National News Headlines - 15/8/2014

PUNCH

*Osinbajo's protocol officers, organisers clash at Ooni's burial

*Aregbesola absent at Ooni's burial

*Commercial activities paralysed in Ife

*Anambra attracts N472bn investments in 18 months

*Corruption allegations, blot on Fasholas administration

*Nigerian Breweries invests N1bn in More brand

*NUPENG, PENGASSAN fault NNPC boss on reform

*Tax number'II be mandatory for company registration FIRS

*Nigeria, others collaborate to prevent cassava disease

*Dangote cement will boost business expansion in Africa

*Widow battles church over 1.7-hectare land

*Workers ask Ugwuanyi to reverse Chime's water concession deal

*Buhari's wife urges unity among women

*UI student slumps, dies at exam centre

*Ondo slashes cost of land title

*FG wont give up anti-corruption war Osinbajo

*Cult groups, Fulani herdsmen kill 761 in seven months

*Yuguda sues APC chieftain for N10bn over defamation

*Amosun flayed as sacked teacher keeps mum

*Jang faults transition committee report on Plateau debt

*Buratai seeks collaboration between army, DSS

*Wike, INEC want Peterside petition dismissed

*PDP begs as members plan defection today

*No one is missing Ife chiefs

*Foundation empowers 50 displaced Chibok women

*Osinbajo, Oshiomhole, Ambode, Fayose pay tribute

*A tale of two night-crawling former Presidents

*Deported from Gabon, separated from wives, children: Nigerian deportees lament their loss

*NEMA denies promising local divers N250,000 for rescue operation

*My parents didn't support me going into ministry ' Akinosun, President, CAC Worldwide

*Presidency probes death of tortured inmate over Patience Jonathan's $3m

*I cried the day a lawyer called me a fool 'Ayotunde Phillips, former Lagos CJ

*When Ife was shut down for the Ooni

*Crash: Boat operators, dredgers resume business

*Ooni united Yoruba race 'Obas

*How governors turn govt houses to sex havens

*Raped, impregnated and abandoned: Tears-provoking tales of young girls with babies but no fathers

*Nigerian women turn innocent girls to sex slaves in Dubai

*We have lost geniuses 'Friends, relative of Bristow crew members

*Adeleke University offers rape victim scholarship

VANGUARD

*Dredging of Escravos basin will be of economic importance to S/ South, S/East ' Okowa

*Ife stands still as Ooni goes home

*Our refineries will now make profits ' NNPC

*2015 Polls: Drama as 'Dead man' gives evidence at tribunal

*Petition against Aregbesola: SJSC's query subjudice ' Oloyede

*Clergy in prison over Chinese visa scandal

*Adamawa not using N200m for prayers against Boko Haram ' Govt

*IU suspends exams indefinitely as student slumps, dies during examination

*Buhari's search for saints as ministers will fail ' Senator Urhoghide

*Zambian President, Osinbajo, laud Dangote on African expansion

*Steady power supply to attract foreign investors ' Min

*Rare Gems; Between Ooni Aderemi and Sijuwade

*Why Buhari must probe Jonathan slowly

*Amokachi: I'm not in Nnewi for money

*Mourinho confirms demotion of Chelsea medics

*Villa pounce for Barcelona starlet Traore

*Project Fame: Jennifer, Deborah, 3 others on probation

*Emem Isong makes case for rape victims in 'Code of Silence

*Segun Arinze becomes BON artistic director

*How Sapele went on fire as Cynthia Morgan, others shared German Juice with 11,000 fans

*Ipebi, the Yoruba tradition shrouded in secrecy

PREMIUM TIMES

*Barcelona thrashed 4-0 by Bilbao

*CNPP slams Abdulsalami, Sultan, Kukah, declares support for Buhari's anti-corruption war

*NNPC reform: Nigeria Oil workers prepare for showdown with Buhari

*Plateau Governor, Lalong, appoints Jega as Pro-Chancellor, re-instates Sheni as VC

*Boko Haram 3 months deadline: New NSA, Service Chiefs storm Borno

*Osinbajo urges Presbyterian Church to be worthy ally in drive towards national rebirth

*14-year-old remanded for being in possession of stolen generator part

*U.S. owes Cuba millions of dollars, Fidel Castro says

*NNPC denies ethnic agenda in recent retirements, appointments

*N133 million scam: Resign now, anti-corruption group tells Okiro

*No election held in my polling unit, Akpabio's opponent says

*Nigerian Air Force steps up battle against Boko Haram, deploys more combat aircraft

*Community sues Redeemed Church, Adeboye over land dispute

*Nigeria to install cameras in prisons to check jailbreaks

*Senate orders probe of billions spent under Obasanjo, Jonathan on electricity

*PWC, KPMG to audit all Nigeria's revenue agencies

*Senate approves $75 million World Bank loan for Edo

*Don't encourage corruption, APC cautions Sultan, Oritsejafor, Kukah, others

*Boko Haram: Nigerian lawmakers ask Buhari to establish North East

Development Commission

*Niger lawmakers want ex-Governor Babangida Aliyu probed

*Adamawa lawmakers approve Governor Bindow's request to borrow N8.7 billion

*NEMA distributes delivery kits to 410 pregnant women

*Buhari reverses Jonathan's NPA MD's appointment, reinstates former MD

THIS DAY

*Unveil Your Anti-corruption Strategy,

*TMG Tells Buhari

Police Rescue 24 Children in Calabar

*Erosion Threatens Major Road Networks in Abia North

*Ban Public Servants from Foreign Medical Treatments, Experts Urge Buhari

*No Going Back on Recovery of Plots Belonging to Public Institutions, Says El-Rufai

*In Enugu, Accountability, Fiscal Discipline take Center Stage

*Buhari May Receive Defectors from PDP to APC Today

*Tear Gas: S/South APC Demands Apology from Police

*President Buhari Needs to Play the China Card Too

*Wike, PDP, INEC Ask Tribunal to Dismiss APC's Petition for Failing to Pay N100 Filing Fee

*Bayelsa Elders: PDP Defectors are Ungrateful.

*Litany of Probe: We are Back to 1983

*South Africa Tourism Targets West Africa

*Monguno: We Are Going into Action to End Boko Haram

*Buhari , Amaechi and the Anti-Graft War

*97% Vs 5%: An Open Letter to President Buhari

*What Did the Black Man Do to Deserve this Suffering

*New Ooni of Ife - Dele Momodu, Perfect Candidate

*Ambassador Cohen's Take on Babangida, Corruption, Oil Money

*Nellie Mayshak: Pension Payments: Needn't be a Painful Process