Today's News Headlines

*NEWS HEADLINES FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH, 2017.*

*PUNCH*

Refineries concession: Let global operators step in

Nigeria's N19tn debt profile sustainable, says Akabueze

Domestic debt servicing gulped N474.06bn in first quarter ' DMO

10 easy ways to increase your monthly savings

LNG: Nigeria lags behind as Mozambique attracts $7bn

Experts view tax as tool for economy recovery

NCDMB, NLNG sign service level agreement

Nigeria's oil export rises as Shell lifts Forcados force majeure

Interventions: Senate moves to check CBN's 'reckless' spending

Lekki deep seaport construction to start in July

Port terminals: Court orders NPA, others to maintain status quo

Rice, poultry smuggling, economic sabotage ' Saraki

Winners emerge in FCMB millionaire promo

Lafarge to embrace biomass for power supply

Lafarge Africa shareholders approve N140bn rights issue

Magboro, others to unveil action plan as blackout persists

FG cuts agencies at seaports to seven

US bought $1.3bn crude oil from Nigeria in Q1

Siemens introduces new oil, gas solutions in Nigeria

Using your savings account

Stocks resume rally, International Breweries appreciates by 10.22%

US oil output nears new record high

Nigeria to lead Africa in free trade negotiations

IGR: Kwara makes N6.6bn in three months

Customs e-auction'll expose online fraudsters

Eland to raise $19.5m, as Nigerian production ratchets up

People see smuggling as normal business ' Customs officer

Innovation makes firms more efficient, says Intels

Legacy Pension grows asset to N193bn

Eagles promise Bafana win, 500 policemen for clash

Fed polls: Reps clear ministry

Robbers attack Osun Utd, injure players, officials

We must shut the crowd up ' S'Africa

Urhobo as part of Biafra disrespectful, says Omo-Agege

Unpaid salary: Boxing coach seeks Osinbajo intervention

NOC/IOC course

Rugby poll: Candidate rejects result

Man loses 22-year-old wife to football 'bet

Al-Mustapha's futile revisionism

Parents of kidnapped Lagos pupils protest at Ambode's office

Man kills wife over housekeeping allowance

Village head, six others die in Niger rainstorm

Cult members from Ilorin throw rival into Lagos lagoon

Navy commander denies involvement in torture of rating

Residents decry delay in prosecution of killer Lagos DPO

Train knocks down teenager chatting on phone

*VANGUARD*

GOV POLL: Ex-Rep lauds Amosun over support for Ogun West

Obaseki suspends LG Head of Admin, others

Ijaw professionals lament neglect of N-Delta environment

Resistance to Anti-Open Grazing Law: We'll defend ourselves if FG fails us, Benue leaders vow

Osinbajo to flag off direct distribution of relief materials in North-East

Reward to whistle blowers, a moral booster ' Oyintiloye

NCF boss counsels on herdsmen menace

Nigeria's oil output hits over 2.0m bpd as Shell lifts force majeure on forcados

Senate investigates N1.5m Hajj fares, 'forced' feeding policy

SMEDAN tasks MSMEs on leather industry

Okorocha's wife, Bishop Amatu charge youths to shun vices

Igbo quit notice: Police begin manhunt for signatories

Igbo quit notice: FG, Northern govs slam Arewa youths

One killed as Delta communities' land dispute deepens

One dies, 18 injured in Ibadan auto crash

ConMin expo for construction industry in West Africa holds

Justice Oputa comes alive at Gadzama's mentoring programme

Senate moves against CBN over alleged financial recklessness

PHRC tasks host communities on dialogue

Quit notice did not start today, did not start yesterday ' Lai Mohammed

Igbo quit notice: S-East Govs hold emergency meeting

Igbo Quit Notice: Nigeria too precious to pander to divisive rhetoric ' Atiku

DMO: Giving Nigerians a bond

Reflections of Acting president's visit to Cross River state

Buhari's absence and the return of sanity to the Polity

Saraki and A' Ibom North East senatorial seat

IPv6, Io6 next battlefield for wealth creation, Uwaje tells African govts

We know Uyo ' Bafana captain

Chelsea offer 48m plus Matic for Bonucci

Ronaldo world's highest paid sportsperson

Fans petition to retire Tiote's Newcastle number

Tears at actress Moji Olaiya's burial in Lagos

Our business laws are investment friendly' NBA Chairman

Media literacy should be taught at the grassroots ' Vokeseel Propietress

Judge warns lawyers against shielding litigants who violate court orders

Police arrest 2 over death of Italy based Nigerian

PSP Operators: 'Defendants are still flouting Court's order

Lowering of standards for admission into varsities: The role of JAMB, NUC and the Senate (2)

