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VANGUARD Biafra sit-at-home: Total shutdown in S-East Buhari administration creates new set of millionaires – Lai Mohammed Osinbajo signs laws to ease access to credit facilities for MSMEs Dalung Warns Against Anti-Election Activities After Years Of Abandonment, Work Begins On Otuocha-Ibaji Road Herdsmen Attacks Rising Nationwide, Okowa Raises Fresh Alarm Resign if you love Nigeria, Fayose tells Buhari Two years of APC: Buhari should return our economy to 2015 level — Senator Bassey Police Officers Feared Dead As Navy Clashes With Them In Calabar Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Priority At Nigeria Innovation Summit El-Rufai To Jonathan:Take Responsibility For Presiding Over Skewed Distribution Of Ecological Funds DAILY TRUST Reps quiz Adeosun, Fashola over procurement breaches Buhari’s anti-corruption bill scales Senate’s hurdle N2.19bn lost to payment fraud in 2016 – Report Osinbajo, Dangote, others in industrial policy council Whistle-blower remanded over false information on Ekwere...

Oyo state Governor Ajimobi provides Ramadan gifts, funds and materials to women, widows, and orphanages in Oyo state. See photos  

This Day Newspaper Bad Times Are Over, the Future is Bright, Says Osinbajo OPEC Will Resist Sabotage by Shale Oil Producers, Says Kachikwu Oyegun: APC Will Give Buhari Automatic Ticket in 2019 NEMA Adopts Cash Transfer in Relief Response Lagos Generates More IGR than 30 States Combined Telcos Raise the Alarm over Threat to Telecoms Business, Broadband Plan UI Shut over Students Protest NBA Flays Continued Detention of Dasuki, El-Zakzaky Rice Smuggling: FG Threatens to Shut Borders with Neighbouring Countries EU Says Only Nigeria Can Fix Its Problems CJN Cautions against Unnecessary Filing of Suits Anti-graft War: Selective Justice Better than No Justice, Says Osunbor Buhari Has Fulfilled Campaign Promises, Says Lai Mohammed The Vanguard Newspaper Abductors of Lagos school kidnap slash ransom as Parents, school management meet My role in Malabu Oil deal, by Adoke How bricklayer, 5-yr-old died in Lagos building collapse Stolen, diverted public funds must be accoun...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says under the N100 billion social housing scheme of the present administration, anyone who can afford N30,000 will be able to own a house. He said this at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday at an event tagged "A Smile for Every Nigerian" organised to commemorate the administration's second anniversary. The acting president explained that the housing scheme was part of the administration's social intervention prpgramme that had not been mentioned. He said: "This is 100bn set aside for the Family Home Fund our Social Housing Project. The 100b is a yearly contribution to our N1trn Social Housing Fund, the largest in the history of the country. The World Bank and the African Development Bank are contributors to the Fund. From this Fund, developers will borrow 80% of the cost of project and counter fund with their own 20%. "The same fund will enable us to provide inexpensive mortgages for hundre...

PUNCH *Unemployed graduates angry, ask Osinbajo to reverse secret recruitments *El-Rufai a big liar, says Jonathan *Rivers@50: Amaechi rejects Wike’s award *Power-drunk cop hangs, beats bakery worker for being stubborn *Piracy: How House of Reps members kill actors –Saidi Balogun *Robbers storm church, beat up priest’s wife, attack guard *D’banj welcomes baby boy in US VANGUARD *Ecological fund: Jonathan blasts El-Rufai, says every state benefited *Implementation of Confab report can save Nigeria—Gowon *TWO YEARS IN OFFICE: Nigerians pass verdict on Buhari *Kidnap of Lagos Model college students: Parents gripped with fear *Democracy Day: Osinbajo storms Garki market, interacts with traders *Deal with IPOB/MASSOB members if…, IGP orders AIG, CPs *My house was raided by Police, nothing was found – Ekweremadu *Ramadan: Moon sighted, Muslims begin fasting today *S/East Govs caution over Biafra THISDAY *Ebola: FG, Lagos to Sanction Kenya Airways *Osinbajo, Obasanjo, ...

