Today's News Dailies Tue, 31 Oct 2017

Today's News  Dailies
Tue, 31 Oct 2017


**NIGERIA

*NAAT decries low rating of Nigeria’s universities in global rankings

*Suspended Ondo magistrates cry foul over sack

*LEDAP creates database of Nigerians on death row in Asia

*Budget: Ministers, others suffering from military hangover — Senators

*Tinubu: Alleged Rift with President is Fake News

*Boss Mustapha is New SGF, Babachir, Oke to Face Prosecution

*Nollywood is demonising the Nigerian culture

*Airtel, Lagos State partner to curb domestic, sexual violence

*NCC vows to intensify fight against cyber crime

*Electricity pricing: Senators to meet Fashola

*Nigerians to Buhari: Sacking Lawal, Oke not enough, prosecute them

*History as large vessel berths in Calabar Port

*‘$800b Needed In 37 Years To Fix Transport Infrastructure Deficit’

*Chidoka wants technology used for Anambra poll

*FG Agrees to Pay N88bn as Compensation to Nigerian Civil War Victims

*Nama Hires 40 New Air Traffic Controllers

*Israeli firm to secure Nigeria’s maritime space

*Rising Foreign Loans Risky For Exchange Rate – IMF

*FG moves to stop illegal trading on gemstones, precious metals

*Monarch laments 30 years neglect of Ajaokuta Steel Complex

*TCN replaces damaged transmission tower in Asokoro, Abuja

*Investor & Exporter forex window has exceeded expectations — CBN

*Queen of Netherlands visits Nigeria

*Buhari hands over Lawal, Oke to anti-graft agencies

*Tinubu: I’ve confidence in Buhari

*AfDB calls off proposed $400m loan to Nigeria

*Buhari presides over APC caucus meeting in Aso Villa

*Jonathan urges court to void Metuh’s request to compel him to testify

*Protesters demand Oyegun’s removal

*Mixed reactions trail Fed Govt’s sack of Lawal, Oke

*Taraba govt under attack over police attack on players

*Kanu, Diouf to raise funds for IDPs

*Carpenter dismembers friend, reports self to residents

*Policemen kill 55-year-old during attack on Lagos market

*Soldiers storm Ibadan community, mark 49 houses for demolition

*26 injured in crash on Enugu-Abakaliki road

*Five arrested for selling two babies for N1.1m

*Air Peace: Suspected burglar confessed, stole N1m – Police

*SEC launches development fund for capital market

*FG accused of denying N’Delta N1tn gas flare penalty

*NAMA hires 40 new air traffic controllers

**AFRICA

*Court orders Nigeria to pay $288 million to 1967 * victims

*Cameroon court sentences opposition leader to 25 years in prison

*At least five killed in east Congo clashes: Human Rights Watch

*WFP chief gets pledge from Congo's president on food aid access

*Senior Tanzania ruling party MP quits, cites democracy concerns

*Detained Ethiopian opposition chief bailed two years after protests: party

*Nigeria's Buhari sacks top civil servant after corruption probe

*Kenya president: dialogue withy yopposition must wait until court cases done

**WORLD

*North Korea 'hacks South Korean warship blueprints'

*Manus Island detainees fear for safety after police squads armed 'like it's a war'

*Australians buying 'useless' health insurance, AMA head says

*Black Lives Matter award spotlights Australia racial issues

*Remaining John F Kennedy files to be released

*Japan: man arrested after nine bodies and severed heads found in flat – reports

*Mafia boss accused of ordering hit on his daughter over policeman lover

**SPORTS

*ISIS Names Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar as Next Target

*Odumosu set for induction into University of South Alabama Hall Of Fame

*Rohr calls up 18-year-old Uzoho, Mikel, 22 others for Algeria, Argentina games

*NFF directs Committee to submit road map for Russia 2018 World Cup

*Kanu, El-Hadji Diouf, Apiah, Amokachi , others to light up Kaduna Stadium

*NFF dissolves standing Committee