Who is lying to the Igbos and to the rest of Nigeria

Liverpool apologise to Southampton over Virgil van Dijk saga

EFFC Prosecutes 'Ghost Workers' who Receive Salary forThree Years

Pregnant Women Protest over Hike of Maternity Care in Anambra

Mark Zuckerberg Meets Lola Omolola Founder of all Female Facebook Group

Internet key to future digital classrooms, says Vodacom

Poverty of good mgt, a deadly virus ' Expert

Be passionate about your country, V-C urges CSS' class of 2017

I do not support scrapping of JAMB

MTN holds fieldback forum with Uni-Abuja students

SOGUNRO: Community where pupils access education on boats

*THE NATION*

Fed Govt, ACF, El-Rufai to Igbo: ignore quit order

Kidnapped pupils' parents urge govt to rescue them

EFCC traces multi-billion Abuja asset to ex-First Lady

Poll predicts Tories' majority loss as UK votes

20 whistle-blowers get N375.8m cash

Sagay to judiciary: you're hostile to anti-graft war

Osinbajo receives ECOWAS Chair

EFCC arraigns ex-Rivers REC Khan for receiving N180m bribe

INEC registers five political parties

Will Nigeria ever learn from history

Chowberry: Feeding Abuja poor families through technology

How govt can enhance natural medicine, by experts

Corps members get tips on healthy lifestyle

Why we should stop eating wheat foods

Cleansing the teaching stable

Unity Schools PTA scores education minister low

No going back on policy

Vision 2020 empowers pupils

Three college students top Cambridge exams

Mobile firm sensitises undergraduates on drug abuse

Child security tops Lagos agenda

Landmark Varsity, NIM marriage an inspiration to us

ABUAD plans 'Industrial Park

NYSC boss laments derelict camps

Long road to peace

Drumbeat of leadership

Obong varsity holds seminar on quality research

KWASU produces 32 First Class graduates

Ajimobi inaugurates CBN projects at technical varsity

CPN: Nigeria loses N2b yearly to IT quackery

Renewable energy employs 15,000 in Nigeria, others, says agency

CBN spent N1.23tr intervention fund illegally, says Senate

NGO wants speedy approval of WASH

Banks access to forex improves over new window, says Fitch Ratings

Stakeholders back proposed restructuring of NNPC, DPR, PPPRA

July deadline for low-sulphur fuel remains unchanged, says NNPC

Lagos set to deliver 'Right of Way' for Alapere Road

PWC urges govt to implement mining roadmap

LBS consolidates on global rating

To avert youth anger

Unimaginable!

Publish N/Delta ministry probe findings

Maize malady

Ambode has revolutionalised governance in Lagos'Razak

The Ambodean journey: Two years after

INEC registers five new political parties

*THISDAY*

FEC Approves Tech Roadmap for Creation of 2.5m Jobs, ICT University

NERC Mulls Monthly Review of Electricity Tariffs

Parents of Kidnapped Students March to Lagos House Wailing

Appeal Court Acquits AVM Atawodi of N600m Security Boat Fraud Allegation

Ijaw Youths: Criminals Behind Igbo Eviction Notice

Ikeja Electric Launches Whistle-blowing Platform

Smuggling of Rice, Poultry Products Economic Sabotage, Says Saraki

Human Rights: UN Chief Regrets Uncomplimentary Remarks about Nigeria, Apologises

INEC Registers APDA, Four Other Political Parties

NEITI: Crude Oil Worth $15.9bn Lost in Four Years

Byanyima: Govts Must Not Ignore those Living Outside IDP Camps

Can Hunger be Eradicated in Nigeria

Igniting Businesses

Of a Will, Its Sense and Nonsense

When The Body Revolts

Utomi: Cancer Rate Will Increase in NDelta if Gas Flaring is Unchecked

Ogun to Intensify Programmes on Family Planning

Niger to Renovate Suleja General Hospital

*DAILY SUN*

Buhari on track 'Adesina

Anambra guber: Why we're backing Uba -Obiekwe

INEC registers 5 new political parties

Facebook launches features to connect U.S. users to elected officials

AFCON qualifier: Police deploys 500 personnel in Uyo stadium

AFCON 2019 qualifier : NFF raises the alarm over cash

CAF, NFF, Eagles remember Keshi

NPFL: Rangers perform Maiduguri miracle

French Open: Djokovic knocked out in quarter-finals

Manchester United now top Forbes football rich list

24-hr operation: FG orders unauthorised agencies to vacate ports

Nigeria's foreign trade in Q1 2017 hits N5.30trn

Probe $15.9bn NLNG equity, NEITI tells Reps

CBN opens forex window for fuel marketers, airlines

FG to expand executive order on made-in-Nigeria goods

Quit order: Igbo spit fire

FG pays N375.8m to 20 whistle-blowers

S'East Development Bill goes through in Senate

In tears, kidnapped students' parents storm Ambode's office

Cows on rampage, take over school

INEC registers 5 new political parties

Panic as military repels Boko Haram in Maiduguri

MEND blasts Jonathan over Niger Delta development

Senate ignores DSS report, confirms 82-year-old as ambassador

Why I killed my wife over N2,000 'Suspect

Tourism legislation at crossroads

Still on Oshogbo

Medicine and culture

IGPs who saw tomorrow(2)

