HEADLINE NEWS

HEADLINE NEWS
Thursday, 9th June 2017


**NIGERIA

IT'S 35 DAYS SINCE THE EPE, LAGOS SCHOOL KIDS WERE ABDUCTED

*Evans drags IGP, 3 others to court over detention

*Buhari on life support in London – Fayose alleges

*Former Taraba Governor, Dambaba Suntai is dead

*Contractors stage protest over alleged N11b debt in Delta

*Anti-graft agents raid Sambo’s Kaduna home

*Nigeria’s ranking on air pollution, green energy stirs controversy

*Dreaded cult Badoo strikes again, kills three in Ikorodu

*Teachers protest against council autonomy in Oyo

*Nigeria rated poor in Africa investment

*20,000 jobs threatened, as INTELS, NPA rift deepens

*Bakassi IDPs seek probe of N38b ‘special fund’ to Cross River

*‘Nigerians soon to know details of N388b Paris Club refunds’

*Stakeholders seek reforms in government parastatals

*CBN Lifts Foreign Exchange Market With $195m

*Abuja Residents Irked By Prolonged Power Cut, Storm AEDC

*Rural Electrification Agency Partners 8 Nigerian Universities

*Nigeria’s Power Sector: Experts Reviews Gas Supply Constraints

*Nigeria Generates N1.22bn Annually From Cassava Starch

*NASS Moves To Decongest Exclusive Legislative List

*72 Metric Tonnes Of Yam Leave Nigeria For Europe, US Today

*FG Set For Nationwide Roll-out Of Digital Switch Over – Lai Mohammed

*ICPC Raids Former VP Sambo’s Kaduna Residence

*Etisalat’s $1.2bn Debt Threatens Banks’ Profits, Dividend Payout

*Court flays EFCC for delay in Abba Moro’s prosecution

*BoI, Ebonyi invest N2bn in entrepreneurship scheme

*AFCO to provide 5.5 million housing units to Nigerians

*No oba is above imprisonment, Akeredolu warns Ondo monarchs

*Osinbajo approves 14 chief executives for health institutions

*No scarcity of passport booklets, says NIS

*ASUU refutes reports on varsities’ tuition increase

*CAN urges Igbo in north to disregard Arewa youth’s quit notice

*How shoddy preparations cost Nigeria ILO governing board seat

*Education minister seeks entrepreneurial, skills-based courses in tertiary institutions

*PFN faults Buhari’s Sallah message, says he did not speak to Nigerians

*Disregard handover to factional exco, IYC tells Ijaw nation

*CBN auctions $195m as BDCs sell at N363

*FG approves six cashew factories for export

*Edo CAN rejects grazing bill, says it portends danger

*Schools to remain closed in southern Kaduna until security improves, says government

*Nearly 900 Nigerian refugees repatriated from Cameroon

*Nigeria needs $10b yearly to achieve Gas Master Plan’s goals

*CBN to raise N177b via Treasury bills auction

*Borno disburses N30.8m to hospitals, medical centres

*NITDA alerts on new cyber-attack, petya ransomware

*JAMB asks candidates to print slips for July 1 mop-up examination

*Apapa gridlock: NIWA says no plans for water transportation

*NPA MD tasks MDAs on transparency, efficiency

*Nigeria, Kenya to introduce new HIV drug

*Judges must enforce arbitration clause – CJN

*C’River to build 26MW power plant in Tinapa

*Japan outlaws restrictions on resale of LNG cargoes

*Equities rebound, banking stocks lead N185bn gain

*ASEA, CFA Institute sign agreement on standards

*NIPOST begins restructuring without reform bill passage

*Ambode, Fowler for 44th AAAN AGM

*Ransomware: NITDA warns of attacks on computers, phones

**AFRICA

*Mugabe, 93, jets off to Botswana for burial of Masire

*Tanzania to speed up hydropower project on Unesco site

*Suspected diarrhoea kills 38 Sudanese in one month: UN

*Nearly 80 police hurt in latest Morocco unrest: official

*Gunmen attack UN convoy near Libya capital: security sources

*How 50 medical experts separated Kenyan conjoined twins

*Kenya 1st in Africa to use generic of current Aids drug

*Deal reached on cuts to UN peacekeeping: diplomat

*China tops US and UK as destination for anglophone Africa

*Fears surge of a fresh war in DRC's Nord-Kivu

**WORLD

*Houthis attack Saudi Arabia

*Moscow prepares retaliation for US seizure of Russian diplomatic compounds

*Ten Commandments monument destroyed less than a day after its unveiling

*US military updates Trump's North Korea options

*Deposed Saudi Prince Is Said to Be Confined to Palace

*Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong as mass protests expected

*Panel breaks into laughter over Trump exchange

*Amid Turkey’s Purge, a Renewed Attack on Kurdish Culture

*Travel ban 2.0 set to begin Thursday

*Philippines says beheaded civilians found in Isis-held town

*US sets criteria for visa applicants from six Muslim countries

*Australian cardinal in the Vatican charged with sexual assault

*The iPhone turns ten

*New Trump travel ban rules: grandparents and fiancées not counted as 'close family'

*Chinese president to make first HK visit

**SPORTS

*Eagles’ll Beat Bafana Bafana In South Africa – Pinnick

*Onyekuru To Earn N16m A Week

*250 golfers set for Ilorin championship

*Confederation Cup: Mexico wary of youthful Germany

*Wimbledon: Murray named top seed ahead of Federer, Nadal

*Oshaniwa quits Hearts

*Ex-police chiefs face criminal charges over Hillsborough disaster

*Players praise Tiger for getting help, await return

*AITEO Takes Over Federation Cup

*Aubameyang Agrees £500k-a-week China Contract

*Confed Cup: Chile Edge Portugal 3-0 On Penalties

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