Dailies Headlines For Today Friday August 18th, 2017

*Wealth-seeking man rapes daughter on herbalist’s instruction*

*Father allegedly impregnates 14-year-old daughter, flees*

*Impeached Edo Dep. Speaker refuses to return cars*

*NADECO dissociates self from clampdown story, US confab*

*Sure-P fraud: Court orders perm sec to forfeit N664m, hotel, house*

*FG will treat hate campaigners like terrorists, says Osinbajo*

*138 Nigerian deportees return from Libya*

*Lagos, Ogun PDP call for Kashamu’s expulsion*

*Four arrested for attempting to burn Imo college*

*FRSC rescues 44 minors from suspected child traffickers*

*Obasanjo writes to Agbakoba, says offer yourself for leadership*

*NIS arrests senior officers for job racketeering*

*Mimiko, Adebanjo, insist on restructuring, say call not anti-North*

*Constituency projects: Ekiti Assembly indicts Olujimi, two lawmakers*

*Restructure Nigeria before 2019 polls ‘ Eminent Nigerians*

*Those who issued quit notice to northerners, Yoruba are miscreants ‘ Urhobo group*

*S-WEST PDP: Ogun exco kicks as reconciliatory parley wants Buruji expelled*

*Obasanjo attacks NASS members again*

*Lassa fever: Ondo trains 54 surveillance officers, informants*

*Strike: FG, ASUU meeting ends in deadlock*

*3 remanded in prison for hacking into bank, stealing N39m*

*Air ticket fraud: NANTA moves to curb activities of fraudulent travel agency operators*

*FG declares hate speech as terrorism*

*INEC sets up 20-man c’ttee on e-voting*

*Everyone started running when I came out to buy cigarette’ Cult leader*

*Disengaged workers cry to Buhari over entitlements*

*Herdsmen invade, destroy 200 farms in Imo*

*Ozubulu youths association moves to fish out killers at church*

*Embattled Anambra UPP State Chairman Igwilo recants, lifts suspension on Chidoka, Offodile*

*One hundred days abroad and still posing for pictures by Fani-Kayode*

*Sexual violence, poverty & education corruption in Nigerian secondary schools*

*Erhahon’s exit and the APC ‘ Pride goes before a fall*

*Next Titan reality TV show returns with season 4*

*Why I embraced comedy ‘Nkem Owoh*

*12 year-old singer, Iseoluwa drops ‘Iseoluwa*

*US court dismisses forgery case against Dammy Krane*

*The Economist ranks Lagos second least livable city in the world*

*Northern Governors and Elders meet to discuss Igbo Quit Notice*

*Say No to Sexual Violence! ‘.A piece by Cynthia Jon Dumebi*

*For the first time ever, Chris Brown tell his side of the Rihanna assault story*

