DAILIES HEADLINES FOR TODAY TUE. AUGUST 1st, 2017

*3 policemen to face trial over looting of Jonathan’s Abuja home*

*Property Dispute: Task Force flouted court order, respondents tell court*

*Police cordon off Anambra PDP office, abort party’s SEC meeting*

*Miscreants have infiltrated our ranks ‘IPOB*

*Central Hospital Project: Edo PDP licking their wounds’Oshiomhole*

*4 siblings killed in kerosene explosion: Mother roams about begging for help*

*Amaechi is leader, Rivers APC insists*

*Bello seeks N11b supplementary budget*

*Taraba PDP wins all LG cases, as Kona insists APC’s dead*

*Group faults destruction of houses by soldiers in Rivers*

*Centre wants old age study included in schools’ curriculum*

*OAU proffers solution to nation’s problems at annual confab*

*BoT member kicks as Bode George takes over PDP secretariat*

*Edo’s outrageous anti-poor university*

*Delegates’ List: Fresh bribery allegation rocks APC*

*PANDEF to FG: We’ll pull out if there’s no dialogue*

*Complete your refinery before Dec 2019, FG urges Dangote*

*Lagos-Ibadan road: Falae, Afenifere, YCE, others slam FG, National Assembly*

*Police nab 32 kidnap suspects in Kaduna*

*Presidency hails CAN’s goodwill message to Buhari*

*Robbers raid Benin-Ore highway, shoot driver in head*

*Freed Lagos pupils begin trauma therapy in LASUTH*

*Aluu four: Sergeant, two others get death sentence*

*Constitution: Rejected bills can still sail through, says Ekweremadu*

*Biafran group declares secession, names Utomi, Soludo, Gana, others in ‘cabinet’*

*Niger Delta leaders give FG ultimatum on peace talks*

*We have fraud evidence against Amaechi, says Wike*

*Police uncover Badoo shrine, arrest 51-year-old for killing couple*

*Badoo: Four held as police find graves, shrine*

*PMB: The scramble for visiting rights*

*Boko Haram: Pressure on govt over abducted dons*

*I’m hale, hearty, says Awujale*

*UNIPORT four: Sergeant, two others to die*

*Six Amnesty beneficiaries bag first class in UK varsities*

*Israelis to train 450 Nigerian Special Forces*

*Lamorde cautions on use of credit card for air tickets*

*Ex-minister: election will hold in Anambra*

***BUSINESS:

*FG pleads with Dangote to finish refinery before 2019*

*Govt hopes on Dangote Refinery to end fuel import*

*LCCI commends Customs for removing check-points on highways*

*Naira closes at 365 despite CBN dollar sales*

*MPC decision: Consolidating equities, forex gains*

*Oando posts N4.6b profit despite low oil prices*

*FG adopts automated system for 2018 budget preparation*

*Abuja airport second runway’ll be ready before 2019 – FG*

*LCCI commends resilience of indigenous enterprises*

*Unity Bank, BoI boost small business growth*

*Fashola, power firms, as constituted, cannot deliver*

*Access Bank upgrades mobile banking app*

*Capital Express seeks development of mutual funds*

*$300bn in oil investments lost globally in three years Kachikwu*

*We’ll stop oil production if cost remains high – Kachikwu*

*Oil prices rise as dollar continues slide against the yen*

***SPORTS:

*PSG to announce Neymar signing on Wednesday*

*Five things on Nemanja Matic*

*Man Utd sign Matic from Chelsea*

*Neymar to cost PSG £352m*

*Neymar gets China red-carpet treatment as speculation grows*

*Sanchez saga won’t ruin Arsenal –Wenger*

*FIBA names Kida as NBBF president on website*

*2018 FIFA World Cup: Adepoju optimistic of Eagles qualification*

*AfroBasket Women 2017: Nigeria’s US based players storm Lagos Thursday*

*Agbo debuts for Standard Liege*

*Ahmed ‘Nesta’ Hegazy set to thrive at Tony Pulis’ West Bromwich Albion*

*Ajagba, Apochi Stun Opponents On Pro Boxing Debuts In USA*

*Alabama’s Da’Shawn Hand Reportedly Asleep in Parked Car at Time of DUI Arrest*

*Alleged tax-evasion: Ronaldo due in court today*

*Amed Rosario Recalled by Mets from Triple-A Las Vegas; Will Debut Tuesday*

*Amiesimaka to open SWAN Rivers Platform*

*Ancelotti expects English clubs to contend in Champions League*

***WORLD:

*Shola Adisa-Farrar on Afro-jazz music*

*Ghanaian woman to the rescue of Uber: meet Bozoma Saint John*

*New UK TV slammed for airing recreational killing of animals in Africa*

*Ghana issues ultimatum to state agencies over use of private emails*

*Ivory Coast: Curtains fall on 8th Francophonie games*

*Malawi ex-president, Joyce Banda, wanted by police over $250m corruption case*

*White farmers who forced black S. African into a coffin plead not guilty*

*German defence minister visits Mali*

*Kenya elections IT expert was ‘tortured and murdered’*

*Ethiopia topped African consumers of Dangote cement in first half of 2016*

*Good morning and Happy New Month…..

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