*Dailies Headlines* *Tues , 20 June 2017* ***HIGH POINT: *Lagos APC primaries and cries of imposition* *Navy Captain charged with N90m f...
*Dailies Headlines*
*Tues , 20 June 2017*
***HIGH POINT:
*Lagos APC primaries and cries of imposition*
*Navy Captain charged with N90m fraud*
*Benue PDP alleges attack on supporter, destruction of party billboards by APC thugs*
*15 policemen escaped death as herdsmen attack Falae's farm again*
*Angry residents protest power cut*
*Partners say NPower successful in Delta, seek extension*
*NASA discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanets*
*Edo to absolve select N-Power volunteers into state civil service*
*CJN Onnoghen warns judges against use of technicalities to obstruct justice*
*LG primaries crisis: We will wait for Tinubu to return-Aggrieved parties tell APC reconciliatory c'ttee*
*Why Osun sealed banks, schools, others ' OIRS Ag. Chair, Bicci Alli*
*52.3% voters in Kogi West endorse Dino Melaye's recall*
*Kidnapped Ondo APC Chieftain Olumide Odimayo found dead*
*Alleged N400m fraud: Metuh writes DSS to allow Dasuki to testify as witness*
*‘Nigerians in UK parliament’*
*One dies, four injured as traders clash in FCT*
*Lagos, Ogun pupils, teachers’ alleged kidnappers face trial today*
*Kung fu kicks: Chinese company says victim injured self*
*Lagos pupils’ abduction: We now count on God, say parents*
*Collapsed wall kills nine-year-old pupil*
*Rape victim slashes attacker’s manhood with razor*
*Kaduna-Abuja Expressway: Police parade abductors of five students*
*OAU student drowns in swimming pool*
*Court dismisses Metuh’s application for stay of proceedings*
*EFCC accuses ex-naval captain of N90m fraud*
*Two killed in Rivers traders, task force clash*
*Buhari’s utterances emboldened anti-Igbo campaigners, says Fayose*
*Amaechi angry because they call me Mr. Project – Wike*
*Female suicide bombers attack Borno, kill 17*
*Newspaper publishers still bitter over Dasuki loot – EFCC*
*C’River workers strike over doctored agreement*
*NSCIA faults hajj fare hike, FG involvement*
*Deeper Life backs FG’s graft war*
*Ondo APC chief dies in kidnappers’ den*
*Ohanaeze reacts as Arewa youths ask Osinbajo to facilitate Igbo exit*
*130 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck*
*Worker kills Chinese boss over alleged harassment*
*Prisoner smuggles 10 phones into cell, needs surgery to retrieve them from stomach*
*FG too big, difficult to operate – Ekweremadu*
*Seven Nigerians in UK parliament, inspiration for democracy in Africa – Lawmaker*
*Obstruction of justice: CJN cautions judges*
*NASA discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanets*
*Herdsmen attack policemen in Falae’s farm*
*Vector, others move to break world freestyle rap record*
*Jigawa opens bid for construction of 30 mosques*
*Prostitutes offer sex for plate of food*
*Don expresses worry over quality of graduates*
*Two killed as Hausa traders, task force clash in Rivers*
*2017 budget: FG to spend N10bn on roads*
*One dies, four injured as traders clash in FCT*
*Buhari’s speech emboldened Northern hate speech makers – Fayose*
*Ekiti guber aspirants suspend ambition, back Fayose’s bid for reelection*
*Police arrest eight for abducting five ABU students, others*
*Wall collapses, crushes nine-year-old pupil to death*
*‘Our president had surgery in Paris’*
*Policeman batters girlfriend, posts her nude photos on social media*
*NIS recruitment: 40,000 applicants jostle for 1,112 vacancies*
*Charly Boy marks birthday*
*Court remands Niger PDP chairman in prison*
***BUSINESS:
*Budget: FG to release N350bn for capital projects*
*SON seizes N8bn substandard cables from China*
*Pipeline vandalism drops by 13%, says NNPC*
*Dangote hands over drivers to Customs for conveying contrabands*
*Recession offers opportunity for companies to grow –Moweta*
*Ajaokuta: Indian firm makes fresh demands on FG*
*Budget: FG to release N350bn for capital projects*
*FG to finance 11% of 2017 budget with recovered loot*
*We won’t allow AMCON to acquire new debts – Reps*
*Customers stranded as Saki banks close early*
*Forte Oil plans to sell N20bn shares*
*Investors gain N110bn as 28 stocks rise*
*Keystone Bank restates support for SMEs*
***SPORTS:
*NBBF: FIBA chief dismisses Kano poll as a joke*
*‘Ethics heads were probing FIFA boss’*
*Udi dumps Osun Utd, set for Sunshine role*
*Indian actor, Shah Rukh Khan, buys South African cricket team*
*No wonder Cesc keeps having children every two years, fans troll Fabregas on IG*
*Infantino faces investigation over CAF Election interference*
*Promoter casts doubt over Klitschko-Joshua rematch*
*Confed Cup: StarTimes guarantees Cameroon v Australia*
*Chelsea target Arsenal forward*
*We’re not interested in Ronaldo – Bayern*
*Spanish bullfighter dies after being gored*
*Madrid’s Modric probed over false testimony*
***WORLD NEWS:
*Amended Egyptian law imposes up to 7 years jail term for exam cheats*
*World refugee crisis growing, fastest in South Sudan*
*US student evacuated from N. Korea dies*
*May vows crackdown after van hits Muslims near London mosque*
*Tanzania police criticised for 'manhandling' disabled protesters*
*South Sudanese president issues shoot to kill order to fight crime*
*DR Congo rejects UN investigation into Kasai violence*
*Guinea-Bissau prime minister opens up on country's political situation*
*Benin president Patrice Talon underwent surgery while in Paris*
*Central African Republic warring factions sign peace accord to end conflict*
*Soldier sentenced to death for Somali minister's killing*
*Five militants killed in Mali resort attack - minister confirms*
*Dlamini-Zuma accepts nomination to lead South Africa's ruling ANC*
*Ethiopia, Somalia to get £90m UK humanitarian aid*
*French president pledges full support for Mali after deadly resort attack*
*Female suicide bombers kill 12, wound others in Nigeria's Borno state: police*
*Cameroon beaten by Chile in opener of FIFA Confederations Cup*
*Nigeria deploys over 2,000 security personnel to avert theft of food aid*
*Ethiopia monitoring Eritrea-Djibouti border spat, backs AU intervention*
*Benin president returns after about one-month medical leave in France*
*Bizarrely decorated car cruises through central London*
*London mosque attack suspect arrested on terror attacks*
*Good morning*
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