National News Headlines - 20/8/2015

GUARDIAN

*FG set to raise education tax,

*New AGOA deal offers Nigeria, others $8b export target

*Buhari tells NNPC to work with indigenous oil producers

*Boko Haram did not kill 150 Yobe villagers, says DHQ

*Group tackles Amosun over education workers' sack

*Dismissed workers lament non-payment of allowances in Kano

*Man, 27, commits suicide in Osun

*Midnight fire destroys 10 shops, valuables in Ondo

*Ambode gives contractor 3 months to complete Ipaja-Ayobo Road

*52-year old man arrested for molesting a 10-year old girl

*Police catches prisoner who used bedsheets to escape

*15, 000 people arrested in China for cyber crime

*1, 260 pilgrims for 2015 hajj in Plateau, govt sponsors 320

*Barcelona's Pedro to join Chelsea ' reports

*Facebook tops social pack in US, Twitter lags: study

*11 individuals, firms bag National Productivity award today

DAILY TRUST

*Police bust 8 robbery syndicates, recover 12 cars

*NULGE strike stalls activities at FCT area councils

*Alhassan Gwagwa leads 6000 PDP supporters to APC

*Driver burnt to death in Zuba

*Senator: Its wicked to allocate 1% of budget to agriculture

*Deadline on rice importation is not achievable AFAN

*Onion farmers attribute glut to absence of storage facilities

*Bird flu: Rivers depopulates 7000 birds

*Nigeria can earn over N2bn annually from banana

*No money for fertilizer, Taraba govt tells farmers

THIS DAY

*Jokosenumi: Nigeria Will Benefit from Financial System Strategy 2020

*Ex-Speaker Rejects Fayose's Appointment, Shuns Screening

*Constitutional Amendment Crucial to Anti-Graft Strategy Review, Says Lamorde

*National Development: Buhari to Declare Open Diaspora Day Tuesday

*Military Obliterates Fleeing Boko Haram Terrorists from Sambisa

*Drought: Food Scarcity May Hit Nigeria, Expert Warns

*SIM Deactivation: Angry Subscribers Storm Network Centres

*UN: Nigeria Has Highest Number of IDPs Worldwide

*Ribadu Wants Culprits of Money Laundering Punished

*Governors Meet Ahead of NEC Meeting Today

*Police: How Suspected Ilorin Cultists Killed Victims

THE SUN

*Finally, Kogi gov joins guber race

*In Enugu, accountability and fiscal discipline take the lead

*We can't ban breast milk substitutes -NAFDAC DG

*Military kills 'many' Boko Haram in battle

*66m Nigerians have no access to safe water ' UNICEF

*Poor child nutrition can cause chronic diseases into adulthood

*Idika Kalu decries poverty level in Nigeria

*Army warns soldiers against friction with civilians

*Corruption: Scrap Abdulsalami'led Peace Committee 'Group

*Boko Haram meets waterloo in Gwoza

The terror mediator

*Nigeria is highly tribalized and polarized