World News Headlines Today - 12/1/2015

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DAILY TRUST

*Sylva to challenge Bayelsa gov election results

*Cracks in APC over spokesmans role

*PDP demands investigation into killings in Bayelsa

*Re-run lacks credibility - TMG

*Money-for-defection: Jigawa govt to sue PDP

*Lawani, Ode to dump PDP for APC

*Benue State guber tussle: Ortom knows fate Friday

*Rivers APC apologises to Soyinka over 82m alleged expenditure

*CBN stops forex sales to BDCs, as naira hits N282/dollar

*10 countries to participate in 37th Kaduna trade fair

*We wont accept PIB if its against workers interest PENGASSAN President

*Stocks lose N234bn in new trading week

*FG set to review insurance bill

*Rice company to create 7,000 jobs in Niger

*Oil prices fall to new 12-year lows

*Nigeria beat Cote dIvoire in pre-CHAN friendly

*Nwakali, Chukwueze sign Arsenal deal

*Messi to miss Rio Olympics

*Schweinsteiger ruled out of Newcastle clash

*Pistorius seeks to appeal against murder conviction

TRIBUNE

*We collected N100m, but we didn't know it was money for arms purchase, says SDP

*Ballon D'or: Carli Lloyd of USA named FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

*Gunmen kill policeman, friend inside his car in Lagos

*Ballon D'or: Wendell Lira wins FIFA Best Goal Award

*Depots, filling stations selling above pump price to be sealed for 3 months, says NNPC

*Ballon D'or: Luis Enrique named FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football

*Ballon D'or: Jill Ellis named FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football

*Age cheats killing Nigerian football, says Samson Siasia

*Oyo govt begins demolition of Ogunpa Market

*Banks can now accept deposits in dollars from customers, says CBN

*Osun governor sacks lecturers, other workers in Osun poly, College of Technology

*Anti-graft probe: Fear grips politicians, MDAs

*Bakare to Buhari: What you can do to move Nigeria forward

*Yoruba unity tops agenda at Ooni, Afenifere Renewal Group meeting

*Lassa fever: No established case in Oyo 'Health ministry

*CBN gov visits Dangote Refinery, guarantees forex provisions

*Buhari receives Glo-CAF Platinum Award

*LASG: Sealing off houses without toilets

Sifter set to drop 'Chop Am

*One dead, up to 5 missing from migrant boat ' Italy coastguard

*Al-Qaeda threatens Saudis, US over execution of militants

*Indian teen gang-raped, shot, dumped in well

*Zuma wants more blacks in boardrooms, gears up for local polls

*Francis lays out case for mercy in 1st book as pope

*Hundreds of Congolese troops withdraw from CAR force

PM NEWS

*Lawyer drags EFCC, AGF to court over Metuh's detention

*Timi Dakolo to headline 40-man cast Love Is'The Musical 3

*Arrest me if I drive against traffic, Amosun tells new TRACE boss

*No Premier League player makes FIFPRO World XI 2015

*Election Bribe: Military Board wants officer, 9 others prosecuted

*RRS rescues 4 women from trafficker on way to Libya

*Nigeria-Cameroon submarine cable system goes live

*Ex-NIMASA boss' wife's case adjourned till 4 February

*Poor funding threatens Nigeria's participation in Deaflympics

*Lagos yet to begin free meal in primary schools

*Anti-corruption war has just begun ' Magu

*Bayelsa: Shoot out in Peremabiri; 2 dead, monarch, others injured

*APC governorship aspirant kidnapped in Abuja

*Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon win big at Golden Globes

*Pastor loses N11m to fraudsters

*Traders want Ambode to wade into Ile-Epo Market mayhem

*Commuters back LASG BRT agreement with NURTW

*60 countries participate in 'No Pants Subway Ride' day

*Semenitari: N82m was not spent on dinner alone

*Welfare of military personnel should be given top priority ' Wike

*Semenitari explains why N82m was spent on dinner, blasts Rivers Govt

*Buhari urges unity among Nigerians, hails armed forces

*Lagos Deputy Gov welcomes teachers, students back to schools

Austrian Accuses EFCC of Violating His Rights, Seeks AGF's Intervention - Thisday

ALJAZEERA

*Aid reaches starving Madaya, other besieged Syria towns

*Dozens die in attacks on Iraqi casino and mall

*Afghan Taliban frees Canadian tourist held since 2010

*Protesters demand closure of Guantanamo on anniversary

*Afghanistan peace talks held in Pakistan

*China's Great Famine: A mission to

expose the truth

*What will stop the Oregon standoff?

