***HIGH POINT:
*EFCC Arrests Fayose’s Finance Commissioner, Accountant General*
*Ex-President Jonathan’s Aide Opened One Account In My Name Instead Of Five ‘ Patience Jonathan*
*Group Demands Immediate Reopening Of Federal College Of Agriculture, Ibadan*
*Gunmen Abduct Catholic Priest In Edo State*
*Why Governor Fayose Cannot Run For Presidency – Nwodo*
*Mantu: PDP Should Apologize To Nigerians*
*Jonathan Refutes Okorocha’s Inducements Claim*
*Buhari Writes Paul And Peter: The Unity of P-Square Is Non-Negotiable By Emmanuel Ugwu*
*Nigeria @57: Devoured And Tattered By Churchill Okonkwo*
*APC Leadership, Not Sagay, Is The Real ‘Rogue Elephant’ By Godwin Onyeacholem*
*INEC Fixes February 16, 2019 For Presidential Election*
*Court Remands Vessel, Crew Members For Unlawful Dealing In AGO*
*Corruption: EFCC Presents More Witnesses Against Goje*
*Fraudster Bags Two-Year Jail Term for N.1m Scam*
*Assistant Police Commissioner, 6 Others Abducted On Birnin Gwari Road*
*INEC Officials Docked For N362m Diezani Bribe*
*SUKUK: ‘Christianize’ Nigeria Too, Falana Tells CAN*
*JOHESU Strike: Deadlock As Nigerian Government, Health Unions Fail To Reach Agreement*
*APC most viable route to Igbo Presidency ‘ Oyegun*
*Nwabueze urges return to 1960/63 constitutions*
*Restructuring: Kano, Katsina, Jigawa opt for united Nigeria*
*Eyebrows in 2016 constituency projects execution*
*FAAC allocation increased by N169.9bn in August*
*S’African envoy seeks increased bilateral trade with Nigeria*
*Finlab to boost capacity in laboratory equipment’s production*
*Kaduna, others host first Innovention round-table*
*Children to get N100,000 scholarship in Ribena promo*
*Star rewards four fans*
*University education not a low hanging fruit*
*Beyond survival: Remapping Nigeria for greatness*
*FG explains why it labelled IPOB a terrorist group*
*State governors are more powerful than the president ‘ Obasanjo*
*Hate Speech: What is your comment about govt monitoring social media*
*A-Court to determine Melaye’s fate*
*PDP did well during its 16 years in power ‘ Jonathan*
*I believe Fayose has done the right thing’ ‘ Fani-Kayode*
*All these hate speeches is a societal frustration, there is frustration among the rich*
*Nwoye’ll erase Obiano’s embarrassing performance*
*APGA is dead ‘ Ex-House Leader*
*Obiano coordinator defects to PDP in Njikoka*
*The Voice Nigeria season 2 winner, Idyl Says: I painted a picture of me being the winner of the show*
*Accolades as ‘Papa Ajasco Reloaded’ premieres*
*Artistes storm Abuja as Mallam Yankee floats nightclub*
*Oje partners Sound Sultan on social transformation in ‘Naija I love you*
*IPOB to Buhari: Tell us what you have done to Nnamdi Kanu*
*Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner dies aged 91*
***BUSINESS:
*FG ready to negotiate offers for its 40% power sector stake ‘ Fashola*
*CBN’s Sept PMI consolidates Nigeria’s exit from recession*
*Nigeria’s 2030 market outlook spurs Dow’s investment*
*2017 budget: FG steps up borrowings with additional $2.5bn Eurobond*
*Forex restrictions, counterfeiting affecting our business ‘ BIC*
*FG to borrow $5.5bn via Eurobonds by year-end*
*We’ll consult Nigerians before selling 40% stake in Discos*
*Lagos, Kaduna, Edo owe foreign creditors $1.89bn*
*Contributory pension: Police make a U-turn on exit*
*Nigerian cows, worst milk producers globally ‘ Ogbeh*
*NIRSAL disburses fresh N2.63bn to 24,732 rice farmers*
*Nigerian Content Act not against foreign firms ‘ NCDMB*
*Access to potable water drops by 25%, says FG*
*Nigeria not using natural endowment for development ‘ NEITI boss*
*Appetite for foreign goods costing manufacturers $3bn annually ‘ MAN*
*Lagos trade fair to focus on economic recovery*
*Goat farming: An indisputable investment*
*Paints manufacturers lament high cost, raw materials scarcity*
*UPL records improved revenue, pays N43m dividend*
*First Bank increases stake in FBNBank DRC*
*Dorman Long, NCDMB train youths in engineering skills*
*Goldberg empowers entrepreneurs in Ekiti with N6.6m*
*Firm to boost power generation with $250m gas plant*
*Capital market fraud: SEC arraigns BGL officials*
*VAIDS represents last chance for tax offenders ‘ LIRS*
*I’ll promote export of farm produce to UK*
*Skye Bank crowns essay competition winners*
***SPORTS:
*Bayern sack Carlo Ancelotti after poor start to season*
*FIFA 2018 WCQ: Agu banks on Eagles’ supporters to unsettle Zambia*
*Zambia can’t stop my World Cup dream ‘ Ighalo*
*Zambia names foreign pros for Uyo showdown*
*Abraham gets England U-21 call after snubbing Nigeria*
*Ghana ready to host CHAN 2018 ‘ sports minister*
*Coalition says 8 Nigerians represented at Junior NBA Festival in S/Africa*
*Irish international Doyle retires over concussion fears*
*Man City’s Mendy ruptures knee ligament, set for surgery*
*BNB, Accra Golden set for independence netball*
*COPA Lagos: Nigeria face Holland, Lebanon*
*GOtv to air La Liga games*
*Ex-Akwa players storm Govt House for Fed Cup cash*
*Abia Angels out of AITEO Cup*
*Falconets leave for Tanzania*
*Mbappe is the player PSG have been missing ‘ Verratti*
*England name Abraham for European qualifiers*
*Players forced out Ancelotti ‘ Bayern*
***WORLD:
*Cameroon president deploys army to Anglophone regions to face off secessionists*
*Movement restricted in Cameroon region ahead of independence day*
*Mugabe warns the “Judas Iscariots” in his party against pushing him into retiring*
*Trump travel ban attracts revenge ban by Libya’s rival government*
*Macadamia farming in Kenya and Benin’s app-based bike transport*
*Senegal’s national revenue is in surplus with over 560 billion CFA*
*The Brief from Brussels: Brexit talks ‘constructive’*
*Fistfights erupt in Uganda’s parliament amid move to extend*
*Allegations of genocide in CAR are mere exaggerations – President Touadera*
*Cairo festival honours comics of the past, paves way for future Arab artists*
*Ethiopia tourism revenue rebounds after 2016 dip*
*Ugandan MP suspects some chaotic colleagues are on drugs*
*’Ethiopia had to back Eritrea sanctions lifting as head of UNSC’*
*Good morning*
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