World News Roundup Today - 7/1/2015

Good Morning...first Thursday in 2016!

Still same old,same old....

DAILY POST

*Federal High Court denies granting Dasuki, others N250m bail

*El-Rufai sacks Kaduna council interim committees

*Gunmen allegedly stoned

man to death in Ebonyi

*NSCDC ordered to sell seized vessels; deploys 4000 personnel for Bayelsa poll

*EFCC to arrest more influential

Nigerians; no petition against APC leaders yet – Magu

*Chinese President set to host Buhari

*kpeazu remains Abia Governor – Kalu

*EFCC has order from ‘above’ to poison Metuh in detention – PDP alleges

*Dickson is a deceitful, dictatorial and wasteful Governor – Sylva

*APC faults Fayose for appointing Adesina member of state Judicial Council

*No plans to sack civil servants – Mimiko

*Security guard in court for allegedly inserting finger into 10-year-old’s vagina

*Traders lament as fire razes 40 shops in Ibadan, Ado-Ekiti markets

*Cultists behead man in Edo

*Bus runs into seven persons at

Lagos bus stop after brake

fails

*Diesel tanker explodes in Malunfashi; burn cars, buildings

*Drogba retires from football,

set to work with Hiddink

*Kanu Nwankwo mourns late NFF’s Head of Protocol

*NFF’s Head of Protocol, Ibrahim Abubakar shot dead by robbers

Bradley fight will be my last –

Pacquiao

GUARDIAN

*I will accept defeat, if beaten fairly, says Sylva

*Loneliness is 'as deadly as lack of exercise, diabetes

*Club rewards Lagos Island Maternity Hospital workers

*Saudi Arabia gives conditions to re-new ties with Iran

*Foreigners cannot determine Rwandans destiny, says Kagame

*South Africas ruling party to push for tougher anti-racism law

*UN troops in Central African Republic accused of rape

*Govt raises concern over fresh Lassa fever outbreak, as virus spreads to eight states

*Bulldozers roar and Oshodi traders mourn

*Youths protest against killing of commercial driver in Ekiti

*Party chieftain backs governor on Muslim pilgrims board

*$2.1b arms scam, a hoax, says Dokpesi

*Presidency denies link with Metuhs ordeal at EFCC

*El-Rufai dissolves management committees of local councils

*Ogun to penalise parents over pupils absenteeism

*Abuja goes frenzy, as Africas best footballers, artistes take centre stage

*Angola forces Eagles to draw in pre-CHAN friendly

*Republic of Korea Condemns North Koreas Fourth Nuclear Test

*Bayerns treble ambition still intact despite Guardiolas exit, says Boateng

*Investors wealth plunges further by N410b in three trading days

*United States stocks may hit new peak soon

*Periodic table gets four new elements

*Hope, skepticism trail N369 billion budgetary provision to education sector

*Dogs thwart effort to eradicate Guinea worm

TRIBUNE

*Dele Momodu absent as NAPTIP continues hearing in Davido/Sophia crisis

*Buhari appoints Ojudu special adviser

*Boko Haram kills 7 in suicide attack, raid

*We have no apology to Shiite members 'GOC

*Ooni unfolds plan to rebuild buildings damaged during Ife/Modakeke communal war 'Sets up Oduduwa Development Trust Fund

*Lagos airport terminal to handle 30 million passengers on completion

*Bayelsa: I brought peace to Niger Delta 'Sylva 'APC has come to take over govt 'Party chairman

*Police restrict movements in affected

LGAs 'TMG to deploy 99 quick count observers

*More influential Nigerians on EFCC radar 'Magu

*Fuel subsidies benefit the rich, impoverish the poor, says IMF

*Islamic State threatens to destroy Saudi prisons after executions

*Djibouti cuts ties with Iran

*Fresh sex abuse charges against UN forces in CAR

*Christians, Muslims, traditionalists live as one in Ago-Iwoye

*Thugs kill 29-yr-old in Kaduna, for splashing water on them

*Buhari urged not to relegate Ijaw, Itsekiri communities

*Group offers treatment to 20 cancer patients in Osun communities

ABC NEWS

*Steven Avery  White House  Petition  Reaches 100K  Signatures

*Trump Wants Ted Cruz Go Before  Judge About Citizenship

*LA District Attorney Declines to File Charges  Against Cosby

*Inside the Feud Between Donald Trump and  Samuel L. Jackson

*'The Force Awakens' Becomes Highest  Grossing Domestic Movie Ever

*Two Strangers Fall in Love After Liver  Transplant

*Dog With Cut Off Hind Legs Gets New Life

*Woman in Texas Doctors Love Triangle  Murder-for-Hire Case Speaks

*Gisele Bundchen Hits the Beach with Her  Son

*Prince George Attends First Day of  Nursery School

*S. Korea Limits Entry  to Border Industrial Park

•US, S. Korea and Japan Vow Tough Response  to N. Korea

CNN

*Villagers erect giant gold Mao statue

*Head encased in concrete found

*How Iran-Saudi Arabia tensions hurt region

*Michael Weatherly to exit 'NCIS

*Steely Dan musician Donald Fagen arrested on assault charge

*Grease,' 'Saturday Night Fever' producer Robert Stigwood dies

*Serena pulls out of Hopman Cup due to injury

*Refugee crisis will shake world in 2016

*Two new dog types join dog breed elite

*Trump: Obama tears 'sincere

*Trump gifted semi-automatic rifle

ENTERTAINMENT

*Baby saga: Davido reports to NAPTIP Lagos office - New Telegraph

*Blood Diamond' Star Returns To Benin To Film 'In Search Of Voodoo - Guardian

*Expendables' Is Already The Best Film Ever - Huffington Post

*Cobhams Asuquo turns 35 today

*Demi Lovato Feels Most Beautiful When She's 'Completely Stripped Down - Huffington Post

Don't Turn Davido To An ATM, Get A Job' ' Dr. Ola Balogun Tells Sophia Momodu - Daily Post

*Kourtney Kardashian ‘Beating Herself Up’ Over Justin Bieber Romance 'Hollywoodlife

*Dakota Johnson has an onstage wardrobe malfunction that's fifty shades of awkward 'ETonline

SPORTS

*Abia Warriors resume, line up friendlies - Nigerian Pilot

*Angola forces Eagles to draw in pre-CHAN friendly - Guardian

*Australia's Kingston Heath to host 2016 World Cup of Golf - Yahoo

*Barcelona 4-1 Espanyol - BBC

*Bilbao edge Villarreal in Cup thriller - Daily Trust

*Black Wednesday @ Glass House, as robbers kill NFF official - Vanguard

*Blunder: FIFA leaks Messi's name as Ballon d'Or winner - Vanguard

*Chelsea legend Drogba hangs up his boots - African Football

*Chelsea Transfer News: Douglas Costa, Radamel Falcao, John Stones, Top Rumours - Bleacher Report

*Zidanes appointment ends Iscos move to City 'Guardian