Today's Newspaper Headlines : Wednesday, August 05, 2015

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PUNCH

• APC begs monarchs to evade justice PDP
• Igbo should play opposition for 10 years Igbokwe
• Metuh not on Ondo govt payroll, says PDP
• Akpabio unhappy with AIbom gov over US trip
• Its cold being in the opposition Metuh
• Akiodes Hope 4 Girls camp begins Aug. 6
• New betting platform to provide employment
• While awaiting Buharis cabinet
• Ezekwesili and Nigerias heroes and heroines
• Towards safety on Nigerian roads
• Amaechi, el-Rufai and fixation on Jonathan
• Buharis American photo op
• Contractor sues FG over Jonathans N9.2bn stoves
• Senate confirms CDS, service chiefs
• Major oil firm, MRS, owes FCMB N6.2bn
• Locust swarms plague southern Russia
• Mimiko sacks aides
• Dont underrate Swaziland, Djibouti, Adepoju warn Eagles
• Ekweremadu leads Lawan, others to Adawawa on Thursday
• Mimiko sacks aides
• Key Taliban official quits over naming of new leader
• Italian police smash drug ring after disco shutdown
• Ogun sex workers protest colleagues death, hold procession
• Yakasai flays South-East exclusion from NASS leadership

VANGUARD

• War Against Insurgency: Boko Haram begs for dialogue
• Landlord, wife arrested for tenant's death over quit notice
• Lagos lawyer sues Buhari over inadequate fuel supply
• Need to enhance businesses to lift citizens from poverty
• Family of nine killed in Lagos gas explosion buried in Anambra
• N26bn debt: DISCOs disconnect police, military barracks, others
• Urhobo ex-agitators laud Buhari, congratulate Boroh
• The Cloud Around Amina Zakari
• A building contractor's liability and a structural engineer's liability (2)
• Dangote commissions $400m cement, coal plants in Zambia
• Kachikwu's appointment as new NNPC GMD, change people had been clamouring for ' Stakeholders
• Revisiting our cradle, rebuilding our nation: The place of ethics and values in national rebirth
• Restoring the dignity, integrity of public service
• DESOPADEC Law: The real issues
• Celebrating Nigerian genius, Victor Olalusi, in Russian Medical University
• Saving the economy, PMB at cross roads
• Inadequate data sourcing, storage bane of Nigeria's economic woes ' IIM boss
• 2015 Imagine Cup: Take your innovation to next level, Microsoft CEO tells tech students
• Digital Africa: 'It's Africa's turn to rule the world
• No digital migration without relevant legislation ' XinXing Pang
• Stop exporting first class brains, task them on local tech growth ' Bindir urges FG
• Don't let 'digital money' make you broke
• How to build social media oriented purchase funnel
• Intel flags off developer zone at IDDN 2015
• We must beat Tanzania, Oliseh vows
• Enyimba target 7th league title
• Armed robbers attack Giwa
• OAUTHC set to hosts NISONMC
• AAG: Igali promises to deliver 6 gold medals
• No mercy for Giwa FC' Onyeali
• Akiga launches football Academy in Makurdi
• Oliseh, Super Eagles coach eager to prove critics wrong
• Coal City Babes FC declares 6 players missing
• Marriage is a beautiful experience ' Paul Okoye
• Day I drove car in only pant and bra ' Empress Sosanya
• I don't really enjoy sex, I prefer romance
• Iyanya, Chidinma other past winners unite as Project Fame 8 takes off
• Who is the best music youngster of the streets: Korede Bello, Kiss Daniel, Lil Kesh or Reekado Banks
• P-square, others top list of 2nd edition of AFRIMMA in Dallas
• 2Face, Faze reunite at Makurdi Music Star Trek
• Robber barons: Nigeria's economic and political scourge
• Rise of police brutality: 8-month pregnant lady beaten, loses baby
• Arms and the Nigerian Army
• Heart disease: Unhealthy lifestyles put youth at risk
• Intensive care: We can save Nigerians!
• New York's largest Legionnaires outbreak kills seven
• Obesity: Why you might get fatter while eating less
• Lagos under siege of beggars; 2,217 sent for rehabilitation

