National News Headlines - 15/10/2015

VANGUARD

*Kachikwu, Fashola, steal show at Senate screening

*18-year-old arraigned over murder of school senior

*Lawmaker reminds Buhari of free education campaign promise

*SYNAGOGUE: Hearing on Coroner's suit begins Monday

*Reps probe N18bn rail contracts

*41-year-old man in Police net over rape

Airport users groan as car hire operators' strike

*As president, insults were pleasant to me ' Obasanjo

*Ambode seeks UK's partnership for rural power

*Nigeria receives $6bln in foreign direct investments annually

*BlackBerry may exit handset space in 2016, targets 5M smartphone sales

*U-17 World Cup: Eaglets land Chile with frightening records

*Top EPL scouts invade Chile for Eaglets

*R-E-V-E-A-L-E-D: Mikel rejected Eagles vice captaincy

*How Blatter bought Platini support for 1.35m

*FA bans Mourinho

*2016 CHAN Qualifiers: Nigeria/Burkina Faso clash now Saturday

*COSON doles out N250m in 5 years to music right owners

*Flavour gets raunchy at Macufe Festival

*Nollywood producers compromised quality for quantity

*Cutting costs will improve efficiency, profitability ' Kachikwu

*Parents urged to allow children study courses of their passion

*Babcock varsity performs first heart surgery

*From blackboard to keyboard: The classrooms Nigerian schools should have

LEADERSHIP

*Boko Haram: US Sends Troops, Drones To Cameroon

*Ban Rice Importation, Governors Tell FG

*Ministerial Screening: President Drops Ibeto, Senate Confirms Fashola,

Dambazau, 16 Others

*PIB: Nigeria Loses N3trn Yearly Due To Non-passage ' Kachikwu

*Inflation Rises To 2-year High At 9.4%

*UK Government Urges Africa To Pioneer Solar Revolution

*Buhari Revamps Oil Exploration Firms In First Step To Reform

*Falae's Kidnap: North-east Group Asks PMB To Caution Yoruba Elders

*Oil Well Dispute: APC Chieftain Urges Buhari To List Kogi As 11th Oil Producing State

*Naira Appreciates At Parallel Market

*Non-performing Refineries Will Be Shut Down In December ' Kachikwu

*Egypt To Receive $3b Loan From World Bank

DAILY INDIPENDENT

*TI Ranks Nigeria, Mexico, Russia High On Corruption Index

*Government Land: Ekiti Gives Six-month Reprieve To Squatters

*Buhari Withdraws Ibeto As Ministerial Nominee

*Naira Appreciates Against The Dollar At Parallel Market

*More Trouble For Mourinho

*Ooni: Stool May Not Be Filled

Until'Venerable Ishola Ojo

*2015 Elections Were Not Devoid of Irregularities ' EU

*Nigeria To Get Unified Identity Database In Five Years

*Adopt Concrete Roads For Durability, Dangote urges FG, States

*Cuba Loses $833b To US Motivated Sanctions ' NLC

*Abandoned Projects Have No Place In My Govt ' Fayose

*Again, Gunmen Attack Yenagoa Residence Of Jonathan's Ex-aide

*FG To Ban Rice Imports By 2017

NATIONAL MIRROR

*We'll end Boko Haram by December, Buhari insists

*Reps probe SURE P, transport ministry over rail rehabilitation

*Immigration boss warns officers against illegal repatriation

*Ekiti gets approval for 330kva, 132kva lines

*FETHI doctors suspend four-month strike

*Governance difficult without taxes 'Aregbesola

*Father of two found dead in Ibadan

*Sankara's body riddled with bullets 'Autopsy

*Tribunal nullifies House of Reps election in Taraba

*Ministerial nominees: Group lauds Buhari over Shittu

*Critics of Buhari's ministerial nominees should shut up 'Shaau

*Tribunal sacks lawmaker over perjury, fake certificate

*I can't quit teaching - Nigerian best teacher

*Survey rates Nigerian firms high on anti-graft plans

*Africa's investment in security appliances drops 'IDC