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CNN's Christiane Amanpour to interview President Buhari tonight

President Buhari will be interviewed by CNN's Christiane Amanpour by 8pm CET tonight.

Psquare and Phyno arrives Nigeria after MAMA Awards

Sensational pop twins Peter and Paul Okoye, better known as P-Square, arrived the country from South Africa in the earlier hours of Monday. P square won two awards- Best Group and Artist of the Decade at the 2015 MAMA awards held in Durban.

They were in the company of indigenous rapper, Phyno who didn’t pick any awards at the event. They were spotted by our reporter at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2).

Stars of the African and international music industry went out in force on Saturday for the fifth edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards. Nigeria again dominated this year’s MTV Africa Music Awards, MAMA, carting away most of the coveted trophies.

Police nab two for the Murder of APC Chieftain

The Homicide Section of the Lagos Police Command has arrested two suspects as it commenced investigation into the killing of an APC chieftain, Salawe Daramola. The command’s spokesman, Kenneth Nwosu, a DSP confirmed the arrest in an interview with NAN on Tuesday in Lagos. Nwosu, who did not mention if the two suspects were politicians, however, said they were arrested during the Sallah celebration

NEWS HEADLINES

GUARDIAN

*Traditional ruler denies link to violence in Igbokoda

*ITF boss debunks report on relocation of headquarters

*New wave of consolidation may swallow Spanish banks

*JPMorgan reaches $388 million settlement in mortgage securities case

*Bureaucrats derail Indonesia's infrastructure devt plan

*Jigawa supports Dangote's integrated rice project

*Buhari urged to unveil policy on oil theft

*Fayose laments Obasanjo's attacks on Jonathan, South South

*Oil and gas trainers hold confab in Lagos

*WHO, UNAIDS plan to end AIDS with new testing guidelines

*Police arrest 14 suspects in Benue State killings

*New Army Chief launches fresh operation to tackle insurgency

*Rotary Club gives loan to 30 women in FCT

*Imo community decries invasion by alleged cult members

*Benue youths eject 12 suspected cult members from community

*Pharmacists' council seals off erring drug outlets

*IS bans private internet access in Syria bastion: activists

*Dasuki's father condemns invasion of his personal Sokoto home by DSS

*Ebonyi begins traders' relocation to International Market in September

*Labour accuses Okorocha of breaching payment pact

*Edo APC, PDP differ over calls for Orbih's removal

*IOCs' divestments, non-passage of PIB threaten Nigeria's oil reserves

*Rivers ready to host more matches, says Wike

*Presidency approves All Africa Games funds

*FIFA decides election date amid bribes crisis

*PENGASSAN faults El-Rufai's call for NNPC's disbandment

*Pensioners demand inclusion of arrears in 2015 budget

THIS DAY

*Kogi Needs a Visionary Leader, Says Yahaya Bello

*Jonathan's Ex-ADC: I Wasn't Arrested By EFCC

*CSO: Buhari's Stand on Halliburton Good Omen for Anti-corruption War in Nigeria

*Umeh Laments Igbo Marginalisation in Nigeria Charles

*DSS Siege on Dasuki's House Lawful, Says Activist

*Bailout: Buhari Didn't Breach Constitution, Says Ekiti NBA Chair

*Military Alone Cannot Defeat Boko Haram - Biden Tells Buhari

*Buhari Gets US Backing in Renewed Effort to Fight Terrorism

*Buhari Leaves Blair's House to Meet Obama, Joe Biden

*Free Train Service Has Come to Stay---Osun Govt

*Stop Attacking Jonathan, Fayose Tells Obasanjo

*NASS Crises: Gbajabiamila Group Writes Oyegun, Says Dogara's Letter Flawed

*Nigeria Will Save $50 Billion Annually if Local Agric Production is Protected

*Decline in US's Shale, Crude Oil Output May Boost Global Demand

*States, Discos' Selective Choices Fuel Inadequate Power Supply

*Dickson to Set up Committee on Brass Oil and Gas Free Zone

*Buhari Seeks Obama's Help to Recover '$150bn Nigerian Loot

*EFCC Probes Marketers, PEF Officials over Fraudulent Claims on Bridging Funds

*President Obama Again Leaves Nigeria off his Africa Trip Itinerary

*APC, PDP Set to Clash over Choice of Fayose As NGF Deputy Chair

*Eight Killed in Police Checkpoint Bomb Blast in Damaturu

*HRW Urges Obama to Press for Repeal of Same-sex Prohibition Act in Nigeria

*Tambuwal Makes It a Criminal Offence to Deprive Children of Education

*Nasarawa: Fear of Further Violence Drives Villagers away from Homes

*Buhari Has an Agenda, Change is Not One of them, Says Nwosu

NATIONAL MIRROR

*Ondo workers set for strike over non-payment of salaries

*Army raises the alarm over use of COAS' name for extortion

*El-Rufai happy over hitch-free Sallah in Kaduna

*Buhari has clear agenda for Nigeria, says Obama

*Ex-minister, 2,000 others defect to APC in Kogi

*NASS crisis: Gbajabiamila group rejects zoning

*Umahi laments Elechi's mismanagement of funds

*Bird flu spreading across W'Africa, spillover feared, UN warns

*Battle for soul of Kogi commences

*Buhari's govt has hit the ground running 'Mohammed

*APC-USA, Canada welcome Buhari to Washington

*My political destiny not tied to Jonathan -Ikiogha

*Senate impunity, threat to Buhari govt, democracy 'Jibrin

*FG to pay N400bn subsidy claims to marketers

*Open Sky Policy: U.S airlines' decry Gulf carriers' dominance