TRIBUNE

• Rot in NNPC: Corporation failed to remit N2.5trn in 10 years 'Report
• FG ready for Ebola resurgence
• Why banks reject dollar deposits 'CBN
• FG will no longer tolerate illegal mining activities
• Alleged forgery of Senate standing order: Court threatens to nullify police report
• Aregbesola: Solanke, Sagay want Oloyede sacked
• Buhari moves to end piracy in film industry
• Ogun Assemby approves Amosun's loan restructuring into FG bond
• Police whisk away Channels TV cameraman from tribunal venue
• Security men arrest 25 UNIJOS, College of Forestry students for cultism
• IGP apologises for personnel high-handedness
• Metuh, others not on our pay roll 'Ondo PDP
• A'Ibom indigenes in Cameroun raise the alarm over insecurity
• I don't owe Diamond or any bank 'Dabiri
• Another kidnappers' den found in Oyo, victim rescued
• UPDATED: New NNPC boss promises to achieve Buhari's goal for oil industry
• English Premier League out with new offside rule
• Police take over PDP national secretariat
• Nigerians turn to bureaux de change as banks reject dollar deposits
• Senate confirms service chiefs, urges them to tackle insecurity, oil theft
• Cameroon expels 3,000 Nigerians over Boko Haram
• Mimiko sacks Senior special assistants, special assistants
• US Congressional delegates pledge support for Nigeria against Boko Haram
• UPDATED: Buhari names new NNPC, NCC bosses
• Buhari names new NNPC GMD
• Buhari dusts up 1920 report to avert drying up of Lake Chad
• Buhari seeks Senate approval for $75 million loan for Edo
• Boko Haram members have offered to dialogue with FG, says NGO
• Eagles must win in Tanzania 'Oliseh
• World Cup qualifiers: Swaziland, Djibouti can give Eagles headache 'Adepoju
• Dream Team is future Super Eagles 'James Peters
• Dream Team returns, goes on break
• PDP vs workers: The unanswered questions
• el-Rufai isn't bigger than me 'Sen Sani
• Nobody can rubbish Jonathan's record 'Nwosu
• The planned ban on ogogoro
• South Sudan to unveil own plan to end conflict
• Police investigate British ex-PM in child abuse claims
• Turkish couple holds wedding buffet in refugee camp
• Presidential election: First Republican aspirants debate holds Thursday
• Greek stock market suffers 2nd day of losses
• Ban Ki-moon commends Obama's climate proposal
• Delta communities to remain in darkness until ...
• Tension mounts in Rivers community over cult activities
• NDDC MD: It's our turn, Ondo monarchs claim
• Stakeholders decry non-implementation of CAPMI
• Naira devaluation: FG loses N1.04bn daily to forex differentials on petrol importation
• Experts advocate solution to fuel subsidy crisis
• FG urged to compel oil companies on employment
• Exxon, Chevron bracing for dark times ahead as oil slump lingers

