Today's News Headlines - 24/7/2015

Good Morning...Thank God its Friday!

DAILY TRUST

*N1bn land deal rocks NHIS

*N/Assembly crisis remains as factions meet tomorrow

*Boko Haram planning to bomb my house-- Osinbajo

*Gombe blasts: 29 killed, 99 injured-Police

*Buhari arrives from US as NEC meeting holds

*Lifting the ban on textile imports

*N/Assembly: Party supremacy not in Nigeria's constitution - Yakasai

*We don't have money to pay commissioners, others - Kwara Gov

*Governorship: APC may have problem in Kogi, if'- Ugbane

*Major OPEC member removes fuel subsidy

*Kelani urges APC: Tell Okorocha to leave AA alone

*Buhari govt: APC chieftains assure Igbo of fair deal

*Senate: Opponent challenges Dariye's eligibility

*We need family, community efforts in tackling trafficking in persons

*Economic empowerment: 330 women acquire vocational skills from NCWD

*Stella Maris College celebrates 10th anniversary, graduates 147

*AEPB: Laws against street hawkers weak

*Police nab syndicate using kids to beg

*Gunmen kidnap Fulani woman, child at Kuje community

*Police gun down robber, recover firearms at Jikwoyi

*FG's effort to eradicate polio has paid off ' Stakeholders

*Ambode urges youths to embrace vocational education

*Electricity supply will enhance agric, SME growth ' NERC

*Fraud allegations rock Abuja Chamber of Commerce

VANGUARD

*barricade creeks, evacuate dead colleagues

*4 suspected kidnappers arrested in Kwara

*Deal severely with those who ruined Nigeria, Clark tells Buhari

*Man kills sister in-law, commits suicide

*PDP: State chairmen give NWC 14-day ultimatum to summon NEC meeting

*OKOGIE TO NIGERIANS: Be patient with Buhari

*Labour makes case for value added production

*Speedy implementation of cyber security act re-echoes at NCS forum

*Under fire Russia pledges to boost fight against racism

*Moses promises to work hard for Chelsea shirt

*Yabatech student crowned Miss Palmchat

*Don Jazzy, Davido banter over FIFA 15, N5m at stake

BBC

*Turkey lets US use base for IS raids

*Three killed in US cinema shooting

*Australian returns from IS in Syria

*US sanctions Singapore shipping firm

*Japan urged to 'reload Abenomics

*Starbucks hails 'record' sales

*Guatemalan general's trial delayed

*Four-legged snake fossil discovered

*Don't leave the EU, Obama tells UK

* Donetsk airport: Complete devastation

*Russian students targeted as recruits by Islamic State

*Obama: Gun laws my big frustration

*Excitement mounts for Obama Kenya trip

*Ghana's Mensah joins Atletico Madrid

*Cheap drugs cut breast cancer deaths

*Amazon surprises with profit jump

*One in 10 athletes doping - Wada chief

Friday's gossip column

PUNCH

*PHEDC unveils 10-year tariff increase plan

*Insecurity threatens Arepo burst pipeline repairs ' NNPC

*Reverse oil tanker ban, global body tells NNPC

*Petrol marketers, CBN disagree over forex availability

*Ex-minister backs Nigeria, US economic partnership

*Nigeria should intensify oil drilling now ' Ene

*Gunmen kidnap 92-year-old monarch in Bayelsa

*Supreme Court cases to open for mediation

*FG uncovers 3,000 fake police pensioners

*NNPC, engine room of corruption 'Saraki

*Tompolo calls ex-militants to 'crucial' meeting

*FG takes over Yola Disco from private investors

*Prosecute our members if found corrupt, PDP tells Buhari

*Fani-Kayode commends Buhari for rejecting gay marriage

*APC suspends 41 members in AIbom

*Lies against Aregbesola must stop APC

*Dont limit probe to Jonathan govt, PDP tells Buhari

*Did any Nigerian hear from NNPC lately

*Nigeria needs legal framework on Internet expert

*Vodacom sells more data outside South Africa

*Buhari's North-East rehabilitation

*Arepo: Vandals abduct photojournalists, search for corpses

*Three-year-old goes missing after aunt went for party

*Policemen kill engineer at checkpoint

*Hausa flee Lagos community as northerners slaughter 33-year-old

*Group asks el-Rufai to probe ex-council chairmen

*Buhari will limit probe to Jonathans govt Presidency

*Cut-off mark: Candidates, parents head for court

*Ex-militant leaders hail dissolution of NDDC board

*Osun earned N317bn in four years

*CBN adjusts rate as naira falls to 244

CNN

*Louisiana police: Two victims, gunman dead; seven injured

*Gov. Jindal: 'We will get through this

*Turkey to give U.S. military access

*Air Trump: Meet The Donald's fleet

*Kenya gears up for Obama's visit

*Obama's sister: 'My brother has carried our name up there

*NASA spots Earth-like planet in habitable zone

*Diver missing after trip to famed Andrea

*Congo artists are creating some really exciting work

*Amazon is the world's biggest retailer right now

*Gold is in its worst slump since 1996

*U.S. investigates banks' dealings with FIFA funds

*Ferrari revs engine ahead of Wall Street debut

*World house prices: How does your country compare

*Europe investigating Hollywood studios & Sky TV

*Financial Times sold to Japan's Nikkei for $1.3 billion

*Taylor Swift apologizes to Nicki Minaj for Twitter to-do

*Reality TV lawyer found dead in California home

*Cosby attorney: Offering drugs not a crime

*LeBron James 'a weirdly good actor

*Sound of Music' star dies at 91

*Facebook loses appeal over access to user data

*Bayern Munich transfer imminent for Vidal

*Artist: 'My mother held my brother's lifeless body