Dailies Headlines For Today Friday October 20th, 2017

*Buharis govt good at lies, says Jonathan*

*$3.7m fraud: Nigerian student jailed for four years in US*

*Flooding contributed to monkeypox WHO*

*Act on $20m NPA bribery scam, CSNAC tells EFCC*

*FG arraigns Misau, senator gets N10m bail*

*1,000 Nigerians in Thailand jails Envoy*

*36,000 Nigerians flee to Europe by sea, says FG*

*Save me from police harassment Ecobank MD*

*Constitution amendment: Dogara briefs govs on devolution, others*

*Whooping cough kills 11 kids in Kano*

*Nigerians not involved in illegal organ harvest Egyptian embassy*

*Okowa presents N298bn budget, says Ojougboh unintelligent*

*Killings: Air force deploys military helicopters in Plateau*

*Senate may reject govs Paris club refund request*

*Evans makes a U-turn, pleads not guilty to kidnapping charges*

*Patience Jonathan blocks EFCCs bid to seize Abuja properties*

*Dasuki spent N650m on national prayer, says EFCC*

*ISIS support for BHaram disturbs me, Buhari admits*

*Security operatives force pupils to pack refuse barehanded*

*Govt pledges improved living conditions*

*Assembly okays Lagos CJ*

*Wastewater: Lagos hammers NBC, Wema Bank, others*

*Niger to assist police to rescue abducted DPO*

*Falling debris kills tourist in Italy church*

*Senate threatens to arrest NAHCON Boss*

*How Dasuki used N1.4bn for national prayer EFCC*

*House of Reps urges FG to increase tax on tobacco*

*Police rescue abducted DPO, five others CP*

*Nigerians should go beyond prayers in fight against corruptionArchbishop of Lagos*

*Measles vaccination threatened as 24 states fail to pay counterpart funds*

*Suspected murderer smears self with faeces to stall court trial*

*Lessons from fall of ISIS caliphate*

*PDP NEC meets Tuesday*

*Anambra poll: Osinbajo, Saraki, govs for Nwoye’s rally today*

*5 docked over theft of 40-foot container worth N15m*

*Bayelsa moves to boost electricity supply*

*Pension for Biafra police personnel: Buhari should tackle issue of Igbo marginalisation ‘ Ohanaeze*

*Gas flaring: Reps set up c’ttee to probe non-payment of $14.2bn penalties*

*NATCA raises alarm over 10yrs closure of Mma taxiway*

*FG committed to emergence of RPAS in Nigeria’s airspace*

*Jonathan’s wife’s sins catching up on her ‘ Presidency*

*Senate cuts Power Dams Charge to 10%*

*Wife’s battery crashes 5-year-old marriage*

*Stop the circle of killings, Catholic Bishops beg the Irigwe, Fulani*

*Flooding: Edo government tasks FG on dredging of River Niger*

*Ochei tasks govs on payment of salaries*

*Man jailed 2 years over theft of batteries*

*Politics of attrition between APC’s Osun and Ondo*

*Obigwe hits APC, warns electorates not to vote for Nwoye*

*IPOB, Federal Govt and the rest of us*

*Obiano Has Fulfilled the Purpose of Government ‘ Hon Awogu*

*UNIFEMGA, BOMYOF holds Hijrah picnic in Ibadan*

*Islamic group empowers 163 indigents, communities with over N15m*

*Lagos presents Hajj certificates to pilgrims ‘As sales of 2018 form begins*

***BUSINESS:

*Nigerians may repay $5.5bn loan for 30 years, says FG*

*Heineken boosts 2017 Lagos Fashion Design Week*

*Barclays to find new investors for 9mobile*

*Shell Nigeria lifts force majeure on Bonny Light crude*

*Nigeria lowers 2017 economic growth forecast ‘ Report*

*Solar power: FG attracts investors with pioneer status*

*Budget: FG to spend N1.16tn more in 2018*

*Mambilla: Govt receives 26 insurance proposals*

*NEMA workers begin nationwide strike over welfare package*

*Johannesburg Stock Exchange suspends trading on Oando shares*

*CBN warns financial institutions against exploiting customers*

*LCCI commends female entrepreneurs for tax compliance*

*Benue releases N166m for rice, cassava production*

*Court stops arrest of Ecobank boss*

*CBN unveils framework for BVN, Watch-list operations*

*SON warns importers against cloning Nigeria-made products*

*Naira depreciates further to N360.30/$ in NAFEX*

*Osinbajo leads Dangote, others to Alaghodaro Investment Summit*

*We are concerned with mobilising youthS for agriculture ‘ Ogbeh*

*Shell lifts force majeure on Bonny Light export*

*Africa needs to double infrastructure investment ‘ report*

*Zenith, GTBank record N302.58bn profit in Q3*

***SPORTS:

*Time to start preparations for the World Cup*

*NFF elections to hold in Katsina*

*Aiteo celebrates title sponsorship of CAF Awards*

*Pacers Half Marathon gets date*

*Aluko can play for England again ‘ coach*

*NFF budgets 6.3b for 2018*

*Singer accuses SAFA boss of rape*

*2018 World Cup live on Kwese Sports*

*How Lyon beat Everton and put pressure on Koeman*

*Europa League tables*

*Giroud overhead kick edges Arsenal past Red Star*

*Aiteo partners CAF On Annual Award Sponsorship*

***WORLD:

*No sex until Uhuru is elected president – Kenyan women tell their lovers*

*Cameroon top lawyer quits anti-graft post to tackle Biya in 2018 polls*

*100% results of Liberia presidential polls, run-off set for November 7*

*Eritreans topped asylum seekers aiming to enter Switzerland*

*Work at Ethiopia’s GERD project; ministers meet over concerns*

*World bank on African countries debts stock*

*Actors in agricultural production up their game in packaging*

*UN Envoy meets leaders of Polisario Front in Algeria*

*Libyan’s enjoying horse racing to escape chaos in the country*

*South Africa may avoid downgrades to junk in November – Reserve bank governor*

*Cameroon president preaches patriotism amid Anglophone crisis*

*Trump tweets creating ‘chaos politics’, says John Kerry*

*Good morning*

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