***HIGH POINT:
*Borno APC denies Modu Sheriff’s return bid*
*Anambra poll: PDP picks Ekwueme’s daughter as running mate*
*LG election: Kwara PDP protests alleged exclusion*
*Anambra gov poll won’t be postponed, says INEC*
*INEC ready for Lagos bye-election*
*Corruption report on police and judiciary*
*Four banks trading below minimum liquidity ratio ‘ MPC members*
*ULC calls off strike, settles for negotiation*
*No going back on airports’ concession, says FG*
*NRGI urges Nigeria, others to maximise extractive resources*
*Election by lottery: A new approach to Nigerian democracy*
*Man stabs self, plunges into well in Kano*
*Five Badoo shrines demolished, say police*
*SARS releases suspected burglar who stole N1.5m phones*
*Handcuffed passenger: Police accuse monarch of mischief*
*Worshipper at RCCG parish caught on CCTV stealing bags*
*Soldiers invade kidnappers den, arrest seven*
*Take-off of academic activities at Maritime varsity’ll be historic ‘IYC*
*I wrote Striking Expressions to assist scholars ‘ Prof Duro Oni*
*Why Buhari, Court okayed IPOB ban*
*Address marginalization of Igbo now, Senators, Reps tell Buhari*
*Stakeholders decry leadership instability in NUBIFIE*
*Delta to blacklist contractors over failed projects*
*Lagos sets up squad to secure riverine, vulnerable schools*
*Why court granted FG’s request, to proscribes IPOB*
*20,000 new agric jobs coming, says Nwoye*
*Anambra: Your husband’ll get our votes, Nnewi North LG boss tells Obiano’s wife*
*Melania, Trump host Buhari, other world leaders at UN*
*IPOB: Tell your people that Nigeria must not disintegrate, Saraki to South East Senators*
*going to Africa to ‘get rich’, Trump tells Buhari, others*
*Mummy Dearest 2: Wilis Ikedum reveals some real-life problems, in filming a fictional wedding*
*Rivers States’ Students to Wike: Pay our bursary or face our anger*
*Meet Oluwanifemi Yetunde Omojuwa ‘ The Fashion Designer Keeping Homeless Kids Off The Streets*
*Stakeholders validate National Policy on Open Education Resources*
*One-on-one approach system key to learning ‘ Sunnydale Director*
*MRLABSS unveils science game for teachers, students*
*Suspension of strike welcome development ‘ERC*
*Transformation: INT set to train 21,000 across sectors*
*Corona offers Crche, Playschool, After-school services*
*EFCC arrests man for alleged visa scam*
*Cameroon Uses Anti-Terror Law To Silence Journalists, Dissent*
*UNGA: Nigeria Signs Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty*
*Suspended: Court Rules On Ndume’s Suit October 13*
*Dangote Wants Oil Prices To Remain Low*
*Nigerian Court Proscribes IPOB, Declares It Terrorist Organization*
*Army Busts Kidnappers’ Den In Ondo State, Arrests 10*
*Ekwueme’s Daughter Unveiled As Obaze’s Deputy*
*Sosoliso Crash Survivor Kechi Stuns Crowd At America’s Got Talent Finals*
*Abuja Residents Express Concern Over The Rise Of Cross-Dressing in Nigerian Youths*
*Magistrate Court Jails Bayelsa Man 8 Years For Defiling 4-Year-Old Girl, 5-Year-Old Boy*
*Lagos University Teaching Hospital Ignores Strike Order By Healthcare Professionals*
*United Labour Congress Suspends Nationwide Strike*
*Rights Groups Demand Justice For Woman Infected With HIV By Husband*
*More Than 200 Dead In Mexico City Earthquake As Rescuers Continue Search For Survivors*
*President Buhari Thanks Jordanian Govt. For Donating 200 Armoured Fighting Vehicles To Support Nigeria’s Anti-Terror War*
*IPOB: Parable Of The Stubborn Fly By Louis Odion*
*Uneasy Calm As Over 90 Magistrates In Ondo State Are Sacked From Judicial Service*
*Fayose, Fani-Kayode, And Others Supported Military Deployment Under Jonathan By Sina Odugbemi*
*State Of The Nation: The Aisha Buhari Testament And The Leaked Phone Chat By Ifeanyi Izeze*
*FAAN Workers, Unions Paralyze Activities At Lagos Airport Over Concessioning, Accuse Sirika Of Diverting N659m*
*Highlights Of President Buhari’s UN General Assembly Speech*
***BUSINESS:
*BoI’s loan to Kaduna MSMEs hits N47bn*
*Union Bank’s N50bn Rights Issue opens for subscription*
*Why we don’t manufacture cube sugar ‘ Dangote*
*How executive order is impacting MSMEs ‘ Osinbajo*
*Entrepreneurial thinking, way out for Nigeria*
*Intafact offers N50m seed capital to entrepreneurs*
*Usman seeks fresh ideas to improve NPA’s efficiency*
*Baker Hughes to improve NLNG trains’ performance*
*We’re committed to local content law ‘ NNPC*
*Oil price rises to $57 per barrel*
*The illegal shipment of GMO maize into Nigeria*
*Low oil price will help Nigeria, others ‘ Dangote*
*BEDC to improve power supply to Usen community*
*Customs seek closure of Cotonou border*
*Petrol price fail to crash despite Kachikwu’s assurances*
*Apapa gridlock: Export cargoes rot away in warehouses*
*Our August revenue beat July’s by 45% ‘ Seme Customs*
*Freight forwarders say Customs officers frustrating business*
***SPORTS:
*England women’s coach Sampson was sacked*
*Man United, Man City into League Cup fourth round*
*Ancelotti: James needs to improve physical condition*
*Atletico Madrid close to an agreement with Chelsea for Diego Costa*
*Barca lose Dembele for three and half months*
*Barcelona Transfer News: Latest Rumours on Leon Goretzka and Ander Herrera*
*Batshuayi hat-trick sees Chelsea past Forest*
*Bayern goalkeeper Neuer ruled out until Jan*
*Betis’ late winner stuns Real Madrid*
*Bosz proud of table-topping Dortmund after Hamburg triumph*
*Braun Strowman: Conor McGregor ‘Doesn’t Want to Step in the Ring with Me’ in WWE*
*Bundesliga Twitter mocks Christian Pulisic’s failed celebration*
*Burkina Faso challenge FIFAs replay order*
*Carabao Cup 4th Round: Everton Face Chelsea & Spurs Host West Ham After EFL Cup Last 16 Draw Is Made*
*Carabao Cup draw: Chelsea host Everton as Man Utd take on Swansea in fourth round*
***WORLD:
*Trump to African leaders: Many of my friends trying to get rich in your countries*
*Tanzania president orders military to build wall around mines to curb theft*
*Pro-Biafra group declared ‘terrorist and illegal’ entity by Nigerian court*
*Biafra agitation: Nigeria Air Force joins operation ‘Python Dance’ in southeast*
*South Africa issues $ 2.5 billion bonds*
*Botswana’s Khama plays cricket as vice represents him at U.N. summit*
*CAR: Gradual integration of ex-militants underway*
*Ethiopia govt must avoid repeat of deadly chaos at Irreecha festival: HRW*
*’Corruption is not African’ – Rwanda’s Paul Kagame tells the world*
*Kenya’s EC criticised by Supreme Court for refusing to comply with orders*
*At least 10 dead, 92 missing in eastern DR Congo floods*
*Tanzanian newspaper shut down for a second time in three months*
*Teargas fired at protesters outside Kenya’s Supreme Court*
*Good morning*
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