Today's Newspaper Headlines : Thursday, July 02, 2015

Good morning and welcome to the news, headlines from various national newspapers across the country is ready this Thursday morning for your reading pleasure. Read, enjoy and have a nice working day.

VANGUARD

• APC crises: Buhari heads peace moves, meets aggrieved groups
• 70-yr-old, baby among rape survivors treated in Lagos'MIRABEL
• Buhari repositioning Nigeria for greatness 'APC chieftain
• Lagos Tribunal dismisses Agbaje's petition against Ambode
• Lagos gets $200m World Bank credit
• N12trn debt profile worsens Nigeria's woes
• Niger to probe illegal deduction of civil servants' salaries
• Naira depreciates to N230/dollar in parallel market
• Buhari has no personal relationship with Zakari, Presidency tells PDP
• Cutting Cost Of Governance
• APC and the other side of merger
• NASS crisis: The bigger picture
• APC must drop propaganda language now it's in government ' Monye
• Nigeria loses N59.6bn to pipeline vandalism ' NNPC
• Innoson debunks allegation of indebtedness to GTB
• Nigerian, Greek shipowners sign MoU on vessels acquisition
• The quest to rebuild NANS: A tribute to Emma Ezeazu
• APC: Of the voice of Jacob and hidden hands
• AAG: Athletes to camp in Lagos, Abuja
• Cote d'Ivoire job: Taribo defends Keshi
• Mba moves to Turkey
• Hayatou to present trophy at Women's W/Cup
• AAG: Igali raises alarm over lack of competitions
• Onazi apologises to NFF, appeals $5,000 fine
• Football: I'm not corrupt, insists Blatter
• Davido, Yemi Alade, others to perform at MTV Africa Awards 2015
• Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner announce plans to divorce
• WizKid, Yemi Alade, Fuse ODG snub BET TV Awards in Los Angeles
• Significance of Azinge appointment as member of Commonwealth Arbitral Tribunal
• Experts advocate e-waste laws in West Africa
• Ogogoro don dey sour' but its ban is not a remedy (1)
• Most Rev. Josiah Idowu-Fearon: Commitment to inter-faith peace
• Exporting' terrorists to Anambra
• Expert blames poor education of challenged children on parents
• Okebukola lists measures for safety in schools
• We made vehicle body parts from agric wastes ' Okonkwo
• On the trail of Covenant varsity's first class graduates
• ERC commiserates with OOU students
• A mind-full of peace in a troubled world
• Realistic university tuition: Matters arising (3)
• Institutions should focus knowledge application ' Webster President
• Autism: Awareness will demystify cultural beliefs ' EXPERTS
• Civil service and governance in Nigeria: Issues and possible solutions
• World Environment Day: Stakeholders ponder in Africa's largest mega city

