News/Headlines Today - 5/2/2016

Good Morning! Here are the things you need to know this Morning..

-. Boko Haram militants are now regrouping at Yale village after they suffered a major setback following continuous military attacks. This was disclosed by the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Borno State, Alhaji Ali Bukar Dalori who was in Dalori village of Konduga Local Government to ascertain the extent of damage to the community in the last Boko Haram attack.

-At the resumed trial of the PDP Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, on Thursday, a witness, Abbah Dabo told the court that he returned the sum of N25m he received from Metuh to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, when he realized that the money originated from the office of former NSA. Meanwhile, Justice Abang Okon of the Federal High Court, Abuja adjourned the trial till Feb 9.

-Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said that the judgment of the Supreme Court on the governorship elections in Akwa Ibom and Abia
states ‎was a victory for democracy and a triumph of patriotism over dictatorship and harassment. The governor who was speaking in Ado Ekiti also faulted the comment by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on the judgment, saying Oyegun and his party’s interest was the oil in the region and not that of the people.

-. The remains of the late paramount ruler of Tivland, otherwise known as Tor Tiv, Dr. Afred Akawe Torkula was Thursday laid to rest. At the funeral were the State governor, Samuel Otorm, immediate past governor of the state, Gabriel Suswam, Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara among other prominent men and women across the country.

-. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday cautioned that any group of persons threatening to embark on acts of sabotage against the Nigerian State would be severely dealt with. Military spokesman, Rabe Abubakar, in a statement warned that the military and other security agencies will not condone any acts capable of causing security breach and economic sabotage in the Niger Delta or in any other part of the country.

- The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has threatened to shutdown the nation’s economy if the Federal Government of Nigeria fails to conduct a referendum in the south-east geopolitical zone in order for them to regain their freedom, saying it was ready to make the country ungovernable. This was disclosed by MASSOB Director of Information, Samuel Edeson in a statement to newsmen in Enugu.

-The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has assured staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, that they would not be sacked in the ongoing reforms. He gave this assurance on Thursday when he met with labour union leaders in the oil and gas sector in Abuja.

-. The trial of a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, his son, Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako, Abubakar Aliyu and Zulkifikk Abba, continued on Tuesday with the he EFCC presenting three more witnesses – Yawale Auwalu, Philip Olukayode, both staff of Ecobank Nigeria Plc and Caroline Osaha, a staff of First Bank Nigeria Plc, to testify against the accused.

- The Supreme Court will today pass its judgment on the case before it, challenging the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal over charges bordering on alleged false assets declaration.

- Workers in Ondo State will on Monday next week lead electricity consumers to shut down all offices of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, in the state, to protest the new tariff on power. BEDC is in charge of Ekiti, Ondo, Delta and Edo. This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mrs. Bossed Dramola on Thursday.-Dailypost 

HEADLINES

THE NATION

●Buhari under pressure to stop anti-graft battle

●BVN exposes 23,306 'ghost workers' on Fed Govt payroll

●PDP hails judiciary on Abia, Akwa Ibom verdicts

●CCT: Saraki knows fate today

●Ex-VP Sambo's aide: why I refunded Metuh's N25m

●Two hospitals shut as Ogun records Lassa fever

●Ooni, Owa battle at Osun monarchs' meeting

●Jubilation in Abia over Supreme Court judgment

●Emmanuel to opposition: let's build Akwa Ibom together

●PCN inducts 36 UNIMAID graduates

●Money is not everything, provost tells doctors

●Scary future for jobless youths

●LASU upgrades website

●Motivational speakers are frauds

●Devaluation not solution to economic woes, Labour tells govt

●CBN extends BVN deadline for Diaspora customers

●Power should shift to Akure, says aspirant

DAILY SUN

●APC supporters first to congratulate me 'Akwa Ibom gov

●I've returned N25m Metuh gave me ' Ex-VP Sambo's aide

●Those accusing Imo of owing salaries are jokers 'Madumere, Imo Deputy Gov

●Budget 2016: Secrecy reigns as Reps grill MDAs

●Arrest order: APC, PDP lock horns in Ekiti

●Supreme Court Judges Should Be Investigated ' APC

●Buhari's attack upsets judiciary

●Senate panel summons AGF over NDDC funding

●PDP chair crisis: We'll not allow personal ambition destroy party 'BoT scribe

●2015 Polls: Indiscpline made PDP lose Lagos- Shelle

●There is danger in upholding Appeal Court ruling on Taraba

●Fitch slams Buhari's economic policy, says it can't stimulate growth

●Brazilian infected with Zika through blood transfusion

●Synagogue Church: Court to Rules on Legality of Coroner's Verdict Feb. 19

●Presidency lists Buhari's achievements in first 7 months

●Ibadan tragedy: Our son was murdered for having child outside wedlock -Family

●Boko Haram: FG must change tactics now SGF

●Let's pray against epidemic of biblical proportion, says cleric

●Why military can't defeat Boko Haram -Service Chiefs

●FG uncovers 23,306 ghost workers on payroll

●Nigerians may starve to death by 2050, agriculture minister warns

●FG 'suspends Bristow ' Sikorsky' Helicopters operation in Nigeria.

●Man to serve 8 years in jail for rape

VANGUARD

●Labour, allies protest hike in electricity tariff, Monday

●Medical doctor shot during protest in Imo

●220 firms owe AMCON N1.14 trillion

●BIAFRA: Conduct referendum for secession now, MASSOB tells FG

●350 firms, 7 countries for Enugu Int'l Trade Fair

●Cash crunch hits Lagos marathon

●Enyimba to play ACL games in P/Harcourt

●Dalung renews Taylor's contract

●FIFA rankings: Eagles move three steps up

●In my time, entertainers were treated as beggars, dropouts ' Oga Bello

●Women took advantage of my youthful exuberance ' Sir Shina Peters

●Prophet showed the way to prevent Lassa fever

●Hijab liberates Muslim women from vain desires

BBC

●Spread of bee disease 'largely manmade

●UN troops sent home over 'sex abuse

●Five held over Tanzanian student attack

●Clinton and Sanders go head-to-head

●HK booksellers 'author' attacks China

●Earth, Wind & Fire founder White dies

●Obama to propose new levy on oil firms

●Mexico seeks actress over 'El Chapo

● Elderly bridge club raided by Thai police

●Mali strike late to reach CHAN final

●Colombia warns on Zika baby risk

●Deaths on Britain's roads up by 3%

●Suicide prevention app' trial

●Sevilla 4-0 Celta Vigo

●Hackers targeted Alibaba accounts

●How social media is transforming the fashion industry

●Rubio sees surge of support after Iowa

CNN

●Democratic Debate: Clinton accuses Sanders of 'artful smear

●Child, five others found dead in home

●Two NYPD officers shot in the Bronx

●Three more missing men turn up in China

●Turkey accuses Russia of attacking civilians

●Voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck dies

●Italian student in Cairo found battered and dead

●Afghan boy, hailed as hero, killed by militants

●How a text a day can keep the doctor away

●Tunisian curfew lifted

●Former Russian MP: Assad taking more territory, so rebels must negotiate

●Israeli teens sentenced for Palestinian boy's burning death

●U.N. peacekeepers raped girls in Central African Republic: Rights group

●Miley Cyrus joins 'The Voice' for season 10

●Janet Jackson's breakout album is 30 years old

●Bob Elliott, half of comedy legends Bob and Ray, dies at 92.