***HIGH POINT:
*Inspector kills police superintendent over money, commits suicide*
*Southern leaders to Buhari: Your claim that Nigeria’s unity is settled not tenable*
*Ojukwu’s son disowns IPOB, MASSOB, backs Buhari*
*Afe Babalola rejects 120 cut-off mark for varsity admission*
*You’re sick and tired, go home and rest, Fayose tells Buhari*
*$1.1bn Malabu oil deal: 48 days after, Jonathan ignores Reps’ invitation*
*Workers boo Oshiomhole for attacking restructuring campaigners*
*Man tricks girlfriend into prostitution in UAE*
*As Buhari returns from London*
*ASUU justifies strike, accuses Ngige of blackmail*
*Presidential mis-communication, Aso Rock rodents and other matters*
*Akeredolu, Ganduje call for creation of state police*
*River police use tear gas on anti-ritual killing protesters*
*Inner roads: Ejigbo LGA awards construction of multiple link road projects*
*Nobody died of strange disease in LUTH ‘ CMD*
*We must not give room to Nnamdi, his IPOB group to course panic,destruction ‘ CNND*
*FG releases 2017/2018 admission list into unity schools*
*Kogi Assembly constitutes 5-man committee to investigate Aug. 1 attack*
*Group warns Niger Delta youths against being used as destruction instruments*
*Anti graft war: AGF, Magu on war path over move to remove NFIU from EFCC*
*Lagos admits 5,278 pupils in model colleges*
*Jamb cut-off mark in the 90s, the minimum requirement was 180 but instead*
*Mixed reactions trail varsity admission’s cut-off mark*
*Guber aspirant urges agitators of marginalisation to dialogue*
*NNPC, IOCs plan joint security apparatus to curb oil, gas sabotage*
*My agitation brought President Buhari back home ‘ Fayose*
*New SGF should come from South East ‘ Udeogaranya*
*No outbreak of Lassa fever in Kwara ‘ Commissioner*
*Impeachment: Edo-North traditional rulers urge lawmakers to return house leadership to Edo-Central*
*Alleged Sodomy: Anambra community in man-hunt for suspects*
*Restructuring: Threats, insults not the way ‘ Presidency*
*We never banned songs by Olamide, Davido, 9ice ‘ NBC*
*Ecravos pipeline project to up crude export by 160, 000 bpd*
*Court remands shoemaker over alleged homosexuality*
*I am ready to invest more in the zoo ‘ Gov Okorocha*
*Again, Suicide bombers strike Maidugiri*
*EID-EL-KABIR: 70 trailer load of Lake rice arrive lagos*
*Edo Auto crash: Obaseki Set to unveil new traffic wardens, policy*
*11 beheaded in attack at checkpoint*
*Police confirm ex-minister’s abduction in Nasarawa*
*53-year-old man arraigned for allegedly defiling 8-year-old girl*
*Classifying all Nigerian judges as corrupt, unfair generalisation- Lawyer*
*Kumuyi to address youth at National Youth Success Camp*
*Eid-il-Kabir: Council to generate revenue through Ram sale*
*Man docked for receiving alleged stolen property*
*FRSC takes steps to restore traffic flow on Lagos-Ibadan expressway*
*Sultan declares Sept. 1, as Sallah day*
*No cold war between Russia, U.S. ‘ Russian deputy FM*
*Ondo APDA to Akeredolu: Don’t play politics with workers’ salary*
*Kogi monarch hails Mercy Johnson’s youth programme*
*FG bans songs by Olamide, Davido, 9ice*
*Drake professes his love for Rihanna again*
*Recurring ASUU strikes demand decisiveness*
*Akeredolu, Ganduje call for creation of state police*
*PDP inaugurates caretaker committees for Ogun, others, Kashamu kicks*
*APC NWC meets next week on national convention*
*Harassed by influential Nigerians, judiciary resorts to doublespeak*
*UK, Nigerian firms to deliver specialist training*
*Group advises clearing agents on integrity, transparency*
***BUSINESS:
*Why CBN interventions fail to save Naira*
*2,000 Edo women to get interest-free loans for business*
*Nigerian rice farmers, others to access Bill Gates $30bn agriculture grant*
*$823m Abuja metro rail ready by December, says contractor*
*FG inaugurates N61bn local content intervention fund today*
*NNPC, IOCs join forces against oil, gas sabotage*
*Nigeria to join aviation emission reduction implementation by 2021*
*Creating profitable enterprises with the right skills*
*FIRS shuts MRS Oil over N497m tax debt*
*W’Bank, NIMASA to develop climate change-resilient coastlines*
*N473bn Zungeru hydropower plant at 47% completion ‘ CNEEC*
*LCCI to examine investment opportunities in power sector*
*Recession self-inflicted, Utomi, Soludo insist*
*Bank lending: UNIDO gives Nigerian young entrepreneurs e-learning support*
*W’Bank, Oyo partner to construct 70 rural roads*
*MRS Oil posts N1.5bn after-tax profit*
*EU plans trade programme to improve Nigeria’s exports*
*200 Ondo students receive solar energy training*
*Access Bank rewards customer loyalty*
*Nigeria’s gas production rises as Shell completes project*
*Firms partner to manufacture meters, eye Nigeria*
*NPA collaborates with foreign firms on trade*
*FCMB restates commitment to tourism*
*Experts advocate single-market rate to stem falling naira*
*Stanbic IBTC Bank gets new management system certification*
*DPR, Lagos collaborate on oil, gas development*
*Access Bank grows profit by 18%, equities gain*
*PwC allays fears over Nigeria’s refinancing plan*
*Nigerdock trains 49 youths in Egina project*
*Wapic Insurance seeks to mitigate oil, gas risks*
*Nipco acquires additional stake in 11 Plc*
*ExxonMobil misled public on climate for decades ‘ Study*
*Rak Unity Petroleum’s revenue rises by 24%*
***SPORTS:
*Eagles hungry for win against Lions – Ighalo*
*Pro boxing can’t thrive in Nigeria without good promoters ‘ Okorodudu*
*Neymar denied Barca return in Champions League groups*
*NPFL: Gombe United optimistic of escaping relegation, official*
*I have confidence in junior Eagles-Ugbade*
*Griezmann handed two-game ban for ref insult*
*Eagles hungry for win against Lions ‘ Ighalo*
*UCL draw: Neymar denied Barca return*
*Osaze eyes Eagles, Europe return*
*Rooney quits Three Lions*
*Wrestler Adekuoroye wins silver in Paris*
*NPFL: Sunshine won’t go down, says Raji*
*Nigeria absent at World University Games*
*Liverpool qualify for Champions League group stage*
*England’s Wayne Rooney announces international retirement*
***WORLD:
*Israel introduces new military drone*
*Voting ends in Angola’s general elections, counting underway*
*Tanzania charges 32 people with killing, burning five ‘witches’*
*Angola polls a democratic exercise of global standards – EC boss boasts*
*Russian ambassador to Sudan found dead in swimming pool*
*Eritrea gets new European Union head of delegation*
*Canada issues Ethiopia security alert citing road clashes in four cities*
*Sierra Leone mudslides sweep away school*
*Ethiopia: Oromia region observes shutdown called by opposition*
*Nigeria marks jollof rice festival in Lagos*
*Egypt’s first baby swimming program excites parents*
*Chad orders closure of Qatar embassy, diplomats get quit deadline*
*’Baby loves daddy’: Kenya’s Lupita celebrates dad’s governorship victory*
*Good morning……*