THE NATION

• Recover stolen oil money, Buhari tells NNPC boss
• Six-hour traffic jam as tanker smashes three cars in Lagos
• Boko Haram 'seeks talks with govt
• Police take over PDP's national secretariat
• Senate clears Buratai, others as Service chiefs
• Ambode goes tough on traffic robbers, street hawkers
• How NNPC should be reformed, by institute
• Buhari sacks Dawha as GMD NNPC
• Solanke, Sagay scold judge seeking Aregbesola's removal
• The man Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu
• Dangote Cement inaugurates $400m plant in Zambia
• NERC reads riot act to DISCOs over electricity allocation rejection
• Fed Govt orders companies to submit EPR plans
• NESREA raises alarm over harmful pesticides' use
• NAICOM orders IGI to engage auditing firm
• Why PAAR was introduced, by Customs chief
• Dollar rejection: importers divert funds to neighbouring countries
• Kenya's East African Breweries to defend Tanzania investment, FY profit jumps
• Vague project ideas bane of MSMEs
• Why counterfeiting thrives in ports, by SON
• Deeper in the mire
• Another wayward deal
• A question of bread and butter
• My mid-year resolution
• Our Girls; BBC/CNN; IDPs VSF; Ebola V:CSR; Film Flop: Nonsense@NASSty -75% cut'; T/ Wardens
• Ile-Ife: Tradition Vs Modernity (1)
• Why I deserve APC ticket
• PDP must be sacked from power in Ekiti, says former Speaker

THISDAY

• Okowa: Implementation of National Health Act will Reduce Capital Flight
• Taylor: Affordable Broadband, My Topmost Priority
• LASG Shuts 40 Religious Houses, Industries, Clubs
• IMF: Nigeria's Financial Penetration Rate Still Low
• Recapitalisation: 15 Operators Move to Reclassify, Merge Operations
• Nigeria's PMI Dwindles as Macro Headwinds Bit Harder
• Lemo Canvasses Efficiency in Tax Regime in Nigeria
• Akwa Ibom Engages New Revenue Consultant
• Caverton Posts N11.9 Billion Revenue in Six Months
• NNPC: Refineries to Operate at 90% Capacity after TAM
• US Legislator: Nigeria's Military Needs Training, Not Arms
• MDAs Owe Six Discos N31bn
• Archbishop of Lagos Lauds Buhari for Rejecting Same-sex Unions
• FG Reads Riot Act to Illegal Miners
• Duke Headlines The Interview Roll-out
• El-Rufai: We're Recovering Illegally Acquired Land Not Demolishing Houses
• 25 Students of Unijos Arrested for Cultism
• Murder: APC Begging Fayose to Spare Members from Prosecution, Says PDP
• Dangote Opens Zambian Cement Plant, Says Four More to Come in 2015
• Unity Bank Debtors' List: Ex-Works Minister, Arise Threaten Legal Action
• Labour Party NWC Meets, Vows to Resist Take over by NLC
• Amaechi, APC are Corrupt, PDP Insists
• PDP Moves to End Face-off with Workers Vows to reorganise party
• Borno Elders Want Jonathan, Others Questioned over Badeh's Revelations
• PDP, APGA Row at Joint Inspection of Election Materials
• Osun PDP Dismisses Claims by Solanke, Sagay on Justice Oloyede
• Buhari Seeks Senate's Nod for Edo to Borrow $75m from World Bank
• Buhari Govt will Tackle Insecurity, Ensure Enabling Environment for Businesses
• Bad Debtors Owe FCMB, Ecobank Nigeria N23 Billion
• Access Bank Unveils Promo for Women
• Why Osun Govt Has Kept Mum on Ooni
• Hero Plans to Expand to Nigeria, Argentina, Mexico
• CDC: FG Prepared for Resurgence of Ebola
• Afrik Pharmaceuticals Plans 600m Shares Special Placing
• Drug Trafficking: Fashion Designer Excretes 44 Wraps of Cocaine
• EDC to Hold SME Conference
• Seplat Petroleum Seeks Domestic Energy Security
• CCNN Pays N260m to Resettle Three Communities in Sokoto
• Kachikwu Takes over as GMD NNPC, Danbatta is CEO of NCC
• Senate Confirms Appointment of Service Chiefs
• Again, Naira Weakens to N229/$ as Dealers Hold on to USD
• The Cell Phone Turns 40
• Seven Killed, 20 Kidnapped in Boko Haram Attack in Cameroun
• Testing The Nigeria ' US Relations
• PDP BoT Meeting: Dickson's Candidature will Spell Doom for PDP, Opponents Warn
• Oliseh: Tanzania Must Fall in Dar es Salaam
• Dream Team Back, Goes on One-week Break
• Egbe Hails Buhari over All Africa Games Fund
• All African Games: Nigerian Army Wrestlers Win Gold, Bronze
• Armed Robbers Attack Giwa FC in Okigwe
• Pinnick Reiterates Zero Tolerance for Hooliganism
• Ghanaian Players Win Big at Lagos Gaming Contest
• Dstv League: NBBF Hammers Three Referees