PUNCH

• National carrier: Joda committee recommends merger of airlines
• Implementation of 35% levy on used cars stalled
• Arco's suit against Agip adjourned till Oct 2
• It's possible to install meters within 24 hours
• Electricity: Customers lament Discos' excessive billing
• Defective airbags: CPC issues ultimatum to Toyota, others
• Avoiding career choices that just don't 'pay
• Adjust your finances to offset inflation
• 253 DSS officials redeployed from Aso Rock
• Fani-Kayode changes name
• We won't pay staff schools workers' salaries again ' FG
• Elections conducted by Jega credible, says TMG
• Suicide bombers attack hospital as Osinbajo visits Borno
• No cake to share, Umahi tells commissioners
• Stop playing politics after elections, Ekweremadu tells APC
• PDP rejects new INEC boss, Zakari, alleges hidden agenda
• The challenge of change
• Dear Mr President, 30 days is no joke
• Fiscal crisis: Lets reduce wages by 50%
• Europe, Africa and the elephant
• Essential communication tools for every business enterprise
• Twitter community battles NEMA over post on IDPs
• Jega out, Zakari steps in
• ICM outlines opportunities in forex trading
• FCMB opens new branch in Lagos
• CBN to sell N50.4bn Treasury bills
• Oil slump: Expert expects further naira devaluation soon
• The many lies about Buhari
• Samsung, NLNG train more Nigerians as ship builders
• Hope dims for LNG projects as competition thickens
• Stanbic IBTC emerges best mutual fund provider
• Vitafoam links capacity building to sustained growth
• Market capitalisation sheds N203bn as investors dump shares
• Why Buhari must attend FfD summit
• El-Rufai's example on religious sponsorship
• Robbers strangle driver in Lagos gardens
• Five to appear in court for killing DPO
• LASTMA moves against gridlock
• 13,477 cooperative societies operating illegally in Lagos
• Tribunal dismisses Agbajes petition against Ambodes election
• Petrol sells for N500 per litre in Anambra
• Egbin power plant now generates 1,000MW
• World Bank approves N39.4bn loan for Lagos
• Naira falls to 230, dollar supply dries up
• Fayose advises Buhari on anti-graft war
• We wont pay striking judiciary workers, says Oshiomhole
• Court dismisses application to extradite Kashamu
• Be ready to pay taxes, Obiano tells traders
• Crisis: Buhari meets Gbajabiamilia, others
• Rudiments of a medical check-up
• As an African, your salt intake should be minimal
• In Ago Iwoye, mourning is still the word
• Why I collaborated with Tope Alabi 'Goke Bajowa
• NOC celebrates Olympic Day
• Mba joins Malatyaspor
• Blazers sign Aminu for $30m
• Rangers beat Kano Pillars 2-1
• Onazi apologises to NFF

THISDAY

• NAFDAC Seals Warehouse over Unregistered Products, Unhygienic Premises
• Diarrhoea: USAID, SFH Partner to End Scourge
• Ondo: Club Provides Free Medical Test, Treatment for Rural Populace
• MTN Foundation Seeks Inclusive Society for Disabled Persons
• Concept Nova Extends Car Tracker Sale to Offline Retail Space
• Willsher: Broadband Will Help in Attainment of MDGs
• Dominance in Telecoms is No Threat to Business, MTN Insists
• Police: 90% of Motor Insurance Certificates Possessed by Motorists are Fake
• CWG's Subscription Business Begins to Yield Fruits
• Group Plans Enlightenment Campaign on Cybercrime Act
• Good Morning Nigeria's Boost for Family Ties
• Boat Mishap Claims Six Children
• Umahi Swears in Commissioners, Drops One over Security Report
• Boko Haram: Minimah to Present Medal of Honour to Gallant Officers, Soldiers
• Amnesty International's Report: We Have Nothing to Hide ' Army
• Corruption: Don't Allow Politicians to Hijack Graft War, Fayose Advises Buhari
• Wike Directs Payment of April, May Civil Servants' Salaries
• N8b Currency Scam: Judge Fixes July 10 for Motion to Disqualify Self
• Four Killed, Soldiers Injured as Hostilities Resume in Plateau
• POLITICISATION OF TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS
• A Bull and The Fallen Rider
• Between Buhari and Obama
• Buharis Unnerving Discreetness
• IG Orders Removal of Road Blocks by LG Officials
• Celestial Church Debunks Leadership Controversy
• ANCOPSS Seeks Allocation of 26% of Budget to Education
• Investing in Neglected Tropical Diseases Will Give Nigeria $11.4Billion
• Ondo Residency Card Utilization Takes off Today
• FG Tasked on Primary Health Care Delivery
• Kwara Teachers Threaten to Boycott Classes over Unpaid Salaries
• Investors Raise 500 Million Euros for Calabar Sea Port Project
• Same Sex Marriage is Unlawful in Nigeria, Says Okowa
• Operators Call for Speedy Passage of Courier Regulatory Bill
• ICC: Africa's FDI Still Vulnerable to Economic Crisis
• MainOne to Invest N120bn in IT Infrastructure in 10 Years
• Elumelu Calls for an End to Energy Poverty
• FCMB Opens New Branch
• ETI Rolls out Transition Plan for Ayeyemi
• Legacy Equity Fund Promises Unit Holders More Value Creation
• Delta State: Moving Beyond Oil as Sole Revenue
• How Can Nigeria Best Refill an Empty Treasury
• ActionAid Unveils Report on Corruption, Poverty in Nigeria
• Stakeholders Want Tank Farms Relocated from Apapa
• C'River Erosion Control: World Bank Injects N4 Billion
• Gates Foundation to Partner Nasarawa on Healthcare
• Licensed to Kill
• Nigeria Must Act to Prevent MERS
• King's College PTA Accuses Parents Bad Conduct
• Of Tambuwalism and Buhari's Headaches
• SAP Africa Begins Code Week in Nigeria, Targets 11,000 Schools
• New Cable TV Company Gets Share of Nigerian Market
• Ehimuan-Chiazor: SMEs Need Technological Support