Biafra: An endless struggle

Osinbajo: How not to preach sacrifice

APDA seizes the stage

Rivers goes golden under Nyesom Wike

Igbos and Kaduna declaration: The die is cast

Igbo Unity: A hopeless conundrum

Halting the degradation of Akwa Ibom environment

Who will pay these huge debts

How brain drain cripples Nigeria's health care

How to control cancer of the breast ' Akeredolu

AGF and the restructuring of Nigeria

*GUARDIAN*

Police arrest man with fresh human parts in Osun

Lagos, Wi-Fi and living in a new world

Nigeria may lose British intervention in education development, envoy warns

Corporate governance, means of entrepreneurs' survival

Experts task HR professionals on global standards

Ethnic groups fault Fulani's ownership claim of Benue valley

Youth group holds summit on exceptional leadership

Insurance firm records 320% growth in profit after tax

U.S. don urges Buhari to implement 2014 confab report

Ohanaeze silent as threat to Igbo dominates talks in Enugu

*DAILY TRUST*

Why Nigeria needs more educational entrepreneurs

Kogi panel indicts APC HQ, Bello

Im not in APC to fight Kwankwaso Ex-commissioner

Osinbajo not a tribalist ex-SSS DG

Leave Buhari out of S/East bill Sumaila

Atiku cautions against divisive rhetoric

INEC registers 5 new political parties

PHOTOS: Lawmakers jubilate over South East commission bill

Cyclist kills UniAbuja student in Gwagwalada

I shall operate open door policy - Abaji LEA scribe

FCT Minister warns residents against felling of trees

2 remanded in prison over theft

AMAC gives farmers free fertiliser

Compost: Better alternative to inorganic fertiliser

How to tackle armyworm - Expert

We have effective remedy for armyworm, tomato pests

PDP lawmaker distributes fertilizers to rural farmers

Armyworms spread to Kwara, Nasarawa, Kogi

How to have a successful turkey business

Tuta Absoluta: How we saved Gombe tomato farms Commissioner

App Store developer earnings exceed $70bn

Onazi makes AFCON, World Cup vows

Lawal wants early goals against Bafana Bafana

Rivers Utd Rotimi out for a month

Plateau United beat Sunshine to open 5 point lead

Abia Warriors' Nweke out for 2 weeks

I will leave Arsenal if... Giroud

Allegri to stay with Juventus till 2020

*TRIBUNE*

Food poisoning:FG urged to focus on food Satefy in Nigeria

Shootings in Maiduguri: Army calls for calm

Smuggling of agricultural products is economic sabotage 'Saraki

Recalled Justice Nganjiwa, handling Ese Oruru's case resumes duty

Moji Olaiya laid to rest at Ikoyi Gardens amidst tears, encomiums

OAU inaugurates new VC, Professor Ogunbodede

Justice Ademola resumes sitting

Reps uncover $15bn unremitted oil, gas revenue

Osinbajo seeks Senate approval for $1.5bn loan

1 dead, 18 injured in auto crash close to Guru Maharaj Ji village

Anambra communities pledge support for local government

FUNAAB lays foundation for community police station 'Gets new registrar

Biafra Day: Every Igbo man is a Biafran

FUTA named Centre of Excellence in Geology, Geophysical Studies

Health Minister inspects health facilities at IDP camps in Borno

Stop giving juice to children below one year

Itching eyes in children: Causes and treatments

Intimate partner violence and your mental health

Chewing stick, effective alternative to toothpaste 'Expert

Where Kenya Airways got it right

MFS Africa partners with Paga on global remittance market

Fuel price remains N145 per litre 'PPPRA

NCAA to comply with executive order at airports

29m Nigerians jobless 'NBS

NSE index sheds 1.16%, ends 2 weeks rally

NAMA commences implementation of FG executive order

*LEADERSHIP*

Senate Cant Be Blackmailed Over EFCC, Customs Bosses Saraki

N701bn Stimulus: 10 GenCos Get N12bn As FG Begins Disbursement

Executive Order: NPA Begins Implementation, Sacks SON, NAFDAC From Seaports

FG To Raise N236.6bn T-bills

Shell Reopens Forcados Terminal For Crude Export

Anti-Corruption: FG Pays N375.8m To 20 Whistleblowers

Questionable Activities Of Some NGOs Scares Off Donors Umona

Emerging New Era For Telecom Consumers

Aftermath Of Gov Bindows Hurricane Of Change

A Senate With Many Firsts

*SAHARA REPORTERS*

EFCC Arraigns INEC Commissioner For N185m Scam

Reps Invite Okonjo-Iweala, Nenadi Usman, Oronsaye, Others Over Alleged Tax Certificate Forgery