*Messi bags fifth Ballon d'Or award

*Foreigners attacked by gangs in Germany

*Birzeit University rises up against Israel's arrests

*Maximum-security prisoners receive

Grammy nomination

*Communities under siege in Syria

UK MIRROR

*Why David Bowie turned down  chance to be knighted by the  Queen

*Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall  announce engagement via  newspaper ad following whirlwind  romance

*Video of El Chapo's safehouse  reveals sophisticated tunnel  network which helped him evade  capture

*Cristiano Ronaldo's  reaction to Lionel Messi winning the  Ballon d'Or

*Coronation Street's Carla Connor  actress Alison King QUITS for good  to embark on 'new chapter'

*Manchester United bore ME too  admits Louis van Gaal

*David Cameron to get rid of  200,000 council homes by 2020

*EastEnders murder suspect held in  secret terror jail awaiting  extradition to UK

**Mum stabs woman in cheek with a  stiletto outside nightclub in case of  mistaken identity

*Half-naked commuters stun  tourists by travelling on trains with  NO TROUSERS

*David Bowie's celebrity lovers and wild orgies with his wife - his life of  sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

*Germany sends migrants back to  Austria in wake of Cologne attacks

*Women proudly flaunting their au  naturel armpit hair is the latest  Instagram trend

*Disney Channel  star Michael  Galeota dies aged 31 from ‘natural  causes’

*Stephanie Davis  DUMPED by  boyfriend after  kissing Jeremy in  CBB

ENTERTAINMENT

*2 members of 'Alaskan Bush People' family sentenced to jail - Associated Press

*60 year old Mel Gibson pictured with Hot Young Girlfriend

*9ice plans big for 36th Birthday - Daily Times

*'He cooked me dinner, played his  favourite music, we smoked a spliff  and then we had sex' says Bowie's  former landlady 'UK Mirror

*Another College Takes Back Bill Cosby Honorary Degree - Huffington Post

*Appeal seeks mental exam of media mogul Sumner Redstone - Associated Press

*Nick Knowles  splits with wife  Jessica Moor after three years of  marriage -UK Mirror

*David Bowie and  supermodel wife  Iman’s incredible  love story -UK Mirror

*Beyonce sparks pregnancy rumours after stepping out with Jay Z in oversized coat - E

*David Bowie -- Our Hero - Huffington Post

*David Bowie Bowed Out Too Early - Huffington Post

*David Bowie's last music video is a poignant meditation on mortality - Business Insider

*Stephanie Davis  in tears in CBB as  boyfriend Sam  dumps her on  Twitter -UK Mirror

*Leonardo  DiCaprio  addresses  Lady Gaga  Golden Globes snub - UK MiRror

SPORTS

*Messi beats Ronaldo, Neymar to win fifth Ballon dOr 'Daily Trust

*AC Milan - Carpi Preview: Boateng demands improvement - Goal

*Administrators to blame for Nigerias omission from Africa X1, says Onigbinde - Guardian

*Alves: Neymar deserved Ballon d'Or runner-up spot - Goal

*Artur Szpilka Ready to Blaze the Trail for Polish Boxers in Deontay Wilder Fight - Bleacher Report

*Australian football rocked by dozens of drug bans - Yahoo

*Bartomeu backs Messi for more Ballon d'Or glory - Goal

*CAF Awards snub a wake-up call, says Garba Lawal - Daily Trust

*CHAN: Eagles pip Cote d'Ivoire 1- 0 - Vanguard

*Chelsea Transfer News: Latest on Alexis Sanchez and Baba Rahman Rumours - Bleacher Report

*Conte and Buffon boycott Ballon d'Or in protest at goalkeeper snub - Goal