Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Tuesday,16/02/2016

NATION

-Naira falls to N345 against dollar in parallel market
-Sacked DG in trouble for blowing N200b on poll

-Halliburton: Lawyers admit taking $3.5m as EFCC closes in on suspects

-Budget office DG fired over fiasco
-ACP dies in Lagos hotel
-Buhari sacks 26 heads of government agencies
-Federal Govt, NLC set for showdown over N5.14 trillion
pension funds
-Why textile factories are still moribund, by BoI

VANGUARD
-Naira falls to N345/$ in parallel market
-Errors: FG fires Budget D-G, 26 others
-Tariff: Court warns FG, DISCOs against subsisting orders
-Budget proposal: Fashola votes 62% for road projects, 15% for housing
-Edo PDP members ask court to sack party Chair
-Enugu govt warns violators of ban on use of motorcycles

PUNCH
-Naira plunges to record low of 345/dollar

-Drama as Reps stop minister from budget defence
-Power supply drops by 1,589MW
-Halliburton scandal: EFCC investigates Adoke, four SANs
-NNPC to complete six gas projects
-Nigeria remains committed to free trade – Buhari
-AIB to send Bristow helicopter’s black boxes to UK
-Probing Jonathan will be futile---Babatope

DAILY SUN
-EFCC may go after ex-First Lady
-General WIWA not arrested, says anti-graft agency
-Buhari’s red card.sweeps heads of Budget Office,NTA,FRCN, NAFDAC,SOB,MAN
-How ex-Governor Suswam laundered 1billion naira, witness tells court
-Kalu promises to address MASSOB, IPOB grievances as elected Senator

NEW TELEGRAPH
-Buhari bows to APC, sacks Jonathan’s appointees
-2.84trillion naira spent on airtime in 2015—Investigation
-Iron tablets may damage DNA—study
-Professor remanded in prison for forgery
-Supreme Court justifies verdict on Akwa Ibom governorship petition
-Another ‘mad man’ arrested with 16 ATM cards
-FG terminates $1.3billion pacts signed by Allison-Madueke

THIS DAY
-NEMA Distributes special need items in Maiduguri IDP camps
-Omotola: Fashola Should Resign If Power Remains Epileptic for Two Years
-AG: Lagos Mobile Court will Respect Rights of Defendants
-EFCC Arraigns Provost, Four Others for Multi-million Naira Fraud
-Court Denies Ordering Demolition of Property, as Cleric Petitions Police
-14 Ladies Who Deserve Our Love
-Buhari Appoints New DG Budget, Special Adviser Planning

LEADERSHIP
-2016 Budget Was Rushed – Senator Ndume
-NASS makes U-turn over passage of 2016 Budget
-Chinese Firm To Senate: Obasanjo Awarded Abuja Rail Project Without Design, MoU
-In One Fell Swoop, PMB Weeds Out Jonathan’s Men
-Obama To Propose $200m To Battle Insurgency In Africa
-Nasarawa LG With One Functional Vehicle Has 30 Drivers On Payroll’
-Gov Bello Sacks Perm Secs, AG, Others
-My Father Was Unfairly Treated By Some Adamawa Politicians – Sen Nyako
-Sokoto Zakkat, Endowment Committee To Become Independent Soon – Gov Tambuwal
-Court Remands Don In Prison For Forgery, Perjury

GUARDIAN

-‘Why Amnesty Office has commenced wind-up strategy ’
-Confusion over sacking of 26 heads of agencies, commissions
-Presidency, NASS in secret deal to harmonise 2016 budget
-Obasanjo awarded Abuja rail project without design, MOU, says Senate panel
-In textile industry, a hidden goldmine
-Court remands fake drug seller in Prison
-Govt parleys with banks, oil majors over $4 billion debt financing