Wassup Dailies Mon, 17 July 2017 **NIGERIA IT'S 53 DAYS SINCE THE EPE SCHOOL KIDS WERE ABDUCTED *15 feared dead in Calabar tank farm...
Wassup Dailies
Mon, 17 July 2017
**NIGERIA
IT'S 53 DAYS SINCE THE EPE SCHOOL KIDS WERE ABDUCTED
*15 feared dead in Calabar tank farm explosion
*Gunmen kidnap Kogi Chief Judge’s driver, niece
*Reps to reopen hearing on alleged diversion of contract funds by finance ministry
*Four years not enough to deliver promises, says APC
*UN opposes forced return of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon
*Government admits N2.7tr legacy debts created NPLs in banks
*Army recovers slain soldier’s body, arrests more Ijaw leaders
*Blame the economy for high interest charges, says Uzoma Dozie
*Neimeth, Forte oil, others enhance NSE’s indices by 2.47%
*Prices of foodstuffs, rice to crash soon, says Audu Ogbeh
*Group seeks litigation against ex-governors, deputies over N40b double pay, life pensions
*Omo-Agege escapes assassination at Effurun
*Lagos APC wriggling out of crisis five days to council poll
*Niger Delta youths protest oil firms’ non-compliance with FG’s directive on relocation
*CBN intensifies efforts to strengthen financial literacy
*‘I lost over 40 relations, 500 cows to Mambilla Plateau crisis’
*JAMB warns direct entry candidates against multiple registrations
*Southern, Middle Belt leaders seek restructuring, diversification,others
*Experts blame negligence, over-statement for Etisalat’s, banks’ debt saga
*WAICA Re closes capitalisation plan with 90% subscription
*Judicial reforms committee submits report
*Heritage Bank, Biase Plantations seal N232 million agric pact
*Group commends government’s yam export scheme, sees forex inflow
*Osinbajo opens creative industry financing conference in Lagos today
*Police Parade 200 Suspected Criminals In Rivers
*Boko Haram IED Kills 10-year-old Boy In Borno
*Arewa, Ohanaeze Youths Meet, Northern Coalition Begins Review of Quit Notice to Igbos
*Red alert for cholera, hepatitis E outbreaks
*Congestion Looms At Seaport Over Cargo Evacuation
*Medview Airline Pledges Airlifting Of Stranded London Bound Passengers At MMIA
*FG Lost $6bn to DPR’s Poor Administration of Divested Oil Blocks
*Be circumspect in reconciliation moves, Wike advises PDP
*Lagos concessions landfills, adopts new utility levy
*Imo restaurant owner accused of abducting three children
*National Assembly’s amnesty bill of evil
*Judges homes’ raid: Reps produce report, want DSS, Evidence laws amended
*Fani-Kayode differs with JNI, Sani on alleged plot to Islamise Nigeria
*Sheriff’s faction to boycott PDP meetings
*Man stabs friend to death over power connection disagreement
*Beninoise pours hot water on Lagos neighbour
*Magu: Presidency gets legal advice, to approach S’Court
*Release probe report on SGF, Fayose tells Osinbajo
*Community tackles Catholic priest over proposed university
*200-level student kills tricycle operator in Abia
*2019: Nigerians won’t return PDP to power, says APC
*London-bound Medview passengers stranded in Lagos
*Refineries now supplying 60% kerosene demand – NNPC
*Ambode deposes Baale of Shangisha
*Submit yourself for investigation, CACOL tells NHIS boss
*Judiciary reform committee submits report to CJN
*Lagos Assembly moves to slash ex-govs’ pensions
*FG supports 327,000-tonne iron, steel plant
*Aso Rock Chapel celebrates Osinbajo’s wife at 50
*Peter Obi blames agitations on poverty, hunger
**AFRICA
*Cameroon army vessel capsizes at sea, dozens missing
*Opposition cries foul as Congo votes for parliament
*Senegal suspends sports events after football deaths
*Rwandan academic gets life in jail over 1994 genocide
*Kidnapped US journalist in DRC found safe and sound
*Libya PM calls for elections in March
*At least 27 dead, 54 missing, in DRC boat sinking
*Man offered $4 000 for human head, beheads sister
**WORLD
*Qatar Opens Its Doors to All, to the Dismay of Some
*Suspected co-founder of dark web market found hanged in Thai prison
*Brexit: German politicians tell Irish ‘British are a disgrace’
*Netanyahu to Macron: Islam Seeks to Destroy Israel and Europe
*Wildfires rage across Europe
*Turkey’s Erdogan turned a failed coup into his path to greater power
*Emmanuel Macron hits out at deniers of France’s role in Holocaust
*Opposition accuses Recep Tayyi Erdogan of blocking coup probe
*Majority of Brexiters would swap free movement for EU market access
*Gulf states hint at possible expulsion of Qatar from regional bloc
**SPORTS
*Chelsea set to dump Omeruo, demote defender
*Federer claims historic eighth Wimbledon title, Cilic in tears
*Netherlands beat Norway in women’s Euro opener
*Europe dominates ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open
Good morning
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