News Headlines - 26/2/2016

DAILY POST

*Nduka Obaigbena sacks 55% of THISDAY Lagos workers, lists ‘bona fide’ staff

*N2.3bn scam: EFCC presents three new witnesses against Akpobolokemi

*MTN has paid N50bn – FG

*EFCC only after bad eggs – Magu begs judges, lawyers over comment

*Ecobank explains why it sacked several workers

*Ekitigate: APC tells IG to prosecute Fayose, indicted officers

*PDP group blasts BoT for backing Sheriff, 

issues March 31 deadline

Reps to pass 2016 Budget in March – Dogara

*Blame previous government for current economy – APC

*PDP NWC approves March 14 for Edo congress

*Five Kogi legislators boycott

meeting with Reps delegation

*Suspected cultists hack down

29-year-old man in Ekiti

*Three men bag 1 year imprisonment each for possession of fake naira notes

*Cultists allegedly shoot 82 year-old woman dead, kill grandson

*Okada man found beheaded in Ilorin

*Bricklayer bags12 strokes of cane for unlawful possession of army uniform

*Super Eagles: NFF directs Oliseh to report to Amodu

*FIFA reforms will leave new president powerless – Bility

*I don’t have anything to do with Mikel Obi – Siasia

*NPFL Week 2 review: New boys

MFM FC go top, Pillars lose

*Egypt coach desperate to stay ahead of Nigeria in AFCON qualifying group

*Joseph Yobo turns down lucrative China move

*Exxon Mobil staff: Rapists must be punished, not granted bail -Kate Henshaw

THIS DAY

*Osinbajo, Tambuwal's Wives Meet, Discuss Women, Children's Welfare

*FG Urged to Declare National Emergency on Maternal, Newborn Deaths

*19.9m Nigerian Females Mutilated, Says

Group

*Ambali Urges Professional Chemists to be More Vibrant on Environmental Conditions

*MLSCN Seals 28 Labs in Lagos

*With Biotechnology, Nigeria Can Feed her Population

*NUC Says UI is Best University in Nigeria

*LASG Deplores Incessant Attacks on Public Servants

*Inventor Weeps in Minister's Office for Lack of N15m to Commercialize Escalator

*30 Children Die as Diarrhea Spreads in Imo

*Supreme Court Decides Rev King's Fate this Friday

*NEMA Confirms Four Killed in Adamawa

Explosion, 20 Injured

*Ogoni Killings: Military Didn't Inform Govt of Operations in Yeghe, Says Wike

*Saraki Laments Outbreak of Lead Poisoning in Niger State

*Ndoma-Egba: PDP Suffering from Self-

destruct

*Buhari to Convene National Economic

Conference in March

*House, Mark Condemn Atagu Killings as

Death Toll Hits 100

*Fuel Scarcity Looms as FG Seeks to Swap More Oil

*Court Strikes out Etisalat's Suit against MTN over Visafone Acquisition

*EFCC Arrests Businessman, Chidi Amamgbo

ENTERTAINMENT

*Adele big winner at BRIT Awards as industry pays tearful tribute to Bowie - CNN

*Adele Dominates With Four Brit Awards - Guardian

*Adele showed why she's the most popular musician on the planet at the BRIT Awards - Business Insider

*Al Jazeera America Deletes Article Satirizing Itself - Gawker

*American Idol's Top 10 Revealed Tonight

and Who Will Make the Cut - Huffington

Post

*Battle for the soul of DGN'as Guild elects new president today - Vanguard

*Ben Carson Is Very Concerned with Fruit

Salad - Gawker

*Beyonce might drop two albums this year. - Vanguard

*Bill Gates responds to Beyonce's 'Formation'

*Canada Coincidentally Makes It Easier to

Apply For Citizenship as Trump Wins

Primaries - Gawker

*Catholic priest turns Afro pop singer -

Vanguard

*Christian Slater is being sued by his father for $20 million in damages - Business Insider

*Cosby drops defamation case against model Beverly Johnson - Associated Press

*Cristiano Ronaldo: Footballer becomes first athlete with 200m followers on social media - Pulse

*Davido: HKN singer hints at collaboration with Young Thug - Pulse

*Director X storms Lagos for Video Directors confab - Vanguard

*Kelly Clarkson Brings Everyone (Including Herself) to Tears in Emotional Performance on American Idol - People

*Justin Bieber's Dad Jeremy Engaged to Longtime Girlfriend Chelsey Rebelo -People

*Michael Jackson's $1.5 Million Gone With the Wind - People

*50 Shades of Bey! Beyoncé Goes Blue For Garage Magazine cover - People

*Son Kills Family After Shooting Them and Setting Home on Fire - People