World News Roundup Today - 17/12/2015

Oh my God,its Thursday already!

Are you counting the days to Xmas already?Please do but read the News headlines and be informed!

Have a nice day.

**LOCAL NEWS**

NEW TELEGRAPH

*Time to overhaul our prisons

*Ogun assures on completion of road infrastructure

*30 killed as bus carrying border patrol officers crashes

*Vigilante group kills two girl bombers in Cameroon

*Rwanda genocide: UN court sentences ex-minister to 47 years

*Nigerian Muslim group wants Shias 'massacre' investigated

*Report: Soldiers 'demolish' Shia shrine, leader's home in Zaria

*Man 'shouts IS' in French school attack

*Nigeria registers 33,572 new .ng domains

*2016 budget: Nigeria risks $39.6m daily deficit

*Right of Occupancy: Lagos to revoke land worth N40bn

*Yuletide: EKEDC, others in race for power supply upgrade

*PDP demands probe of Buhari's election funding

*APC splits in Kaduna

*Biafra agitators should adopt lawful means, says Okunnu

*Europa League: Man United to play Midtjylland, Augsburg host Liverpool

*UEFA League: Arsenal face Barca, Chelsea tackle PSG

*Mesut Ozil on course to break Premier League assists record

*La Liga: Benitez bemused by latest Madrid defeat

*Biafra: Tribute to Ikeanyionwu, a martyr with a cause

DAILY SUN

*Bayelsa election: APC, PDP continue battle of wits

*Abia North election: Kalu, our hope of quality representation 'Udo Mecha

*FG must dedicate 10% of derivation fund to youth

*Southern Ijaw: 12 Bayelsa monarchs sue INEC, AGF for botched poll

*Ekiti LG polls: State electoral body bars veiled women from voting

*NFF to build soccer houses in 36 states

*3.2bn TV viewers watched Brazil 2014 ' FIFA

*FG approves construction of new refineries

*CBN extends N64bn facility to privatised electricity companies

*Ambode's convoy arrests traffic offenders

*Kelechi Chioba claims her family in Nigeria calls her a curse, faces deportation from UK

*Senate steps into Shi'ite, Military clash

*UK concerned over Zaria, Kaduna violence

*#ZumaMustFall: South Africans march to have their President ousted

*#BuhariGate: What Nigerians Are Saying About Buhari

*Illegal migrants shouting 'Allahu Akbar' attack soldiers patrolling Rome Basilica for Jubilee celebrations

*Appeal Court judgment, perfect birthday gift for Obuah 'APC

*I robbed my madam to raise money for my mum's surgery 'Housemaid

*B'Haram kills 6 in Borno attack

*Senate approves government''s oil benchmark of $38 per barrel

LEADERSHIP

*Official Misconduct: Is The Judiciary Really Getting Worse

*Girl, 9, Publishes Book, Advocates Terrorism Education

*Nigeria's Education System Shows Zero Infrastructure For PLWD

*Army, Shi'ite Showdown: Zakzaky's Followers Give Conditions For Peace

*Don't Increase Price Of Fuel, NLC Warns FG

*ECOWAS Summit: Terrorism Poses Risk To W/African Countries ' PMB

*Amaechi, Sirika Laud Shippers' Council For Excellence

*Fashola Performs 200mw Power Evacuation In Lagos

*Marketers To End Fuel Scarcity

*Compel Discos To Procure Meters Locally, Manufacturers Tell NERC

*Reps Express Concerns Over MTN Fine Reduction By FG

*I'm Leaving You, Guardiola Tells Bayern

*Taraba FC Salary Palava Festers, As Players Sleep On Streets Of Government House

*Mourinho's Chelsea Future Hangs In Balance

*Buhari @ 73: A Step Close To Nobel Peace, Mo Ibrahim, Mandela

TRIBUNE

*1,187 victims of Boko Haram attacks return to Nigeria, 15,000 being awaited

*Nigeria now produces 2.1 million barrels of oil daily, says minister

*Thugs attack Kogi assembly members, destroy speaker, deputy, majority leaders' vehicles

