NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017.

VANGUARD
GBONLA SIX: How colleague’s sickness aborted victims’ escape plan.
FG adopts $11bn Dangote refinery under new petroleum policy
IPOB members storm church, protest to Obiano.
N-Delta militants to resume fresh attacks Sept 31.
Again, Wike and Amaechi in war of words.
$43.4 m, N200m probe: No decision yet on Lawal, Oke – Presidency
NEW ROAD MAP: FG, IOCs earmark N2trn for 457 projects in N’Delta
Shocker: CNN mocks Nigeria over Buhari’s continued absence in country.
Transport: BRT operator reviews fares downwards
GenCos present 7-point demand to Osinbajo
NAFDAC re-enforces surveillance, monitoring activities
325m people have viral hepatitis — WHO
Boko Haram: Osinbajo meets service chiefs, IGP, DSS boss

PUNCH
Boko Haram: ASUU threatens strike if FG doesn’t rescue abducted lecturers.
Reps grumble as delivery of N6.1bn exotic cars stalls
Thugs attack senators, Reps, journalists in Kaduna
Julius Berger suspends work on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Osinbajo orders oil workers’ rescue, Army recovers 21 more corpses.
Lagos police detain, starve seven- month pregnant woman over N50
Badoo strikes again in Ikorodu, kills couple, two kids
Wike forging more documents to persecute me —Amaechi.
APC lawmaker, others file suit for Banire’s expulsion.

GUARDIAN
Two million containers stranded in Lagos ports
NDIC secures N556m judgment for depositors of defunct bank
US says time for talk on North Korea 'is over'
Sagay’s comments on senate unfortunate, says Waku
Hoodlums attack journalists, hold Sani, others hostage at Kaduna APC function
Fayose sets age limit for contestants in Ekiti council poll
Why National Assembly rejected devolution of power bill, by Yakassai
Budget minister explains projections for MTEF, FSP 2018-2020
Gates Foundation, U.S. varsity praise Nigeria for accurate immunisation data reporting
Two children remain cancer-free for 18 months after gene-editing therapy
Yobe government cautions against encroachment on demarcated cattle routes
We’re wrong on Boko Haram ambush, says Nigerian Army

THE SUN
Arewa youths set to review quit notice to Igbo.
Badoo gang strikes again, kills four in Lagos
Ohanaeze woman leader rejects 35% affirmative action on appointment
Anambra guber: Why moves to halt Obiano will fail
IGP reads riot act to police commissioners, others
Constitution amendment: Speakers’ conference hails N’Assembly
Report on SGF, NIA DG yet to be released – Presidency
Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers : I’m fit to play, Mikel declares
Nigeria to produce over 2.3m bpd in 2018
Boko Haram: NAF offers free surgeries to 420 IDPs in Borno
NLNG Act repeal: PENGASSAN issues 21-day ultimatum to oil firms
Ilori takes over as NIA DG

THE NATION
Osinbajo orders more push in war against Boko Haram
North’s youths to withdraw Igbo quit notice
TSA: Govt saves N4b bank charges monthly
Military suspects sabotage in attack on convoy
Driver arraigned for ‘failing to pay after wining and dining’
Badoo kills couple, kids in Ikorodu
Minister: foreign investors jostling to buy over 9Mobile
Wife to husband: produce our son missing for seven years
Delivery man in court for ‘stealing parcels worth N529,000’
Kwara APC holds peaceful congress

DAILYPOST
Buhari’s absence quizzed on CNN
Quit notice to Igbos: What Northern Govs, Arewa youth leaders discussed in emergency meeting.
Biafra: IPOB members confront Obiano in church, chant ‘no election in Anambra’.
Biafra: Why Nnamdi Kanu will not succeed – Orji Kalu
Nigerian government yet to defeat Boko Haram – Fayose
Niger Delta group condemns NASS over devolution of power, blasts Nnamdi Kanu.
Electoral malpractice: Wike revokes C of O of popular 3star hotel in Port Harcourt.
El-Rufai orders probe of attack on Senators, Reps, journalists in Kaduna
Stop eating ‘suya, boli’, they cause cancer – Expert warns.
OAP Sensei Uche reveals he has cancer.
Bill Gates regains
world’s richest person title hours after Jeff Bezos dethroned him.