DAILY TRUST

• Buhari names new heads for NNPC, NCC
• Bunkering is outright stealing ' Obasanjo
• Buhari appoints Kachikwu as NNPC boss
• The 2015 tertiary schools admission controversy
• Security operatives take over PDP headquarters
• APC govs must restore integrity of local councils ' Shagaya
• Labour Party secretariat too
• Conmen impersonate APC Nat vice chair
• Jonathan favoured Ijaws, sidelined other Niger Deltans - Group
• Tribunal: Lawyer fails to block forensic report in C'River
• Plateau to reduce commissioners
• More aspirants pick Kogi APC gov forms
• Speaker wants Jos North secretariat relocated
• PDP urged to embrace constructive criticism
• Before Boko Haram is driven out of business
• Aminu Saleh: a tribute
• The Gulf between Cecil the Cat and Black lives
• Lafarge-Holcim merger takes root in Nigerian cement market
• Computerised vehicle testing is here to stay ' Director, FCT DRTS
• Woman injured, goods destroyed as bus crashed into Kubwa market
• We are tired of relying on other communities
• Shapkete community solicits basic amenities
• Kuje community seeks repair of destroyed school
• Residents urge Al-Makura to complete Mararaba road project
• Deliver on your campaign promises, rural dwellers urge govt
• FCT farmers count losses despite NiMET predictions
• How govt loses millions of dollars annually to faulty water policy
• FG, varsities collaborate to inject new skill in water sector
• UNDP provides solar power for 5 FCT communities
• My mid-year resolution
• Firms' half-year profits dip as oil price remains low
• NCC: At last, the axe falls on Juwah
• NNPC: Dawha caught up in oil mess
• Forging strong aviation regulator
• Tax payment made easy
• FG, states owe Discos N31bn electricity debt since 2013
• NAICOM slams restriction order on IGI, UnityKapital
• Dankwambo injects N2bn on MFBs to boost SMEs
• Private sector role critical to economy ' NIPC
• Auto policy: Osinbajo assures local industries of FG's support
• Oliseh: Eagles must win in Dar es Salaam
• Why I didn't reply my critics ' Manu
• Echiejile poised for loan move away from Monaco
• Left back Elderson Echiejile is on the verge of a loan move away from AS Monaco, Goal has exclusively gathered.
• NBBF suspends three referees from Dstv League
• Abia Warriors capture Ayaya
• Why I didn't reply my critics - Manu

