NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018

THE NATION
*APC keeps majority as 14 senators, 37 Reps defect
*Defections from APC good riddance, says Oshiomhole
*CBN plans real sector single digit borrowing
*Police: we were not at Saraki’s home
*Lagos safest city in Africa, says Ambode
*Buhari: defection a seasonal occurrence
“Defections: The drama, the facts

*72-year-old suspected gun manufacturer nabbed
*Cars, arms recovered as police parade 11 suspects
*Lalong raises IDPs resettlement panel
*Olubadan: I want to celebrate my 90th birthday
*Three arrested for robbery
*Edmark launches mobile app for payment services in Lagos
*Ex-Sokoto commissioner eyes Tambuwal’s job
*Lagos pays N240m to families of deceased public servants
*Fayemi: it won’t affect APC chances
*Kaka: it’s unhealthy for stable politics
*Agency embarks on project monitoring
*Police probe‘death’ of suspected vandal
*Kwara Assembly, group differ on invasion of Saraki’s, deputy’s residences
*Kidnapping, robbery suspects paraded in Bauchi
*‘Kwankwaso’s defection blessing to Ganduje’
*Kebbi disburses N105m to 200 women groups
*Lagos senators oppose Banire’s nomination as AMCON chair
*Man gets three months for possessing Indian hemp
*SERVICOM calls for training of flight announcers for audibility
*Man held for allegedly defiling daughter
*Group urges Oshiomhole to sanction erring party members
*Presidency: allow security agencies to function
*Nigeria, others to witness ‘total lunar eclipse’, says NASRDA
*Shed weight or lose your job, Customs boss warns officers
*Ngige to Oshiomhole: be guided in your utterances
*ICT Roadmap: NIPOST to create 250,000 jobs
*Driver allegedly robs his former boss
*Bishop Kukah donates to Katsina flood victims
*Rowdy session as 37 Reps defect from APC
*Lagos urges good conduct among pilgrims
*Ayade lauds judiciary as CJN opens Appeal Court complex in Calabar
*Katsina North APC elects candidate today
*NAFRC gets commandant as Jekennu retires
*Oyo pays N201m gratuity to 90 retirees
*Senate: The cloak-and-dagger game
*Wike, Atiku, Daniel hail lawmakers’ move
*Minister clears air on national carrier Nigeria Air
*Operation Safe Haven gets new commander
*Fayemi raises 32-member transition committee
*With AD, economic development is assured, says Akintola
*‘Destroying ISIS is urgent priority for U.S.’
*NCAA warns airlines over flight cancellations, delays
*Spelling Bee: Council pledges greater support for schools
*CAN cautions Presidency, police

DAILY TRUST
*NCC to review telcos’ forex demand
*Minister tasks online media against fake news
*Igbo leadership crisis in Kano deepens
*Nasarawa to regulate reproductive health
*Hoodlums cart away senator’s empowerment items
*90 Oyo retirees paid N201m gratuity
*‘100 mentally challenged inmates, 71 juveniles in Lagos prisons’
*We are dying – Osun pensioners
*Police parade 11 kidnappers, robbers in Rivers
*Flood destroys over 100 houses in Yobe
*Kukah donates relief materials to Katsina flood victims
*Plateau inaugurates committee on IDPs
*Nigeria, Niger Republic sign pact on Katsina refinery
*DSS personnel to undergo training on peace building
*2019: Don’t sell your votes, INEC urged voters
*NSITF board can’t award contracts — Ngige
*CAN cautions Presidency over siege on Saraki, Ekweremadu’s houses
*China trains Nigerian officials on agricultural techniques
*45 ABU students for engineering courses in China
*Ekweremadu fails to honour EFCC invitation
*Kaduna to establish Security Trust Fund
*Why Saraki, Dogara ‘remained’ in APC
*Be wary of politicians, Onnoghen tells judicial officers
*Rights groups reject moves to execute death row inmates
*Maritime safety key to economic growth – Dogara
*Corruption: Salami, PACAC charge senior lawyers to salvage Nigeria

LEADERSHIP
*Defections : APC Maintains Majority In National Assembly NASS
*Nigeria , Niger Republic Sign MoU On $ 2 bn Refinery Project
*CBN To Incentivise Banks On Single Digit Lending To Private Sector
*Keystone Bank Emerges Best Innovative Bank In Africa
*U . S Dollar Is Overvalued – IMF
*‘‘ APC ‘ II Encourage More Women To Vie For Elective Positions ‘‘
*Buratai Calls For Training, Retraining Of Teachers METRO / 50 mins ago
*Bwari LG Boss Seeks Corporate Organisations ’ Support
*GGSS Abaji Unveils Geographical Garden , ICT Centre
*Abuja Natives Commend Minister For Creating New Districts

