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*NEWS HEADLINES FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14TH,  2017.*


*PUNCH*

Punch News Headlines Today
[Wed-14-Jun-2017]

Updated: 3 mins ago

Terror sponsorship: Between Qatar and others

Melaye wants state of emergency in Kogi, Bello seeks senator's trial

Osun by-election: Adeleke defects to PDP ahead of APC primary

MKO Abiola: Reps want June 12 declared Democracy Day

Igbo must produce president in 2019 ' Ohanaeze youths

Hoodlums steal INEC data machines in Rivers

FG begins preparation for 2018 budget

Efforts on economy'll fail if interest rates remain high ' Senate

Nigeria, biggest recipient of payment from Shell in 2016

Why you should avoid a bounced cheque

Firms, Babcock University collaborate on airline studies

FG to raise $600m from SWF, NSE for mining

Minister, others list how outsourcing can aid economic growth

Helping farmers with sustainable farm construction

Udoma advises CMD on revenue generation

Economist challenges youths on career success, unveils book

Experts advise company secretaries on employment bond

Magboro, others'll be connected this week, says NDPHC

Trap of high return investments

Preventing bounced cheques

Daar Communications posts N3bn loss, Skye Bank delays result

VAT revenue declines by N2.58bn to N204.7bn

NCAA constitutes appeal panel on First Nation's fine

Firm empowers Nigerians on career, entrepreneurial growth

AirFrance-KLM, LCC reward Lekki toll gate e-tag users

LMC banishes Sunshine to Ijebu Ode

Ahmadu-Kida emerges new NBBF boss, Gusau leads athletics

Policeman attacks candidate as crisis mars AFN poll

TMCL introduces Tennis Majors

No selection gamble against Cameroon ' Rohr

StarTimes reveals plans for Confed Cup

Golfers set for Ade-Ojo tourney

NFF pays 27 coaches, hails Aiteo

Gusau unveils plans for athletics

Restructure for inclusive governance, justice and development

Towards making Nigeria a nation (2)

Ogun police arrest eight over death of bank agent

Policeman drank beer before shooting wife, killing self ' Hotel worker

Zenith Bank compensates slain cops' families ' PUNCH names NGOs to disburse funds

Man kills wife, stepson after sex in bush

Tricycle riders shut down Owerri as truck kills colleague

I didn't kill my pregnant wife

Bauchi police raid birthday party, arrest 14 cultists

Suspects arrested for stabbing Abia resident to death

Why navy is keeping dismissed rating

Policeman killed, four colleagues injured in Ogun auto crash

Apprentice tailor shot by DPO died from bullet injury ' Autopsy

Bayelsa blogger alleges threat to life

*VANGUARD*

Lagos to erect bigger sculptures of Fawehinmi, Abiola

Gov Ishaku kicks, as Miyeti Allah begins 7-day strike in Taraba

FG'll deal with hate-mongers ' Osinbajo

Fashola recommends whistle blowing policy to curtail energy theft

Arik Air's new investors to offset AMCON debts

Senate flays 25-30% interest rate regime

Assassination attempt: Melaye wants emergency rule in Kogi

Delta tasks oil firms, communities on CSR, facilities protection

ECA, others disown Uwazuruike over meeting with Al-Mustapha

Imo bank robbery: We've arrested three ' police chief

Remain peaceful, Okowa charges Delta youths

Obaseki, Toyota, others plan investment in Edo

Real Strikers emerges outstanding private security company in Nigeria

Truck kills Imo Keke operator

FIRS seals firms in Port Harcourt over tax debt

Police arrest killers of bank agent in Ogun

Kwara's MANDAN gets new exco

VAT generated N204.8bn in 1st quarter ' NBS

I took to crime after my father disowned me ' Evans

Assassination attempts: Melaye wants emergency rule in Kogi

Quit notice to Ndigbo: Osinbajo orders Security chiefs to protect all Nigerians, property

