Today's Newspaper Headlines : Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Good morning to you and welcome to my blog this beautiful Wednesday morning, Hope you all had a wonderful night. News headlines from selected national newspaper across the country here this morning for your reading pleasure, have a wonderful day as you read.

VANGUARD

• Buhari blows hot, vows to recover all stolen funds
• Lord's Chosen pastor shot dead in Lagos
• Election tribunal: Wike begs tribunal to deny APC access to election materials
• Port Harcourt monorail may not continue ' Wike
• Review Jonathan's last minute appointments, Idada tells Buhari
• Bamaiyi: Court Registrar opens defence, denies allegation
• Ezekwesili canvasses competent civil service for FG's reforms
• Pandemonium in Oghara as soldiers kill vigilante leader
• Kidnappers ' Why They Prosper
• Buhari's charming media offensive
• Fallout of key appointments unsettles Udom's Akwa Ibom
• 2015: Judging Jega and the media
• How Buhari's govt can succeed, by Oyatedor
• NSE to commence trading local currency futures
• Quoted companies and their shareholders in 2014 (3)
• Naira will further depreciate if' CBN
• Digital economy sets the stage to accelerate growth for African entrepreneurs
• The change must start now
• Much ado about Okowa's critics
• Nigeria's digital migration failure: Lessons from Tanzania
• SMEs should leverage technology to boost business ' Isiakpona
• NigComSat, China explore economic, tech opportunity
• Amazon launches virtual assistant speaker to public
• Enyeama shuns NFF, as Keshi awaits ruling
• Keshi shifts focus to Tanzania
• Countdown to Kaduna Golden League
• NFF sanctions Alampasu's move to Estoril
• WADA calls for creation of Nigeria anti-doping agency
• 3SC to hand over to police Ikhana's attacker
• Siasia invites Norway-based defender Akinyemi
• Gloria Obajimi: From the tracks to the boardroom
• S.Africa threatens to quit ICC over Bashir
• Swansea sign Sweden keeper Nordfeldt
• Google Play enters free streaming with radio
• Facebook reveals new security tool
• Veteran actor Lari Williams going blind, homeless
• Titanic' music composer Horner dies in plane crash
• US rap mogul Diddy arrested
• Buhari's time to start running
• Should everyone go to university
• Onwubiko! Mourning cry at Emman Ezeazu's untimely death
• I was alarmed at the unemployment level in Nigeria ' Emmanuel-Tella
• Onwubiko! Mourning cry at Emman Ezeazu's untimely death
• How skinny jeans could pose a health risk ' doctors

PUNCH

• Govt owes us N600bn, construction firms lament
• Naira faces fresh pressure, falls to 222 per dollar
• Telecoms subscriber base hits 143 million
• CIPM seeks lasting solution to unemployment
• New BMW 7 Series challenges Benz S-Class
• Labour ministry tackles challenges of outsourcing, others
• Wait for next promotion, NSCDC tells aggrieved officers
• Two Nigerians make final Ranger Odyssey event
• Ford returns to auto race with GT
• Traffic wardens protest lack of promotion
• Expert advises government on risk management
• GM ignores auto dip, unveils new Craze
• Toyota to buy back $4.9bn in stock
• Make Nigeria interesting to investors, experts tell FG
• Make Nigeria interesting to investors, experts tell FG
• Buhari vows to recover funds looted under Jonathan
• Wike asks tribunal to deny Peterside access to electoral materials
• CBN stops forex sales to rice, private jet importers
• Reps to get N10m each out of N18m allowances
• APC senators fight as truce meeting fails again
• NNPC yet to remit $1.48bn into Federation Account 'FG
• APC writes Saraki, Dogara on N'Assembly leadership crisis
• IG sends additional 138 patrol vehicles to highways
• Jos monarch, don urge support for Buhari
• N600bn budgets: Group drags NAssembly clerk to court
• Ambode wont probe Fashola APC
• Can Buhari confront the anti-corruption industry
• Nigerias fake professionals
• Stringing Africa into one whole
• Buhari orders removal of military checkpoints
• Getting fit the tech way
• Defence Headquarters, Olukolade less visible on social media
• Re: Understanding Ayo Fayose
• Lawmakers and nation's pulse
• Keep defence secrets secret
• Buhari's first day at work
• Legislators' obscene pay
• Presidential order on checkpoints
• Hoodlums attack community, injure three over land
• Police arrest man for raping boy, 8
• Vandals loot Lagos hotels, shoot policemen
• Dana crash: 23 families seek amendment to compensation
• Ezekwesili urges merit in public service
• Robbers kill Lords Chosen Church pastor in Lagos
• USll assist us to recover stolen funds Buhari
• PDP faults APCs claim on Osun helicopter
• Buhari to visit Cameroon after Ramadan
• Ramadan feeding scheme promotes corruption, says el-Rufai
• Boko Haram kills 35 in Yobe, Borno villages
• Dickson faults Odigie-Oyeguns N440bn allocation comment
• President parries question on ministerial list
• House leadership: Northern Reps make U-turn, mobilise against Gbajabiamila
• Probe panel: Wike, Amaechi in war of words
• Milk intolerance in infants
• You can have risk-free pregnancy and childbirth
• Hypertension can be managed ' Sanofi
• Focus on patients, provost advises doctors
• Graduate needs N5m for spinal cord surgery
• Afolayan, Imasuen, Kelani: Producers to beat at AMAA
• From Shyllon, modern museum for PAU
• Pioneer film-maker, Francis Oladele, dies at 82
• NFF clears Alampasu
• Emenike out for a big club 'Agent
• Siasia invites Adeyemi
• GTBank Masters Cup: St. Finbarr's face St. Gregory's in final
• AFN names athletes for Golden League
• I don't know anything about I'Coast job ' Keshi

