WORLD HEADLINE NEWS

World Headline News
Wednesday, 23rd August 2017


**NIGERIA

*Diezani to lose 56 houses in Lagos, Port Harcourt

*CBN: Forex monthly demand jumps to N588b

*Military ‘will step up operations’

*Olubadan: I still oppose chieftaincy law

*Constituents threaten to recall Ben Bruce for non performance

*FAAC July revenue drops to N387.31b

*Nigeria ranks third in global internet crimes behind UK, U.S., says NCC

*Federal Account revenue drops to N387.31bn for July

*Pig: Livestock of tremendous profitability

*Equities market appreciates by 1.03%, 21 gainers emerge

*Utomi floats $135m commodities exchange

*Falconets coach invites 30 for Tanzania tie

*JAMB pegs varsity admission cut-off mark at 120, poly 100

*I’ll coach Quadri for free – Ekun

*D’Tigress crush Guinea, set for Senegal test

*‘Polio fight’ll be slower in conflict zones’

*50% of Nigeria’s diabetics are ignorant of the disease —Experts

*Protest rocks Edo as truck kills two children, seven others

*Furious uncle breaks two-year-old’s head for soiling bed

*Buhari Orders Service Chiefs to End Insecurity Nationwide

*Again, Court Orders Temporary Forfeiture of 56 Properties Linked to Alison-Madueke

*NBS: Nigeria Recorded $1.8bn Capital Importation in Q2

*Lai Mohammed Plans Audience Measurement to Catalyze Broadcasting Growth

*Lagos Pays Homage to Jollof Rice

*Crooks Dig Up Sierra Leone’s ‘Ebola Cemetery’

*UNICEF: Boko Haram has used 83 children as 'human bombs' in 2017

*NBC Bans Songs by Olamide, Davido, 9ice

*ITF boss seeks increased funding to boost SIWES

*FG opens inner southern highway bridge for Nyanya-Karu motorists

*More houses ready soon for allocation to FCT workers —FG

*Govt determined to check illegal mining —Fayemi

*Abuja residents want FCTA to rid city of filth

*FCT to inaugurate own internal revenue service

*FG approves new guideline on science, engineering, technology

*Belema community promises not to vacate Shell flow station

*Banks’ lending to oil, gas sector down by 1.33% in Q2, 2017

*How blockchain’ll disrupt banking sector, by experts

*MTN urges girls, women to tap into ICT opportunities

*NCC justifies new code of corporate governance

*Telecoms operators to lose $386bn revenue

*FG tasks MDAs, others to seek approval for IT procurements

*Six things to expect from Google’s N13,000 smartphone

*Why we want Uzoh as candidate –APC delegates

*NNPC warns against fake crude oil allocation offers

*NLC to FG: Stop N38bn bailout to Discos

*Global portfolio managers seek further naira devaluation

*Brass community decries trawler’s attacks on fishermen in Bayelsa

*Investigation reveals how vested interests stalled Ambode’s effort to transform National Stadium

*FHA introduces 3 new housing products in Nigeria

*PIGB: FG underscores transparency for Nigeria’s fiscal prosperity

*Stakeholders lament N1trn debt to power sector

*Govt should get more aggressive about zero gas flaring –Expert

*2019: We’ll resist attempt to hijack party structure –Bayelsa PDP

*32 CROWNED OBAS IN IBADAN: It’s a joke carried too far — Olubadan

*‘LG autonomy’ll checkmate corruption’

*ASUU strike: UI terminates first semester

*You lied on Ojukwu, Biafra zionists chide Buhari

*Naira Watch: Naira gains as NAFEX records $100.29m

**AFRICA

*Kenyan opposition to tell court that technology enabled election fraud

*Kenyan voters starting to shun handouts culture, says youngest MP

*Boko Haram Nigerian child bombings this year are quadruple 2016's: UNICEF

*In devastated S Leone, ghosts of pupils haunt ruined schools

*UN slams use of children in Nigeria bombings

*Spain attack raises questions on extremism among Moroccans

*Eight killed in Guinea in rubbish dump landslide

*Former Libya PM kidnapped in Tripoli: family

*As vote looms, Angolans chafe over Dos Santos era

*Rodents force Nigerian president to work from home

*Tensions in Togo as anti-Gnassingbe rally turns deadly

*African women want greater land ownership rights

*Angola's dos Santos to quit after 38 years in power

**WORLD

*At least 20 injured in rail accident in north India

*‘We would rather die than stay there’: the refugees crossing from Morocco to Spain

*'Every day was agony': Indian woman granted divorce over lack of toilet

*Donald Trump defends his response to Charlottesville as protesters clash with police

*Donald Trump hits out at media over Charlottesville

*Australian defence force: Turnbull says Australia may send more troops to Afghanistan

*Philippines: protests against drug war erupt after killing of student – video

*U.S. Weighs Restricting Trades in Venezuelan Debt to Punish Maduro

*Boy arrested for street dancing in Saudi Arabia

*North Korea's Kim orders production of more rocket engines, warhead tips - KCNA

**SPORTS

*Falconets coach invites 30 for Tanzania tie

*‘Tevez, others used banned drugs at 2010 W’Cup’

*I’ll coach Quadri for free – Ekun

*D’Tigress crush Guinea, set for Senegal test

*GTBank holds camp for students, coaches

*Shearer leads praise for 200-goal Rooney


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