*Gunmen abduct six Lagos pupils three days after writing school *Obasanjo calls for negotiation on Biafran agitation *NEC accuses Jonathan of sharing ecological fund to PDP states *Anointing service drama: Ambode sacks chaplain 24 hours after Sunday service …priest, family thrown out of residence for ‘disrespecting’ gov’s wife *Ekiti: Murder suspects reject lawyer during trial *Man rapes eight-year-old sibling in Katsina *Ambode laments Lekki clash, warns communities *Plan to protect EFCC chair underway, says AGF *165 Nigerians return from Libya *FG to shut down five foreign missions *Two soldiers nabbed for disrupting Edo court *Lagos FHC orders Ubah’s release, Abuja court extends his detention *Jonathan’s godson forfeits mansion, others to FG *Ebola: FG may sanction airline for repatriating corpse from Congo *CDHR, TUC fault IPAC’s call for REC-nominee’s disqualification *FG declares Monday public holiday *Nothing can stop Nigeria’s greatness, Osinbaj...

**NIGERIA *Prayer, fast not enough to move Nigeria forward, says Osinbajo *FG’ll prosecute fraudulent N-power volunteers — Imoukhuede *Joshua rejects Klitschko rematch, tells Ukrainian to quit *I can twist my name as I like — Atiku’s wife 3: *Naira rebounds, closes at 380/dollar *Bad politicians and military coupists *Iheanacho dismisses City exit talks *Army panel secretly quizzing more officers over alleged coup plot *FG okays 29-member panel on N56,000 minimum wage demand *I convened confab in Nigeria’s interest – Jonathan *Buhari’s performance in two years too poor– Report *Falana, SANs disagree with Ozekhome on Fayose’s re-election bid *Manchester United win UEFA Europa Cup *We didn’t address N’Delta, B’Haram terrorism early, says Obasanjo *Court remands Jonathan’s godson in prison for N3bn fraud *EFCC arraigns Enugu wonder bank operator for N84.6m fraud *APC national convention to go ahead without Buhari *Fayose, drivers issue 24-hr ultimatum...

The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, on Monday, defended his title before a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, maintaining that he did not falsify his name to attain the stool. Akiolu, who arrived on the court premises with his white cap chiefs, testified in a suit filed by Prince Sammy Adebiyi and Prince Rasheed Modile, asking for the order of the court to declare as null and void the appointment and installation of Akiolu as the Oba of Lagos. The claimants, among others things, alleged that the monarch falsified his family name, Akinolu, by changing it to Akiolu. They claimed that the Oba was known as Akinolu while he was in the Nigeria Police Force, adding that all his siblings had Akinolu as their surname. The suit, which was filed in 2012, was based on three arguments: the 90 days interval between the death of an Oba and the selection of another, rotation of the kingship among the members of the royal family, and the existence of a registered declaration for the stool o...

THE SUN Customs intercepts 440 pump action rifles at Tin Can Island Port CBN retains MPR at 14% Wike’s second term assured –Mark 2019: Sule Lamido kicks off presidency race Anambra: Obiano’s Health Insurance Bill passed into law Adeleke’s family faults pathologist’s claim on autopsy report Boko Haram fuelling hunger in North East –Obasanjo Jubilation in Enugu as Ugwuanyi commissions 26 projects Buhari ’ll win overwhelmingly if elections hold today –Presidency Senate places NSA, others on red alert over cyber attacK DBN: Osinbajo seeks approval for additional $1.2bn external loan Senate orders CBN to sanction banks over rejection of coins Europa League Final : Man United primed for victory against Ajax, as UEFA tightens security PUNCH Customs seize container with 440 guns imported from Turkey Senate condemns rising rape cases, demands stiffer penalties for offenders Economy shrinks again, MAN, LCCI see recovery in third quarter Ifeanyi Ubah’s diversion of N11bn PMS punishable by d...

*#HALAMADRID* MADRID WIN LA LIGA, UCL IN SIGHT. **NIGERIA *Kidnappers murder man after collecting ransom *PDP factions trade insults as Supreme Court hears appeal today *PDP shuns probe into killing of 50 Rivers residents –NHRC *Lecturer impregnated me, rejects pregnancy, says nursing student • It wasn’t me, I used condom – Lecturer *Politicians hire marabouts, pastors to pray for Buhari’s death – Aide *N100bn needed to reconstruct Apapa road — Fashola *Write petitions against corrupt judges, CJN tells Nigerians *UTME: We’ll watch CCTV footages to sanction cheats, says JAMB *446 cultists arrested, 24 prosecuted in Delta, says CP *Troops arrest six female Boko Haram terrorists, kill 13 *Fadama project: Umahi pays N110m counterpart fund *Oil subsidy gulped N9tn in 10 years, says Oando chief *Ngilari’s release: Sagay demands prosecution of prison officers *Abaribe tackles Amaechi over S’East exclusion from $5.9bn rail projects *Man kills seven-year-old so...

