From The Dailies Wed, 19 July 2017

*Governor forfeits N500m as states get N243b refund

*Fed Govt targets N1.8tr from VAT

*PDP convention holds Aug. 12

*Melaye: Stop INEC, Kogi APC tells court

*Buhari committed to peaceful, developed Niger Delta, says Boroh

 *‘Lagos to join Odu’a Group’

*Paris Club refund windfall excites labour, ASUU, others

*Lagos denies approving ICT mall

*Customs seizes N372m contraband

*28 suspected kidnappers nabbed, 21 victims rescued

*Desire to travel to Dubai led us into kidnapping —Suspects

*LASG to connect Ikorodu with Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

*CJ assigns suit on Buhari’s health to judge

*Paris Club refund: States get N243.7bn

*Unpaid pension: Edo retirees hold prayer session

*Sheriff: PDP orders Makarfi to raise disciplinary panel

*Bayelsa police take anti-cultism campaign to schools

*Scores feared dead in fresh Southern Kaduna clashes

*Excavator accident claims three at new Owerri market site

*N179.5m debt: Yari has ruined my company, says German

*Robbers attack Abuja resident by police checkpoint

*Nasarawa police rescue director, others from kidnappers’ den

*NHIS boss ran agency like his private enterprise — HMCAN

*Nigeria moves to increase contraceptive uptake among women

*Stop giving babies water, govt tells mothers

*Customs CG warns banks against sabotaging e-auction system

*New trading name represents Nigeria’s heritage – 9Mobile

*NNPC, Halliburton search for crude in sedimentary basins

*FG to establish ICT development bank

*Medview begins airlift of stranded London-bound passengers

*Reps worry over $5bn for fuelling generators

*New FMC director pledges to address workers’ welfare

*Airtel’s Ogunsanya named best telecoms CEO in Africa

*Nigeria’s transmission network requires N1.8tr five-year funding

*Military invasion of Bayelsa communities may jeopardise peace initiative, CLO warns

*Fayemi urges SERAP to prove pensions allegation or risk legal action

*PDP may extend tenure of Makarfi’s caretaker committee

*Senate decries 21% broadband penetration

*Mambilla crisis and implications for 2019 poll in Taraba

*‘FG saved $380b capital flight from Local Content Act’

*Dogara decries N1.8 trillion annual expenditure on electricity generating sets

*Tinubu’s support for Ganduje ignites reaction from Kwankwaso

*Three days to council election, Lagos amends law

*37 feared killed in fresh Southern Kaduna crisis

*Nigeria’s revenue savings hit N1.071 trillion

*Delta courts begin vacation August 1, resume September 28

*Taraba group wants govermnent to improve security in Mambila Plateau

*Police repel militants’ invasion of marine post in Ajah, kill dozens

*Former Jonathan’s aide loses bid to regain passport for medical trip

*Low capacity disrupts Med-View Lagos-London operations

*Army plans offensive on Boko Haram base in Lake Chad

*Women exposed to smoke while in womb more likely to miscarry

*Government approves new maritime security framework

*BoI, Ebonyi seal N4b pact to fast-track industrialisation

*FG may prosecute NDDC contractors for failure to execute projects

*Rights body seeks 72 days pre-trial limit to decongest prisons

*Lagos task force arrests suspected child abductor in Oshodi

*Lawyer accuses EFCC of unlawful arrest, detention

*Relief as Lagos awards Ikorodu-Arepo link road

*Lagos Assembly loses member, Alimi

*Severe Blasts Rock Maiduguri for the Second time in Barely 24 Hours

*PDP NEC Meets, Sets Up Disciplinary, Reconciliation Committees

*NNPC, Halliburton Partner On Oil Search In Chad Basin

*CBN Disburses N473bn Under Agric Credit Scheme

*Kano, Akwa Ibom, 3 Others Get N50bn From Second Paris Club Refund

*Nigeria Has Highest Rate Of Out-of-School Girls – Malala

*NPA bites harder, streamlines ports operations

*EU commits over €1billion in ECOWAS sustainable electricity

*Enugu APC faction mulls court option to enforce rights

*Nigeria To Emerge 14th Largest Economy By 2050 – PWC

*N168bn Annuity Funds: NAICOM Approves 8 Insurers For New Business

*FIRS Targets N1.8trn VAT For 2017 Fiscal Year

*Three feared dead in renewed cult clash in Edo

*Army witnesses contradict selves at cross-examination in Shiites’ suit

*Police warn hoodlums to steer clear of Anambra guber polls

*Court grants Jigawa ex-governor, Turaki, N1 billion bail

*Prices of diesel, cooking gas decreased in June, says bureau of statistics

**AFRICA

*Exclusive: Murdered U.N. experts talked travel with Congo militia family - report

*Malala condemns China over death of fellow Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

*Fire at Ghana parliament tower building with no major damage

*On South Africa's Mandela Day, ANC MP denounces 'disgraceful' Zuma

*Congo park authorities say rangers were not killed in rescue

*U.N. seeks to dissuade West African migrants from heading to Libya

*South Sudan's president declares state of emergency in home state

*Facing multiple security crises, Congo's Kabila reshuffles police

*Kenyan vice president candidate debates himself after rivals' no-show

**WORLD

*French prosecutors charge 2 execs in Malaysian Scorpene submarine scandal

*Man accused of desecrating cemetery war memorial says he had God's permission

*South Korea investigating 'abduction' of North Korean defector and TV star

*China: China's ocean burial of Liu Xiaobo backfires as activists stage sea protests

*Oil-exposed fish 'make poor choices'

*Italy mulls temporary humanitarian visas to aid Libyan migrants

*Jim Molan dares NSW Liberals to expel him by speaking to Alan Jones

*Booker: Trump letting Obamacare fail is evil

*Jewel thief, 86, is arrested again

*Countries That Broke Ties With Qatar Indicate Some Flexibility on Demands

*Turkey's Istanbul metro is hit by fast moving flash floods

**SPORTS

*Okagbare, Egwero show their class at Warri Relays

*Sanchez not for sale — Wenger

*Spanish football chief arrested

*We won’t miss Rooney, say United’s Nigerian fans

*StarTimes promises Manchester derby

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