HEADLINE NEWS

HEADLINE NEWS
Friday, 16th June 2017


**NIGERIA

IT'S 22 DAYS SINCE THE EPE, LAGOS SCHOOL KIDS WERE ABDUCTED

*Nigeria spends N4.69trn on petrol import, demurrage

*‘Why National Assembly must adopt common framework on PIGB’

*N-Power: Government considers 7,500 graduates as tax officers

*National Assembly has powers to alter appropriation bill, says Dogara

*El-Zakzaky: Court adjourns till June 30

*Dasuki: Court grants FG’s request for witnesses to testify behind screen

*Government loses N475.8b to abuse of tax waiver scheme

*Controversy trails Florence Omagbemi son’s death in Warri

*WAPCo to buy gas from Dangote refinery for regional supply

*UAC to boost operations through N15.4b rights issue

*Julius Berger suffers N3.7 billion loss in a decade

*Afe Babalola urges restructuring, asks Ooni of Ife to lead campaign

*Edo scores high on budget, salary payment

*Dabiri-Erewa urges Nigerians to buy in to $300 million diaspora bond

*Lagos demolishes shanties along Ijora railway line

*Couple seeks help to discharge triplets from Lagos hospital

*Professionalism aided defeat of Boko Haram, says defence minister

*Lai Mohammed opposes move to establish tourism institute

*EU announces €143m support for North east

*Nigeria on red alert over polio cases in DR Congo, Syria

*Okorocha recalls suspended local council workers, appoints 22 aides

*Baggage scanners replace manual checks at airports

*Bankers Committee mobilises N26b for agric, enterprise equity funding

*CAN visits Osinbajo, demands five-point agenda

*NEMA DG, Reps member expelled from APC in Yobe, Kano States

*2014 Confab delegates laud Senate’s move on reports

*CBN Mops up N200bn in Special OMO

*NCC develops internet industry code of practice document

*Going to university halves risk of heart disease, 30-year study shows

*Socialite arraigned for drug trafficking

*Alleged $48m fraud: Jonathan’s finance coordinator declared wanted

*215MW Kaduna power plant gets zero gas supply

*Alleged graft: EFCC set to reopen CCT chair probe

*Chinese boss cripples Ogun worker with kung fu kicks

*Babalola advocates two kids per family for Nigerians

*Police arrest player, 30 others for robbery, kidnapping

*Adeboye’s wife enrols street kids in schools

*Kidnapping: End of ‘Evans the Terrible’

*Evans arrested through sister, friend’s statements – Police source

*Again, N’Delta militants issue quit notice to northerners

*Budget: N’Assembly tackles Osinbajo, says legislature not a rubber stamp

*IPOB tackles Osinbajo over meeting without Kanu

*Police arrest 124 suspected rapists, sodomites in Kano

*Naira to gain further on stock purchases –Analysts

*Petrol price: FG rules out total deregulation

*Abuja serial car thief nabbed

*NSCDC arrests Nasarawa school principals for allegedly defrauding students

*Kano APC expels Jibrin, embattled lawmaker kicks

*Osun by-election: Sheriff presents PDP flag to Adeleke

*Agents arrested for cloning US visa payment slips

*Command nabs 52-year-old for raping six-year-old girl

*Emir of Kano meets Osinbajo, keeps mum

*Ex-soldier held for illegal arms deal 3

**AFRICA

*SA court orders Moroccan ship held over W Sahara

*HRW calls for surrender of Gaddafi's son to ICC

*Kidnapped Red Cross staff freed in DRC

*France says UN likely to support Sahel anti-jihadist

*EU pledges nearly $160m to support northeast Nigeria

*In Burkina Faso, living with risk of terror is new reality

*UN says Burundi still torturing and killing opponents

*Spanish NGO boat rescues 100 migrants close to Libyan coast

*Egypt lifts limit on foreign currency transfers

*SA calls for calm inh Lesotho after killing of PM wife

*Nigerian Army rejects grounds for war crimes probe

*Egypt panel defies parliament on Red Sea islands transfer

*Macron in Morocco to discuss Libya, Qatar crisis

**WORLD

*Trump is under pressure and it doesn't look good

*At least seven dead and dozens injured in blast at nursery in China

*Vladimir Putin offers fired FBI director James Comey asylum in Russia

*Armed 'Beggars' Dispatched To UK's Busiest City Locations

*Copenhagen Little Mermaid attacked again

*'Can't wait to meet you all': new US ambassador sends intimate message to New Zealand

*Christian Iraqi detainees in Michigan fear deportation

*U.S. military has made no decision on new Afghanistan troop levels - spokesman

*Northern Ireland peace 'at risk': UK's May warned against DUP deal

*How 'nervous' Kim Jong-un is trying to avoid being assassinated

*Australia announces national gun amnesty

*Bill Cosby jury still deadlocked after 40hrs of deliberation

*Canada's Senate Just Passed a Landmark Transgender Rights Bill

**SPORTS

*2018 Fifa WC Qualifier: Nigeria Moves Cameroon Match Out Of Uyo

*Double Tragedy Hit Nigerian Sports

*AFN Elections: NAWIS Disowns Obajimi, Calls For Collins’ Reinstatement

*Iwobi Set To Trade Tackle With Moses, Aina

*Fenerbahce set to offload Emenike, target Musa

*Police arrest player, 30 others for robbery, kidnapping

*Why I shunned PSG – N’Golo Kante

*Omagbemi’s nephew, other drown in ex-minister’s hotel pool

*Family prepares for Joshua visit to Nigeria

*Nigeria seeks support for new tennis boss






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