Sigma Pensions, PENGASSAN partner on workers' welfare

ECOWAS, World Bank partner on investment climate scorecard

Rising milk prices prompts brands' battle for dwindling consumers

NBC restates commitment to environmental sustainability

Toilet tissue producers tap into Forex scarcity to regain market share

BATN commits to child labour policy adherence, reward farmers productivity

FIRS generates N778bn in first quarter 2017

FG to present breakdown of the 2017 Budget on Monday

We 're targeting 11% inflation end 2017 ' CBN Gov

Nigeria is not yet a nation

Finland to build Cyber security system in Nigeria

Why Nigeria must not miss out in 4th industrial revolution

Adopt IPv6 for sustainable devt, Uwaje tells African govts

Slot floats photo contest to celebrate Lagos@50

Over 400 communities benefit from MTN Foundation's What Can We Do Together initiative

Leverage ICT for Growth, Etisalat tells SMEs

Ondo govt, ICT firm build tech hub at FUTA

Kienka floored as Agara, Nimrod, Akindoju triumph

TMC launches Nigerian Tennis Majors

Dalung cautions Technical Committee, summons Rohr

Intrigues, confusion mar federation elections in Abuja

Ade-Ojo golf tourney: Toyota stakes N5m for Hole 13

Peak takes over renovation of National Stadium Power Gym

International friendly results ' collated

France edge thrilling friendly against England

New Griezmann contract has 100m release clause ' Cerezo

Mayweather cancels Ghana tour

Madrid ready to offload Bale

*THE NATION*

Excitement as Ambode disburses N924.7m to 1,438

Osinbajo: no one will get away with hate speeches

N284b budget padding': EFCC grills Jibrin for hours

Reps to govt: give Abiola GCFR

NPAN, editors, IPC slam EFCC raid on The Sun

Afe Babalola varsity gets AfDB's $40m loan

Budget 2017: Our fears, hopes by stakeholders

AGF demands capacity training for financial managers

Malabu: Reps panel to decide on Jonathan's invitation

Woman, 52, commits suicide in Ondo

Ekiti APC threatens legal action over Paris Club cash

Complimenting entrepreneurship skills with social media Cutekimani

Kaduna procures N600m books for secondary schools ' Commissioner

Bida Poly to construct 6,000 capacity hostels ' Rector

FIRS rakes in N778.19b in Q1

Only MD customers exempted from bills, says NERC

Fed Govt, NSE seek $600m investment fund for mining

Investment window for Nigerians in Diaspora

Lagos pays retirees over N28b to 6,509

Nigeria'll be leader in Media Entertainment, market, says PwC Report

Here comes the change makers

Opportunities in diesel engines repairs

Ensure export of healthy yam

NSE to launch Exchange Traded Derivatives

Arewa youth threat

Judgment day for Discos

Ambode: Celebrating 'Product of the Coconut'at 54

Don calls for 're-configuration' of polity

Ekiti: Politics of probe panel

How APC can win Anambra, by Nwike

FG tags 2017 budget on economic recovery, growth

How to resolve PDP crisis, by George

