Today's News Headlines - 18/9/2015

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Its the Friday News headlines!!!

THE NATION

*Saraki fails to stop trial

*Senate President not likely in court for arraignment

*Six held for alleged bid to swallow $156,000 cash

*States to share N535.5b

*Woman arrested for 'kidnapping' three kids

*Saraki: CCB chairman under pressure

*Four killed in Port Harcourt gas explosion

*WAEC adjusts exam timetable for Sallah

*Rising diabetes cases worry endocrinologists

*Economic downturn: 60,000 construction workers sacked

*PDP had most ad billboards in 2014, says TMKG

*Sanusi urges Fed Govt on infrastructure growth

*Sallah: Ram sellers decry low sale

*Inconsistent policy threatens 11m non-oil sector jobs

PUNCH

*NEITI wants increased penalties for errant oil firms

*FG to focus on agribusiness

*Nigeria falls below Afghanistan in exports ranking

*Ondo distributes N20m soft loans to traders

*Dangote plans investment in A'Ibom

*EFCC declares Saraki's firm MD, Izuagbe, wanted

*PDP did nothing good in 16 years APC

*Rivers APC deputy chair alleges threat to life

*N78m too little for Fashola to steal Akabueze

*Golden age of celebrity worship..

*Students appeal judgment banning hijab in Lagos schools

*Govt House invasion: PDP chasing shadows, says APC

*Gas explosion kills four in Rivers

DAILY POST

*National Youth Council of Nigeria unites against corruption

*Saraki urges Ilorin people to pray for national progress

*Five feared killed as explosion rocks Port Harcourt

*EFCC declares Izuagbe, Ex- Societe Generale Bank Director wanted for N3.6bn fraud

*Odinkalu tasks Buhari to reveal his administration’s plans to Nigerians not foreigners

*Former Minister, Nebo backs Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade

*We won’t be distracted by Code of Conduct charges against Saraki – Senators

*Bayelsa Guber: I will win PDP ticket – Sylva boasts

*National conference will reposition us – PDP

*Come clean on corruption allegations – TMG tells Saraki

*PDP planning to kill me – Rivers APC Deputy Chairman

*Senator Shehu Sani backs FG to negotiate with Boko Haram

*Police corporal arraigned for shooting woman dead in Lagos

*Men should marry more than one wife to end prostitution – Kenyan politician

*Married woman caught having sex with lecturer in Delta hotel

*Woman in court for assaulting man with soldiers in Benin

*There is ‘friction’ between Mourinho and Terry – Gerrard

*I am not in heaven because we beat Maccabi Tel Aviv – Mourinho

*I don’t have any problem with my husband – Ibinabo Fiberisima

*I am Nigeria’s Caityln Jenner – Denrele

PREMIUM TIMES

*Kwankwaso slams N10 bn suit against Kano pensioners

*All Africa Games: Nigeria's Dream Team beat Congo to win bronze

*ICPC arraigns 5 directors in Niger Delta Ministry over N655million theft

*Drama as INEC concludes defence in Akwa Ibom governorship election suit

*Gov. Bagudu orders arrest of 4 Kebbi Hajj officials

*Man jailed for stealing bolt and nuts

*Police arrest Indian man in Lagos over visa scam

*Kidnapped Nigerian Muslim leader regains freedom

*Military confirms Burkina Faso coup, dissolves government

*Bayelsa gubernatorial race: Election committee raises security concerns

*APC reschedules Bayelsa gubernatorial primary

*10 suspected Boko Haram insurgents arrested in Adamawa

*INEC official claims card reader directive was not received in Akwa Ibom

*18 people killed in Jos village ' Official

*Over 10.5 million Nigerian children out of school ' Actionaid

BBC

*Croatia closes Serbia road borders

*Gunmen attack Pakistan air force base

*Cuba announces new ambassador to US

*Mexico arrests Guerrero gang leader

*Friend of Charleston 'gunman' arrested

*Japan set to vote on security bills

*UK 'on borrowed time', says Sturgeon

*Philadelphia prepares for the Pope

*Exploited and abandoned: A child's journey to Europe

*Children caught in crossfire in Turkey

*Motor racing hopeful, but no driving licence

*Amokachi quits role after five weeks

*Super-gonorrhoea' outbreak in Leeds

*Lifestyle changes 'can prevent cancer

*Is a malaria-free world possible?

*Airports test remote traffic control

*England set to kick off World Cup

*Sperm donors enticed with iPhone cash

*Murray & Evans carry British hopes

*Man Utd fans angry at Glazer payment

CNN

*Taliban claims Pakistan air base attack

*Trump can't resist Fiorina-bashing

*New citizens reflect on refugee crisis

*Air Marshals 'solicit prostitutes

*Kicked Syrian migrant offered football role in Madrid

*Burkina Faso: Military takes over

*Saudi diplomat accused of sexual assault leaves India

*Eyes finally open about refugees

*Japan to dump 70 years of pacifism

*Looking for an investment? African art is hotter than gold

*A same-sex wedding sparks a political furor in Spain

*Matt Damon apologizes over 'Project

*Caitlyn Jenner files to make name, gender change official

*FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke suspended

*Kicked migrant offered Madrid coaching role

*No more rah-rah stuff!' Americans eye revenge.