***HIGH POINT:
*Alleged harassment: Patience Jonathan files N2bn suit against EFCC*
*Court asked to strike out charges against suspected IPOB members*
*Reps in rowdy session as 2 PDP members defect to APC*
*2018 budget may be jerked up to N10trn ‘ Senate*
*ASUP calls for adequate funding of state polytechnics*
*When Lagos partners LCDA to boost education*
*$25bn NNPC contract award: PDP, NLC, SERAP, ANEEJ call for Baru’s probe*
*Terrorism: We’ll stand by Nigeria to defeat Boko Haram, UK assures*
*Judiciary workers endorse Gov Ugwuanyi for second term*
*LG polls: Jite promises to key into Okowa’s SMART agenda*
*Consider us in electoral process, people with disabilities tell INEC*
*Group commends INEC, Police over preparedness*
*Umahi accuses Ebonyi civil servants of illegal collection of leave allowance*
*Ohanaeze frowns at inflammatory speech by Igbo youths*
*At 57, Nigeria is not near greatness*
*Ibadan: Moving from ancient to modern with chieftaincy reforms*
*Corporate governance, responsibility, sustainability and accountability : Implication for Nigeria*
*Give us multi-purpose TV, Lai Mohammed challenges set top box manufacturer*
*Equal but separate Courts for looter*
*Corporate governance, responsibility, sustainability and accountability: Implication for Nigeria*
*Sunday, Nwa granut of Oko Poly: I want to be a student, but*
*Kachikwu/Baru feud: PDP, SERAP call for suspension of Baru, Buhari meets minister today*
*Monkey pox: Avoid eating bushmeat, says FG*
*N1.5bn scam: APC chieftain,ex-SUBEB chairman remanded in prison*
*EFCC has frozen my late mothers accounts, says Patience*
*Court orders arrest of witness in Egbegbes fraud case*
*Nnamdi Kanu has no means of livelihood, says army*
*N22.8bn fraud: Ex-NAF chief, Amosus surety withdraws*
*Reps oppose Moroccos bid to join ECOWAS*
*BHaram terrorists disguising as IDPs killed in Borno*
*Ekiti rainstorm, flood victims get relief materials*
*Southern, MBelt leaders condemn Operation Python Dance, others*
*Okowa, Uduaghan mourn late Itsekiri historian, Pa Ayomike*
*Manslaughter: Synagogue engineers file no-case submission*
*Ondo ll become investors destination by 2020 Akeredolu*
*Abuja court transfers ex-gov Aliyu, aides trial to Minna*
*LASG approves 500 Cs of O monthly*
*Raise good leaders through reading*
*Harmattan: Lagos asks residents to be safety conscious*
*Boat accident: Death toll hits 18*
*FRSC officials take delivery of baby girl on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway*
*Ohanaeze frowns at hate speech by Igbo youths*
*School guard sets four children, one teacher on fire*
*FG partnering with neighbouring countries on porous borders -Osinbajo*
*APC, PDP are expired parties ‘Okupe*
*Zoning: S’West PDP wants pact on national chair respected*
*INEC releases timetable for Ekiti, Osun elections*
*Rivers, APC clash over pro-SARS rally*
*PFN backs restructuring, calls for equity, justice*
*INEC to deploy 6,200 card readers for Anambra poll*
*Protests as two Reps dump PDP, join APC*
***BUSINESS:
*FG releases N100bn to contractors for Ibadan-Ilorin road, 24 others*
*11 Nigerians achieve distinction in Business School Netherlands*
*We’ll keep supporting ICT contest among pupils ‘ Zenith GMD*
*Senate sets conditions for FG on 2018 budget*
*CBN to blacklist exporters for non-repatriation of proceeds*
*Stop surcharge on mutilated, dirty notes, Reps tell CBN*
*Nigeria spends $400m annually on pesticides ‘ NSPRI*
*Nigeria’s electricity law near perfect ‘ Fashola*
*FG needs $16bn for deep seaports, rail, others ‘ Amaechi*
*Coca-Cola to empower 10,000 youths by 2020*
*Erisco, Asian firms plan tomato factory in Katsina*
*9mobile to boost SMEs*
*Farmers record 27 tonnes/ha on improved weed control*
*TEF to empower 1,000 African entrepreneurs in Lagos*
*Apapa gridlock: Export business may collapse, operators cry out*
*Union Bank takes centenary celebration to Abuja, others*
*BoI, others commission agency to rate SMEs*
*Over $60bn invested in ICT since 2001 ‘ Minister*
*Ship registry: NIMASA laments improper documentation by stakeholders*
*NNPC resumes products loading from Ibadan depot*
*SON blames products faking on improper monitoring*
***SPORTS:
*Why we lost to Nigeria last year ‘ Zambian coach*
*Nigeria v Zambia clash: It’s fire for fire ‘ Mikel*
*Ezenwa vows to put up a flawless performance*
*Uruguay kept waiting after Venezuela stalemate*
*Money not our motivation ‘ Ighalo*
*Rohr: Eagles to win for Ikeme*
*FIFA WWC 2019: Equatorial Guinea banned*
*FIFA clears MFM’s Odey for FC Zurich*
*Iwobi trusts Rohr to make best selection*
*Aina eager to make international bow for Nigeria*
*Defending Champions Germany, England qualify for 2018 World Cup*
*Record man Lewandowski fires Poland to brink of World Cup*
*Fagbenle: Tribute to the Pundit Emeritus*
***WORLD:
*Botswana says ‘Mugabe’s advanced age’ result of recent diplomatic gaffe*
*Primary 1 teacher adjudged 2017 overall Best Teacher in Ghana*
*’Sit tight African leaders are those who fail to empower their people’*
*Uganda age limit law will make Museveni ‘president for life’*
*Minus dos Santos: Here are Africa’s longest serving presidents still going strong*
*Rebuilding Goma 15 years after volcano eruption*
*Burkina Faso’s strawberry business strives for international standards*
*Togo roads blocked on day 2 of anti-Gnassingbe protests*
*Protests after assassination of Mozambique mayor on ‘Day of Peace’*
*U.S. govt says Cameroon’s handling of Anglophone crisis ‘unacceptable’*
*Libyan lawmakers demand apology from Boris Johnson over ‘dead bodies’ comment*
*Exiled Jammeh’s private company owes pension fund over $35m: Gambia inquiry*
*Global church body to intervene in Ethiopia – Eritrea border dispute*
*Good morning*
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