Kudos for Amosun's endorsement of Ogun West for governor

Presidency urges Nigerians to buy into $300m Diaspora Bond

Budget padding allegations: EFCC invites Jibrin

*THISDAY*

Impacting Knowledge in Students through Science Contest

Vice Chancellors Canvass World Class Status for Nigerian Varsities

Exam Ethics International Inaugurates YABATECH Staff, Students as Marshals

Osinbajo Meets Northern Leaders, Cautions Against Hate Speech

2017 Budget as Lever for Economic Recovery

Divide Among Banks Widens as Small Lenders Face Cash Crunch

NPAN Asks FG to Rein in EFCC, Says Agency is Cowering Free Speech

Amaechi: Nigeria Was Inching Towards Civil War in 2015

FG Raised N205bn from VAT in First Qtr

Lamido Finally Declares

Report: Gap Between Tier 1, Tier 2 Banks Widens

ICRC Seeks Review of Concession Act

No Mans Land

War against Fake Products

For Economic Restructuring

Like Messi, Ronaldo in $16.5m Tax Fraud Mess

Sunshine Stars Banished to Ijebu Ode Indefinitely

Peak Milk Offers to Refurbish Paralympians Gymnasium at Sportscity

*DAILY SUN*

Tale of woes as flood sacks Anambra community

Man who started business with 30 kobo sponsors building of church in Anambra

Igbo leaders roll out tributes for Obumselu

Jubilation in Imo as 3,000 get free medicare

How man hacked pregnant lover to death over domestic chores

I never meant to kill my wife -Ankoor

FCT administration rolls out fresh measures tobolster education quality

2019: North wants Buhari, even on wheelchair 'ACF chieftain

Anambra: I've got what it takes -Ozoemena

Jonathan wasn't competent to continue in 2015, says Oshiomhole

2019: Igbo youths demand presidency or Biafra

Presidents should not appoint INEC Chairmen 'Jega

Sports federations election: Igali, Gusau, Kida emerge winners

New AFN president vows to restore athletics lost glory

Joshua: Fans want Fury fight

FIFA World Cup 2018: Iran lands in Russia

ICC Nigeria to discuss trade facilitation at AGM

NIPOST'll leverage ICT tools for revenue generation

FG'll address broadband challenges ' Shittu

FIRS rakes in N778.19bn in Q1 2017

Malabu oil deal: Reps meet today on modalties to invite Jonathan

CBN injects $418m into forex market

Slums, waterfront residences surge on decent housing deficit

Reps deputy speaker's aide dies over 'delayed salary

Minister seeks ICT investment from Finland

DisCos face sanctions over failure to give consumers meters

Osinbajo blows hot

Arewa youths' declaration nonsensical, inciting 'Okorocha

Abuja, Lagos record highest crime rate in 2016 'NBS

More facts on why Obama moved against Jonathan

The Sun invasion: Call EFCC to order, NPAN tells FG

Budget: NASS has no right to inject new projects 'Osinbajo

Obiano's humane approach to leadership

The monsters we create

Anti-corruption war: Nagging questions about recovered monies, properties (2)

Hereafter advice for Obasanjo & Jonathan (5)

