LOCAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: FRIDAY 8/1/2016

PUNCH

·        Sustainable development key to business goals says ICCN

·        Poverty, inequality too high in Nigeria IMF boss

·        NAssembly may cut $38 oil benchmark

·        sets up panel on five-year strategic plan

·        FG seeks US help on solid minerals deposits

·        Senator traces falling naira value to capital flight

·        FG working to facilitate food exportExpert

·        ONC writes VP over foreign computer procurement

·        Airtel collaborates with Africa Magic on singing competition

·        Visafone acquisition will boost broadband services MTN

·        NBC hosts consumers at carnival

·        Dont expect too much from non-oil sector LCCI

·        Zidane risking godlike status at Real Domenech

·        Akinsola, Ogba pay tributes to slain NFF chief

·        Avalon target NNL

·        Well invest in science, tech educationBuhari

·        Falsification: NYSC threatens to prosecute corpers, CPIs

·        Oshodi market demolition for public security, says LASG

·        N82m dinner: Probe me, Soyinka dares EFCC, knocks Wike

·        Dickson is double-faced, APC tells Bayelsa voters

·        Idoma won’t let Mark down

·        Fayose hails wife at 52

·        AGF asks NSCIA to formalise request for El-Zakzakys release

·        Police raid Rivers LG boss houses, arrest 30

·        Naira hits 278 as dollar supply worsens

·        Sustainable development key to business goals says ICCN

·        Lagos terminates NURTW BRT agreement

·        Aregbesola to sack striking doctors on Monday

·        11 banking stocks decline as index improves

·        Truck driver crushes traders to death, flees

·        OPC members nabbed with police guns

·        Uncle dragged me into bush before rape ' Five-year-old boy

·        NFF man's killing: 'Policemen ignored distress calls

·        Fire guts Alaba market, kills octogenarian in Ikorodu

·        Biafran struggle: Ohanaeze rejects Kanu's approach

·        No case against Oritsejafor yet ' Sagay

·        I can't turn down Man United 'Ighalo

·        Nigeria not yet ready for CHAN 'Oliseh

·        Group hails Ambode over budget

·        Nigerian tennis' Beauty killed by police for burial

·        FG raises N136bn in T-bills at higher yields

·        Aubameyang is African Footballer of the Year

·        Naira hits 278 as dollar supply worsens

·        Use recovered loot to feed pupils, NUT tells Buhari

·        Anxiety grips parents, proprietors as schools resume

·        Adadevoh family cant stop Ebola film Producers

·        In Kakadu, the past dances back

·        EFCC grills Buharis associate over alleged Dasukis $5m gift

·        78 reruns: INEC to meet Buhari, NASS over funding

THISDAY

·        NARTO Seeks Revival of Infrastructure to Boost Transport

·        Nigerian Airports to Process 200m Passengers Annually in 30 Years

·        Why Aviation Industry is Facing Funding Challenges

·        Total to Collaborate with Govt, NGOs to Curb Spread of HIV/AIDS

·        Ogbeifun Seeks Investment in Ship Recycling

·        High Expectations in Aviation

·        How Maritime Industry Will Fare in 2016

·        Ikechi Uko Emerges Tourism Ambassador of the Year 2015

·        Perpetrators of Electoral Violence won't Go Unpunished ' Angwe

·        Dankwambo: Slow Court Case Normal in Democracy

·        Arms Deal: Bello Haliru, Son Granted N600m Bail

·        Hajj: Sokoto's Last Stampede Victim to Leave Hospital

·        At the Mercy of Malnutrition

·        NHRC: Perpetrators of Electoral Violence Will Not Go Unpunished

·        Success of Bayelsa Poll Depends on INEC, Security Agencies, Says PDP

·        Okonkwo Asks INEC to Await S'Court Decision on Anambra Central Senatorial District

·        Pros and Cons of Airport Concessions

·        No to Campaign of Calumny against Mark, Says Moro

·        Tinubu's Pact on Poverty

·        No Agreement to Rotate A'Ibom Governorship Ticket Among Senatorial Districts - Etiebet

·        International Satellite Providers Shun Biafra Television

·        IDPs Refuse to Return Home, Say Boko Haram Still Controls Gwoza

·        LASG Defends Oshodi Demolition, Alleges Breach of Public Order

·        Solid Minerals: US, Nigerian Geological Survey Agencies to Collaborate

·        POWA Supports 260 Widows of Slain Police Officers in Kano

·        Why Labour Backs Proposed Concession of Airport Facilities

·        FG Intensifies Plans to Commence Freighting of Petroleum Products by Rail

·        How to Avert Crisis in the Maritime Industry

·        In a First, EFCC Picks up APC Chief, Ja'afaru Isa

·        N82m Dinner: Soyinka Asks EFCC to 'Arrest' Him

·        Lagarde: Nigeria's Economy Will Recover Slightly in 2016

·        With Demand Growing, Output Finally Shrinking, US Experts Predict Oil Rebound

