***HIGH POINT:
*Man attempts suicide over N27m debt*
*N1.5bn scam: Court grants ex-Edo SUBEB chair N5m bail*
*Police arrest cult member for killing sergeant, injuring another*
*Igbo group in the Diaspora seeks new name for IPOB*
*Designate IPOB as terrorist organisation, FG urges foreign countries*
*Im not marginalising South-East, Buhari tells Igbo leaders*
*EFCC lines up 20 witnesses against Justice Fishim*
*Baru: What Buhari told me Kachikwu*
*EFCC accuses Fayose of diverting N680m*
*Osinbajo gave approval for JV financing, not contracts NNPC*
*World Bank projects: Outrage over Buharis special focus on the North*
*Paris Club refund scam: Court orders consultant to forfeit N1.4bn*
*Monkeypox: Parents storm schools, withdraw children over immunisation fears*
*Rats invasion: Buhari yet to use office seven weeks after*
*Operation Crocodile Smile II targets pipeline vandals, kidnappers, others*
*Eke Ukwu market: Over 3,000 displaced traders to get N50m*
*OAU suspends students for attacking police station*
*Monkeypox: Plateau places health workers on alert*
*Poultry industry deserves FGs attention Farmers*
*Omolayole, Oluwole make case for senior citizens*
*Oba Aromolaran clocks 80*
*Court remands Benue lawmaker, Suswams aides, others in prison*
*Buhari mourns drowned Kaduna students*
*World farmers centre opens in Lagos*
*Don urges advertisers to shun sexual images in products*
*MMF, others educate students on science, maths disciplines*
*Total E&P signs two MoUs with host communities*
*Imo police win best crime bursting command award*
*Matrix faults Navy report, denies vessel involvement in illegal oil business*
*C River has reduced us to beggars, pensioners lament*
*PDP chairmanship: Obasanjo, Daniel in closed-door meeting*
*God will determine deputy gov candidate, says Fayose*
*Firm pledges support towards HIV prevention*
*Buharis top pro-North pronouncements, actions*
*Gunmen kidnap Italian priest in Benin*
*Wrongly convicted man freed after 23 years in prison*
*Jacob Zuma bags chieftaincy title in Imo*
*World Bank : Buhari a sectional leader Fayose*
*We have not released timetable for 2019 election INEC*
*Buhari’s failure pushing Atiku to contest in 2019 ‘Group*
*Communities threaten to boycott elections over collapsed road*
*Insubordination by Buhari’s appointees One too many*
*Of marriage and broken cords ‘ Yetunde Arebi*
*Barriers to nationhood ‘ Muyiwa Adetiba*
*Restructuring: Itsekiri demand referendum to devolve powers*
*Archbishop Martin, Osu, others move to rejig Catholic Agora*
*Catholic Congress: Obaseki tasks churches, leaders on compassion to stem agitations*
*14 suspects arrested, 5,000 hectares of Indian hemp plantation destroyed in Ondo*
*Emefiele bags Forbes ‘Best of Africa’ award*
*Nigeria relies on you to create future, Onu charges Youth*
*Police storm Ex-Dep Speaker’s residence in Benin over govt vehicle*
*Asaba massacre: How we can heal our wounds ‘ Soyinka*
*Favouritism allegations against Buhari: You’ve insidious minds, Presidency blasts criticism*
*Senate passes Inauguration Bill to return presidential ceremonies to NASS*
*Aso Villa clinic probe: Jonathan had nothing to do with 2015 budget implementation ‘ aide*
*Baru lures investors to establish refinery in A/Ibom State*
*Tony Nwoye begins special attack on Obiano, plans big launch of campaigns*
*Harris Chuma: I can die for Obiano*
*Chidoka is a breath of fresh air in Anambra state election ‘ Egeonu*
*Propaganda and lies can’t save Obiano from losing election ‘ PDP Chieftain*
*Anyaoku, Obaseki give conditions for Nigeria’s restructuring*
*I’m fair to Ndigbo in appointment ‘ Buhari*
*APC takes party’s governorship candidate in Anambra state to Buhari*
*George Weah leads Boakai in race for Liberia presidency*
*Jonathan denies statement on Biafra*
*Anambra’s infrastructural deficits*
*3 Southern Govs present when Buhari begged World Bank for Northeast rehab, Shettima opens up*
*Buhari a sectional leader, World Bank President’s revelation not surprising ‘ Fayose*
*Eda Boy debuts with ‘Fine Woman*
*How Pasuma, Simi, others stole show*
*Gumsu Fatima Abacha’s special birthday dinner*
*Oba of Lagos, Etsu Nupe, others grace Agric-Food conference*
*Who’s telling the truth :The Police or Davido*
*What I told my wife before I entered the BBNaija house ‘Thin Tall Tony*
*Ex-Project Fame winner, Jeff Akoh’s birthday gift to himself*
*Lai Mohammed says Buhari has diagnosed Nigeria’s ills, will leave the country better than he met it*
*Olakunle Churchill in triple celebration*
*Kachileaks: Matters arising ‘ Sonny Atumah*
*General Victor Malu: A life of spectacular ironies ‘ Dr. Ugoji Egbujo*
*Still on that Ozubulu church shooting ‘ Rose Moses*
*Living with cancer is not death sentence*
***BUSINESS:
*Electricity tariff may increase by 61.5% soon*
*Intels failed to comply with directive on TSA ‘NPA*
*Odu’a investment to go into oil and gas*
*Sterling Bank celebrates employees*
***SPORTS:
*2018 World Cup: My late grandmother will be weeping in heaven ‘ Balogun*
*Iwobi: Henry still advises me*
*Federer eyes magical run at Australian Open*
*Kane wins EPL player of the month award*
*Zidane: I don’t think I can coach Barca*
*Rohr: Moses gives Eagles creative edge*
*Liverpool, Man Utd set EPL alight*
*Rangers: Attacked for not defeating Tanzania ‘ Emeka Obasi*
***WORLD:
*45 still hospitalised after Las Vegas shooting*
*SA President, Zuma, arrives Imo for two-day visit*
*Nobel peace laureates denounce Trumps Iran move*
*Somali defense minister, army chief resign amid al Shabaab threats*
*Zuma faces 783 corruption charges after Supreme Court ruling*
*Former Lesotho army chief arrested*
*Over 500 Anglophone protesters arrested in Cameroon: report*
*Zambian villagers win right to sue mining company in U.K. over pollution*
*Nigerian govt denies bias towards the north in Buhari’s World Bank request*
*Kagame critic’s mother complains of torture in Rwanda jail*
*Kenya’s president signs electoral reform bill, provides over $100m for fresh polls*
*Orange juice mars Gabon’s World Cup dream, sorcerer gets Argentina through*
*Six Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai armed attack*
*Eritrean athlete stripped of titles, banned after failing doping test*
*Odinga refuses to sign Kenya election withdrawal form, insists he wont re-run*
*Bank account of charity opposed to extension of Museveni’s rule frozen*
*Good morning and do have a wonderful weekend*
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