Ghost Workers: EFCC Arraigns Family Members For Manipulating Government's Payroll

OAU Ife Students Condemn Invitation Of Deputy Speaker Lasun And Top Politicians For June 12 Democracy Event

Delta Air Lines Says It Is Working To Understand New Executive Order On Baggage Screening

Gunfire Erupts In Maiduguri As Boko Haram Militants Raid City

PIGB And Oil Host Communities: Not All Intelligence Is Artificial' By Ifeanyi Izeze

Five New Political Parties Register For 2019 Election

Civil Society Groups Want GMOs Banned, Seek Repeal Of National Biosafety Management Act

Myanmar Plane With 104 On Board Crashes

12 Killed In Twin ISIS Attacks In Tehran

Kaduna State Government Orders Arrest And Prosecution Of Northern Youths That Declared War On Igbos

How Delta Speaker Forced House Members To Welcome Bishop Oyedepo To Asaba

Delta Police Command Nabs Man With Human Parts In Kegs

Nigerian Govt. Pays 20 Whistleblowers N375.8million

SARS Arrests Delta Council Boss For Demolishing Opponent's N100m Property

Nigerian Troops Arrest 5 Vandals For Bombing Agip's Export Pipeline

Delta Air Lines Ignores Executive Order, Insists Manual Screening Of Passengers Must Continue

Gunmen Rob Two Banks, Kill Two Police Officers In Iwo

29m Nigerians Jobless As Unemployment Rate Rises To 14.2% In Q4

#OurMumuDonDo Movement To Organize Topless Protest On June 12

*PREMIUM TIMES*

Bald men targeted in ritual killings

How we arrived at 2017 hajj fare ' NAHCON

AFCON 2019 Qualifier: Nigeria deploys 500 police officers for South Africa clash

Nigeria League Review: Plateau United stun Sunshine in Akure

N3.2 billion fraud: Court admits more evidence against ex-Abia governor, Kalu

Nigerian Army repels Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri

ASUU, Alumni intervene in University of Ibadan crisis

Northern governors react to Arewa groups' ultimatum to Igbos

Acting President Osinbajo receives new ECOWAS chairman in Aso Rock

Despite nationwide condemnation, threat of arrest, Arewa group insists Igbos must leave Northern Nigeria

JAMB speaks on scores upgrade requests by candidates

SSS, Police invitation ploy to extradite me to U.S., Kashamu tells court

An egg a day may reduce child stunting ' Study

BREAKING: Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri

BREAKING: INEC registers five new political parties

N96 million spent on more than horses for emirs ' Bauchi Governor

INEC requires N137.4 billion for CVR at polling unit level 'Yakubu

Nigerian researchers want abolition of disparity in pay with university lecturers

Top INEC official docked for allegedly receiving N185 million bribe

BREAKING: Arewa group, who called for Igbo exit from Northern Nigeria, in another meeting

How Nigeria can curb illicit financial flows in Africa ' Don

*BUSINESSDAY*

Exporters to register forms NXP prior to shipment ' CBN

First-time-home buyers account for 50% of 6.2bn UK mortgage market

Executive order: NPA re-expels seven agencies from ports

Richard Esin at FMBN

NSE commits to partnership with NBA-SBL

Whistle blowing in the Nigerian oil industry: matters arising

IIPELP partners NJIfor Judges' Workshopon Petroleum, Gas and Power

Manual inspection of cargo to stall gains of single window for cargo clearance

Nigeria's maritime sector opens up for investment

Lafarge Africa approves N5.8bn dividend for shareholders

GlaxoSmithKline's sales drops as inflation bites

P& G $250mn ultra-modern manufacturing plant commissioned

Shell says will support Lagos Ibile oil and gas project

Standard Chartered highlights commitment to Africa, Middle East

Leveraging marketing strategies to boost air travel in Nigeria

Nigeria plans N236.6bn Treasury bill auction

Nigeria's central bank to sell dollars to airlines, fuel importers

Egypt's Forex Reserves Surpass Nigeria for First Time in Six Years

Exchange rate converges at BDC, black market after CBN liberalise interbank

Emefiele: 3 years of ensuring macroeconomic stability