NATIONAL MIRROR

• We won't tolerate attacks on police stations 'IGP
• Buhari sacks NNPC, NCC heads, appoints Kachikwu, Danbatta as replacements
• NUT rejects JAMB's cut off marks
• Boko Haram seeks dialogue with FG 'CCC
• Alleged forgery: Court can't stop probe of Saraki, Ekweremadu 'IGP
• FG, states owe Discos N31bn electricity bill since 2013
• Commence screening of Service Chiefs
• Police nab 595, convict 332 persons for cultism
• Customs generate N5.89bn in four months in Oyo
• Reps to probe Benin Electricity Company
• HRW urges probe into alleged ill-treatment of Gaddafi son
• Buhari as the West's new bride
• Usman, Ali in trouble over Jonathan's campaign funds
• NASS crisis: Buhari's intervention in order 'Jimoh
• Orkar's brother charges security on post-election violence in Benue
• Delta Assembly suspends council chair
• Metuh, others not on Ondo payroll 'PDP
• Kogi 2015: Abatemi-Usman obtains APC guber form
• PDP's long walk to ignominy
• POWER HOUSE: Nigerian Army and the punishment of troops
• Gradian introduces universal anaesthetic machine for safe surgery
• Breastfeeding, beneficial to child's survival 'LSMOH
• JOHESU condemns Buhari's health reform move
• Breast milk has enough water for babies
• Nutrition for people with cancer
• Sensitisation, key to defeating hepatitis ' AMLSN
• Revealed: Why some women have male features!
• FAR AND NEAR: Africa Meets Reggae holds November
• Enthusiasm heightens for NFFG
• VOICES: Performing arts in conflict environment
• Towards a befitting 2015 Osun-Osogbo Festival
• ARTISTE UNCENSORED: I am a great fan of Bollywood 'Kelly Ede
• Morocco strategises to host AFRIMA
• Gulf carriers redefining aviation market 'Air France/KLM Director
• Counting gains, losses of AGOA's implementation in Nigeria 14 years after
• Over 10% South Africans live below poverty line 'Report
• World Bank approves $700m for Ghana's energy transformation
• Fuel scarcity lingers in Lagos, environs
• Stakeholders proffer solutions to pipeline vandalism, oil theft
• Capital oil intensifies moves to curb products' diversion
• ExxonMobil generates $4.2bn in Q2, 2015
• Shippers Council forecloses extra levy on proposed CTN
• Worldwide tablet sales drop in Q2
• Olympics ouster: Onigbinde makes case for Falcons

DAILY TIMES

• Lawmaker engages 800 youths in agric training to curb illegal migration
• Appraising Obama's African visit
• Dust up 1920 Report to check receding Lake Chad, Buhari orders FME
• Boko Haram kill 9, abduct dozens from Cameroon
• Embassy official 'll accompany Ooni's remains to Nigeria ' Official
• Kachikwu takes over NNPC .Danbatta now NCC helmsman
• Boko Haram: Cameroun deports 3000 Nigerians in trucks
• It's wrong to exclude South East from NASS leadership, says Yakassai
• 8 ways to make your pedicure last
• Fashion and Style for Wednesday for Life and Times
• Buhari seeks Senate's approval nod for $75m World Bank Loan for Edo
• Rising unemployment in Nigeria
• Global Entrepreneurship Summit: How Nigeria can benefit
• Importers shun Onne, take cargo to nearby countries
• NIMASA Acting DG approves Directors' redeployment
• LAST COVER
• Buhari revokes Juwah's tenure renewal, appoints Danbatta new NCC helmsman
• Ghanaian players shine at Lagos gaming contest
• NPFL status not over for Taraba
• Nnabue defends Saviour's move to KVO
• Pinnick, Oliseh in London for exploratory meetings
• FirstBank, EDC boost awareness, access to resources for SMEs
• INSURANCE PAGES
• Niger Insurance Gross Premium surge 5.95%
• Royal Exchange announces N9.43bn gross premium for 2014
• AU Agenda 2063: PenCom canvasses investment of pension funds within Africa
• NAICOM gets new Commissioner for Insurance
• Staco Insurance declares N138m as 2014 PBT
• Compulsory Insurance: Operators tasks security agencies on implementation framework
• Global fashion and beauty news for Wednesday for Life and Times
• How safe is it to have a pension plan in Nigeria

