HEADLINE NEWS

HEADLINE NEWS

Thursday, 13th April 2017

NIGERIA:

• DSS foils ISIS, Boko Haram plot to attack UK, U.S. embassies
• Groups seek probe of Turkish schools over indoctrination allegation
• Magu doesn't need Senate's nod as EFCC chair, says Osinbajo
• SSANU asks goverment to protect whistleblowers in varsities
• Cross River partners South Africa in agriculture, tourism development
• Death toll of meningitis rises as Delta records another case
• Stakeholders harp on innovations to tackle recession
• 11 listed firms fail to file 2016 financial statement to NSE
• CIIN moves to position insurance sector for growth
• Firm rolls out apps to improve lives of Nigerians
• Ogun State goverment partners World Bank, AfDB on 500km road projects
• Consumption of fresh fruits reduces diabetes risk
• We are tackling Noma slowly but steadily— CMD, Noma Children Hospital, Sokoto
• OTODO GBAME: Court rejects displaced residents' plea to jail Ambode, CP, others
• Nigerians can now file tax returns online —FIRS
• EFCC finds $38m, £27k, N23m in a house in Gerard Road, Ikoyi
• Airtel, Lagos govt partner in youths leadership training
• Husband wants 15-yr-old marriage dissolved over cooking
• Oyo issues appointment letters to 54 caretaker chairmen
• Forex: Cost of funds hits 200% in interbank market
• MAN, Shippers' Council chart path for better ports regulatory environment
• Acceptability, NOUN's greatest challenge—VC
• Unending intrigues over council election, autonomy in APC
• Senate, PDP, NCP rally round Lagos to check insecurity
• 18 die in Kogi, Benue car crashes
• Traders count losses as government demolishes shops ahead of Osinbajo's visit
• Ambode pledges to grow GDP
• Former PDP Chairman Mu'azu 'Disowns' Ikoyi House Where over $50 Million Was Found
• Buhari absent at FEC meeting, remains indoors
• Commendation as DSS foils ISIS plot to attack US, UK embassies
• Ambode seeks reform in politics, economy
• Lagos to enforce insurance scheme for buildings
• LASTMA frowns on abuse of lay-bys, threatens sanctions
• Rohr salary crisis deepens as ministry abandons NFF
• Senate panel alleges N30tn forex scam in banks, begins probe
• Man captures 60-year-old lover's nudity, demands N1m
• WASSCE candidate, father, mother killed in Lagos
• We won't replace Magu, says Osinbajo
• Ibadan murder: Witness says lawyer's husband stabbed self
• FG declares Friday, Monday holidays
• World Bank disburses $13.63bn loans, grants to Nigeria
• Judges want minimum marriage age specified in constitution
• Nigeria must do more to rescue Chibok girls – UN experts
• India loses spot as Nigeria's biggest oil buyer
• IPOB tackles British envoy over Biafra comment
• Nigeria seeks $3bn from World Bank, AfDB, others
• Buhari nominates non-executive directors for CBN
• Funke Akindele unveils record label with hubby
• Sanusi challenges AIG to tackle kidnapping, restiveness
• Zenith Bank b'ball league: Zamfara, Amazons shine
• MMM ponzi scheme rehabilitates school, donates food items, beds
• Senate committee bemoans state of 23 IDCs
• PDP youths give Sheriff seven-day ultimatum to apologise to Jonathan

AFRICA:

• Probe against Mugabe's wife halted by govt officials
• Guinea seizes shark fins from Chinese ships
• Morocco dismantles ISIS-linked cell
• Egypt names Mubarak-era figures to head media watchdogs
• Diarrhoea kills 28 in Somaliland in 10 days
• Death toll in Nigeria meningitis outbreak up to 489
• Mali's president elects allies in key govt positions
• Zambian opposition leader might face death penalty over treason charges
• Nigeria thwarts Boko Haram plan to attack US, UK embassy
• Nigeria suspends electoral officers over 2015 vote fraud
• Al-Shabaab vows 'doubled response' to US move in Somali
• Zim opposition accuses Mugabe of stifling women's right
• Unicef: Boko Haram increasingly using children as bombers
• Eight hostages held by Somali pirates freed: coast guards
• Post-election vigilante violence flares in Ghana
• Egypt's leader juggles insurgency, economy
• Gambia gets female parliament speaker
• Nigeria sees 'massive spike' in death sentences, 2nd in the world after China: Amnesty International

WORLD:

• North Korea threatens nuclear attack on US soil
• North Korea Says to Prepare for 'Big and Important' Event
• Show of force toward North Korea could expose U.S. weakness
• Russia's warning to US: Don't strike Syria again
• Secret US nuclear bomb videos revealed
• Donald Trump's 'armada' steams on as North Korea warns of nuclear strike if provoked
• Beijing crackdown on online property portals
• Uganda Tries to Commit Critic of President to Mental Institution
• A Birthday Chorus for Zuma: Resign Now
• Why the Syrian Chemical Weapons Problem Is So Hard to Solve
• South Korea opposition to seek summit with China if frontrunner elected
• In sudden volte-face, Trump says China not a currency manipulator
• North Korea preparing for nuclear test, satellite images suggest
• Cyclone Cook: New Zealand braces for 'worst storm in decades'
• Thailand kicks off watered down new year festival amid government warning
• Four reasons why the EU will struggle to survive beyond the 2020s
• United States' first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River
• British Foreign Secretary Says Moscow Is a 'Lifeline for the Murderous Syrian Regime'

SPORTS:

• Dortmund coach angry team were forced to play 24 hours after bus blast
• CAF Confederation Cup: Zesco Coach Sure Rangers 'll Crash In Ndola
• We've Not Sacked Amapakabo —Enugu Govt
• ICC World Cricket League: Nigeria Bowls Out Zambia
• CAF Boss To Work With Drogba, Abedi
• 'Team Barracks' Wins Rev. Fr Ignatius Under 12 Soccer Tourney
• Rohr salary crisis deepens as ministry abandons NFF
• Enugu rejects Amapakabo sacking
• Edo moves to revive sports
• Zenith Bank b'ball league: Zamfara, Amazons shine
• 60 foreigners for Okpekpe race
• Griezmann nets penalty as Atletico edge...

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