THISDAY

• Residents Oppose Moves to Convert Asokoro to High Density Area
• El-Rufai: Why I Stopped Issuance of Gifts During Ramadan, Xmas
• Police Pension Scam: Case Adjourned to July 24
• NHRC Seeks Stakeholders' Collaboration in Policy Draft on Ageing
• NSE: Getting Set for Demutualisation
• Odutola: PFAs Should Continue to Support the Economy
• Odutola: PFAs Should Continue to Support the Economy
• Adeyemi: Govt Responsibility to Job Creation Cannot be Substituted by SMEs
• OPIC Estate Residents Cry out to Amosun
• Nigeria's Forex Reserves Too Low to Defend the Naira
• LCCI Harps on Value Addition to Non-oil Exports for Economic Devt
• CIS Endorses Plan to Commence Derivatives Trading
• SEC Restates Commitment to Implementation of Market Master Plan
• Avid Foreign Investors Seek Clarification on Naira
• PDP Lampoons Buhari: Stop Offering Excuses
• Mass Promotions in INEC as Jega pledge to clear all backlog of Promotion
• Buhari Re-affirms Nigeria's Support for Peace in Middle East
• Osun: Judge Petitions Assembly, Wants Aregbesola, Deputy Impeached
• Tukur Describes Asikas Death as Devastating
• Buhari is Nigeria's Hope for Progress, Says Ahmed
• Ondo Begins Implementation of Residency Card Scheme July 2
• Rivers Assembly Directs AG to Sue Amaechi over Handover Notes
• THE CBN CASH RESERVE RATIO REDUCTION
• Veteran Actor Lari Williams Going Blind, Homeless
• Tecno Introduces Boom J7 for the Youths Market
• Wage Crisis: What about the Workers
• Enyeama, Onazi Shun NFF's Disciplinary Hearing
• Players' Status Committee Frees Alampasu
• Lobi Win to Continue against Abia Warriors
• Glo Delighted by Momentum in Premier League
• Brazil Faces Tough Route to Copa America Glory
• Chivita Hails Man Utd over Most Valuable Football Brand Award
• Shooting Federation Unveils Programmes for Rio 2016
• Kalio Wins Heineken/SPG Golf Tourney
• 2015 Cuddly Protege Scrabble Tourney Ends in Style
• N'Assembly: APC Senators Get into Brawl over Principal Positions
• Buhari to Govs: Days of Impunity, Fiscal Recklessness are Over
• Buhari Considers Fashola, Oronsaye, Others for Villa Positions
• Nigerian Fixer Sues Glencore for $10m
• Again, NPDC Workers Threaten to Shut Down Crude Oil Production
• 90% of Construction Industry CEOs Hypertensive over N600bn Debt
• Why Government Can't Fund Projects, By Babalakin, Experts
• Amaechi Denies Wike's Allegations on Financial Position of Rivers
• NLC: Ajaero, Aremu Criminally Impersonating NLC President, Deputy
• US Agric Premier Show, Window of Alternative Revenue
• Speaker Proposes Shake-up of House C'ttees
• Senate Constitutes 18-man Committee to Set Agenda for N'Assembly
• Afonja Descendants Union Backs Saraki's Emergence as Senate President
• Ex-House Leader Knows Fate Friday on Electoral Loss
• Let's Unite for Nigeria's Interest, Ashafa Urges APC Lawmakers
• Kinsmen: Ekweremadu will not resign as DSP
• Wike Asks Court to Set Aside Order to Inspect Election Materials
• PDP Asks Buhari to Stop Making Excuses
• CBN Bans 40 Items from Accessing Forex
• Buhari: International Community will Help Nigeria Recover Stolen Funds