President Trump signed a multi-billion-dollar arms and economic deal with Saudi Arabia Saturday in a move intended to strengthen the U.S.-Saudi Arabian alliance against ISIS on the president's first foreign trip. The agreement is worth $110 billion effective immediately and $350 billion over 10 years, in an effort to equip Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf partners in the fight against ISIS. The agreement will provide fighter jets, tanks, combat ships and anti-missile defense systems and create defense-sector jobs in the U.S., according to the White House. The deal includes additional private-sector agreements and a joint vision statement with Saudi Arabia, one of the world's largest oil producers. "That was a tremendous day," Mr. Trump told reporters. "Tremendous investments in the United States." "Hundreds of billions of dollars of investments into the United States and jobs, jobs, jobs." he continued. The agreement signals a strengthening relat...

The Federal Government has renamed the Federal University in Oye Ekiti the Adeyinka Adebayo Federal University in honour of former governor of the old Western Region, Major-General Adeyinka Adebayo (retd). Acting President Yemi Osinbajo announced the decision on Saturday during the funeral service of General Adebayo, who died in Lagos on March 8, 2017. At the funeral service, which took place in the late general’s hometown, Iyin-Ekiti, in Ekiti State, Osinbajo paid tribute to him, describing him as a promoter of peace. Osinbajo said, “General Adebayo’s life was a light-bearing one. Though kindled in the ancient town of Iyin in Ekiti State in Nigeria, his light shone brightly for the world to see. “In an obituary in the Times of London on April 18, 2017, he was described and I quote, ‘Governor of the Old Western Region of Nigeria whose attempt to promote the peace and attempt to prevent the Biafran war failed with devastating consequences for the nation’.” The Acting Pre...

*3 dead, 17 rescued, scores trapped as building collapses in Lagos *Saraki, Ajimobi, Ambode, Fayose, others pay tributes to Adebayo *Man kills neighbour over borehole water *Ortom queries SEMA boss over wheelbarrow inscription *Senate indicts Presidency, bars lottery commission DG from office *EU bars Med-View Airline over safety concerns *Voluntary negotiations may never achieve restructuring – Ogunshola *Lopsided recruitment: Federal Character Commission may sue DSS *FG conveys parents, relatives of rescued Chibok girls to Abuja 4: *Nigerian arms scandal resurfaces in US court *How Mohammed Abacha, Malabu lost OPL 245 to Shell, Agip –FG *Poor FG’s ideas led Nigeria into recession, says Soludo *Agony, shock as Moji Olaiya dies at 42 *‘Escaped Chibok girl in JSS1 when abducted’ *Man handcuffed to police van in Efo recounts ordeal *Ifeanyi Ubah diverted 11bn PMS, NNPC tells court *Abductors reduce Ondo perm sec ransom to N20m *Hitches: JAMB to resched...

The Lagos State Government Monday formally inaugurated the state-owned oil company, Ibile Oil and Gas Corporation (IOGC), as a business arm of the state in the oil and gas industry. Speaking at the formal inauguration of the company’s corporate head office in Lagos, the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, said the initiative was another giant step in the determination of the state to leverage on the recently acquired status of oil producing state in Nigeria. He said the company was set up to manage the downstream and upstream activities of the state and protect the interest of all stakeholders. “Lagos State is at the threshold of witnessing a boost in economic growth and employment generation given the evolving developments in its investment climate, particularly the oil and gas sector. The Dangote refinery, the largest in Africa and one of the biggest in the world, will soon come on stream at the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ). This multi-billion dollar investment will effectivel...

VANGUARD Osinbajo’ll sign when budget is ready — AIDE Lead pathologist testifies Adeleke died of drug overdose Crisis looms between Presidency, Senate Senate gives NNPC, CBN, others 2 wks to submit budgets LAI MOHAMMED DEBUNKS STATEMENT ON BUDGET SIGNING Diezani gate: Chime still under investigation — EFCC FG, Oxfam On Collision Course Over Inequality, Poverty In Nigeria Senators rap Sagay over comments on anti-graft war OSINBAJO CANNOT REPLACE BUHARI IN 2019 IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO PMB - NORTHERN ELDERS Trump admits sharing information with Russia LEADERSHIP Another Executive-Legislature Feud Looms ‘Osinbajo Has The Power To Sign 2017 Budget’ Kwankwaso Tipped To Contest 2019 Presidential Election Again, Dasuki’s Absence Stalls N13.5bn Fraud Trial Presidency Confirms Release Of Another Chibok Schoolgirl After 3 Years Of Inactivity, Kano Depot Revived Dangote Spends N52bn Annually On Importation Of Tomatoes Rice Production In Nigeria Increases To 5.8m Tonnes THI...