*Ambode commits to badminton

VANGUARD

*Buhari meets Obama, to appoint ministers September

*No secrecy in NASS budgets, salaries ' Mark

*EBOLA: AU describes outbreak as most complex in disease's history

Army chief in Maiduguri; changes code to Operation Lafiya Dole

*Lufthansa sacks 13 Nigerian Amnesty pilots

*Boy, 3, dies in well; 4-yr-old brother stopped from rescue attempt

*Foremost poet, Niyi Ogundare rues quality of Nigerian graduates

*Investors earn N233bn in first half 2015

*Nigerians spent N1.7trn on petrol in 2014

*Fossil fuel'll remain dominant till 2040 'ExxonMobil

*Jigawa govt backs Dangote's rice farm project

*Kano Pillars sacks Coach Emordi over poor performance

*FIFA to press for tougher checks after scandal

*2face, Wizkid, Flavour, Olamide, Basketmouth, other stars who failed to win @ MAMA 2015

*P-square , Phyno make triumphant entry after MAMA awards

*Bridge Clinic is 'IVF Service Provider of the Year

*Unilever oral health programme targets 10m school children

THE SUN

*President not slow, says Oyegun

*Election tribunal: Rivers APC alleges gang-up by INEC, judges to frustrate petitions

*Group accuses PDP chieftain of sycophancy to attract Buhari's attention

*Reps principal officers: APC group backs Gbajabiamila

*N/Assembly crisis: Group urges APC to suspend Saraki, Dogora

*I did not receive Wike in my office ' CJN

*Forget Senegal 2016 ticket, Le Roy tells Nigeria

*FIFA to elect new president Feb 26

*Nigeria seals N4.5trn trade pact with UK

*Cuban flag is raised over Havana's embassy in Washington for the first time in 54 years

*Buhari, Biden share notes on terror war

*Boko Haram: Konduga residents to return home in one week ' COAS assures

*First Bank faces money laundering charge

*Army chief blows hot, says terrorists'll not derail peace in North-East again

*Buhari's visit'll improve economy, relations with US 'Adefuye

*Bayelsa community shut down Shell facility over power outage

*Appointments: Buhari unfair to South East 'Rep

*US advises Buhari to engage technocrats

*I'll appoint ministers in September ' Buhari

*We'll help Nigeria overcome challenges 'Obama

*Refusal to educate your child in Sokoto, now criminal offence 'Tambuwal

Former CSO To President Jonathan, Gordon Obua Dies In SSS Custody

Mr. Gordon Obua, former Chief Security Officer to President Goodluck Jonathan has passed away a few hours ago, July 20, 2015 in the custody of Department of Security Services (DSS) in its Abuja Headquarters where he had been detained since Thursday, July 16, 2015

Sources who have been monitoring the situation have confirmed Obua’s passing to The Trent. He was arrested on Thursday when he honoured an invitation by the DSS and had been in solitary confinement until his death.

Obua, who was being detained by the DSS in an underground dungeon for undisclosed reasons was being denied access to his lawyers, family, and his doctors on the orders of the new Director General of the DSS, Lawal Daura. The DSS (also called SSS) serves as Nigeria’s secret police.

Trent sources say Obua’s remains are still in the custody of the DSS at the time of filing this report. He was held without charges filed against him.

On July 18, 2015, Onochie Onwuegbuna, the lead partner at Zeran Legal issued a press statement on behalf of Obua’s family complaining about the conditions in which his client was being detained  and said that his client was being witch-hunted by the Buhari government. He said his client was diabetic and hypertensive and was being denied his drugs as well as food and water by the DSS.

South Africa tourism index drops over Visa Restrictions

 South Africa's tourism business index in the second quarter dropped to its lowest level in nearly four years due to new visa restrictions, an industry body said on Monday, in a blow to a key sector in Africa's most developed economy. New legislation requiring foreigners to provide biometrics when applying for visas and parents to carry unabridged birth certificates when travelling with children

APC to reject Fayose as deputy chairman of NGF

Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are perfecting strategies to oppose the nomination of Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, as the Deputy Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. It was learnt that members of the NGF who are scheduled to meet on Wednesday, ahead of the National Economic Forum meeting on Thursday, are likely to select a deputy chairman.

NFF:Nigeria aiming to win FIFA World Cup

First Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation,Seyi Akinwunmi,has reiterated that the plan of the present board& management of the federation is to win the FIFA World Cup for Nigeria. Akinwunmi said this on Sunday in Port Harcourt while addressing players and officials of the U-23 National Team, Dream Team, after its 2-1 victory over Congo in an African U-23 Championship qualifying game.

Buhari,APC cautious,not slow-Odigie Oyegun

The Chairman of the APC, John Oyegun, has dismissed insinuations that the APC-led government under President Buhari is slow in fulfilling its campaign promises & making relevant appointments. Oyegun, who stated this in an interview with journalists on Monday in Benin, the Edo State capital, said rather than not being fast enough, both the party & the President were being “deliberate & cautious".