HEADLINE NEWS

HEADLINE NEWS
Friday, 14th April 2017

NIGERIA:

• Ile-Ife: 15 detainees released, 40 obas protest monarch's detention
• Benenoise houseboy steals employer's N21m
• Wike, Fayose recruited Jonathan to scuttle PDP peace process –Sheriff
• Buhari fires PenCom, CPC, BPE bosses, 20 others
• Pirates kill two soldiers as troops destroy 13 refineries
• Gunmen kill three Lagos cops, two residents 
• Inflation rate falls to 17.26%
• Troops hunt for fleeing Benue terror kingpin
• I can't ridicule Barrister – Ayinde Wasiu
• 'Private candidates to sit for WASSCE twice a year'
• Three NNPC chiefs fired over missing N11bn petrol
• Loss of momentum in anti-corruption programme
• Dele Odule to revive stage performance with N100m
• Negotiations ongoing to free other Chibok girls, Buhari confirms
• Court orders forfeiture of seized $43m, £27,800, N23m to FG
• Join politics, stop agitations, UPP tells pro-Biafra groups
• Tribunal decides Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu's gov poll case today
• Kaduna doesn't share public funds like N'Assembly – El-Rufai
• Seized $43m not mine, says ex-NNPC MD
• EFCC searches Jonathan cousin's office over alleged $40m fraud
• Mosquito bite can cause heart disease
• Seven-month-old baby raped by stepfather dies
• Gunmen kill five in Benue market
• Spare no efforts in freeing Chibok girls, EU, UK tell FG
• APC will take over Ekiti in 2018 – Araoye
• Lagos faces water shortage of 500m gallons daily –Ambode
• Man invites gang to rob, abduct in-law
• N1.1bn subsidy fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Arisekola's son
• Nigeria: WHO Commends Nigeria On Swift Response to Tackle Meningitis
• Inflation drops by 0.52 per cent
• Buhari appoints 24 new heads of government agencies
• Ownership of cash recovered by EFCC sparks controversy
• Modu Sheriff's, Wike's feud over control of PDP deepens
• N5tr revenue threatened as court stops N50 stamp duty
• How secret emoluments contradict change agenda
• Telecom masts, towers constitute no health hazards – NCC
• Abuja runway 96% ready as airport reopens next Wednesday
• Experts harp on policy implementation at 'Bullion' lecture
• Unpacking Nigeria's economic recovery and growth plan
• CBN extends banks' foreign currency loan limit
• NBCC groans over economic outlook, seeks sustainable policy
• PENGASSAN shuts down GE, demands payment of workers' allowance
• Religious leaders urge citizens to reflect on Christ's crucifixion
• Delta records fresh case of meningitis, pledges to curtail spread
• Amnesty demands end to rights' violation against pro-Biafra activists
• Court insists on retraction of EFCC's statement on Dasuki's aide
• Nigeria saves N9.1tr through local content policy, says NCDMB boss
• Hyundai slashes prices of Nigeria-made vehicles
• Speed Limiter: Firm Threatens To Sue Frsc
• Ibom Deep Seaport to provide 300,000 jobs
• Lagos faces water shortage of 500m gallons daily –Ambode
• Buhari seeks collective effort in fight against insurgency, criminality
• UN, minister seek private sector intervention in humanitarian crisis
• Obasanjo, farmers' group plan to end hunger
• MAN demands review of Lagos water sector law
• Controller makes case for urgent reform of prisons
• SSANU suspends Abuja varsity Registrar, 21 others for anti-union activities
• FG has micro-credit scheme for artisans—Osinbajo
• Legislators order arrest of 'unapproved' Caretaker Chairmen

AFRICA:

• Egypt identifies Tanta church bomber
• British official: South Sudan violence amounts to tribal genocide
• EU to support primary teachers with incentives in South Sudan
• Uganda: U.S Moves to Calm Mburo Wildlife-Human Conflict
• Africa: We Should Protect Livelihood Systems of Farmers, Pastoralists
• Uganda: President Calls for Drip Irrigation As a Solution to Drought
• Uganda: Blood Bank Seeks 30,000 Units to Avert Shortage
• Malawi opposition demand probe on 'suspicious' death of judges Mbendera and Bakuwa
• I will deport racists, Malawi President Mutharika cautions foreign employers

WORLD:

• US drops largest non-nuclear bomb on Afghanistan
• Putin Cautions Iran and Assad
• Kim Jong Un invites the world to see his new symbol of strength
• North Korea shows off its weapons technology
• US 'may launch strike' if North Korea goes through with nuclear weapons test - reports
• Who are Isis in Afghanistan and why did Trump just bomb them?
• 'Mother of all bombs' killed 'at least 36 IS militants'
• Assad Maneuvers to Turn the 'Chemical Table'
• MOAB strike on IS 'killed dozens'
• Want a holiday where beer is just 70p a bottle? Head to Sunny Beach, Bulgaria
• Moldova prepares to recover funds from $1bn bank frauds
• Emergency warnings lifted after Cyclone Cook clips New Zealand
• Evacuation begins in besieged Syria towns
• Passenger 'stung by scorpion' on United Airlines flight
• Turkey's referendum is the ultimate vote on Erdogan
• North Korea: Trump's "aggressive" tweets "making trouble"
• We will go to war if Donald Trump provokes us, North Korea minister warns
• Mike Pence Is Heading to Seoul Amid Rising Tensions With North Korea
• North Korea blames Donald Trump's 'aggression' amid nuclear test crisis
• US, Afghanistan assess damage from 'mother of all bombs'

SPORTS:

• Uyo Stadium Pitch Gets NFF Pass Mark
• Election Into Federation Boards Holds June 9
• CAF Confederation Cup Fixtures
• Kabylie Hope Boulaouidet Can Rescue CAF Tie
• Mayrace Federation polls: Ministry stops Gumel,Umar, others
• Rangers players in cash row, miss flight to Zambia
• Kante, Hazard lead nominations for PFA award
• Zenith Bank b'ball: First Bank, Dolphins continue winning streak
• Badminton team leave for SA
• Edo gov's wife for Okpekpe... 

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