Wassup Dailies Thu, 20 July 2017 **NIGERIA IT'S 56 DAYS SINCE THE EPE SCHOOL KIDS WERE ABDUCTED *Diezani ‘paid $37.5m cash for Banan...
Wassup Dailies
Thu, 20 July 2017
**NIGERIA
IT'S 56 DAYS SINCE THE EPE SCHOOL KIDS WERE ABDUCTED
*Diezani ‘paid $37.5m cash for Banana Island property’
*Senate begins move to separate NFIU from EFCC
*How false petition led to Nigeria’s suspension
*Police confirm one dead in Apapa mayhem
*Sheriff’s Southwest supporters dump PDP for Mega Party
*APC: Buhari’s absence delays convention
*Lawmaker buried amid tears
*FG not banning overseas production of films — Lai Mohammed
*LCCI, Teriba, others outline path to economic recovery
*Debit card: UBA, First Bank raise international spending limits
*NMRC to issue N20bn bond for affordable housing scheme
*CRC Credit Bureau, US firm boost credit score reporting
*Foreign banks to finance N5bn Ikeja ICT Mart
*Ajimobi begs LAUTECH workers
*Sheriff’s S’West supporters dump PDP for Mega Party
*Senate to probe use of grants by EFCC’s unit
*Anambra: Andy Uba, Nwibe pick APC nomination forms
*33 persons killed in Southern Kaduna attacks –Police
*Senate okays five-year jail term for false whistle-blowers
*Nigerians have received over $2m U.S. scholarships, says consul general
*Commonwealth varsities task scholars on research, national development
*Dowen College partners foundation to support sickle cell patients
*For Southwest PDP, it’s time to repeat 2003 victories
*UCCIMA seeks FG’s partnership for effective economic growth
*Minister of Labour tasks NECA on accountability
*65 % of Nigerian schools lack electricity, says UN chief
*Nigeria’s Suspension by Egmont Group Forces Senate to Make NFIU Autonomous
*Court Orders Temporary Forfeiture of Alison-Madueke’s Banana Island Property
*TFN pledges to bridge educational inequality, inducts new tutors
*Collapse of education sector may lead to a failed nation, don warns
*Lafarge, Rotary train artisans on building, construction
*FG’s failure to engage researchers blamed for Nigeria’s woes
*Tanker Drivers Burn Bank Branches in Apapa After Police Killing
*US State Dept: 75% of Terrorist Deaths in 2016 Were from Nigeria, Four Others
*Group decries imposition of candidates
*El-Rufai Heads APC C’ttee to Define Its Stance on Restructuring
*TETFund seeks growth of higher institutions, allocates N213billion
*No going back on PDP/LP alliance, says George
*Experts harp on effective management of sickle cell anaemia
*Nigeria’ll never progress without restructuring —Atiku, Nwodo, Attah
*Taraba Assembly Passes Anti-open Grazing Bill
*Olusanya: 9Mobile is Open to Willing Investors
*Osinbajo Tasks Military to Rescue Newly Abducted Women in Borno
*FG: Nigeria to End Fuel Importation in 2019
*Ship’s crew attempt to sell adulterated diesel in Lagos
*TETFUND responsible for 60% infrastructure devt in public tertiary institutions – Baffa
*Work hard to make impact, educationist urges graduating students
*Prisons boss warns officials against ill-treatment of inmates
*Reps probe disbursement of N1.4bn NDE loans
*We don’t understand what Nigerians mean by restructuring — APC
*42 anti-malaria drugs banned in Europe still consumed in Nigeria, says Senate
*9 Drug Peddlers Including 2 Foreign Nationals Arrested
*Entrepreneurs plan summit tour across six geo-political zones
African Prudentials acquires 6% of UBA shares
*LSETF, lawmaker seal N20m deal to empower women
*Foundation trains 120 entrepreneurs on business growth, sustainability
**AFRICA
*Cameroon tortures suspects at base used by U.S., French troops: Amnesty
*Gunfire erupts near police bases in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
*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
*Cholera kills four in Kenyan capital since May, government shuts hotels
*Kenyan leaders steer clear of hate speech before vote, but monitors wary
**WORLD
*Russia, U.S. duel at U.N. over whether North Korea fired long-range missile
*Trump's son and aides to testify in Senate
*Get out! Chinese agents bar access to the 'free' wife of Liu Xiaobo
*Christian missionaries under fire in India
*Mario Draghi of European Central Bank Faces a Monetary-Policy Tightrope
*Donald Trump hits out at Jeff Sessions over attorney general's 'unfair' recusal from Russia
**SPORTS
*Man City struggle to sell expensive Iheanacho
*‘Why top clubs shun Nigerian stars’
*CHAN Eagles to play qualifier in Kano
*Women’s FA Cup final: NFF wants action on Siasia Stadium
*Freestyle football venue delights organisers
*Aguero going nowhere says Guardiola
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