·        RenCap Proposes N250/$1 Currency Adjustment for Nigeria

·        Visafone Acquisition: MTN May Recall Sacked Workers

·        CBN Sells N136bn Treasury Bills

·        Vitafoam Nigeria to Pay N248m in Dividends for 2015

·        N'Assembly Set to Reduce Budget Benchmark Far below $38

·        We Don't Need Your Apology, Shiites Tell Army

·        US Donates Used Mine Resistant APCs to Nigeria to Fight Terrorism

·        Ahead of Poll, Bayelsa Speaker's Residence Bombed, Home of D'Gov's Brother Invaded

·        Stampede: Tambuwal Visits Sokoto's Last Patient in Saudi Arabia

·        INEC Begins Distribution of Sensitive Materials for Bayelsa Supplementary Poll

·        Relax Forex Policy, Saraki Counsels CBN

·        INEC to Conduct 78 Re-run Elections in 2016

·        Banks to Intensify Competition for Retail Deposits

·        Beyond PDP's Annus Horribilis

·        2015 GLO-CAF:Aubameyang Upsets Yaya Toure to Emerge Africa's Best

·        Life Ban for Ex-IAAF Chief's Son

VANGUARD

·        Bayelsa poll: TMG tasks security agencies on peaceful conduct

·        Oshodi market demolition: Affected traders reject alternative

·        Anambra Central: Okonkwo writes INEC over PDP ticket, rule of law

·        Release or charge our son to court, Metuh's family tells FG

·        Nnamdi Kanu Detention: Rights groups want boycott of courts

·        Court Marshal: 3,032 pardoned soldiers reject redeployment to N-East

·        Delta to compensate fire disaster victims

·        Army/Shite Clash: AGF tasks Islamic clerics on sensitisation of followers

·        2015 polls: Commonwealth scribe lauds Jonathan over peaceful transition

·        FG to probe Army/Shiite clash ' AGF

·        Plea for peace in Bayelsa's gov run off poll

·        Bayelsa: Showdown in the Creeks

·        Buhari can adjust our foreign policy to defeat Boko Haram ' Rep Ukeje

·        PDP, Anambra Govt trade words over LG polls

·        Panasonic sets up assembling plant in Nigeria

·        Nigeria losing N80bn daily to petroleum products smuggling ' NISA boss

·        An election odyssey

·        Ericsson partners with AT&T on connected water in Atlanta

·        Etebo, Osimhen scoop CAF awards

·        2015 GLO CAF Awards: Aubameyang, Samatta rule Africa

·        Maintaining Family Ties: A non-negotiable obligation (2)

·        Managing success with grace

·        Saudi Arabia: Terrorism as state policy

·        Ebola survivors recount journey to parenthood

·        In the US, they assumed every Nigerian had Ebola ' Dr Kpaduwa

·        Ebola: It got to a time, my blood, semen and everything tested negative ' Dr. Fadipe

·        Ebola: The stigma was terrible but we survived it ' Dr Adejoro

GUARDIAN

·        Ibadan elders commend Ajimobi over amicable resolution of chieftaincy crisis

·        Newspaper distributors petition Buhari over debt owed by agencies

·        How Should Entrepreneurs Successfully Startup A New Business

·        NCC Begins Consultations on National Mobile Roaming Policy

·        Signal Alliance, Galaxy Backbone, Microsoft Promote Tech for Efficiency

·        Experts Decry Low Patronage of Indigenous Software

·        ATCON, NCS, Others Counsel FG on New ICT Policy

·        Europes equities plummet

·        Fears for world economy wreak carnage on stocks

·        Umolu replaces Saliu as FMNs company secretary

·        Oil prices slide below $33 to near 12-year low

·        Airports to become more passenger-friendly this year, says FAAN

·        Mixed reactions trail Lagardes visit to Buhari

·        IMF wants presidency to publish NNPC finances monthly

·        Southern Ijaw residents flee over Bayelsa polls tomorrow

·        Davido vs Baby Mama: Imade should be kept out of media warfare, says HURIWA

·        Commission destroys N3.3m broadcast facilities in Enugu

·        Govt terminates NURTW-BRT franchise, orders buses out of Mile12 CMS corridor

·        Octogenarian remanded for allegedly burning 82-year-old to death

·        Telecoms largesse, customers pain

·        Burkina Faso gets new prime minister

·        Cross-border rebels kill 14 people in Congo

·        U.S. transfers two inmates to Ghanaian prison

·        Doctors making no breakthrough in Ebola treatment strategy

·        Over 50 Libyan police die in terror attack

·        Russian stars sing for Syria troops near Latakia

·        U.S. Speaker on Obama, gun control, presidencial candidates

·        North Koreas missile claim may propel nations to review their defence

·        Islamic State threatens to attack Saudi prisons over execution

·        Iran says Saddam Husseins fate awaits Saudi Arabia leader

·        U.S., Nigerian geological survey agencies to partner on solid minerals development

