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Today's News Headlines Wed, 22 Nov 2017

Today's News Headlines
Wed, 22 Nov 2017



**NIGERIA:

*Nigeria, Japan sign N642m economic, social development grant pact

*‘One million barrels daily capacity deepwater projects need funding’

*Police arrest landlady over murder of two persons in Lagos

*Army raids, arrests seven ‘militants’

*PANDEF meets in Warri, accuses FG of creating tension in Niger Delta

*‘CBN yet to receive Barclays Bank’s official pull-out letter on 9Mobile sales’

*Experts seek policy to drive PoS penetration

*Government spends N8.4b yearly to feed 51,614 pre-trial inmates

*NERC moves against DisCos’ planned declaration of force majeure

*DSS stops EFCC from arresting Ayo Oke, Ekpeyong

*Ikpeazu, PDP, ACF, Obaze, Ezeemo extol Ekwueme’s ,virtues

*Presidency reviews 2018-2020 MTEF/FSP

*Pressure forced him to resign, says former NIIA DG

*Wike cautions against hasty passage of PIB, Okowa seeks FG’s intervention

*Nigeria, Japan Sign MoU on N642m Aid Project

*Lagos Pays N141bn to Bond Subscribers

*NERC extends Shell JV’s Afam VI power licence by 10 years

*EFCC arraigns two for allegedly impersonating bank directors

*Almakura’s aide worried over herdsmen attack in Nasarawa State

*Ekiti students hold rally in support of anti-cultism law

*Again, CBN retains all rates on growth fears

*Nigerian Air Force, Navy promote senior officers

*Amosun proposes N345.42b budget for 2018

*Street beggars take over Aba

*53 Killed in Militia Attack, Suicide Bomb Blast in Adamawa

*MPC Retains Policy Rate at 14% as Uncertainty Looms over Next Meeting

*Police Confirm Arrest of Maryam Sanda for Stabbing Husband to Death

*Suicide bombing in Nigeria hits a crowded mosque during morning prayers

*Illegal Arms Import: Nigeria To Clampdown On Shipping Firms

*Council suspends monarch over allegations of witchcraft

*AIT journalist, wife and three children die in auto crash

*Jonathan urges youth to vie for leadership positions

*WAEC releases November/December private candidates’ WASSCE results

*George calls for Makarfi’s resignation

*Obi, Fayose celebrate Jonathan at 60

*I rob to boost my tailoring business – Suspect

*Some Lagos residents to experience 40-hour blackout

*World Cup draw halts Eagles friendly plans

*Teenage suicide bomber kills 50 in Mubi mosque

*Army arrests kidnappers in Rivers, recovers 10 skulls

*14-year-old sentenced to prison for dumping refuse

*Badoo strikes in Lagos church, kills mother, children

*Soldiers chain man to motorcycle in Lagos, drag him on street

*Reps query bid to spend $1.8bn on refineries

*Private WASSCE: 26% pass English, Maths, three other subjects

**AFRICA:

*Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns, ending four decades of rule

*All eyes on the 'Crocodile' as Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns

*30 people killed in attack on cattle herders in northeast Nigeria: police official

*U.S. says air strike kills over 100 militants in Somalia

*Exclusive: African leaders wanted Mugabe, an "embarrassment", to go - Zimbabwe intelligence

*Mnangagwa will be sworn in as Zimbabwe president: ZANU-PF

*Suicide bomber kills 50 in Nigeria in mosque attack

*Zimbabwe civil society calls for post-Mugabe 'national dialogue'

*British PM May says Mugabe's resignation gives Zimbabwe a chance to be free

**WORLD:

*Japan special panel to weigh timing of emperor's abdication

*Don’t let schadenfreude over Angela Merkel’s plight derail Brexit

*'Butcher of Bosnia' Mladic to learn his fate

*Air China indefinitely suspends flights between Beijing and Pyongyang

*Dramatic footage shows escape of North Korean defector

*Drug testing of welfare recipients may be delayed, Christian Porter says

*North Korean Troops Violated Truce While Chasing Defector, U.N. Command Says

*Australia loses 9th legislator in citizenship crisis
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*Mexican leftist presidential candidate vows financial crime crackdown

*Ninth Australian lawmaker quits as citizenship crisis widens

*Boeing jets auction online for $48m

*Hamas: US closure of PLO offices threat is a concession to Israel

**SPORTS:

*Rivers set to host Wike National Wrestling Championship

*UEFA: Man City, Real Madrid, Tottenham, Leipzig, Napoli Win

*Family petitions Ajimobi over late Izu’s unpaid salary

*Burnley installs security barriers to protect fans

*Tennis: ‘Why Asoju Oba cup may not go national’

*Sports summit opens in Abuja

*FG Largess spur D’Tigress to perform better

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