CKN Nigeria News Headlines.. Wednesday 19th December 2012

·         Chime underwent heart surgery in 2005 – Aides

·         Why we de-registered parties – Jega

·         Corruption affecting Nigeria’s security – Envoy, Braithwaite

·         Slavery, colonialism haunting Africa – Soyinka

·         Pension taskforce to recover N3.3trn stolen fund

·         Ajimobi breached our agreement, Tokyo insists

·         Southern Kaduna groups jostle for deputy gov slot

·         Presidency worries over govs’ demand on crash probe

·         N’Assembly queries NNPC’s N48bn excess expenditure

·         Don’t sweep probe report under the carpet – CAN

·         Bayelsa kidnappers release Nigerian, detain Koreans

·         IG plans overhaul of SARS over attack

·         He played politics of compromise —Maitama Yusuf

·         Int’l crisis group: Creation of LGAs, chiefdoms solution to Jos crisis

·         US, Canada, Netherlands lobby to kill PIB

·         Crash: Navy seeks Air Force’s help

·         33 die in Sokoto, Bauchi road accidents...43 others injured

·         CAN backs FG on investigating Yakowa’s death, prays for Yero

·         Crash: Daba buried in Kano

·         Pipeline explosion hits Lagos community

·         Ex-CBN chief warns against sharing excess crude revenue

·          2,783 Ekiti council workers in fix over job status

·         Pipeline Fire Kills Many in Lagos

·         National Assembly Adopts $79 Oil Benchmark for 2013 Budget

·         Abdulsalami: Insecurity Has Killed Night Life in the North

·         Power Generation Rises to 4,349.7MW

·         FG Names Anohu-Amazu Acting DG of PenCom

·         Bad Weather Forces Aero to Make Emergency Landing

·         Army Releases 63 Suspected Kidnappers of Kamene Okonjo

·         AMCON Insists on Retention of Capital Oil’s Assets

·         Jonathan Tasks Armed Forces on National Unity