Today's News Headlines [Thursday 23 Feb 2017]

Today's News Headlines

Thursday 23 Feb 2017

NIGERIA:

PDP crisis: Makarfi kicks as Sheriff plans convention

Okorocha under fire over PDP crisis comment

EFCC recovers 17 exotic vehicles from ex-Customs CG Dikko

Rivers rerun: Police fault INEC report

Buhari thanks Nigerians for prayers during phone call to Ganduje

JAMB fixes UTME for May, scraps scratchcard

Senators grumble as Osinbajo withholds assent to four bills

'Killers' of police paymaster held

IGP deploys Special Forces in Southern Kaduna

Professionalism key to growth of maritime sector, says Peterside

Court: Oduah can't withdraw from 21 banks

Police deploy officers for Akeredolu's inauguration

Mimiko appoints rector, VC

Protest in Sango as Customs seizes more than  1,870 bags of rice and 75 jerrycans of vegetable oil in overnight raid

FUT MINNA shut as student's death sparks riot

Assembly seeks boundary between Edo, Kogi communities

10-year-old girl makes history in math contest

Police vow to unravel killers of Nasarawa traditional healer

Hospital receives equipment for reproduction unit

Don't appoint SANs as S'Court judges, Gomez warns

NBA shortlists 12 lawyers for A'Court job

Osinbajo seeks fresh $500m Eurobond, rejects four bills

I'll quit as chairman after PDP convention – Sheriff

Court freezes Stella Oduah's firms' accounts over $16.4m, N100m debt

N50bn Land Suit: Call Your State Govt To Order, Ozekhome Tells Anambra AG

Protest Looms In Imo School Of Nursing Over Illegal Fees

Girl Allegedly Sets Up Friend For 10-man Gang Rape

2 Die In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Auto Crashes

Mile 12 Market: Why Plan To Relocate Might Fail Again

GOU Gives Scholarships To 19 Northern Students

Sugar Refineries Struggle With Backward Integration

Southern Govs' Wives Vow To End Female Genital Mutilation, Others

FUTO Owerri Sets Up Panel To Probe Students' Riot

DPR to destroy 1.5 million litres of contaminated fuel

Vice chancellor seeks inclusion of private varsities in TETFund

FCMB Introduces Free Banking Service For Smes

Naira continues gain, closes at 505/dollar

Nlc, Tuc, Actionaid Seek Review Of Tax Treaties

Otakikpo field to boost oil production by 8,350 bpd

19 academics conduct research in Shell

Nigeria to ratify Minamata Convention on Mercury

N8b budget for climate change

Ministers Tearfully Bid Amina Mohammed Farewell During Valedictory Session

Buhari Speaks to Ganduje, Says He's Feeling Better

Buhari's Lawyer: I Gave N500,000 to Justice Ademola, but not at President's Behest

Famine tragedy must not become a catastrophe, UN chief warns

Amnesty Int'l Alleges 240 Boko Haram Suspects Including 29 Children Died in Giwa Barracks

FG to issue first green bond in April

Osinbajo, UNILAG VC, legal luminaries eulogise late Prof Adeyemi

LASU VC appeals for support from Law alumni

Xenophobic attacks in S-Africa: Time for action

MSMEs clinics: FG to roll out more initiatives today

Govt moves to boost ease of doing business

2nd Niger Bridge back on track, Sovereign Wealth Authority MD assures

CD condemns indiscriminate killings of IPOB members

United Labour Congress wants sacked FMC staff recalled

Beware of S-South govs, militants tell Osinbajo

Army, Amnesty trade words over alleged killings, torture of IPOB members, others

Fayose commends Buhari over Justice Onnoghen's nomination

NSIA secures $305m FDIs

Overloaded curriculum responsible for long hours in schools — Investigations

Sharing Formula For N100bn Constituency Projects Divides Reps

Osinbajo Writes NASS, Seeks $500m To Finance 2016 Budget Deficit

New Forex Policy May Stabilise Banks, Says Fitch

Amina Mohammed Quits FEC, Moves To UN

FEC Approves N38bn For Completion Of Kaduna's Eastern Bypass

Reps begin investigation into hike in LPG, Kerosene prices

Chevron, Partners Boost Practical Science Education In Edo

AFRICA:

Somali president calls on al Shabaab to surrender

Zimbabwe closes schools as part of preparations for Mugabe's 93rd birthday

Nigeria: Vice president makes good use of power as Buhari extends sick leave

Selfie opportunity gets deadly as elephant tramples man in Zimbabwe

Pope appeals for urgent food aid to help famine-stricken South Sudan

Astronomers find seven Earth-like planets that could host life

South Africa's ICC withdrawal 'unconstitutional and invalid' - High Court rules

Zimbabwe's Mugabe praises Trump's 'America First' policy

Top Libyan security official wounded in car bomb attack

India's vice president visits Uganda, meets president

Ivory Coast hosting bid to save its last chimpanzees

Over 100 migrants drowned off Libya shores, survivor says

Sunni Islam's Al-Azhar in Cairo dialogue with Vatican

Christian father and son killed in ISIS hotbed in Egypt

DRC investigating alleged army massacre video

Tunisia torture cases falling but abuses persist: NGO

WORLD:

ISIS to Drag Israel into a War on Gaza

Three newly found planets could support life

Mexican man 'kills himself minutes after being deported from US'

Donald Trump's new travel ban 'delayed until next week'

Le Pen's chief of staff under investigation

Syria peace talks to get under way

Indonesia's four richest men worth as much as poorest 100 million

Syrian opposition seek direct talks with regime

Donald Trump revokes Barack Obama guidelines on transgender bathrooms

20m people going hungry, says UN chief in plea for £3.5bn to avoid 'catastrophe'

UN concerned over Israeli demolition plans in West Bank

Brazil prison massacre exposes gruesome gang war over drugs

Russia announces new branch of military for information warfare

North Korea demands Malaysia stop investigating Kim Jong-nam death

U.N. mediator not expecting quick breakthrough in Syria peace talks

Top U.S. Officials Get Chilly Reception in Mexico

Brazil's José Serra Resigns as Foreign Minister

Election in Britain's 'Brexit Capital' Poses Test for Labour Party

Good Morning.