THE SUN

• Ayade's 30-days of legal tango
• Senate Presidency: We should be grateful to PDP, says APC deputy publicity scribe
• My agenda for Oshodi/Isolo, by Nwulu, Reps member
• Bayelsa elders vow to sack PDP
• Bayelsa guber: I've not made up my mind 'Sylva
• Elephants' job latest: Ivorien FA exposes Keshi
• As NSC warns NFF over distraction
• Glo Premier League: Obuh starts on losing note
• Siasia, Amoo task Dream Team VI
• Fuel scarcity returns to Lagos, Abia, Abuja
• Budgeting: World Bank approves $200m for Lagos
• Our problem with GTBank 'Innoson
• Many thought I'll fail 'Prince Nebe, Pharmatex boss
• CWG grows revenue to over $100m
• Court remands suspected killers of ex-FUTA VC
• Ayade seeks death penalty for convicted kidnappers
• Zakari's appointment followed due process ' Presidency
• Greece debt crisis: Alexis Tsipras reportedly backs down
• Buhari may not appoint ministers until September
• Water is the safest, cheapest means of transport ' NIWA
• Economy mismanaged under Okonjo-Iweala ' Oshiomhole
• Army dismisses soldier over armed robbery
• We're not against Kumuyi's crusade 'MASSOB
• Boko Haram: Civil societies slam Amnesty's report
• Kwankwaso vs EFCC: Court rules on motion to stop arrest today
• Bombers attack Maiduguri during VP visit
• Suspected Boko Haram member attacks Civil Defence Corps Officer in Anambra
• Boko Haram: 100 civil societies slam Amnesty report
• Poll suggests 87% of Nigerians support anti-gay laws
• BREAKING NEWS: Money laundry: Femi Fani-Kayode discharged, acquitted
• Salary palaver: Nigerians, what happened
• Is Bukola Saraki a flexible Prince
• Emeka Offor takes fight against river blindness to America
• Tompolo and the election of Okowa
• Buhari's lamentation on 'empty treasury

