HEADLINE NEWS

HEADLINE NEWS
Friday, 19 May 2017

**NIGERIA

*3 dead, 17 rescued, scores trapped as building collapses in Lagos

*Saraki, Ajimobi, Ambode, Fayose, others pay tributes to Adebayo

*Man kills neighbour over borehole water

*Ortom queries SEMA boss over wheelbarrow inscription

*Senate indicts Presidency, bars lottery commission DG from office

*EU bars Med-View Airline over safety concerns

*Voluntary negotiations may never achieve restructuring – Ogunshola

*Lopsided recruitment: Federal Character Commission may sue DSS

*FG conveys parents, relatives of rescued Chibok girls to Abuja 4:

*Nigerian arms scandal resurfaces in US court

*How Mohammed Abacha, Malabu lost OPL 245 to Shell, Agip –FG

*Poor FG's ideas led Nigeria into recession, says Soludo

*Agony, shock as Moji Olaiya dies at 42

*'Escaped Chibok girl in JSS1 when abducted'

*Man handcuffed to police van in Efo recounts ordeal

*Ifeanyi Ubah diverted 11bn PMS, NNPC tells court

*Abductors reduce Ondo perm sec ransom to N20m

*Hitches: JAMB to reschedule exams for candidates

*Plateau to invest N11bn in education

*Military men brutalise Lagos residents

*NUT to picket private schools over unqualified teachers

*Kogi high court jails robbers eight years

*'ASSON strike has grounded academic activities in 42 schools'

*Nasarawa to renovate 25 colleges

*Ramadam: UNILAG Muslim alumni's lecture holds on Sunday

*UTME: Group urges JAMB to improve its operations

*Kogi gives 10 trucks, 260 motorcycles to vigilante service

*Lopsided recruitment: Federal Character Commission may sue DSS

*Nigerian arms scandal resurfaces in US court

*Fire kills couple, three kids in Lagos shop

*MSF Fingered In 'Secret Backing' Of Boko Haram

*NNPC Finalises $6bn Worth Of Oil-For-Product Swaps Deal

*Senate Orders Lottery Commission DG Out Of Office

*Bank Customers To Pay N17.54bn As Card Maintenance Charges

*Ebola: No Screening Points, Machines At Seme Border – Report

*Demurrage: Shipping Companies Fleece Importers Of Billions Of Naira Daily

*Shareholders approve new capital raising for Med-View Airline

*Communities get compensation as Lagos acquires 500 hectares for farm estate

*NLC, TUC, others picket firm for alleged non-payment of salary

*Labour warns against 'secret' concession of NRC

*General Electric to assemble gas turbines in Nigeria

*Unaudited accounts stall release of 7% surcharge for port development

*Host international conferences to boost tourists' influx-Expert tasks FG

*Illegal activities: Why private jetties cannot be effectively monitored —NPA AGM

*Army, TI tango over alleged annual looting of N380bn

*Reps summon CBN gov, Magu, others over N12bn virtual currency scheme

*Air Force immortalises fighter pilots killed in Mali battle

*Aisha Buhari lays foundation for 50-bed clinic in Daura

*Bishop Onaiyekan bags Ahmadiyya Int'l Peace Award

*Oil spill: Community threatens NPDC

*Ifeanyi Ubah: NNPC challenges court's jurisdiction to hear suit

*Naira rises to N375/$ in parallel market

*Court issues disobedience notice against CEO, four others

*OPL 245: FG asks court to ignore Abacha's ownership claim

*NCC makes case for consumers, reiterates DND 2442 code

*FG merges operations of agencies at airports, seaports

**AFRICA

*UN worried by new heavy weapons in C Africa

*US court battle gives clues to Nigerian arms scandal

*WHO eyes vaccine trial for Ebola-hit DRC

*Libya asks Italy to arm migrant patrol boats

*US health secretary visits Liberia over Ebola

*Norwegian freed from DRC prison won't be tried back home

*WHO: 400 contacts being traced in DRC's Ebola outbreak

*Nigeria says freed girl not one of Chibok abductees

*'Several dangerous criminals' on the run after DRC prison break

*ZSE at record two-year level amid currency concerns

*US' snub of the AU should spur regional powers into action

*SA deports at least 300 Malawi illegal immigrants – rep

*'Excessive' spending by Mugabe government could fuel inflation

*UN to deploy 'rapid intervention force' in central Mali

**WORLD

*US jets bomb Assad tank convoy advancing on coalition base in Syria

*Boy, 12, accidentally kills girl live on Facebook

*'Unprofessional': Chinese Fighter Jets Intercept U.S. Plane

*US strikes Syria to protect British soldiers

*Lottery millionaire's son spent £1.6m – then sued his father for more cash

*Japan cabinet approves bill to allow Emperor Akihito to abdicate

*China's 'war on law': victims' wives tell US Congress of torture and trauma

*Several missing after Goa bridge collapse

*US accuses China of 'unprofessional' intercept of radiation sniffing plane

*Erdogan: Turkey will not take part in Raqqa offensive

*Human rights lawyers' wives call on Trump to press China on human rights

**SPORTS

*NNL Announces N200m Partnership With Bet9ja

*Iheanacho Ignites War Among European Clubs

*National Boxing Team Departs For Congo May 25

*Aiyetoro, Arch Adelaja Battle In Opeifa Cup Final

*Onyekuru Gets Rohr's Nod

*Yoga is helping me –Anthony Joshua

*Zenith Bank Delta Principal Cup: Master Care face Idjerhe in final

*Dalung seeks support for African athletes

*South South hosts NFF boss today

*Onyekuru replaces Olanrewaju for Corsica, Togo

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