THE SUN

• Labour and the clamour for wage increase
• WAEC's deadline to debtor states
• Power sharing: Accomodate S'East, Yakasai tells FG
• Imo Assembly to deliberate in Igbo
• Delta guber: Tribunal dismisses APC, O'tega's motions for time extension
• Nigeria needs honest leaders to develop, says Ogun HoS
• APGA, PDP clash, at election petition tribunal
• ALL AFRICA GAMES: NSC targets medal haul from weightlifting, taekwondo
• Enyimba loses Ayaya to Warriors
• NPFL: Pinnick spits fire against hooliganism
• AFCON QUALIFIER: I must win in Dar es Salaam ' Oliseh
• Chronic debtors:Dabiri-Erewarefutes owing Diamond Bank N122m
• No more naira devaluation 'CBN
• Danbatta replaces NCC's Juwah
• Why NNPC chief got the boot
• BOOK REVIEW: A Trade of Shame-Our Embassies, Dash Collectors
• Jos gas explosion: cylinders to be destroyed, area residents relocated
• Armed robbers who terrorize motorists in Lagos traffic caught
• Fake Doctor Draws N17 Million Salary
• Buhari sacks NNPC GMD, appoints ex-Exxon-Mobil boss, Kachikwu
• Panic in Bayelsa community over oil spill
• Prove Ooni is alive, residents task Ife traditional chiefs
• Live above board, Saraki tells CDS, service chiefs
• Senate: Justice Ministry writes police over forgery allegations
• Behold the madame who lures Nigerian girls into Dubai sex trade
• Buhari: Two months after (II)
• Buhari: Change makers on 'honeymoon

GUARDIAN

• Conspiracy against Aregbesola will fail, says Reps member
• HoS urges Nigerians to uphold positive values and ethic
• judgment on petition against Kashamu's election
• Gas revolution key to Nigeria's electricity need
• What is Customer Service
• Omatek canvasses solar technology adoption in Nigeria
• Capital oil, marketers trade blame over sharp practices
• Buhari seeks N'Assembly's approval to facilitate Edo's N14.7b loan
• Boko Haram reaches out, may be ready to negotiate
• Kachikwu is NNPC's new MD, Danbatta heads NCC
• Senate confirms service chiefs, urge them to tackle insecurity, oil theft
• Dangote to double Zambia cement investment to $900m
• Inspector-General of Police apologises to Nigerians for his men's misconducts
• Boko Haram members want to dialogue with FG, says CCC
• Okada rider in court for assaulting colleague`s daughter
• Buhari appoints Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the GMD of NNPC, Danbatta to lead NCC
• Mother, three children die in their sleep in Imo
• NIBS launches ultimate degree forbusiness leaders
• Notorious suspected robber arrested in A'Ibom
• FRSC prosecutes 537 truck drivers arrested on Lagos-Ibadan Highway
• Delta police arrest 26-year-old man for stealing toddlers
• S'Sudan to unveil own plan to end conflict
• Egypt urges Africa to unite against terrorism
• How Africa can develop ' Osinbajo
• UK targets migrants' landlords as more attempt entry
• Anti-Houthi forces recapture Yemen's largest army base
• Rehabilitation begins on Ikotun-Ejigbo road
• LAFROGRAMS Class of '95 reunites, donates to alma mater
• Former education commissioner tasks youths on reputation, character
• Weeds, debris clog Ladipo canal
• Kebbi gov's wife charges women on exclusive breastfeeding
• Kaduna residents worried over El-Rufai's threat to demolish illegal structures
• Osinbajo visits IDPs, assures of govt assistance
• Benue to establish community-based centres for drug addicts
• Cattle thieves fleeing to Plateau from STF assault
• Women group tasks FG over gender-friendly agric policies
• Cambium network unveils wireless solution
• How MainOne boosts W/Africa's ICT devt
• Coolink debuts on Rack Centre
• BIS student to represent Nigeria at ICT competition
• Airtel excites customers with unliminet bundle
• BICSI Nigeria plans stakeholders' forum on ICT for devt
• Expert tasks entrepreneurs on new trends
• Why cyber security should be priortised in Nigeria
• Cheap smartphones to take over markets
• ISPON urges banks to invest in tech startups
• Buhari is backsliding
• Of symbolisms and Buhari's substance
• Driving desirable 'change' in power sector
• When Abuja's 'gunmen' delay the President's men (1)
• Battle for Yenagoa's Creek Haven
• Loving, giving and caring
• TTW Summer workshop back with 8th edition