GUARDIAN

• Investors' wealth depreciates by N203 billion
• GE to sell European private equity financing unit to SMBC
• U.S. stocks rebound, euro falls as Greek deadline looms
• Skye Bank completes integration with Mainstreet system
• Etisalat attracts new customers in reloaded GEM loyalty scheme
• Nigeria: Taking Advantages of Software Development Economic Dynamics
• CSEAN kicks off cyber security awareness campaign, expansion
• Major Puerto Rico investor ready to defend bonds
• Fani-Kayode's acquittal is shocking, says EFCC
• NAFDAC rewards 5 students, 3 schools in Enugu for selfless service
• Anglican cleric commends Buhari for appointing first female INEC chairman
• Bank customers commend CBN for extending BVN registration
• Flood destroys 30 houses, displaces 70 households in Katsina community
• Fayose congratulates Fani-Kayode over court victory
• Fani-Kayode acquitted of fraud charges, changes name to Olukayode after court victory
• Governor Rochas Okorocha members of Imo Assembly service commission
• Cholera outbreak claims 7 persons in Plateau
• Jigawa State constitutes 6-man project intervention committee
• Ambode hails tribunal ruling
• UI workers protest unpaid allowances
• Court may jail managers of NCC property
• Fuel scarcity returns, as marketers ration products
• Okorocha sacks 27 council chiefs
• Kogi elders set agenda for Wada
• DPR shuts two petrol stations in Ilorin
• Ekiti Govt, APC disagree over legacy projects
• Battering of journalist: Lagos NUJ to sue Customs
• How my husband was killed by soldiers
• Cuba becomes first to end mother-to-child HIV transmission
• Liverpool confirm Clyne capture
• Athletics: Injured Bolt heads to see 'world's best doctor
• Gmail gets 'Undo Send'', users can now recall mails
• Don't fall victim of Facebook scammers using Fashola's name
• Lagos resident doctors train policemen
• Drink water only when thirsty to avoid health risks, panel warns
• How grapefruit, orange juice increase skin cancer risk
• Adeyemi varsity SUG gets new exco
• Olagbegi pledges to work towards Nigeria's educational advancement
• NINLAN to award degrees
• Akande urges formulation of practical-based curricula
• Don urges govt to establish teacher education council
• Pro-chancellor institutes N1m anti-corruption essay competition for AAUA staff, students
• Measuring our freedom from want goal
• Failed TCN contract: Question of renewal
• Oil money missing, missing
• Toying with Nigeria's electricity grid
• Fighting indecent dressing
• Hero worshipping must stop
• Buhari and his ministers

LEADERSHIP

• We Will Prioritise Recruiting Nigerian Doctors ' Tambuwal
• Wike Plans To Borrow N100bn Loans In 2 Months ' APC
• NSCDC Partners LECAN To Curb Vandalism In Osun
• Ekiti Judiciary Workers Suspend Strike
• ACF Criticises Akande Over Comment On NASS Crisis
• Governors Yet To Contribute Funds To Victims Of Insurgency
• N7.5bn Diversion: Katsina Assembly C'ttee Grills ALGON Officials, Perm Sec
• Over 184,000 Die Annually From Sugary Drinks Worldwide
• Hajj: Buhari Orders Inter-agency Collaboration To Stop Corrupt Practices
• US Embassy Hails Establishment Of Centre For Crisis Communication
• Comedy No Longer Regarded As Job For Dropouts, Says MC Abbey
• BVN: Remove Barriers From Banks, PWDs Tasks CBN
• Inadequate Gas Supply Is Frustrating NIPP Initiative
• NAICOM Approves Accounts Of 34 Insurance Companies
• Tackling Work Hazards In Mining
• N25bn Suit: Chams Ordered To Enter Arbitration With NIMC
• IPMAN Crisis Worsens As Police Arrest Factional President
• Fitch Assigns BoI AA+ On Credit Performance
• Schneider Promises Cooperation For Power Sector Reform
• Seven Energy Promotes CNG Initiative Among SME's
• Unruly Conduct: Onazi Apologises To NFF
• NPFL Is Work In Progress, NFF Tells LMC
• NPFL Round-up: Sunshine Return To League Summit
• Cech Slams Chelsea 'Hate' Fans
• Benue To Investigate Dwindling Performance, Rot In Lobi Stars FC
• Chelsea Table Improved Bid For Begovic
• Frankly Speaking
• Public Service Day
• Deregulating The Refining Business In Nigeria
• Failed TCN Contract And Question Of Renewal
• AMCON, Delta Steel And Aribisala's Basic Instinct
• Re: el-Rufai: Between Idealism And Political Sensitivity
• Dankwambo's Second Coming In Gombe
• 5 Reasons Why Coke Is Bad For Your Health
• Between BGL's Suspension And SEC's Protection Of Investors' Fund