Resolving the Biafra question

The Appeal Court verdict on Edo guber poll

Ambode: Celebrating 'Product of the Coconut' at 54

Beyond the passage of Petroleum Industry Governance Bill

*GUARDIAN*

Verizon acquires Yahoo for $4.48 billion

FG approves eight agencies for ports

Myfotobook' mobile application debuts

Group seeks probe of alleged diversion of relief materials for Bakassi IDPs

Assassin's Creed' heading for Egypt to reignite gamers

Students' protest in University of Ibadan: Of character and learning

Berger Paints allays fears of disruption of operations

Rauf Aregbesola, his cabinet and lessons in governance

Heavy rain destroys bridge, cuts off Local Councils in Adamawa

Court sentences fake surety to 22 years imprisonment

*DAILY TRUST*

Itse Sagay, take it easy

Why I withdrew support for Jonathan in 2015 Oshiomhole

Arewa youths took it far - Okorocha

Nigerians can vote APC out if it fails Oyegun

Jonathan couldnt even build a road to Yenagoa Oshiomhole

Amosun denies phony tape with Shettima

2017 budget will be partly financed by recovered loot - Buhari's aide

Why PDP popularity is waning in Ekiti Falegan

FOMWAN organises Ramadan for Islamic schools

Cultism upsurge worries Mararaba residents

Farm mechanisation: Key point for Nigerian agriculture

You are in business to serve

Innovation solutions for Start-Ups

Lufthansa introduces direct payment for passengers

Ford assembles 500 units of Ranger locally

FRSC rescued 401,000 accident victims in 5 years

Abuja investment, housing expo sets for 2nd edition

Nigeria an investment haven Minister

Cameroun will meet a better Eagles, says Rohr

NFF lauds Aiteo as Rohr, 26 coaches receive salary arrears

LMC banishes Sunshine Stars to Ijebu Ode

Karate federation will not depend on govt funding Agara

Ronaldo accused of 15m euro tax fraud by Spanish prosecutor

Lions will meet a better Eagles - Rohr

Remos Osho applauds players doggedness

*TRIBUNE*

Osinbajo regrets NASS alterations to budget

Buhari shouldn't see critics as enemies 'Hajia Inna Ciroma

When Reps celebrated two years in the saddle

NDDC destroys 63,000 litres of locally-refined AGO in Delta

Ogun govt commended for sustaining African culture

Miss Christian Ambassador Nigeria pays courtesy visit to NCPC boss

Boeing plans plane without pilot next year

Ogidi Day 2017 to focus on education, youth empowerment 'Eniolorunda

Senate gives CBN 7 days to recover N536bn unremitted revenue

Trump to host South Korea president June 29-30

Kenya imports yellow maize

Russian diplomats expelled from Moldova recruited fighters

Sessions to face questions on Russia, Comey in high-stakes Senate hearing

Renault-Nissan considers hidden bonus plan

At Trump's Cabinet meeting, flattery is flavor of the day

Investors, exporters pump $2.2bn into forex market

ETF: Ambode presents N924.7m cheques to 1,438 beneficiaries

NSE indicators down 0.12%

*LEADERSHIP*

Paris Club Refunds: Bayelsa received only N14.5b, not N24b from first tranche-Bayelsa Govt

June 12: House wants FG to Immortalise MKO Abiola

Fair Behavior, Panacea To Nigrias Teething Problems Murphy

MD FMC Keffi Tasks Health Experts On Quality Research

el-Rufai Flag-Off Distribution Of Books Worth N600m To Secondary Schools

Al-Makura Distibutes N300m Relief Materials to Nasarawa Communities

NASS: Legislative Aides Protest Death of Colleague, Unpaid Salaries

Play Network, EddieMPR, Others Withdraw from Mayweathers Charity Boxing Match

UNICEF Urges Gov Okorocha To Allocate More Resources To PHC

*SAHARA REPORTERS*

UK Court Mocks Ibori, Awards Him 1 Damages For Unlawful Detention ' A Rejoinder

#OurMumuDonDo: Charly Boy And The Covering Of Our Collective Nakedness By Modiu Olaguro

Riot At Adeyemi College In Ondo As Students Survive Nasty Motor Accident

12-Year-Old Pupil Laments State Of The Nation

Aisha Buhari Did Not See The President During Her London Visit, Source Says

Igbo Quit Notice: Uwazurike Meets Northern Groups In Kaduna

Biafra: Did The Igbo Kill Jesus' By SKC Ogbonnia

Absence of Adoke, Etete, Stalls OPL 245 Fraud Trial

Too Late To Save Divided, Hostile, Unequal Nigeria By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Slain Hero Cop: Nigerian Donors Exceed $15,000 Target In 24 Hours

Security Agents Comb Site In New Push Against Magu

Malabu Scandal: EFCC Vows To Extradite Former Attorney General Adoke

FCT Natives Protest Half-Naked At National Assembly, Threaten To Issue Quit Notice To Abuja Residents

Protest As Deputy Speaker's Aide Dies 'Over Delayed Salary

Justice Nganjiwa Fails To Show Up For Arraignment On False Enrichment Charge

EFCC Docks Company Representative For N12.8m Fraud

The Sun Responds To EFCC's Presence At Headquarters

EFCC's Presence At The Sun Newspaper

Paris Club Refunds: Again, Governor Dickson Swindles His Bayelsa People

Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump's Travel Ban

Acting President Osinbajo Signs 2017 Budget

*PREMIUM TIMES*

Nigeria Police deploy 600-member special squad on Abuja-Kaduna expressway

PHOTO NEWS: Osinbajo meets leaders of thought from the North

Five men jailed for smoking, eating in public during Ramadan

Panama's ex-president, Martinelli, arrested in U.S.