GUARDIAN

• China ends Africa's dream in Canada, as Cameroun falls
• Stocks oscillate, book modest loss as bears raise heads again
• PEARL Awards urges government to attract more listings with incentives
• NITDA restates mandate for public sector ICT devt
• Court lifts injunction against FRC public hearing on corporate governance code
• Julius Berger groans under N90b contract debt
• NSE plans naira futures' trading
• APC crisis over National Assembly leadership deepens
• ISIS calls for jihad, martyrdom during Ramadan
• NSCDC arrests five for allegedly stealing and slaughtering goats
• I am going blind, I am homeless
• Rivers' lawmakers threaten court action against Amaechi over refusal to present handover note
• Why govt can't fund projects, by Babalakin, others
• Female suicide bomber kills 10, injures 20 in Yobe
• Nigerian scientist wins award for developing cancer-visualising glasses
• Gov Ambode pledges to protect women's rights
• APC ill-equipped for governance
• FG owes construction industry over N600 billion
• Court affirms judgment halting Kashamu's extradition
• Organisers pick six more players for NBA Africa game
• Akure Stadium begs for capacity expansion
• Golden Eaglets need technical assistance, says Izilien
• NBBF crisis retarding the growth of Nigerian basketball
• Mikel to join Al Ain, says Gyan
• Vincent Enyeama shuns NFF summons, Keshi sues for peace
• 3SC to hand over Kadiri Ikhana's attacker to Police
• ASUS presents 'zensation' at Computex 2015
• Visafone offers customers free roaming mobile App
• VConnect provides growth opportunities for SMEs
• 30b devices will create 44Tr gigabytes of data, by 2020
• Making broadband available for all
• NIRA plans academy for web designers
• Why African businessmen don't invest in tech firms
• Arit tasks stakeholders on nation's IT security
• 48 countries beat digital migration deadline
• Firm impacts digital knowledge on users
• 2015 general elections and misappropriation of history
• Taking Yoruba cultural renaissance abroad
• Bukola Saraki: Sustaining a family's political heritage
• Sustaining a critical legacy in Nigeria's resurgent agric sector
• House seeks amendment of Lagos Fire Service Law of 1972
• Kids in Langbansa community receive free health care
• Heading ball impairs player's memory, study finds
• How heavy beer consumption increases exposure to 'poisons', by researchers
• 50 everyday chemicals that raise cancer risk
• Prosperity and poverty of nations: Using global models to explain and mitigate underdevelopment in Nigeria
• Handwriting features of terrorists
• Agriculture as economic bedrock
• May this Ramadan lead to peace!
• Amnesty International versus the Nigerian military
• Nigeria and Nigerians in the diaspora
• Celebrating theatre Game-Changer at 80
• Post-Negritude conference on Osofisan calls for papers
• Ayodele's Warnings to the Nations' Charting divine path for better polity
• Ford Foundation partners Terra Kulture on theatre in public spaces
• Conference in honour of El Anatsui, Udechukwu opens in Nsukka

