Dailies Headlines For Today Wednesday August 30th, 2017

*NULGE grounds Lokoja over LG autonomy*

*East-West road: Minister directs Setraco to fix damaged portion*

*Demolition of Ekeukwu market: Okorocha turning himself to a tyrant- Imo leaders, NBA*

*Buhari, Saraki, Dogara, Ekweremadu, Mark mourn Senator Bello*

*TUC describes selective minimum wage implementation as retrogressive*

*Kidnappers again abduct 11 passengers on East-West Road*

*2 caught with fresh human head in Niger*

*Ex-miltant laments non-payment of 8-month stipend*

*How pregnant, nursing mothers can help reduce maternal mortality’WIKE*

*US lawmakers meet Osinbajo, Saraki, Dogara over North-East crisis*

*Osun @ 26: Aregbesola speaks against hate speech*

*FG’s already restructuring: Lai Mohammed spoke tongue-in-cheek, says Tanko Yakassai*

*Suspected Badoo member arraigned for attempted murder*

*79-yr-old becomes C&S Prelate, discusses national issues*

*Building collapse: Lagos begins demolition of 114 distressed buildings*

*INEC fixes Sept. 30 for Eti-Osa bye-election in Lagos*

*What restructuring means to us ‘ Lai Mohammed*

*NIGERIA: 1914 was a false marriage ‘ Ekpenyong, former Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor*

*Showdown in Ekiti as Fayose, Sen. Olujimi’s supporters allegedly clash*

*I have not dumped APC for PDP, says Andy Uba*

*Drama as APDA denies own counsel in court*

*Prisons pensioners appeal to Presidency*

*Edo Pensioners beg Obaseki over 42 months unpaid benefits*

*Osinbajo hails Obaseki as he open fertilizer plant in Edo*

*More residents besiege designated centres for Lake Rice*

*Akinwunmi Ambode’s random thought*

*Emeka Rollas rolls out plans to rebuild AGN*

*Celebrities gather for special screening of The Voice Nigeria*

*Wizkid steals show at Notting Hill Carnival 2017*

*Kevwe Ogunje fetes Down Syndrome kids on his birthday*

*Senator Uchendu gets certificate of return, attacks Wike*

*Rethinking the proposed law on ‘hate speech*

*Enugu APC threatens to expel minister*

*55 NNPC top managers affected in major shake-up*

*Streamlining artisanal business will create job opportunities*

*FG plans national digital map*

*New rail’ll link Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, says Amaechi*

*NAICOM approves Didam’s appointment as UnityKapital MD*

*Changan CS35 eyes more share of compact SUV market*

*Investors’ appetite drops, Mobil, Jaiz, Okomu top losers*

*Risks of accepting a bank account co-owner*

*Adopt technology in management, don tells managers*

*Law Union boss seeks increased insurance awareness*

*Professional services, transport lag in job creation ‘Report*

*Nigeria’s legendary lip service to quality education*

*30 Imo workers arrested for N650m pension fraud*

*Ogun truck driver killed in auto crash*

*Four injured as cult attacks LASPOTECH students’ hostel*

***BUSINESS:

*FG, BoI sign N5bn MoU to boost miners’ operations*

*LASG disburses N4.5bn to 5,527 SMEs in one year ‘ Ambode*

*Major shake-up in NNPC, 55 top officials redeployed*

*Managing the budget cycle for greater efficiency*

*Anti-smuggling: Customs impounds goods worth N531m in 3 weeks*

*Ruzu formally launches Kampe into market*

*Tomato market: Local manufacturers battle foreign products*

*Sanitary Pad producers square up to market challenges*

*Top cement producers move to raise production by 22.5 million mt*

*Naira appreciates to N368/$ in parallel market*

*Access Bank redeems $350m Eurobond*

*Building Nigeria’s Agribusiness through Smallholder Farmers: The AATF Initiative*

*BoI approves N5bn intervention fund for miners*

*Beware of prohibited export items, NAHCO warns workers*

*NNPC, Total, others execute N259bn gas aggregation agreement*

*NIRSAL provides N1.83bn to 24,732 farmers*

*Oil marketers threaten mass sacking over $2bn debt*

*Stanbic IBTC grows half-year profit by 113%*

*Proposed C’River superhighway not viable ‘ NCF*

*Nigerians in Diaspora launch campaign against illegal migration*

*Investors, regulators, others set for 2017 US-African Conference*

*Naira records marginal gain, closes at 368/dollar*

*UBA makes prudential provision on 9mobile loans*

*Government has abandoned us, ex-Nigeria Airways workers lament*

*NIM celebrates young competent managers*

*SEC, NSE approve International Breweries, two others merger*

*Foreign private-equity firm targets Nigeria, others*

*Economic import of freedom of speech*

*NBS report: Changing the narrative on capital importation*

***SPORTS:

*Arsenal reject 50m Man City’s bid for Sanchez*

*Arsenal reject Man City bid for Sanchez*

*Nigeria VS Cameroon: Can these Eagles seize this one chance to Russia*

*Eagles plot Cameroon’s fall in Uyo*

*Blake wins 100m in Zagreb*

*Lions’ clash, a do-or-die affair ‘ Mikel*

*Rohr happy with players’ commitment, admits selection headache*

*Rain disrupts US Open games*

*Olympian found dead in Arizona*

*Chelsea sign Hazard’s brother*

*Enyimba’s Ogunbote targets win at Rangers*

*Bolivia out of W’Cup after CAS verdict*

*Sharapova beats Halep on Grand Slam return*

*Venus celebrates 20 years at US Open*

*Golf: Mesiogo tourney to hold in October*

*StarTimes set for Spain, Italy clash*

***WORLD:

*Togo Prime Minister leads pro-government rally, activists mock turnout*

*Libya: 128 rescued migrants off the coasts*

*Fresh protests erupt against CFA Franc in West Africa*

*Petrol bomb attack on Sierra Leone opposition headquarters*

*22-year-old Guinean Naby Keita is Liverpool’s record signing*

*Africa needs just democracy, not western democracy – Kagame*

*Cameroon cable TV operators warned against hosting pro-secession channel*

*Angola opposition slams Portuguese president for ‘declaring’ Lourenco president-elect*

*Egypt: Young engineers produce diesel oil from used car tyres*

*Equatorial Guinea demands €73m from Total over fraudulent fuel sale*

*Ugandans get scare: prisoner spotted riding police motorcycle in town*

*Good morning……

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