National News Headlines - 25/8/2015

PREMIUM TIMES

*UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, shuns #BringBackOurGirls group for presidential dinner

*Kaduna electricity company recruits 3,000 workers

*Why I'm different from other Kannywood actresses ' Khadijat Mustapha

*Sierra Leone releases last known Ebola patient from hospital

*Renovation of Boko Haram-hit UN office nears completion'' ' Official

*Soldier tells tribunal how lawmaker was caught with 4000 PVCs during election

*Dogara wants 'godfatherism', corruption 'killed

*Video: Balarabe Musa to Buhari: Probe your military regime if you're serious about corruption war

*Mohammed to become PDP chairman ' Fayose

*Why Nigeria issued wanted Lebanese terrorist, Al-Assir, visa ' Official

*Buhari orders withdrawal of diplomatic, official passports from unauthorised persons

*Woman in police net for causing toddler's violent death

*Ban Ki-Moon pleads for unconditional release of Chibok girls

*IAAF World Championships: Okagbare finishes last as Fraser-Pryce wins 100m gold

*Buhari raises 13-member panel to probe weapon procurement since 2007

*Senate will support Buhari's fight against corruption ' Shehu Sani

*SHOCKING: Nigeria's MDG office pays N154 million for one borehole

*Explosion rocks U.S. military base

*France awards highest honour to men who thwarted train attack

*I'm ready for probe, Okonjo-Iweala declares

*Nigerian Air Force intercepts, destroys Boko Haram transport trucks

*All Africa Games: Nigeria sends athletes' blood samples to South Africa

*Don't pay Aregbesola for federal roads repaired by Osun, PDP tells Buhari

*Italian navy rescues 3,000 migrants in Mediterranean

VANGUARD

*Corruption, privatisation cause massive losses in public revenue, says Osinbajo

*Matron of Lagos Assembly found dead in office

*FG names 13-man panel to probe Yar'Adua, Jonathan

*2-yr-old boy dies in fight between mother, neighbour

*Biafra's self-determination suit against Nigeria continues Sept 22

*Ikorodu robbery suspects sue IGP, others

*Ooni: Giesi ruling house stakes claim

*CBN sets up centres in North America,

*Asia, others to facilitate BVN registration

*Capital inflow drops by 0.20% in 1st half

*Ooni Sijuwade changed whiteman's perceptions of blacks with style

*Appeal Terry red card 'waste of time', says Mourinho

*How I found true love with Oladunni Churchill ' Tonto Dikeh

*Stop calling me new actress, Sotayo Sobola cries out

*Yemi Blaq, Ebuka, Illyrmz unveiled as Gulder ambassadors

*People will forget one day what polio looked like

GUARDIAN

*How Rivers council chairmen shared N3 billion CBN agric loan

*Transfer rumours the work of 'clowns' blasts Benzema

*Flood threaten Plateau community

*Ban Ki-Moon meets Nigerian governors amid tight security

*4 army officers arrested over killing of journalist in Sri Lanka

*Court convicts welder over theft of motorcycle

*Explosion rocks U.S. military base in Japan

*Consumers express divergent views over power supply in Ilorin

*Adesina, others to feature on radio democracy talks

*No nutritional value in ponmo consumption, says expert

*JAMB begins sale of forms Aug. 31

*Police parade 63-year-old child-trafficker, gang

*Arase redeploys four DIGs

*Ibas warns naval officers against oil theft, others

*Roger Federer back as world number two ahead of U.S. Open

*Benzema denies link to Arsenal

*I won't be missed, Barcelona have enough quality players, say Pedro

*Jose Mourinho praises players over West Brom defeat

*Traffic robbery on the increase in Lagos

*The ban of NYSC members from oil companies

THIS DAY

*NEPC Moves to Increase Export

*Oil Firms Groan under Low Crude Prices...

*Alleged N1tn Diversion: EFCC Calls Report Infantile, Senseless

*Senate: NERC Has Potential to End Plight of Electricity Consumers

*Nigeria, Ghana Others Lose $10bn Annually to Multinational Tax Incentives

*LASG Calls on FG to Repatriate 199 Illegal Togolese Immigrants

*Lagos House of Assembly Chief Matron Dies in Office

*Marriage Dissolution: Man Detained for Abusing Customary Court President

*Switzerland to Assist Boko Haram-affected Areas

*Kaduna Disco Distributes 100,000 Pre-Paid Meters in Four States

*FG Vows to Build Strong, Sustainable Economy through Science and Technology

*NERC Bars Discos from Connecting New Customers without Meters

*More Than 50% of Naval Ships are Down, Navy Chief Laments

*PSC Corruption Allegation: Group Slams Sahara Reporters for Unethical Conduct

*Plateau Governor Meets Buhari, Demands Explanation on Paradang's Suspension

*Ilorin Zone Records Inaugural Hajj Flight of 500 Kwara Pilgrims

*Ban Kimoon Pledges UN Support for Nigeria

*2016 Budget: Senate Frets over FG's Unpreparedness to Submit MTEF

*Ban Ki-moon Asks Buhari to Address Economic Causes of Insurgency

*Army Recalls 2,700 Dismissed Soldiers and Officers after Buharis Intervention

*MTN Scraps Early Debt Payment amid Currency Shortage

*Commission of Inquiry: Amaechi Diverted N3bn Agric Loan