LEADERSHIP

• FAAC: FG, States, LGs Share N409.3bn For May
• NASS Principal Officers: APC Writes Saraki, Dogara, Approves Lawan, Gbajabiamila, Others
• NPHCDA, Others Yet To Get Allocation Since 2014
• PMB Vows To Recover Stolen Billions In 3 Months
• Environmental Projects: Nigeria Gets $23.3m Allocation From GEF
• Local Govt. Workers To Begin Strike In Bayelsa On Wednesday
• Farmers Urge FG To Sustain The E-Wallet System
• Unpaid Salaries: UPN Stalwart Advises Buhari To Sanction Defaulting Governors
• 4 Nigerians Honoured By Queen of England For QYL Awards
• States Not Asking For Bailout But Fairness From FG ' Gov. Yari
• Insanity: Majek Fashek's Dilemma
• Late Danmaraya Had 13 Adopted Children
• Korede Bello Gives Away Money On Twitter
• Why Entertainers Must Go Back To Advocacy
• AFRIMA, AU, ONE Celebrate Day Of African Child In Soweto
• I Would Love To Date Phyno, Yemi Alade Reveals
• Tonto Dikeh Sends Words Of Encouragement To Fans
• Celebrities Storm D-Banj's 35th Birthday In Abuja
• Jennifer Obi Emerges As The Most Beautiful Model In Nigeria
• Electricity Consumers Reject AEDC Plans To Increase Tariff
• Investors Trade 208m Shares On NSE
• Imperatives Of Cost Competitive Ports
• Our Polices Don't Inhibit Innovation ' CBN
• ECOWAS CET Will Enhance Regional Integration, Internal Productivity
• We Will Create Products To Attract Investors ' Gwarzo
• Odu'a Investment Diversifies Into Manufacturing, Agro-allied Businesses
• NSE Market Indicators Record Marginal Decrease
• Transcorp Hilton Abuja Honoured At World Travel Awards 2015
• NFF C'tee Frees Alampasu From Academy's Hold
• CAF U-23 Championship: Kenyan Officials For Dream Team-Congo Tie
• Farah Returns To Training Without Coach Salazar
• Wolves' Rescheduled Games Now For July 15, 27
• Mayweather Should Decide On Me Or Thurman ' Brooks
• Rivaldo Makes U-turn On Retirement
• Nigeria Is Sleeping Judo Powerhouse ' Ekuta-Ewa
• I Was Not Offered Madrid Job ' Zidane
• 7 Arrested In Italy Match-fixing Probe
• Desperate House-Guys
• Scandalous! Fake Doctor For 9 Years

TRIBUNE

• 5 neighbouring states to join forces to fight criminals
• Ondo begins implementation of residency card July 2
• 60 million people displaced around the world 'UN
• Sea pirates kill police ASP, 3 others in Rivers
• Gang invades Kaduna community
• Why I set up commission of inquiry 'Wike
• Rivers assembly empowers Attorney-General to sue Amaechi over handover note
• Weaknesses in operations of public service hampers service delivery, FG admits
• Reps direct works ministry, NEMA to construct Adamawa bridges
• Ex-reps leader knows fate Friday over electoral loss
• CIS endorses NSE's plan to commence trading in derivatives
• SEC makes preparation for new products in capital market
• Odu'a Investment to increase employment generation capacity
• ICPC/aviation ministry to deploy risk assessors to Int'l Airport
• We didn't embezzle funds at Yabatech 'Babatope
• Dogara loyalists move against Gbajabiamila 'As South South caucus rejects deputy whip
• Dogara moves to cut 90 House standing committees 'Backs merger of EFCC, ICPC
• Senate positions: APC senators in near fisticuffs 'Fail to elect Senate leader, others
• Saraki appoints chief of staff, media adviser
• FG, states, LGs to share N409bn next week
• NLC accuses Ajaero, Aremu of 'criminal impersonation
• Buhari to visit Cameroon after Ramadan for talks on Boko Haram
• 36 states, FCT owing N658bn
• Suicide bomber kills many in market in Yobe
• Court warns AGF, NDLEA against Kashamu's extradition
• Stop giving excuses, PDP tells Buhari
• I am homeless, going blind, says Lari Williams, veteran actor
• Buhari okays lifeline for states, names Osinbajo to head committee
• Boko Haram kills 26, injures 20 in Borno
• Why I continued projects abandoned by Amaechi 'Wike
• Nobody imposed Obasa on us as Speaker 'Olulade
• The recent Ekiti doctors' strike

THE NATION

• Cash crisis: Buhari vows to recover stolen billions
• $2.078b in Excess Crude Account
• National Assembly: Oyegun writes Saraki, Dogara on APCs position
• Court refuses Kashamus application to jail NDLEA chairman
• Senate to review own budget, says Saraki
• EFCC arraigns two for hacking into Enterprise Banks database
• Standing firm amid financial storm
• APC Senators yet to agree on caucus leaders
• Presidents fund recovery drive: a stitch in time.
• Amaechi left handover notes, says ex-Commissioner
• Odua to focus on manufacturing, says GMD
• Common tariff may affect imports of textiles, furniture
• Insurers lose over N60b to fake motor policy
• SEC chief promises to create products to woo investors
• EFCC arraigns two for hacking into Enterprise Banks database
• Unilevers N43b tender offer closes tomorrow
• Right footsteps for right returns
• Teachers besiege Maltina Teacher of the Year website
• Institute inducts fellows
• Rand is double-edged sword for South Africa
• Unconscionable pay
• Military rascality
• Aliko vs. Arsenals long juju
• The Gusau Institute: the new kid on the block
• Our Girls; Educare Trust@21; President Buhari: We need a Youth Centre in every ward, Pls
• APC, softly, softly
• What difference can 8th House make
• My administration ll make a difference

