WORLD HEADLINE NEWS

World Headline News
Saturday, 12th August 2017


**NIGERIA

*$2.1bn arms scandal: Jonathan, ex-ministers in cold war

*N15m was paid to secure my freedom, says kidnapped Lagos monarch Oniba

*N23.2bn poll bribery cash: EFCC traces N400m to governor’s hotel, others’ accounts

*Bank manager, three others killed in Ekiti as robbers attack two banks, monarch’s palace

*Fuel price: Don’t test our resolve, NLC warns FG

*NAFDAC urges corps members to report counterfeit medicine manufacturers

*Police avert pro- and anti-President protesters’ clash

*We have information on Ozubulu killers, says Obiano

*I’m ready to take a bullet for Nigeria –Charly Boy

*Resign if you’re not strong enough, bishops, others tell Buhari

*Why we are silent on Diezani’s loots –PDP

*PDP mulls suspension of members as convention holds

*Amir Khan apologises to Joshua over infidelity row

*Ozubulu: God will avenge the innocent, says Oduah

*North-East loses $9bn to B’Haram activities, says Buratai

*DSS arrests B’Haram cell leader, kidnappers, others

*Bamaiyi knocks Senate over anti-corruption stance

*Holding married woman’s hand is a taboo in my kingdom –Mujakperuo, Orodje of Okpe Kingdom

*Buhari: As another season of protests returns

*ANN Condemns Ozubulu Killings
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*NCC Raids SIM Cards Sellers

*Police Set Up Panel to Probe Bribery Allegations for Special Promotion

*Nigeria to Refinance Domestic Debts by External Borrowing

*Power Tussle: Bayelsa Govt. Moves to Take Over APC Secretariat

*APC Moves Against Banire through Ward over Alleged Anti-party Activities

*Osinbajo: Human Rights Abuses Capable of Undermining Anti-terror War

*Boko Haram: Troops Search Houses in Maiduguri

*Ogah Confirms Defection to APC, Urge Abians to Dump PDP

*Larry Ettah Lauds Mobil Chairman’s Tenacity As He Turns 60

*Mbaise Council of Traditional Rulers Honours Nwanne

*Buruji Kashamu, Ladi Adebutu’s War Deepens

*Fani-Kayode Excited Over Birth of Grandchild

*Late Ado Bayero’s Son, Sadiku, To Wed Sa’adatu

*Angry youth shut Shell flow station

*Angry Lagos mob set another suspected ritualists ablaze

*Youths as agents of peace or weapon of mass destruction

*Court fixes September 11 for judgment on Melaye’s recall suit

*PDP clears Odua, Ubah, four others for Anambra guber poll

*In Aba, Ogah dumps PDP for APC

*As President Buhari Sets a New Guinness World Record

*UN raises alarm over ‘unauthorised search’ at humanitarian workers’ base

*We were not involved in N17M judgment against Coca-Cola, says CPC

*FG, military must adhere to human rights norms, says Osinbajo

*Security agencies face many challenges in doing their job, Anambra CP

*Amaechi removes managers, porters, ticket officers over ticket racketeering at rail stations

*Impunity, lawlessness impede Nigeria’s progress, says Ajimobi

*Court orders man remanded in prison for defrauding Lagos CJ

*Over 350, 000 Borno IDPs refuse to return to liberated communities

*Father petitions IGP over murder of son by Benue police

*Osibanjo to end Niger Delta meeting in Ondo after 4 years consultations

*IGP sets up panel to probe alleged bribery in officer promotion

*Nigeria’s medal hope dims in London as Okagbare, Amusan crash

*OPSH commander may end special task force in Plateau

*Senate orders suspension, investigation of FCDA officer over N525m bribery scandal

*You cannot speak for us, Yoruba youths caution Fani-Kayode

*DSS arrests Boko Haram cell leader, kidnappers

**AFRICA

*Hundreds of protesters storm Shell oil facility in Niger Delta

*Kenya police fire teargas to contain political protests

*Kenya president reaches out to opposition, urges unity after vote

*Kenya election commission: Kenyatta winner of presidential ballot

*Nigeria army raids U.N. compound in city at center of Boko Haram conflict

*Suicide bomber kills soldier in Mogadishu: police

*Kenya opposition: 'going to court is not an alternative' as vote disputed

*Kenya opposition rejects imminent announcement of presidential vote

*South Sudan says releases 30 political prisoners

**WORLD

*Trump threatens 'military option' in Venezuela

*Oxford Uni worker in court on murder charge

*'Ripped from our arms': Justine Damond remembered at US memorial

*Timothy Egan: West Coast plea to an unstable President

*Venezuela arrests two for barracks attack

*Trump Alarms Venezuela With Talk of a ‘Military Option’

*Trump to call for China IT trade probe on Monday - Politico

*Divided Muslim family yearns to reunite, 70 years after India, Pakistan split

*Four UAE soldiers die after helicopter crash in Yemen - agency

*Japan Deploys Missile-Defense Systems Following North Korea Threat

*Judge throws out DJ's case against Taylor Swift

*Turkish Muslims prepare for Hajj

*Most people in Tony Abbott's electorate back marriage equality, poll shows

*19-year-old British watersports instructor dies in sea off Greece

*Building bridges: The two Punjabs as a model for India-Pakistan relations

*Israeli forces patrol the streets of West Bank

*Kenyatta Wins Big in Kenya–But U.S.-Style Election Skullduggery Taints the Results

*Why a Mexican Cartel Capo Turned Himself in to the United States

**SPORTS

*After beating her heroes, Naser lives her teenage dreams

*Amir Khan apologises to Joshua over infidelity row

*Okagbare misses podium finish, Amusan, Lindley crash out

*London 2017: Toblow, Aliu lament Nigeria’s poor show

*ITTF Nigeria Open: Top seeds progress

*Nigeria don’t values athletes till they are gone – Obey



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