greets Aba paramount ruler Ikonne at 93

GOD BLESS NIGERIA