TRIBUNE

• Mixed reactions trail APC's list of Buhari's achievements
• Buhari not first president to enjoy helipad facility 'Aide
• Wike directs payment of April, May salaries to workers
• Ondo residency card utilisation takes off today
• PDP cancels Kogi ad-hoc ward congresses
• PDP zones National Assembly posts 'Asks members to elect candidates
• Don't leave anti-corruption fight to politicians, Fayose tells Buhari
• Disabled persons decry discrimination in BVN exercise
• Plateau: 6 persons missing, 3 soldiers injured in ambush
• Justice ministry recommends 5 suspects for trial over murder of DPO
• Same sex marriage unlawful in Nigeria 'Okowa
• Akande's statement against North reckless 'ACF
• Police detain ex-lawmaker over death of 14-yr-old girl
• Court grants order to extradite Nigerian to US over fraud charges
• Our lives in danger, UI ASUU tells VC
• Boko Haram: 100 civil societies slam Amnesty Int'l report
• Buhari expresses worries over corruption in hajj, umrah exercises
• Boko Haram: Cameroon releases 84 children in custody for 6 months
• Six school children missing as boat capsizes
• Inspector General bans revenue collection roadblocks by local governments
• Lagos governor hails tribunal ruling dismissing opponent's petition
• 2 suicide bombers accidentally blow selves up at hospital in Borno
• Suspected killers of ex-vice chancellor sent to prison custody
• Tribunal adjourns Case challenging Saraki's victory
• Julius Berger suspends work on Lagos-Sagamu-Ibadan Expressway
• Court dismisses extradition case against Kashamu
• Court frees Fani-Kayode of money laundering charges
• The politics of asset declaration
• PDP lawmakers will provide constructive opposition 'Rep
• APC 'll come out of crisis stronger 'Lagos lawmaker
• FG's termination of pipeline surveillanc contract

THE NATION

• Okonjo-Iweala must state how $2b oil cash was spent
• Bombers strike in Borno
• Six teenagers missing in Lagos canoe accident
• PDP rejects Zakari as Acting INEC chair
• Killers of ex-FUTA VC remanded
• Tribunal dismisses Agbajes petition
• Coalition of civil societies knock AI report on Boko Haram
• Buhari, Gbajabiamila discuss party supremacy
• Fed Govt wont pay salaries of staff schools in tertiary institutions
• Troubled APC-NEC in search of peace
• You can prevent cancer
• Combat skin infections with herbs, good nutrition
• Treachery, like all falsehood, will inevitably collapse
• The other side of Unity Schools
• RCCG donates computers to school
• Book projects and other stories
• UNIOSUN crisis: Dons urge Aregbesola to review recommendations
• How school retains workers, by principal
• Whitesands boys write book
• Applause for e-voting
• Kosofe LGEA rewards pupils, teachers, others
• Mobil invests N900m in Geosciences education
• Foundation expands scope to accommodate more contestants
• How I escaped death, by lone crash survivor
• Checkmating corrupt students leaders
• Ambode to build permanent NYSC camp
• Be prudent, graduate students leaders told
• Medical students advise pupils
• How population affects economic growth, by don
• Campus writers inaugurate exco
• Engineering students build robot
• New DVCs for Kogi varsity
• Dont politicise new varsities, COEASU advises Fed Govt
• Oando downstream explains new structure
• Indigenous refining solution to fuel scarcity
• Protect environment, maximise profit, Emefiele urges agencies
• Lagos secures $200m World Bank loan to improve public finance, investment climate
• TVC to distribute 100,000 Consat satellite decoders
• WTC Abuja: An edifice like no other
• Ughelli power plant eyes 2,200Mw
• Grand Petroleum honours customers
• FHA Mortgage Bank suspends MD over questionable loans, others
• Why housing corporations are not performing
• Jegas legacy of honour
• Why Calabar Port must work
• Fight in the House
• Wike the borrower
• Buharis possible place in history
• Akwa Ibom governor wont be distracted by propaganda
• Power must shift in Kogi
• Who succeeds Oshiomhole in Edo