·        NGE clarifies govts N50m donation, denies receiving cash

·        MTN assures of improved broadband service after Visafone acquisition

·        EFCC boss visits Aso Rock, declines comments

·        NAssembly to reduce budget benchmark over falling oil price

·        Ooni assumes headship of Osun Obas council

·        U.S. donates 24 armoured vehicles for BHaram war

·        How to prevent Lassa fever infection, by Lagos govt

·        EFCC arrests Kaduna ex-military administrator over $2.1b arms deal

·        Men suffering poor erection are 70% more likely to die early

·        OWU Sportswear to kit Sunshine Stars

·        Ighalo dreams of joining Manchester United

·        Olisehs team building should begin with CHAN, says Odiaka

·        Nigeria still 66th in FIFA rankings

·        Oliseh worried about Super Eagles form

·        China lets yuan fall faster, as prices tumble

·        Osborne warns of dangerous cocktail of threats for 2016

·        Oil slides below $33 low as China turmoil rattles investors

·        Gold hits nine-week high as China worries dampen stocks

THE NATION

·        $2.1b arms cash: Panel invites 241 firms, others

·        $2.1b arms cash: EFCC detains APC chief Isa

·        Aubameyang dethrones Toure as Glo African Footballer of the Year

·        Watch your borrowing, IMF advises govt

·        Army gets U.S. mine-resistant APC to fight Boko Haram

·        Lassa fever: Over 60 under surveillance in Rivers

·        Judges handling Kashamu's, Stella Oduah's, ex-NIMASA chief's cases transferred

·        MTN to retrain Visafone workers for 4G technology

·        Ex-PDP chairman Bello, son get N300m bail each

·        2,000 sacked varsity workers to be recalled

·        For affordable, accessible healthcare embrace insurance

·        My experience as a naturopathic doctor

·        Will 2016 be a better year

·        Covenant varsity inventions win awards in Brazil, South Korea

·        Quality assurance workers, others get training

·        Alumni doctors give back to UNILAG

·        AAUA VC seeks to improve ranking

·        The difference training makes

·        McPherson varsity wins gold medals at sport fiesta

·        Global warming and effects on Nigeria

·        Eskor Toyo: A tribute

·        Social Media Bill, an affront on freedom

·        Liberty and Entrepreneurship Camp at LASPOTECH

·        Plateau plans technology centres' revival to create jobs, boost IGR

·        N100m capital base: CBN, Finance Houses hold emergency meeting

·        Access to finance major threat to SME's

·        Oyo to generate database for SMEs

·        MPC regrets cut in Cash Reserve Requirement

·        Access Bank rallies as shareholders get N5.7b interim dividend

·        Apex bank raises N136b in T-bills

·        Why back-to-school sales are low

·        Senate urges CBN to relax strict forex policy

·        Bank CEOs, investors for Aba confab

DAILY INDEPENDENT

·        Lagos Set To Establish Mobile Courts

·        U.S. Donates 24 Armored Personnel Carriers to Nigeria

·        Bayelsa Speaker's Country Home Attacked With Dynamite

·        Fire Razes Building In Delta, Renders Over 25 Homeless

·        Ighalo: Caught Between The Red Devils And The Hornets

·        Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments ' Sagay

·        Late Osun Minority Leader To Buried On Friday

·        Ojudu's Appointment: Group Thanks President Buhari

·        FG Re-affirms Commitment To Support Local Production Of Agricultural Products

·        N82m Birthday Dinner: Soyinka Fires Back At Rivers Govt

·        NDLEA Seizes Narcotic Drugs Valued N3.7bn In 2015

·        Attempted 'Child Abduction': NAPTIP Steps In, Quiz Davido

·        NGE Exonerates Adesina, Deny Receiving N50m From Dasuki

·        Bayelsa: I Don't Need Jonathan's Wife To Win 'Sylva

·        Dalung Tasks Agencies On National Security

·        Drogba Denies Retirement Report

·        Police Grant Amnesty To 12 Repentant Cultists In Ogun

·        Policeman Kills Father Of 2 In Aba

·        FG Begins Audit Of NNPC, FIRS, NPA, NIMASA, Customs

·        IMF: Currency Depreciation Triggers Inflation

·        Are Elections Giving Democracy A Bad Name In Nigeria

TRIBUNE

·        UPDATED: Why we donated 24 mine-resistant vehicles to Nigeria's military 'US

·        INEC to conduct 78 re-run elections in 2016

·        Electricity management agency set to ban use of wooden poles for installation

·        We found weapons inside bunker at demolished Oshodi market, says Lagos government

·        Ogun may consider morning-afternoon sessions in schools, says commissioner

·        FG to invest in science, technology innovation 'Buhari

·        W-Cup qualifier: Flamingoes will score 10 goals for Buhari 'Coach

·        Lagos saga: Murdered tennis player, Beauty Mcleod, goes home today

·        It would be madness for Messi to miss Ballon d'Or 'Henry

·        Feyenoord players trade punches at training

·        Ozil voted best German player abroad

·        Suarez faces ban for abusive comments

·        Dealing with traffic rules violation in Lagos

·        Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of Yemen embassy air strike

·        ISIS executes journalist who wrote about life in Syrian city

·        South Africa's temperature hits record high as drought persists

·        Truck bombing kills 50 at Libya police training centre, mayor says

·        N/Korea H-bomb test: Gross violation of international law if confirmed ' Russia

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