Today's News Headlines [Wed, 22 Feb 2017]

Today's News Headlines
Wed, 22 Feb 2017

NIGERIA:

Whistle-blower exposes N8.4b fake bank account

INEC report on Rivers rerun indicts police, others

Fed Govt eyes $2.3b from World Bank, China

March 8 deadline to pass budget 2017 fails

Nigerian Breweries to pay N28.4b dividend

Agric financing raises hope of economic recovery

Nigerian loses N240m to xenophobia

Govt yet to implement 18% pension contribution, says PenCom DG

Warring Kidnappers, Policemen In Gun Battle

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Decries Violence Against MASSOB, IPOB

Imo Civil Guards Now Carry Guns

Imo Lawmakers Tackle Executive Over Amnesty Programme

Kidnapping, Armed Robbery: Ayade Announces N1m For Whistleblowers

Man Dies Rehabilitating 170-foot Well In Lagos

Defiant Enugu Residents Build Houses, Filling Stations On Railway Lines

N136m Fraud Charge: Court Orders Ex-NIMASA Boss To Enter Defence

Archbishop Urges Govt To Alleviate Masses' Suffering

Govs' Wives Meet In Abia, Dole Out Empowerment Items To Women

Report Reveals How INEC Officials Mishandled Rivers Rerun Elections

Southern Kaduna Attacks: Death Toll Rises to 26

South Africa Condemns Xenophobic Attacks on Nigerians, Others

Nigeria Spent N1.1tn on Debt Service in Nine Months

CBN raises intervention at interbank market to $6m

Kaduna imposes 24-hour curfew on communities

FG, States, LGs Share N465bn as Allocation Increases

NNPC Clarifies N23.4bn Oil Export Supervision Debt to FG

FG mulls single registry to exit Nigerians from poverty, urges transparent selection process

UNICEF Warns Nearly 1.4m Children at Risk as Famine Looms

Otakikpo marginal field to evacuate crude oil soon

Witness in Justice Ademola's trial says Buhari's lawyer's N500, 000 gift not a bribe

El-Rufai rejigs cabinet

Ikpeazu inspects 12 roads under construction in Aba, Umuahia

Sheriff, general without soldiers in PDP –Fayose

N304.1m Fraud: Court Adjourns Trial Of Ex Acting NIMASA DG, Jauro, To March 3

Shell's New LNG Forecast Rekindles Confidence in Brass LNG's Future

FG Threatens Telecom Firms, Asks Them to Get Listed on Stock Exchange

CDS Wants Lake Chad Multinational Force to Step up Operations against Boko Haram

Again, PCNI Budgets N60m to Fell Trees

Ease of Doing Business: Presidency Mandates N'Assembly to Pass Crucial Laws within 60 Days

BPE condemns non-adherence to power sector Acts

Catholic church restates call for return of schools to original owners

Akpabio: PDP will Reclaim Andy Uba's Seat in Senate

Police foil militants' kidnap attempt in Lagos community

Shema, Three Others Arraigned, Granted N4bn Bail

Mimiko dissolves Ondo Council of Obas, names Olukare as new head

Edo deputy governor tasks police on fire incident in NYSC

Jonathan Denies Endorsing Sheriff

Buhari: IPC Frowns at Denial of Access to Information to Journalist in London

ExxonMobil Denies Embarking on Fresh Retrenchment of Workers

National Security: DHQ Calls for New Intelligence Policy

Another Batch of 171 Stranded Nigerians in Libya Arrive Lagos

NPC targets informal sector in new pension regime

EFCC recovered $1m from Badeh's house, says defence lawyer

Deputy High Commission of Britain in Lagos gets new head

Saraki tasks committees to hasten work on 2017 budget

Dickson urged to cancel land deal with herdsmen

Curfew imposed after 14 people killed in ethnic fighting in central Nigeria

OPC Joins Search for Kidnapped Army Officer

Abuja Mass Housing Estate Drags Developer to EFCC over Alleged N2bn Fraud

Navy Destroys over 40 Illegal Refineries in Delta

Southern Kaduna Killings: Death Toll Rises To 26, Victims Get Mass Burial

APC denies role in PDP crisis

EFCC Investigates N188m Budget Padding In Ministry Of Women Affairs

AFRICA:

Bodies of 74 migrants washed ashore in western Libya

South Sudan: Kiir vows to fight famine, says 2017 is 'year of peace and prosperity'

President Mugabe turns 93, EU extends economic sanctions

African port authorities meet in Dakar on how to match global trends

EU pushes migration dialogue with Egypt and Tunisia

Angola: Joao Lourenço vows to eliminate corruption

Buhari reassures Nigerians 'there is no cause for worry,' only needs rest

Angola's deadly stadium stampede caused by 'flaws in security plan'

Somalia and South Sudan to receive £100 million each in UK aid

WORLD:

Mysterious radiation spreading across Europe as US deploys Constant Phoenix 'nuclear sniffer' aircraft

Australian PM criticises U.N. as Israeli PM arrives for state visit

Former Hong Kong leader jailed 20 months for misconduct in public office

India: Orphanage shut down for selling babies, 18 arrested

Russia contradicts Trump's claim of no contact during campaign

Trump blames liberal activists for crowds at Republican town halls

Mr. Trump's 'Deportation Force' Prepares an Assault on American Values

Amnesty says Donald Trump's 'poisonous' rhetoric makes world a darker place

Montenegro: Russia involved in attempted coup

Good morning