Today's Headlines [15 February 2017]

Whassup Dailies
Wed, 15 Feb 2017

NIGERIA:

Budget: Fashola disowns N2bn voted for regional housing scheme

Militancy deprived Nigeria of $100bn in 2016 –Kachikwu

FG closes 20,000 bank accounts, moves N5.2tn into TSA to expand TSA scope

Ex-NNPC GMD, Yakubu, to face fraud charges, forfeits N3bn

Arik suspends flights to London, Johannesburg

Court remands driver, other for killing UNIOSUN student

Tricycle owners protest in Ogun over alleged marginalisation

Manager-turned-oil hawker killed by assailant

Police arraign eight for damaging electricity cables

Passenger kills motorcyclist over N50

Artists move to revive choral music

Film censors board destroys illegal movies worth N10m

Family releases official statement on Eric Arubayi's death

Presidency: Buhari Needs Support to Fight Powerful Corrupt Elements

Buhari Condoles Adamu Fika on His Wife's Death

UK, Nigerian firms seal franchise deal on toy business

FG denies plans to raise N5tr from asset sale, disburses N53m for inventions

Army Currently Deployed in 32 States, Says Buratai

W'Bank: In Lagos, Two Out of Three Persons Live in Slums

N1.2bn Share Fraud: NSE Absolves Itself of Negligence

NIMET, British America Tobacco Partner to Enhance Farmers' Yield

EFCC re-arraigns Atuche, Ojo over alleged fraud

Atiku visits Babangida in Minna

Nyame loses no-case submission, to face trial over alleged fraud

NDDC begins verification of past contracts

Irene: FG Should Lead by Example by Insuring All its Assets

Fayose accuses FG of withholding Ekiti's January allocation

Group vows to seek justice for Almajiri boy allegedly raped by fish seller in Kaduna

'Government reforms to strengthen institutions, aid ease of doing business'

After three years in custody, freed agitator vows to declare Biafra

Share scam: SEC clears NSE, CSCS of wrongdoing

AGF seeks upward review of Justice Ministry's 2017 budget allocation

Ogun Assembly slashes Amosun's N4bn loan request by half

$151m deposits: Bankers, civil servants to face trial

Economy going out of recession, says Fed Govt

Buhari set to return, says Presidency

EFCC's trial of Ladoja for alleged N4.7b theft aborted

TSA: Govt agencies rake in N13b daily

FUTA VC, bursar arraigned for alleged N156.9m fraud

Fed Govt unveils strategic plan on bond market

Nigeria loses $100b to pipelines vandalism

Malabu: Shell, Agip battle Fed Govt over OPL245 P6

Disquiet in CMD over debt, premature retirement of directors

Boko Haram: Reasons military must spare nobody

'Rate of naira counterfeiting less than one per cent'

CPS: Lagos develops workers' skill on pension administration

Abia Govt Begins Construction Of Underground Flood Channel In Aba

NPA, Intels Trade Tackles Over N403bn Debt

$1.2bn Malabu Deal: Shell, Agip Bid To Repossess OPL 245

Fake Naira Notes In Circulation Less Than One Percent — CBN

Lagos LG Polls Shifted To June — LASIEC Boss

FG Moves To Encourge Grassroots Sports Devt

Stealing Of Majek Fashek's Song: Timi Dakolo Battles To Save His Name

How FG Can Deal With $4bn Forex Demand Shortfall — KPMG

Nigeria Loses $100b Revenue To Pipelines Sabotage —Kachikwu

South East APC Plans Big Reception For Defectors

Mbaise Youths Sack Catholic Priest

We Didn't Kill Any Policeman, Says Onwuka, Freed Pro-Biafra Leader

AFRICA:

Angola displaces Nigeria to become Africa's top oil producer - OPEC

Gambia and Ghana shows 'strengthening of democracy in West Africa' – UK

Kenya announce 48-hour solidarity strike with jailed colleagues

UN chief maintains Fayyad is the right choice as Libya envoy despite US objection

Ivorian private press union condemns arrest of 6 journalists over mutiny

Gambia to welcomes British FM for first time since independence

US to give Uganda $25m in aid for refugees

Head of Libya's unity govt to meet rival army chief

UN: Reports say 101 dead as troops, militia clash in DRC

UN: Gambia formally reverses withdrawal from ICC

13 Egyptians kidnapped in Libya freed: army

Zim, Kenya , Nigeria
SA 'not declining as continental power' under Zuma

Libya repatriates nearly 200 migrants to Nigeria

S Sudan army says general who quit was 'deeply' corrupt

'Strange black soot' blankets Nigeria's oil hub

Kenyan government wants doctors' union officials freed

Glencore buys DRC mine shares from Israeli magnate

Tropical Cyclone Dineo bears down on Madagascar

WORLD:

World entering 'post-Western age' as influence of Europe and US wanes

Rohingyan girls forced to become child brides after fleeing to Malaysia

S Korea confirms Kim Jong-nam's death

Report claims Trump's team spoke to Russian intelligence

Former senior Chinese official jailed for 15 years for graft

Russia Has Deployed a Missile in Violation of a Nuclear Treaty, a U.S. Official Says

Middle East peace may not be two-state solution says White House

Donald Trump campaign aides repeatedly spoke with Russian officials

Friend to plead guilty to aiding San Bernardino gunman -prosecutors

Girl, 11, dies in hospital after she was shot in Chicago

Eight Whales Stranded in NZ Apparently Floated to Safety

South Korea says believes half-brother of North Korean leader was murdered

Good morning.