Today's National News Headlines - 16/7/2015

Good morning my people...have you seen the Newspaper headlines?

PUNCH

*PENGASSAN faults el-Rufai on NNPC disbandment

*Nigerian oil faces fresh trouble over Iran deal

*LafargeHolcim to save '1.4bn in costs

*Oando, Transcorp, 38 others push NSE index lower

*Expert calls for investment in modular power plants

*Capital Bancorp set to enlighten investors

*Naira drops to 242.5 against dollar

*Enforce local content law to protect foreign reserves

*Accugas, FBN Capital in gas-to-power development project

*Stakeholders seek competitive electricity market

*Oil reserves stagnant due to poor funding ' ExxonMobil

*Lion's Head, United Capital to manage ALCB fund

*Fading interest in maritime worries stakeholders

*Capital market awaits govt policy direction

*CBN has no option but to devalue naira ' S&P

*Rep sues FG over N713.7bn bailout to states

*I chose Yar'Adua because others were corrupt 'Obasanjo

*Six die in Kwara waiting for salary arrears

*NASU asks OAU to pay 64-month hazard allowance

*DSS arrests three pastors, woman for trafficking 36 children

*PDP refutes APC's N2.5bn REC bribery claim

*Report on Ekweremadu out next week 'Police

*72-year-old activist, mechanic arraigned for kidnapping judge

*Suspected assassins kill OAU lecturer

*Obama, Buhari and African policy dilemmas

*Landlords storm police command, report suspected homosexual rapist

*Loan losses to affect banks' half-year profits

*Power firms get July 24 deadline to pay debts

*DSS grills NNPC director over swap deals

*Tinubu, Momodu celebrate Buhari online

*Ejigbo torture: Court bars journalists from trial

*Buhari didnt make anti-Igbo statement Presidency

*EFCC begins probe of Uduaghan administration

*Fayose hails CDS appointment

*Mother of three commits suicide in Ekiti

*Anyaoku, Momodu visit Buhari, advise him on corruption

*Pension assets rise to N4.9tn

*Senior civil servants demand N46, 000 minimum wage

*PDP accuses DSS of interfering with election tribunals

*Ogun NLC decries 60-month unpaid pension deductions

*BHaram tops agenda as Buhari meets Obama

THIS DAY

*Bauchi Govt Condemns Tax Evasion by Chinese Firms

*E-PPAN, FSS 2020, CBN Collaborate on e-Government Summit in Africa

*Logistics Key to Unlocking e-Commerce Potential in Nigeria

*NCC Lauds Telecoms Growth at ICT Book Launch

I

*T Maturity Necessary to Benchmark Capabilities, Say Experts

Harper: Human Capital, Necessary for Brand Building

*Anyaoku Expresses Confidence in Buhari in Fight Corruption

*Protesting Tivs Take Bodies of Slain Kinsmen to Govt House

*New Service Chiefs Formally Take Over on Thursday

*Bamanga Tukur Urges Support For Buhari

*Fayose Lauds Buhari For Appointing Olonishakin Chief of Defence Staff

*CNPP Backs Buhari on Retention of Fuel Subsidy

*EFCC: Court Orders NBA to investigate Kwankwaso's lawyer

*Don't Divert FG Bailout Fund, ASUP Warns State Governments

*Nelson Mandela International Day Holds Friday

*Firm to Help Nigeria Tackle Oil Theft,

Pipeline Vandalism in 2015 Security Summit

*Firm Assures Community of Gas Flare Stoppage

*Nigeria Needs Cost-effective Services to Drive Broadband

*NCS Demands Inclusion of IT Professionals in Governance

*Globacom Leads in Subscriber Acquisition for Five Months

*Singaporean Bitcoin Exchange BitX Enters Nigerian Markets

*Ekweremadu, APC and the ICC Meeting

*Seventh Imansuangbon Essay Competition Holds in Benin

*Another Building Collapses in Lagos

*Commonwealth Sec-General Aspirant, Ronald Sanders to Visit Nigeria

*Sallah: IG Tasks Officers on Security

*PDP Accuses FG of Plot to Influence Election Tribunals

*Obasanjo Says His Choice of Successor was Not Poor

*Akwa Ibom PDP Chair Berates APC over N2.5bn INEC Bribery Claim

*Ambode Directs Lagos CP to Free Apapa Gridlocks in 48 Hours

*Senior Civil Servants Demand N46,000 Minimum Wage

*Ban on Frozen Turkey, Chicken Sends Prices up by 35%

*Wike Commences N3bn Rehabilitation of East-West Road

*Samsung Launches SUHD Curved TVS in Nigeria

*Orkeh: Nigeria Needs Anti-competition Law to Open up the Economy

*Oliseh: I Come to Serve, Not to Wage War

*Elephant Girls, Others Set for Zenith Basketball Finals

*LMC Sanctions Warri Wolves, Team Manager, Player

*GLO PREMIER LEAGUE: Three-horse Race for the Top as Enyimba Dim Sunshine Stars

*APyagbara Shines again as Sharks Continue Upward Climb

THE NATION

*Omatseye urges end to impunity in oil sector

*Okogie blames NUC, society for rot in education

*ASUU to police: stop killing of lecturers

*INECs failure to control spending cap promotes rigging, says Azinge

*Obasanjo defends choice of Yar Adua as successor

*Senates approval for Service chiefs wrong

*Nyakos aide dismisses high-profile arrests by EFCC

*Chibok girls: Ex-Service Chiefs committed blunders, says don

*Tension in Delta over DESOPADEC law

*Edo lost N10b to Jonathans govt, says Oshiomhole

*11 die as rustlers invade villages

*70 technicians trained in Zaria

*24 dead, 220 injured in accidents in Gombe

