***HIGH POINT:
*University education in Nigeria at the crossroads*
*Obiano, APC candidate, Nwoye, disagree over November gov poll*
*FG revokes Lagos trade fair complex concession*
*Dialling down the ‘hate speech’ hysteria*
*Why Buhari should listen to people like Abubakar Umar*
*NEITI and Nigeria’s excessive profligacy*
*Arik: No discussion with Ethiopian Airlines, says AMCON*
*Q2 GDP: Analysts predict equities’ rebound*
*Financial market regulators should ensure policy consistency ‘ Orekoya*
*Promoters rebrand Atlantic Resort to Oceanna*
*Robbery suspect escapes from police cell in A’Ibom*
*Father kills son for planning to marry older woman*
*N50,000 bail: Lagos CP kicks out OC anti-kidnapping, invites victim*
*GUS winner killed as police arrest three suspects*
*Ondo poly student drowns while swimming in river*
*Policeman drowns in well in Ebonyi*
*Suitor dies in Katsina marriage flogging game*
*Re-arrest threat: Kanu not in hiding ‘ IPOB*
*Edo doctors use candles to treat patients ‘ NMA*
*Schoolgirl amputated after 2012 electricity incident goes on hunger strike*
*IPDI backs Amnesty Int’l on secret detention centres in Nigeria*
*You’ve failed Deltans, APC group accuses Okowa, PDP*
*PNDPC plans to meet Buhari over NNPC appointments ‘ Loyibo*
*Minister urges Benue to demolish structures on water channels*
*Okorocha backtracks on ban of tricycles in Imo*
*STRIKE: Only FG can resolve the impasse ‘ ASUU*
*Eid-el-Kabir: Reyenieju calls for tolerance*
*UNICEF plans quality service delivery in Anambra*
*Clark takes APC to task on restructuring, says we must be sincere with one another*
*Abia embarks on construction of 132 classroom blocks*
*Family petitions CoAS over son killed by soldiers in Delta*
*Hospitals plan options as doctors begin indefinite strike*
*IPMAN’s ex-Dep President insists he’s BoT member*
*AYND donates to 120 indigent students in Delta*
*Deal directly with us, Oleh landlords tell Agip*
*Ojukwu promises to shock Obiano, Nwoye, Obaze*
*ID elects farmer as gov candidate*
*I know that God will intervene in Rivers, says Dakuku Peterside*
*I returned to reposition Nigeria, make livelihood better ‘ Buhari*
*Tambuwal, Nigerien President meet on cooperation*
*Need for national coalition against rape*
*New dimension to Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ and story behind it*
*Marriott’s legacy in Nigeria dates back to the 1980s*
*Amosun gives N100, 000 to woman delivered of her baby girl at Ojude-Oba Festival*
*Senator Misau vs IGP Idris:’Overtake don overtake Overake*
*2019: Buhari must run for office ‘ APC*
*Homosexuality is not a sin, Prophet Arinze Okoli claims*
*South Africans forcibly take over Nigerian’s house*
*Doctors Strike: Mixed reactions in Asaba, Ilorin*
*Tension in NEMA over N665m liabilities*
*Buhari is concerned about gale of strikes, says aide*
*Mixed reactions in Asaba, Ilorin*
*Buhari restates commitment to anti-corrption battle*
*Educationists condemn 120 Post-UTME cut-off mark*
*Cases that rocked 2016-2017 legal year*
*How lawyers can avoid sudden death*
*Update your knowledge of native laws*
*Stop paying young lawyers peanuts*
*Thoughts on rape, defilement*
*Lawyer petitions IGP over sack of three cops*
*Police arraign man for maltreating baby*
*Court restrains ex-footballer, firm, from Lekki land*
*Infrastructure critical to Nigeria’s economic transformation, says ECA*
*The Oceanna’ll change Lagos skyline*
*Airport certification’ll cut insurance premium, says FAAN MD*
*Moves to break monopoly in pay Tv market*
*NCDMB hqtrs stays in Yenagoa*
***BUSINESS:
*FG projects $10.38bn earning from cooking gas in 2018*
*FG to review port concessionaires based on industry data*
*BEDC, Thames Delta, sign MOU on 20 MW Isoko power plant*
*Turnover on fixed income market falls by N1.09bn in July*
*Adeosun confirms N350bn release for capital projects*
*DMO sets borrowing limit for FG at $22bn*
*FIRS generates N2.11tn revenue in seven months*
*PENGASSAN warns against taxing voluntary pension contributions*
*CBN, IFAD to assist farmers, artisans in Oyo*
*FIRS generates N2.11t in seven months*
*Nigeria loses $2b to aviation sector*
***SPORTS:
*Cameroon hold Super Eagles to 1-1 draw in Yaounde*
*Buhari celebrates our Super Eagles draw with Cameroon*
*Eagles send Cameroon out of W’Cup after draw*
*Referee booked me for thanking Jesus ‘ Ighalo*
*Draw moves Nigeria closer to World Cup*
*Broos settles for Nations Cup in 2019 with Lions*
*Ghana out to keep slim World Cup hopes alive*
*Wounded South Africa welcomes Cape Verde*
*England beat Slovakia to edge closer to World Cup*
*Five things learned from England v Slovakia*
*World Cup Africa zone qualifying result*
*Mbappe pens emotional letter to angry Monaco fans*
*Rashford redemption sends England closer to Russia*
*Weightlifting: Nigeria risks missing 2018 C’wealth Games*
*NOC to present Olympics bronze to Usman*
*We haven’t fixed Final 8 date ‘NBBF*
***WORLD:
*Boycott leads to heavy security in schools in Cameroon’s anglophone region*
*Angola opposition coalition reject poll outcome, threaten court action*
*Wife of S. Africa deputy president backs him in extramarital exposé*
*U.K. issues Eritrea security alert, cautions against travel to all borders*
*Angola’s outgoing president gives daughter $4.5bn dam contract – email leak*
*Famed Ethiopia musician, activists slam govt over cancelled album launch*
*French foreign minister in Libya to push peace deal*
*Rwanda police confirm arrest of Kagame’s female critic, mom and sister*
*Kenya to hold fresh presidential election on October 17*
*UN sanctions on North Korea*
*Good morning
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