NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2017.

THIS DAY
In Fighting Corruption, Don’t Focus on Loot Recovery Alone, Says Saraki.
Manufacturing Index Expands for Fourth Consecutive Month.
House Says Rejection of Power Devolution, A Mistake.
Osinbajo Appoints Owasanoye ICPC Chairman.
Tinubu: I Have Not Purchased Any New Airplane.
Atiku Cautions APC, Other Parties against Undemocratic Acts.
Ex-President Jonathan: Six Television Sets, Not 36 Stolen from My House.
NIS: No National ID Registration, No Int’l Passport from 2018.
Okorocha Begs Nigerians to Give APC More Time.
Thugs Invade Kogi Assembly as Speaker Escapes Death.
Aregbesola’s Mother Dies at 85.
PDP: We Didn’t Lose 2015 Poll Due to Obasanjo, Atiku’s Exit.
Restructuring will End IPOB, Arewa Youths Agitations, Says Kalu.
El-Rufai Flags-off Flights Operations by Ethiopian Airline in Kaduna.

THE SUN
Thugs attack Kogi Assembly, beat lawmaker to coma
Ikpeazu bags IPAC’s excellence award
Oil exploration: MOSOP gives Shell,  NPDC 7 days to stop negotiations
Anxiety mounts as Discos plan 46% hike in electricity tariff
Ondo: Adefarati’s son, Agagu’s brother, others make commissioners’ list
Arewa youths relax quit order to Igbo
We ‘ll win 30 states in 2019 –PDP
Quit now, PDP tells APC
Anambra ahead of UN on gender equality – Obiano
9mobile gets reprieve as creditor banks agree to restructure loan
Jealous lover kills girlfriend over ex-boyfriend
113 Chibok girls to be released soon –Osinbajo
Fear of Boko Haram forces thousands to flee from Niger to Chad

NEW TELEGRAPH
Internal democracy: APC has derailed –Atiku
Dangote Cement sells N86bn shares to foreign investors
Obuah: PDP’ll treat defected Amaechi’s kinsmen well
Ekiti 2018: Buhari’s illness won’t rob APC of victory – Bamidele
Thugs invade Kogi Assembly, beat legislators
NUC: Corruption, impediment to varsity autonomy
Unilever Nigeria to raise N58.85bn in share sale
Policemen stole my furniture, electronics, movable items –Jonathan
Kalu to Arewa youths: Igbo not for Nigeria’s break-up
London 2017 World Championships: Visa hitch threatens Team Nigeria’s trip
Man kills 62-year-old mum, commits suicide

PUNCH
No ID number, no passport from 2018 — NIS
Policemen, others stole all movable items in my house – Jonathan
Foreign negotiators involved in bid to free abducted lecturers, others –FG
55% of VAT revenue generated from Lagos –Adeosun
I’ve stopped collecting pension in Kwara – Saraki
October 1 Igbo quit notice stays, Arewa group insists
Dangote sells N86bn cement stake to foreign investors
Man commits suicide after beating mother to death
Robbery suspect nabbed in police bulletproof jacket
No ID number, no passport from 2018 — NIS
Lecturer in police net over wife’s mysterious death
Osinbajo redeploys ICPC chair, Ekpo Nta
Three arrested for killing Customs officers in Katsina
Military failed to restore security in recaptured territories – US report

NATION
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
Aregbesola’s mother dies at 84
Why Senate slashed Lagos-Ibadan road budget, by Saraki
Osinbajo approves appointments for ICPC, Salaries Commission, others
Biafra agitation affecting Southeast’s economy, says Kalu
Total partners firm on solar energy

VANGUARD
They stripped my house bare – Jonathan
Anxiety mounts over departure of Presidential jet from London
Osinbajo redeploys ICPC Chairman, sets up C’ttee on looted funds
What policemen stole from my Abuja house- Jonathan
FG negotiating release of 113 Chibok Girls
No Nigerian Passport without NIMC in 2018 -Presidency
Allow Usani To Clean Up NDDC, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry —Miyenebi
Keep Some Adverts Away From Schools, Okowa Tells OAAN
Badoo: Women Protest At Ikorodu Monarchs’ Palaces
Why NASS Rejected Devolution Of Powers To States – Senate Leader
80 Percent Of Cancer Cases Curable — Health Minister
Mirabel Centre Laments Increase In Sexually-Assaulted Disabled Persons
Police Dismiss Corporal Over Shooting Of FRSC Officials In Abia.