WORLD HEADLINE NEWS

WORLD HEADLINE NEWS
Wednesday, 2nd August 2017

**NIGERIA

*VCs in trouble for taking N5.7m furniture allowance

*Africa’s largest rice mill opens

*Foreign investors pump N86b into Dangote Cement

*National Identity Number now mandatory for passport issuance

*Service chiefs relocate to Borno

*Akeredolu nominates 18 as commissioners

* Aregbesola’s mother dies at 84

*Why Senate slashed Lagos-Ibadan road budget, by Saraki

*Was National Assembly right to reject devolution of powers to states?

*APC, PDP lack internal democracy – Atiku

*Agency blames couples for HIV prevalence in A’Ibom

*Generator fumes kill family of four in Kogi

*Man commits suicide after beating mother to death

*Police dismiss cop who shot FRSC officers in Abia

*Fake lawyer bags 30 months for impersonation

*Dangote sells N86bn cement stake to foreign investors

*HURIWA blames alleged government’s hate-speeches for incessant attacks on Jonathan, others

*MOSOP accuses govt of insincerity in Ogoni cleanup

*Aregbesola buries mum amid tributes, prominent Nigerians commiserate with governor

*Hope for fiscal federalism as Lagos takes over waterways

*CBN’s manufacturing PMI records fourth consecutive growth

*Many VCs under EFCC’s probe, says NUC

*Delta government uncovers 185 deceased, 45 ghost workers on payroll

*NBCC charts pathway to boost trade, investment in Nigeria

*Ikorodu Hospital gets patient monitor, mosquito nets from Rotary Club

*Electricity consumers give IKEDC October deadline to provide prepaid meters

*CHAN camp taking its toll on Akwa United, says Bassey

*Government out with fresh condition for passport issuance, permit renewal

*Osinbajo approves new appointments in federal agencies

*Broadcaster, paralysed on all four limbs, seeks N25m to get back to life

‘*We’re not in a hurry to withdraw quit notice on Igbos’

*Two arrested for trafficking 32 kids to Ekiti

*NNPC to continue oil explorations in Lake Chad Basin, despite insurgency

*Lekki property owners propose end to sand-filling, flood management strategies

*Eight escape death as building collapses in Delta

*Lagos records 574 cases of domestic violence, sexual harassment

*Auto crashes claimed 2,673 lives in six months, says bureau

*Police to deploy trackers, drones against cattle rustlers

*Lagos CJ grants amnesty to 80 underage inmates

*Osinbajo Redeploys Icpc Chair, Ekpo Nta

*Seme Customs warns border communities against smuggling

*55% Of VAT Revenue Generated From Lagos –Adeosun

*Africa to tackle piracy, other maritime crimes – Peterside

*Dangote sells N86bn cement stake to foreign investors

*Stakeholders seek Ambode’s intervention in revamping lamp firm in Epe

*Experts link professional misconduct, compromise to incidences of building collapse in Lagos

**AFRICA

*European support for Sahel 'mutually reinforcing': Germany

*Egypt reserves reach record high of over $36bn

*Libya constitutional committee pushes for a vote on dra...

*At least 34 killed in Madagascar bus crash: police, hospital.

*Eight migrants found dead at sea off Libya: Italy coast

*Kenya leader 'deeply shocked' at election official's death

*Liberia's president calls for peace as campaigns begin

*Rights groups protest killing of Kenya election official

*Italy focuses on Libya mission to manage migrant crisis

*Angola agrees to small EU election team

*Egypt activists challenge mental disability stigma

*China opens first chamber of commerce in I Coast

*Migrants storm border fence from Morocco into Spain

**WORLD

*North Korea carries out 'unprecedented' test of submarine missile system in international waters

*Trump will bomb North Korea if missile testing continues, says US senator

*Donald Trump praises Jared Kushner as a 'good boy' while thanking WSJ for editorial

*Activism is on the rise in Vietnam. Unsurprisingly, the government doesn’t like it

*US government threat to unwind affirmative action at universities

*Prince Philip retires: 65 years of service by the numbers

*Indonesia to unblock Telegram, combat Islamic State channels

**SPORTS

*We Can’t Do Without Our CHAN Eagles – Bassey

*AFCON 2021: Cote ‘d Ivoire Vows To Host It Alone

*Nigeria Open: ITTF Names India’s Duo As Top Saeed For Doubles Event

*Ibori Football Competition Kicks Off December 2017

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