Today's News Headlines [27th December, 2015]

LEADERSHIP

*2 Killed In Ekiti Bank Robbery

*100 Exploratory Investors Visit Nigeria In 7 months

*FG Targets 13,000MW Solar Electricity ' Amina Mohammed

*Zakzaky Ran Parallel Govt For 20 Years, Zaria Residents Allege

*$2.1bn Arms Deal: I Will Speak Soon ' Labaran Maku

*Police Arrest 6 In Pakistan Over Drugging, Raping Of Teenager

*California Governor Pardons Robert Downey Jr. For '90s Drug Case

*Musician Tasks Govt On Piracy

*Maritime Expert Calls For Import Substitution Regime To Boost Economy

*APC Will Take Over Bayelsa State In 2016, Except' ' Primate Ayodele

*Bayelsa Is Ready For Violence-free Election ' Dickson

*Our Honeymoon For APC Will Be Over By Dec 31 ' Metuh

DAILY INDIPENDENT

*Bauchi First Lady Charges Children To Shun Drug Abuse

*Dickson Visits Electoral Violence Victims, Vows To Punish Perpetrators

*Preach Tolerance, Gani Adams Urges Religious Leaders

*Rebel Assault Leaves 70 Dead In Northern Syria

*Area Boys Attack Lagos Fun Seekers, Steal Valuables

*Refineries To Pay Into Federation Account From 2016 ' Kachikwu

*Fire Guts 200 Shops In Ibadan

*Petitions Against Amaechi, Fashola Not Genuine -Prof. Sagay

*FG To Invest In Faster Trains ' Amaechi

GUARDIAN

*What Date Was Christ Actually Born

*$2bn Arms Scam: Acting PDP BOT Chairman May Appear In Court

*Dogara, Atiku, Ikpeazu, Mourn Nnewi Disaster Victims

*Nigerias Oil Risks Auction, After 45 Years In OPEC

*Okorocha Creates New Communities, Installs Monarchs

*Akinde Urges Christians To Imbibe Christs Virtues

*Christmas: Zenith Bank Spends N1bn On Road Beautification

*Leicesters 10-Game Unbeaten Run Ends, Chelsea Draw With Watford

*Tariff Increase Raises Concern Over Investments, Sincerity of DISCOs

*Chicken Soup: Cure For Common Cold, Immune Booster

*Asthmatic Patients Should Avoid Alcohol, Smoking

*RWANDA: The World Watches As Kagame Cements Tenure Elongation

*Artists Guild Elects Adejumo As New President

*Unlocking the Potentials Of Girl-child

THIS DAY

*Waiting for Godwin Emefiele's...17; on Ecobank-Honeywell Dispute

*A Year of Rule Enforcement Amidst Economic Slowdown

*16 Killed, 6 Abducted in Boko Haram christmas Attack in Borno

*Zaria Residents Accuse Zakzaky, Followers of Alleged Human Right Abuses and Impunity

*Ijaw Leaders Caution on Possible Resurgence of Militancy in N'Delta

*Veterinary Doctors Donated Bulls to IDPs for Xmas, Eid-el Maulud

*FCT Minister to Consolidate Inter-religious Harmony

*Taraba Governorship: Battle Shifts to Appeal Court

*APC Still Shopping for Board of Trustees Chairman

CNN

*China expels French reporter over Uyghur criticism

*Magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolts Afghan border

*Christians disappearing from Middle East

*Top Syrian rebel leader killed in air strike

*NBA stars take stand against gun violence

*Stolen livestock clashes leave 2 dead

*Trump claims credit for deportation plan

*Obama: We won't take troops for granted

*ISIS leader purportedly tells fighters: 'You are on the right path

*ISIS chief's ex-slave says he raped U.S. hostage

*Cartoon contest attack suspect faces new charges

*Flames on California coast spark evacuations

*Flooding, tornadoes, blizzard: Wild weather grips U.S.

*Deadly landslide: China vows to punish safety failings

*Pope in Xmas plea for world peace

*The man's blood saved two million babies

*Woman mauled by grizzly died from husband's gunshot

IB TIMES UK

*Isis: Iraqi troops close to recapturing Ramadi from Daesh

*UK: Shoppers flee after machete

attack in Bromley shopping centre

*Turkey reeling under cyberattack

as government and banks paralysed

*China detains two Japanese nationals for

alleged espionage

GDP: UK economic growth shrinks to 0.4% as net trade weighs down recovery

*Turkish Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Russia

*Migrant jade miners return to perilous

work after landslide killed at least 113

Hopes fade as 100 people still missing

after mine landslide

*UK: Father and three-year-old child killed in Christmas day car crash

*Australia: More than 100 holiday

homes destroyed in bushfires

*British couple cloning puppies from

their dead dog for $100,000

ENTERTAINMENT

*Justin Bieber's Love Yourself yields top

spot to NHS Choir on UK's Christmas singles chart - IB Times UK

*2015 Changed The Way We Address Mental Illness On TV - Huffington Post

*23 Demi Lovato Quotes That Will Drag You Out of Your Darkest Moments - Huffington Post

*Black Girls Rock Africa - Thisday

*Condolences: Fattest man in the world dies from heart attack - Pulse

*Dr. Who Makes a Great Villain - Huffington Post

*French Montana donates $1m Christmas check he got from Diddy to charity - TMZ

*Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr

gets Christmas pardon for 1996

drug conviction - IB Times UK

**Patoranking, Dj Xclusive Headline Kiza Dubai Concert - This Day

*Musical Videos now Soft Porn - This Day

SPORTS

Manchester United crashes to new low - CNN

*Yes, I'm Going To Arsenal But No Rush ' Osimhen - Leadership

*United Brink, Liverpool Ends Leicesters Unbeaten Run - Leadership

*Pillars Resume Training Tomorrow - Leadership

*Djokovic, Federer In Race For First $100m Man - Leadership

*Taekwondo Planning To Lessen Use Of WTF Acronym - Leadership

*Amunike to leave Eaglets job - The Sun

*Atletico unwilling to rule out Costa return - Goal

*Beamer goes out a winner as Virginia Tech beats Tulsa 55-52 - Yahoo

*Brilliant Ighalo breaks Watford record - Goal

*Classic Arsenal: Ozil muzzled as Gunners continue to lurch between hope and despair - Goal

*Duke beats Indiana in Pinstripe Bowl 44-41 in OT - Yahoo

*Eichel shines in return to Boston; Sabres rally for 6-3 win - Yahoo

*EPL: Stoke compound van Gaal's woes, beat United 2-0 - New Telegraph

*Eto'o tips Neymar to beat Messi, Ronaldo - Vanguard.