*NAMA advocates synergy of flight information regions*

*Ahmadiyya National Islamic conference holds in Lokoja*

*How diet drinks, low-calorie meals trigger diabetes, by study*

*Building collapse shakes Imo*

*Govt agrees to pay varsity teachers N23b allowances*

*Buhari’s health has improved tremendously, says Dogara*

*Obasanjo: ASUU stampeded govt into 2009 agreement*

*Govt urges court to return Kanu to prison*

*Strange disease’ kills 50 in Kogi*

*Senior lawyer hails Osinbajo’s description of hate speech as terrorism*

*Our plans for Presidential Lodge, by Lagos government*

*LSACA warns people living with HIV against flouting laws*

*Minister leads experts on VVF repair mission*

*Ogun residents to get free eye surgery*

*20m Nigerians infected with Hepatitis B*

*I was denied admission locally, says UNICAF scholarship winner*

*Sokoto gives NAOWA N10m for schools*

*Use varsity research, govt urged*

*NGO rallies support for indigent children’s education*

*Bells gets new Registrar, Dean*

*FUTA wins UK grant*

*BrandNotes: Does PDP need rebranding or a change of name*

*Gridlock takes toll on Apapa Mall*

*Group urges EFCC to investigate aspirants*

*Fayose’s presidential ambition a ruse*

*Ayinla: Buhari is fulfilling campaign promises*

***BUSINESS:

*IBEDC rehabilitates Sawmill, Agba Dam injection substations in Kwara*

*Firm unveils app to ease banking transactions*

*SON to introduce product authentication scheme*

*N200bn Agric loan: CBN orders beneficiaries to insure projects with NAIC*

*Customs intercepts vehicles, others worth N1.4bn DPV*

*TSA: FG appoints 2 firms to audit banks’ remittances*

*Lekki Free Zone: Lagos State set to demolish illegal structures*

*Concessionaires short-listed for Kirikiri lighter terminal*

*Stakeholders want FG to adopt PPP for port infrastructure development*

*NIMASA reaches 96% ISPS compliance level, lists facilities on GISIS*

*What does Google’s N13,000 smart phone offer Nigerian users*

*How far has Samsung Galaxy S series redefined user experience*

*NCC to punish telcos over pre- registered sim cards*

*Nigeria mining week begins October 16*

*Settlement delays, inoperative issuers hobble pos penetration*

*TEXA to showcase opportunities for African businesses*

*Mining company expresses shock, disappointment over minister’s action*

*CRD moves to address multiple taxation in courier industry*

*NNPC’s gas master plan raises stable power supply hope*

*TSA: Again, Govt tackles banks over unremitted funds*

*Experts move to boost productivity of farmed animals*

*Nigeria: Cocoa beans farming has prospect*

*Nigeria, Morocco collaborate on agric insurance*

*Two Nigerians, 13 others in race for Young African Entrepreneurs prize*

*Nigeria not out of recession, union claims*

*Fed Govt not eager to sell refineries*

*SMEDAN seeks entrepreneurial courses in schools*

*Our plan to invest $133m additional capital, by firm*

***SPORTS:

*Ronaldo, Messi lead the pack*

*Messi battles Ronaldo for FIFA’s best player award*

*Nigeria Open: Oshonaike laments NTTF poor treatment*

*Danjuma named new Falconets coach*

*Karate: Nigeria win seven medals in Cotonou*

*I’ll sack Wenger if I buy Arsenal – Dangote*

*Victor Valdes retires*

*Milan striker Niang set for Spartak switch*

*Palacio joins Bologna from Inter*

*NFF to screen Finidi, Ugbade, 57 others for coaching roles*

*Benin reject Nigerian cars on arrival in Kano*

*Messi, Ronaldo other sports stars condemn Barcelona attack*

*CHAN Qualifier: Football fans in Kano urge Super Eagles to beat Benin*

*Six Nigerian Wrestlers set for 2017 World Championships in Paris*

*Harry Kane, Hazard, Kante’ make FIFA awards shortlist*

*Irabor calls for urgent re-organisation of Nigeria sports*

*DStv creates pop-up channel for Mayweather, McGregor fight*

***WORLD:

*Grace Mugabe claims diplomatic immunity in S.Africa assault case*

*Barcelona stunned by deadly van attack on Las Ramblas*

*What if Donald Trump is just winging it*

*Tillerson, Mattis: Military option still in play for North Korea*

*Prime Minister calls van attack ‘jihadi terrorism*

*Witness: Attack sent ‘tidal wave’ of people running from scene*

*Vehicle attacks have taken a horrific toll since 2014*

*Sierra Leone mudslide: Death toll climbs*

*40 killed in landslide in eastern DR Congo*

*Over a dozen African heads of state, leaders in Rwanda for Kagame’s inauguration*

*There is freedom of worship but not healing – Zimbabwean pastors warned*

*Ghana implements ban on import, sale of skin bleaching products*

*Manhunt after terrorist attacks rock Spain*

*Burkina Faso soldiers to get counter-terrorism training from Germany*

*West African countries offer aid to Sierra Leone, China donates $1m*

*Nigeria draws the line on hate speech, classifies it as terrorism*

*Three U.S. airstrikes kill seven al-Shabaab militants in Somalia*

*Republic of Congo’s Prime Minister resigns*

*Africa-U.S. AGOA trade talks deadlock*

*Angola looks to tourism while China’s manufacturing pace slows*

*Sierra Leone deadly mudslide: Queen Elizabeth, Kofi Annan send condolences*

*Good morning.