DAILY TIMES

• Edo Community Protests Oil Spill on Farmlands
• OPC Wreck Havoc at Alabeko Estate, Ajah -Stab Three, Destroy Houses
• Anambra NUJ Scribe Laid to Rest
• DailyTimes Newspaper for Wednessday, 24th June, 2015
• Saraki Clears Air on Fat Pay for NASS Members
• FG Loses Billions of Naira Daily through Illegal Fast Track at Apapa, Tin Can Ports - Investigation
• Gunmen Kill Lord's Chosen Pastor in Lagos
• Buhari Is Nigeria's Hope for Progress ' Kwara Gov
• NUPENG Wants FG Probe Activities of Cautions Nigeria Immigration
• APC Stakeholders Condemn Call for Lasun's Resignation
• Delta tribunal decides Okowa fate next Tuesday
• Umahi Nominates Senator, Ex-Reps as Commissioners
• Lagos Assembly to Investigate Death of Fire Fighter
• Edo Zoological Garden Mgt Raises the Alarm over Encroachment
• Harvard University Honours Kingsley Kuku
• District Head, LG Official Docked for Assault in Kaduna
• Police Ban Two Teenagers for Gay Acts in Bauchi
• Ex-Ajimobi's Aide Urges Patience with African Currency
• Bayelsa to Train 430 Youths in Tourism, Hospitality
• Be Change Agents, FCTA Charges Corps Members
• Okorocha vs 40 monarchs: Court fixes July 8 for hearing
• Benin Airport Closure: Arik Air Increases Frequency on Warri Route
• Shippers' Council Boss Seeks Cooperation among Stakeholders

NATIONAL MIRROR

• Dwindling allocation: Ogun assures workers on welfare
• $330,000 fraud: Rosulu denies allegations
• Light aircraft allowed at Benin Airport -FAAN
• Quit complaining and perform, PDP tells Buhari
• Suspected pirates kill four policemen in Rivers
• CBN excludes 40 items from forex market
• 8 APC governors demand Oyegun's resignation
• Buhari meets govs, vows to recover stolen money
• APC senators fight over principal offices
• Military commences checkpoints removal
• A man's excuses over sale of own child
• APC group rejects calls for Lasun's resignation
• Benue SSG pledges service devoid of fraud
• 2015 poll: Ex-Reps Majority Leader knows fate Friday
• SDP to Niger gov: Launch poverty quick fixes now
• Itsekiri youths settle differences, affirm Tonwe as INYC president
• Al-Makura hits the ground running in Nasarawa
• Ganduje: The developments, the challenges
• Okowa sends commissioner-nominees to Assembly
• Commissionership: Kwara APC calls for open nominations
• Baba-Ali mourns ex-Kogi MILAD, Afakiriya
• Here come the rains again!
• FG should provide insurance cover for trauma victims 'Sough
• Sanofi introduces new anti-hypertensive treatment
• Health benefit of soya beans
• Foundation supports less privileged with health insurance
• WHO warns of possible Ebola comeback in Liberia
• Lagos goes pink for breast cancer
• Deepening quality in Nigerian films
• VOICES: The change we need in Nollywood (2)
• FAR AND NEAR: Warri Carnival 2015 holds November
• AMAA 2015 moves to South Africa
• Chevron to sell interests in two offshore acreages
• Expert canvasses need-based business devt to remodel society
• Nigeria cuts oil prices as market defi es analysts' projections
• We increased dock workers' salaries to boost productivity, says STOAN
• Infiltration by workers caused NAPSAS dispute ' Says Perm Sec
• India, China to drive energy demand ' BP
• Nigeria's facility mgt market's value less than $1bn 'TFML boss
• Assets Declaration should be done professionally 'Adedeji
• Experts link economy's under-performance to decaying infrastructure
• Airtel stops sale of base stations to Helios Towers
• Keshi to NFF: Stop distracting me with gossip
• AAG 2015: Taekwondo body floats seminar
• Enyeama shuns NFF disciplinar y committee
• Organisers unveil Konamii Season 3
• Ezeonwuka hails Obiano, tasks athletes on facility