Dino Melaye wants state of emergency in Kogi

Yahoo-Verizon deal closes, CEO Marissa Mayer resigns

Rome to stop taking migrants, says mayor

LAUTECH students insist on permanent solution to funding crisis

Why we killed man we robbed of N200, 000 ' Robbers

Deputy governor, Senator, others win Nigeria sports federations' polls

Osinbajo meets northern leaders, vows 'full force of law' against hate speech

FG moves to take Nigeria back to January/December fiscal year

VON DG, Okechukwu, praises Governor Ugwuanyi's bipartisan approach to governance

Ex-Kogi commissioner remanded in prison custody for alleged N35.5 million fraud

Motorists violating traffic rules across Nigeria to undergo psychiatric test from July 1

20 per cent of Nigeria's 2017 budget to be funded by recovered loot ' Buhari's assistant

12 things to know about Nigeria's 2017 budget

Amaechi tackles Jonathan, says former president failed Igbo people

Police deny inserting broomsticks into 'most wanted' kidnapper's penis

Daar Communications recorded N2.1 billion loss in 2016

Bauchi Gov. travels to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment

Cameroon will meet a better Super Eagles ' Rohr

FIRS generates N778.19 billion in first quarter 2017

Again, EFCC 'stalls' N177 million research institute fraud case

Nigeria athletic federation gets new president

U.S. inmates kill two prison guards, escape during bus transport

Protesters shut down Kwara local govt secretariat

Ogun accident claims one policeman

Ronaldo accused of 15 million euro tax fraud by Spanish prosecutor

Nobody arrested over attack on Dino Melaye ' Police

PHOTO NEWS: Acting President Osinbajo, Fayemi and other ministers at the Mining Summit

APC will not repeat PDP mistakes ' Odigie-Oyegun

Reps want Nigeria's highest honour GCFR for MKO Abiola

712 farmers from President Buhari's Daura LG receive federal Agric loan

World Cup 2018: Iran second country to qualify

Nigeria generates N204.77 billion from VAT in 2017 first quarter ' NBS

N32 million fine: NCAA panel hears First Nation airline's appeal

EFCC arraigns federal judge recalled by NJC

Unpaid salaries: Legislative aides protest colleague's death

Katsina screens 3,000 applicants for teaching job

Okorocha speaks on Arewa youth threat to Igbos

Thieves caught on video ransacking Abuja shop

Malabu Scandal: EFCC vows to extradite Adoke, Nigeria's former attorney general

Heavy downpour cuts off two Adamawa LGAs

It was difficult paying salaries when Buhari assumed office ' Amaechi

Former FRSC boss, Chidoka, sets up governorship campaign offices

Police alert Abuja residents of gunshots during range exercise

NNPC official accused of fraud challenges court's jurisdiction

British instructors set to hold International Karate training course in Lagos

What we will do to Abiola, Fawehinmi statues at Ojota parks ' Lagos Govt.

*BUSINESSDAY*

Executive order: Stakeholders agree to achieve Ease of Doing Business in Nigerian ports

Cyber exposure creates new market for insurers

CPC provides palliative as more Nigerians are thrown into the labour market

Cross River Gov't seeks insurance brokers partnership to fast track development

NDLEA lobby National Assembly to remain at seaports

Experts want brokers redefine their role to stay competitive

Mutual Benefit reports strong underwriting results on improved retention risk

Qatar Airways grows profits 332%, braces for gulf crisis

Air France ' KLM marks 20 years of flight to Port Harcourt

Active telecoms subscribers slide by 2.11% in April ' NCC

EFG Hermes eyes acquisition in Nigeria, Kenya brokerage licence

Nigerian Customs impounds N138m worth of imported vehicles, others in Owerri

Investors/exports window records $2.2bn transaction

Exploring tools to drive financial inclusion at retail banking workshop

Stanbic IBTC Bank engages clients on employee productivity

Sterling Bank intensifies sustainability campaign

Nigeria VAT rises 10% in Q1- NBS

Nigeria to sell 100 bln naira debut sukuk this month ' DMO

Survey identifies top tax risk jurisdictions

Policy, law and administrative considerations of Indirect Tax