*Bill to guarantee smooth transition passes second reading in House of Reps

*Court of Appeal okays nullification of Rivers governor election

*Biafra agitators take protest to Alaba Market in Lagos

*FIFA agent signs 6 Amosun's Uplift players

*Libya warring factions to sign peace deal today ' UN

*Muslim ban proposal: Malala says Trump is full of hatred

*Terrorism, immigration dominate last Republican debate of 2015

**WORLD NEWS**

BBC

*US and Cuba to resume regular flights

*Nepal quake landslide impact reassessed

*US announces major Taiwan arms deal

*Migrants rescued from freezing waters

*Spanish PM punched at campaign appearance

*A country in love with injections and drips

*Spanish politics set for new era

*Fears of 'brutal crackdown' in Ethiopia

*Nicki Minaj urged to cancel Angola gig

*Tanzania launches school fee crackdown

*Prison band gets Grammy nomination

*Patient plays saxophone during brain surgery

*UK shops test 'thief recognition' tech

*Dump unsafe 'hoverboards', Amazon warns

*EU will not raise Facebook age limit

*Tweeters mock Trump's internet call

*Mourinho 'not certain to leave

*McCoy to get BBC lifetime honour

*SA women's sevens denied Rio berth

*US Fed raises interest rates by 0.25%

UK MIRROR

*Fears for Brit who disappeared in  Thailand after telling parents 'he  was sorry he couldn't see them one last time'

*British woman goes missing on Saga cruise  ship in the middle on the Atlantic

*Security guards 'jumped on man  repeatedly cutting himself' at  Heathrow

*British model in divorce battle with  US millionaire 'banned' from leaving California with baby son

*Cancer not caused by 'bad luck' but down to environment and lifestyle,  according to new study

*Women's football Lingerie League  has kicked up a sexism storm

*Heartbroken Michelle Dockery  describes fiance as "my hero, my  everything" at his funeral

*Paedophile presenter Stuart Hall to enjoy fish and chips after release from prison

*Blood rain could signal Britain's  hottest Christmas EVER as temp  soars to 16C

*Brutal Tory cuts leave 2 MILLION  people too poor to enjoy Christmas

*Mother hit with £150 bill after  ex-husband overstayed his hospital  parking ticket - by dying

*Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp  branded "an idiot" by West Brom's  James McClean

*British mum died of heat exhaustion on US mountain as temperatures hit 104F

*Transgender woman banned from  beauty pageant final after judges  find out she was born male

*Manchester City close in on Pep  Guardiola as Spanish boss prepares to quit Bayern Munich

*Rapist caught after his girlfriend  recognised him in police appeal

*Jose Mourinho slams Chelsea  players AGAIN - 'they need to  rethink the way they live football'

*At 26 years young, Jack the  Yorkshire terrier becomes Britain’s  oldest dog

ROUND UP

*20 years from now, economists will look to one thing to determine if the rate hike was successful or not - Business Insider

*2015 was the year of the zombie media company - Business Insider

*2016 Jaguar XF S Purrs 'n' Prowls Around Sedona - Forbes

*21 Times Brides Simply Couldn't Contain Their Joy - Huffington Post

*strategies employers use to keep people from drinking too much at the holiday party - Business Insider

*A British startup just scooped Apple in China with a '800lb gorilla' of a deal - Business Insider

*A Call To Arms Against McCarthy 2.0 - Techcrunch

*A look at California's plan to make self-driving cars public - Business Insider

*A major security flaw is letting hackers attack companies just by sending an email - Business Insider

*A nation bordering Russia is building a fence along a third of its border - Business Insider

*A Proposed California Law Would Require Drivers For Driverless Cars - Techcrunch

*A protester interrupted Trump during last night's debate - Business Insider

*A security guard stole $5 million in diamonds that were thrown out in the trash - Business Insider

*A Vegas line-up that puts Ted Cruz in the middle - The Economist

*Abby Wambach blasts 'egotistical' U.S. men's coach - CNN

*Actor James Woods happy to be alive after Colorado crash - Associated Press

*Adele concert tickets: The battle begins - CNN

*Adele's new single is quietly one of her coolest collaborations ever - Business Insider

*Affluenza' teen missing - CNN

*Afreximbank plans $3.5bn in trade finance to ease Africa forex crunch - BusinessDay

*Amazon Leads $23M Investment In India-Based Home Services Startup Housejoy - Techcrunch

*America's top general doesn't think we are ready to defeat ISIS - Business Insider

*An Adoption Story: Planting the Seeds of Hope Part 2 - Huffington Post

*An alleged bank robber got caught after running past a reporter on live TV - Business Insider

*An Intrapreneur's Best Contribution Is 'Customer-Led Innovation - Forbes