Stories making headlines on the front pages in the major newspapers include:

Crusading Guide

*More buildings to collapse as new cement companies flood Ghanaian markets with substandard cement

*Trial of former NCA officials to begin on January 16

*Police zooms in on social media fraudsters

*Stop vigilantism this year - Aning to government

*Stay off our land - EDDT warns land guards, others as it wins appeal suit

Daily Graphic

*Trial of 4 former NCA bosses begins; they allegedly caused $4m financial loss to the state

*Kufuor advises youth to take advantage of government initiatives

*553 SHSs fail to submit returns to GES

Daily Guide

*NCA $4m scandal - Gang of 5 trial begins

*GhC7.7m for Ekumfi 1D1F

*13 galamseyers get 39 years

*Kufuor leads youth employment drive

Daily Heritage

*Mahama's appointees set for trial - Ex-NCA boss, 4 others to trek to court twice a week

*There was no intention to cash in on recruitment - GIS

*We shot soldiers for selling our cattle to 'chop bar' women, says Fulani man

Daily Statesman

*Police cautions public over impersonation of Ministers, MPs, others

*Akufo-Addo government has performed creditably - Information Minister

*Kufuor joins Ghana Job Bank as Patron for job creation

*Depoliticise social intervention programmes - Christian Council

Economy Times

*Government to establish new SOE governance institution

*EIU projects drop in cocoa production

*MoF develops new guidelines for borrowing

The Finder

*2,076 perish in 2017; it includes 879 pedestrians

*Immigration defends no refund of application fee

*Trial of NCA former officials to begin on January 16

*We need enterprising and creative youth to leapfrog poverty - Ex-president Kufuor

Ghanaian Times

*3 soldiers, cop shot by Fulani herdsmen in Agogo; Wounded personnel flown to Accra for treatment

*Tamale mob attack police, vandalises vehicle

*TMA Chief Executive bans dustbins in Tema

Goldstreet Business

*Credit bureaux fault BoG for UT, Capital Banks' collapse

*Bottlenecks of paperless system to be fully addressed by June - Director, Tema Ports

The Independent

*We need enterprising and creative youth to leapfrog poverty - Former President Kufuor

*GPHA rakes in GhC140 million profit in 2017

Today

*Nduom builds Holy Family Church and dedicates to God