National News Headlines - 7/9/2015

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*No rotation of Ooni stool in Ife custom 'Osinkola ruling house

*Akpabio disowns twitter, Facebook accounts

*FG gives states N37bn grant annually to boost basic education

*19 million customers enroll on BVN platform 'CBN

*Pension funds hit N5trn 'PenCom boss

*Jigawa deputy gov escapes death as boat capsizes

Nigeria to spend $300,000 on friendly game against Niger

Nigeria will splash at least $300,000 for Tuesday’s friendly against next-door neigbours Niger, a top official has told African Football.

Trader gives seven-year-old daughter N10 after rape

Seven-year-old Ngozi (Not her real Name) is no longer a child. Her innocence has been stolen by her 41-year-old father, Emeka Igwe, who not only raped her, but got her addicted to masturbation.It was gathered that anytime Ngozi felt sexual urge and her father was not around to stimulate her, she would invite boys into her parents’ apartment in the Federal Housing Estate, Meiran, Ojokoro, Lagos State, to “play with her private parts”.

New Blues defender Papy Djilobodji wants to emulate Desaily

Chelsea’s new signing Papy Djilobodji has stated that he wants to emulate club legend Marcel Desaily.The Senegalese defender joined Chelsea fromNantes on transfer deadline day for around £4 million now is now keen to make a name for himself at Stamford bridge.

England can win EURO 2016 – Walcott

Arsenal forward Theo Walcott has insisted that the Three Lions can do better than qualifying for EURO 2016 by going on to win the championship.England booked its place in France with a routine 6-0 win over San Marino with Walcott scoring twice.

Dangote cuts cement price to boost consumption

Dangote Cement, Africa’s largest producer of the building material, cut prices in its home market of Nigeria in an attempt to boost cement consumption and compete with imports, Bloomberg reports.

Adesina, Oteh show we had a good economic team – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described Akinwumi Adesina and Arunma Oteh’s appointments as the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Treasurer and Vice President of World Bank respectively, as testimony to the fact that his administration had a good economic team that managed the affairs of the country.

Buhari congratulates Bishop Okonkwo at 70

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Bishop Mike Okonkwo’s lifelong commitment to the service of God and humanity.This is contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday.

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Rita Dominic, Genevieve Nnaji, Eku Edewor, Patoranking,Banky W and More stars Dazzle in Mauritius

The MultiChoice Africa Content Showcase Extravaganza has wrapped up and it has been quite an exciting couple of days right from the opening night to roundtables and showcases.To wrap up the week-long of activities, MultiChoice held the one year anniversary of Vuzu Amp, a South African youth-oriented digital satellite television channel produced by M-Net for DStv and described as “an amplified experience” of the current Vuzu channel, featuring local and international content.