*Why I beheaded my neighbour, by suspect

*PDP ll bounce back, says ex-minister Moro

*Lagos abolishes fine on tax evading firms

*Man, 50, bags nine years for defiling minor

*ASUU to Police: stop killing of intellectuals

*OPC wont protest pipeline surveillance contract withdrawal Gani Adams

*Blood is vital to longevity

*CAM practitioners set up task force to curb charlatans

*Senator donates supplements, milk to mothers

*Eat apple, get skinnier

*New UNIPORT VC promises transformation

*41 bag first class at BIU

*University not the ultimate, graduands told new varsity to focus on vocational education

*Relief as LASU Senate sets new exam dates

*Teachers urged to apply for NBs N50m largesse

*BSN takes HIV /AIDS campaign to schools

*CAMPUSLIFE man gets multipe awards

Verification for retirees

*Ambode, others for AOCOED 35th convocation

*Due Process: NGO praises Akwa Ibom Governor

*Improved power supply likely to be sustained

*FCMB, Union Bank, others offer $445m loan to Accugas

*10 win cash-less eNNovation Challenge

VANGUARD

*Babangida expresses confidence in Buhari's ability to crush insurgents

*Police parade 35 cultists in Warri

*NLC condemns Boko Haram's continued killing of Nigerians

*PENGASSAN faults El-Rufai's call to scrap NNPC

*Fuel prices up by N25 ' NBS

*Communal crisis: 6 detained corpses released for burial in Delta

*Family announces burial programme for slain ex-FUTA's VC

*Cattle rustlers kill 11 in Minna

*Ending The Boko Haram Prisoners Controversy

*Unemployment: Great expectations as Udom seeks solution

*National Cake: Ndigbo don't need to vote Buhari to get their share ' Ezeemo

*Akwa Ibom people want result ' Etuk

*NECA urges FG to stop granting import waivers

*BoI to cluster SMEs across 40 sectors for easy funding

*How to benefit from National Enterprise Devt Programme

*N5.4b income: Ship-owners expectant as NCDMB deadline for foreigners expires

*Nigeria can't avoid devaluation ' S&P

*NCC approves online sim swap in new regulatory guideline

*You can't play for Super Eagles henceforth If you are not in first division ' Oliseh

*I'm not a Messiah , says Oliseh

*Oliseh is Pep Guardiola of Africa ' Pinnick

*Arsenal play Everton Saturday, win Singapore Select XI 4-0 in Asia Trophy

*I come to serve my country, not to wage war ' Oliseh

*Since I got married, became a father, I haven't lost many matches ' Djokovic

*River on course for Copa Libertadores final

*Jeremain Lens to join Sunderland on deal of 8million

*Wizkid's account hacked

*Read Emeka Ike on his rumoured divorce, 'my marriage's intact

*AMP to promote culture, tourism with beauty pageant

*Choc City diva crowned Most Downloaded Female at Coke studio

*Joda panel and airline mergers

*Researcher makes health products from African palm weevil, earthworm, snail

*AUST ready for World Bank funding ' NUC

*Osun strike beyond payment of salaries ' CASUOSTI

*Do we really need more universities' (1)

*GEC: Over 7000 students offered admission abroad in 14yrs

*Perm Sec lauds Wellspring College for Art excellence

*Rotary equips public schools with computers, others

*Nigerians to get Yale varsity scholarship as alumni launch club

*UNIOSUN: Sacked workers ask to be re-instated

*Educationist urges institutions to focus on talent development

DAILY POST

*NFF unveils Oliseh as Super Eagles Head Coach

*I have no demands from Buhari, I am loyal to him – Tinubu

*My ex-wife beats me everyday – Popular Cool FM OAP, Freeze

*Presidency denies claim Buhari expressed anti-Igbo sentiments in BBC interview

*I believe Buhari will wipe out Boko Haram – Babangida

*Service Chiefs: Buhari did not sideline Igbos – APC chieftain

*Downsize of Ministries: El-Rufai retires 20 Perm Secs

*Wike inspects Port Harcourt Refinery, facility starts refining of crude

*Nigerians must unite to kill corruption – President Buhari

*OPC’ll not protest pipeline surveillance contract withdrawal – Adams

*Enugu Assembly empowers Ugwuanyi to convert N7.9b loan to FG bond

*My admiration for Buhari does not mean I’m joining APC – Ebonyi Governor

*Man dies in Lagos after taking local gin

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*Police arrests robbery suspect who drugs victims

*Residents flee as Boko Haram kill 37 in Borno Communities

*Man bags 4 months jail term for beating commercial sex worker in Abuja

*Oritsefemi’s manager opens up on ailment rumour

*Romance with Suswam: I owe no one any explanation – Imelda

*“He is desperately seeking attention and publicity” – Opeyemi replies Freeze

*God gave me knowledge of ‘babalawo’, that is why I drink akpeteshie – Troubled reggae star, Majek Fasheke

*SAN award: Banire cautions against congratulatory messages

*CLO decries environmental hazards in Akwa Ibom communities

*Nollywood actor, Ozor Akubueze is dead

*Only God can curb corruption in Nigeria – Deeper Life pastor

*Age determines fertility rate of woman – Expert

*Bird flu: Association urges FG to pay compensation to 339 farms.