Vanguard
Arraignment: Dokpesi pleads not guilty
ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, docked erstwhile Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over alleged N2.1 billion fraud.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/arraignment-dokpesi-pleads-not-guilty/
Punch
We don’t have money to complete our secretariat – PDP
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has declared that it no longer has money to complete its multi-billion naira new national secretariat.
http://www.punchng.com/we-dont-have-money-to-complete-our-secretariat-pdp/
The Sun
Noise pollution: Lagos seals 53 churches, mosques, hotels
THE Lagos State Government yesterday sealed more than 53 churches, mosques and hotels across the state over noise pollution and other environmental ills.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/noise-pollution-lagos-seals-53-churches-mosques-hotels/
This Day
We’ll Substitute Faleke If Need Be, Says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it may be constrained to replace its deputy governorship candidate in the recently concluded Kogi State governorship poll if the need arises.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/well-substitute-faleke-if-need-be-says-apc/227584/
Guardian
The drama, violence of Bayelsa guber polls
LAST weekend’s inconclusive governorship election in Bayelsa State has no doubt created an unprecedented stalemate in its politics by creating a huge divide among the players on the political field.
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/12/the-drama-violence-of-bayelsa-guber-polls/
Daily Times
A Man was sentenced to life imprisonment for dealing in 200 grammes of hemp
Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday, sentenced a 32-year- old man, Lawrence Aluagu to life imprisonment, for drug trafficking
http://dailytimes.com.ng/man-sentenced-life-imprisonment-dealing-200-grammes-hemp/
Daily Trust
Biafra: APC chieftain berates Soyinka
The Nation
Okonjo-Iweala: Dasuki got $322m Abacha loot from me
Former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala yesterday confirmed that she approved the transfer of $322 million Abacha loot to former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki to prosecute the fight against Boko Haram. But she said it was a loan.
http://thenationonlineng.net/okonjo-iweala-dasuki-got-322m-abacha-loot-from-me/
Tribune
Senators Back Fuel Subsidy Removal, Consider MTEF
SENATORS, on Wednesday, called for the removal of oil subsidy in order to save the country huge sum of money paid to subsidise the product.
http://tribuneonlineng.com/senators-back-fuel-subsidy-removal-consider-mtef