Wassup Dailies Fri, 21 July 2017 **NIGERIA IT'S 57 DAYS SINCE THE EPE SCHOOL KIDS WERE ABDUCTED *Supreme Court sacks APC lawmaker, o...
Wassup Dailies
Fri, 21 July 2017
**NIGERIA
IT'S 57 DAYS SINCE THE EPE SCHOOL KIDS WERE ABDUCTED
*Supreme Court sacks APC lawmaker, orders swearing-in of PDP member
*Police pulls down Biafran Flag
*Pressure mounts on FEC to declare Buhari unfit
*Court dissolves marriage over “N500 per round of sex, sperm withdrawal” controversy
*Magu: No going back on suspension of Presidency’s appointments –Saraki
*Troops repair roads, clear vegetation in North East
*Governors’ forum raises panel to consider state police
*Refineries realise N62 billion from refined products
*Government reinstates Christian, Islamic studies as separate subjects
*AIB revives N2.09b worth of abandoned flight safety equipment
*Osinbajo seeks N135.643 billion virement for priority projects
*Amnesty alleges torture, killing of Nigerians, others in Cameroon
*Lagos council poll prone to violence, warns Labour Party
*Decline in global funding threatens search for HIV vaccine
*Senate confirms eight, rejects three INEC commissioners
*Ambode, Aregbesola renew calls for regional integration
*Court remands Baale, wife in prison for fake kidnap
*Visa seeks to disrupt Nigeria’s mobile payment market
*Reps, stakeholders want legal framework on climate change
*Toddler needs N5 million for corrective heart surgery
*Nigerians Urged to Patronise Locally Made Products
*Lagos CIBN, Stakeholders to Discuss National Policies
*Police arrest 40 youths for alleged unlawful assembly in Delta
*Stakeholders advocate value-chain financing for affordable housing
*Osinbajo, Jonathan, others extol Anambra governor’s departed mother
*Police disown ‘killer’ cop in Apapa crisis
*Senate Committee @ MainOne’s Data centre, lauds contribution to Nigeria
*Air France to launch new boost airline
*Lafarge Africa Records N19.7bn Profit in Six Months
*Political thought on community enterprise excites lawmaker, bishop
*Court denies Bayelsa judge leave to travel abroad
*NEC adopts stringent criteria for disbursing ecological fund
*Suspected ritualist mobbed in Asaba
*Minister threatens shakeup in NDDC over extortions, contract discrepancies
*Court orders banks to remit ‘hidden’ $793.2 million to TSA account
*Court issues warrant against 6 suspects in robbing of Amuka
*Siblings accused of stealing Fufu, bread, drinks
*Army sustains Bayelsa, Delta siege despite Reps resolution
*Tsav says state police’ll bring anarchy as Governors renew bid
*Restructuring: Govs Constitute Panel on State Police, Others
*Luxembourg Bank’s Lien May Impede US Bid to Seize Aluko’s Cash
*Despite Relative Peace, Oil Thieves Continue to Suppress Nigeria’s Oil Output
*Appeal Court Reverses Sentencing, Acquits Ngilari
*NEC Begins Consideration of 2018-2020 MTEF
*Restructuring: CSOs, Afenifere, Fani-Kayode disagree with Ohanaeze on APC’s panel
*A’court frees Ngilari of fraud, quashes five-year jail term
*NURTW member in free-for-all, 15 injured
*OPC flays Kanu over comments on Obasanjo, Tinubu
*Abuja taxi driver kills ex-ambassador, steals car
*Oil thief jailed 12 years
*1.2 million candidates committed malpractice in seven years –NECO
*PDP seeks to woo Alao-Akala, Ladoja into party
*We’ll pass NFIU bill next week, says Senate
*Senate okays N200/$ forex discount for hajj pilgrims
*Police arraign 10 hackers for N150m banking fraud
*PDP proposes to stop chairman from controlling party funds
*Fresh suit wants FEC to declare Buhari unfit
*Nasarawa doctor transfuses HIV-infected blood into boy
*Jail, not amnesty, for treasury looters
*Job-seeking teenager in police net over possession of firearms
**AFRICA
*Gunfire erupts near police bases in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
*EU court upholds asset freeze on Central African diamond traders
*Craft brewer targets Nigerian palates and big brands
*Cameroon tortures suspects at base used by U.S., French troops: Amnesty
*Ivory Coast's Ouattara replaces key ministers in reshuffle
*Nigeria bolsters security in northern state of Kaduna amid violence
*Malawi's former farm minister arrested over Zambia maize deal
*South Sudan peace hopes fade as war fragments, alliances shift
*Businesses go on strike in Ethiopia's Oromiya region over taxes
**WORLD
*UK lawmaker tables motion to debate Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal
*Cheers for former Thai PM Yingluck as her trial enters last hearing day
*Brexit talks: the key dividing lines between Britain and the EU
*How can you manage the effects of geopolitical uncertainty when investing?
*Donald Trump's lawyers investigating special counsel Robert Mueller's team
*Trump legal team spokesman 'resigns'
**SPORTS
*CAF expands AFCON to 24 teams
*Messi is a machine built to play football – Xavi
*I’m joining Chelsea because of Conte – Morata
*O.J. Simpson granted parole
*Ministry bows to pressure, upholds AFN, w’lifting polls
*Zenith Bank b’ball: Teams ready for Final 8
Jumah Mubarak
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