VANGUARD
*Convulsions In APC
*She Wanted Love-making With Me, Not Marriage
*He Uses Me As Cover-up
*SMAGOSA Advocates Return Of School To Missions
*Adamawa Assembly Summons Dep Gov, SSG, Finance Commissioner
*House Of Reps Aspirant Pledges Purposeful Representation
*Retirees Protest Unpaid Entitlements In Osun
*Apapa Traffic Gridlock: How FG, Truck Owners Created An Intractable Problem
*Publish Names Of Reconciled Aggrieved Members, Unity Forum Tells Ajimobi
*Why I Vowed To Change The Music Game — Oluchukwu
*UNN Alumni Hold 98th NEC Meeting
*Hero Lager Beer Wears New Crown Cork
*Nigeria Doomed Without Rule Of Law – CJN
*Inye Marshall-Harry Joins Degema-Bonny Fed Constituency Race
*Promo: Mamador Rewards Over 2000 Winners
*Car Xie Bars Cars Below 2008 Manufacturing Date
*45th AAAN AGM/Congress: Amosun Tasks Practitioners On Economic Growth

THIS DAY
*United Capital Posts N4bn Gross Earnings, N2bn Profit in Six Months
*ChristHill College Graduates 32, Tasks Students on Responsibility
*SWEET AND SOUR IS HIS NAME
*Pacific Schools Graduates Students , says Dysfunctional Curriculum, Bane of…
*Vitafoam, Berger Paints Reward Creativity among Pupils
*Lara Day School Celebrates its 55th Anniversary
*NNPC AND THE SUBSIDY CLAIMS
*TRYING FOR A PLACE IN THE RED CHAMBER

THE PUNCH
*Has FG’s foreign exchange policies helped local industries?
*Nigeria Air: Experts seek more cooperation among airlines
*Hajj: Max Air flies pilgrims from 15 states
*IOM warns of irregular migration dangers
*Toyota flaunts features of new Corolla
*Hyundai develops new ‘halo’ sports car
*BEDC, Edo poly to address unemployment
*ICM urges new members to be change agents
*GE, Ondo agency train entrepreneurs in manufacturing
*ANAN urges FG, NASS to develop budgetary system
*Drama as 14 APC senators, 37 Reps defect to PDP, ADC
*Police arrest 15 suspected kidnappers, rapists, robbers in Bauchi
*Babalakin urges intellectuals to rescue Nigeria
*Fayemi unveils transition committee members
*Ambode says community policing solution to insecurity
*Uproar as security agents lay siege to Saraki, Ekweremadu’s houses
*Lawyers beat cops, aided robbers’ escape, says Imo CP
*Eagles assistant coach caught in bribery scandal

GUARDIAN
*Abubakar Shekau reappears after health questions
*#BankWars: Sterling Bank Is Sorry For Viral Artwork
*Ivanka Trump Shuts Down Fashion Line
*Flood displaces hundreds of Damaturu residents
*Katsina 150,000 barrel refinery to be completed in 3 years – Minister
*Trump hails start of dismantling North Korean missile site
*Closure of Third Mainland Bridge postponed
*APC reacts to mass defection of lawmakers
*Prince Harry And Elton John Honour Princess Diana With Global AIDS Initiative
*EU embassies flouting visa laws
*How Saraki beats SARS, IGP and others to preside over Senate
*Guardiola says repeat of record-breaking season ‘impossible’
*Mbappe, Salah, others nominated for FIFA Best Men’s Player award
*Salisu Yusuf denies cash inducement claims
*Man City’s Sane determined after Germany World Cup snub
*Nigerian coach Salisu Yusuf caught on camera taking bribe
1 day ago Football
Polls for Musa, others begin today as FIFA picks date for Best Football Awards
*Chinese stocks close higher on government stimulus signal
*Rate decision a test for Turkey’s central bank
*Tokyo stocks close higher
*Edmark to invest in real estate, unveils N5billion centre

TELEGRAPH
*Flood: Death, destruction in Abeokuta
*Edo: AIG orders arrest of four policemen’s killers
*Secondus, Atiku, R-APC, Ohanaeze condemn attack on Saraki, Ekweremadu
*Ayetoro: A community on the verge of extinction
*Dad defies six-year-old daughter
*Husband, wife held for brutalising girl, 5
*Civil society in civil-military relations (3)
*Three arrested for kidnapping, gang-raping 13-year-old girl, others
*Ugwuanyi empowers 200 traders at monthly raffle draw
*Smuggling: Customs Strike Force to cover borders, creeks