DAILY TRUST

• Fuel scarcity as marketers demand subsidy payment
• Dogara absent as Buhari meets Gbajabiamila's group
• I am being persecuted for disobeying illegal order from Ex-Justice minister
• Another needless venture in Ondo
• Ekweremadu to APC: Leave me alone
• APC has learnt a lot from N'Assembly leadership crisis
• Only the people's endorsement can stand -gov aspirant
• APC NWC meets ahead tomorrow's NEC meeting
• Buhari's government will be guided by rule of law -Onu
• PDP zones Senate, Reps minority leader to South South
• Kwankwaso did not contest Senate primary
• I don't support slashing salaries of political appointees - Jigawa APC chair
• Nasko's running mate condemns attack on Bello
• Group condemns sack of workers in Taraba
• Ghana: ECOWAS Invests in Human Rights (II)
• Celebrating Nigerian Army at 152
• Buhari, governors and change
• US court rules in favour of Muslim denied job for her hijab
• Teaching, Nigeria's 'profession of last resort
• Osun students elect new leaders
• NSUK da'awa committee holds Ramadan symposium
• Don tasks students to protect their kidneys
• MACOSA exco donates public address system, computer to dept
• Pension administrator donates materials to primary schools
• Why we stopped paying lecturers' allowances ' Rector
• Kebbi gov expresses disappointment over schools decay
• Northern states urged to tackle education emergency
• Initiative supports 300 primary school pupils
• Protest against VIO continues, Dutse office vandalised
• Police nab notorious cattle rustler in Gwagwalada
• Abuja traders seek financial inclusion
• FCTA prosecutes 49 for not renovating houses
• Farmer hacked to death in Kuje
• Rivers gets new liaison officer in Abuja
• Gwagwalada almajiri school yet to take off
• Man commits suicide over failed marriage
• Actors Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner announce plans to divorce
• Naira falls to 230/dollar
• Drop in imports has affected revenue
• Maritime sector can generate N7trn annually ' Experts
• Use of credit cards for transactions may soon be displaced 'Report
• Naspers adds Nigeria, Turkey to 'BRICS
• Stock market lost N238bn in June
• MainOne invests N60bn in broadband infrastructure
• Sunshine return to league summit
• Ideye resumes training with West Brom
• Yobe SWAN, coaches want end to FA crisis
• Ayade cancels Obudu Mountain Race
• Flying Eagles had no reason to fail
• Ex-sports minister wants NFF to sack Keshi
• Supreme Court FC replaces Osho with Osuji

NATIONAL MIRROR

• PDP rejects Zakari as INEC chairman
• Oshiomhole accuses Okonjo-Iweala of manipulating figures
• NEMSA faults NERC on technical inspectors' inauguration
• Workers paralyse activities in UI over unpaid allowances
• IGP orders clampdown on LG revenue collectors on highways
• Osinbanjo visit IDP Camps
• Fani-Kayode freed of money Laundering
• US, Cuba renew diplomatic ties
• Revocation of pipeline protection contracts
• 8th NASS: Leadership crisis and festering wounds
• Ambode happy over reaffirmation of mandate
• Tribunal ruling, miscarriage of justice 'Lagos PDP
• ACF condemns Akande over statement
• Igbo group preaches unity among Nigerians
• Lai Mohammed's 9th Ramadan Lecture holds today
• Group cautions against politicising TETFUND
• Mass sack: Ishaku ignorant of Taraba problems 'Ex ag. Gov Umar
• Bayelsa 2016: Siasia to run on PDP platform
• One in three drug users is a woman 'UNODC
• Compound adjectives
• FUTA student to represent Africa in Microsoft contest
• Okebukola proffers solution to insurgency
• UNICAL VC's job: I'm a better candidate
• Let TETFund concentrate on select schools
• FUNAAB VC calls for attitudinal change among student leaders
• Get involved in politics, medical students told
• Akure students honour benefactor
• Whitesands School grooms creative students
• No room for indiscipline in Ogun schools 'Commissioner
• Refining the art of photography in Nigeria
• Core investor targets 2,200MW at Ughelli Power Plant
• Does advertising influence buying habit
• Colgate, most patronised brand globally ' Report
• Malfunctioning websites hamper MDAs' e-governance dividends to citizens
• Science, Technology Park: FG to attract foreign investors
• OAAN President lists outdoor advertising challenges
• Investors lose 21bn in bearish trading
• Nigeria's crude oil export up by 60,000bp/d in June 'Report
• AfDB forecasts huge investments in Africa's cocoa sector
• Finacle Core tops banking transactions