Today's News Headlines Thu, 18 Jan 2018

Today's News Headlines  Thu, 18 Jan 2018


**NIGERIA

*Beware of foreign portfolio investments-driven growth, Nigerian experts warn

*Kachikwu, Baru, Peterside seek improvement in Nigeria’s oil export

*Sanusi tasks Sterling Bank on non-interest banking awareness

*Dissecting Buhari’s, Luther’s dreams

*As INEC releases 2019 general elections schedule

*Our tenancy law overdue for review — Lagos AG

*Russia 2018 W/Cup: NFF unveils six friendlies for Eagles

*Atiku presidency’ll guarantee peace, unity —Ijaw group

*SMEs fault banks’ claims on financing

*Igbo, Yoruba can do much for Nigeria — Chris Anyanwu

*Edo speaker harps on strong institutions to deepen democracy

*Police arrest suspected bomb makers in Edo

*Reps summon Buratai, others over disputed Delta land

*Shi’ite members, coalition demand El-Zakyzaky’s release

*Four suicide bombers hit Borno, kill 10, injured 65

*Fire guts Yola market

*Five Killed in Benue in Fresh Herdsmen Attacks

*Plot to Remove Saraki Remains Strong, Misau Warns

*Sierra Leone presidential candidate promises to protect foreign investments

*Sokoto swears in first female professor as commissioner

*Police parade 13 kidnappers, armed robbers on Abuja-Kaduna highway

*Soldiers, Edo community disagree over alleged attack, missing rifle

*U.S business group repudiates Trump’s comments on Africa

*Ajulo backs self-defence bid of Benue indigenes, others

*Ogun sets up task force to end fuel scarcity

*Oil up on threats of rebel attacks in Nigeria, falling US crude stocks

*PDP disowns Ugwuanyi's reelection campaign posters

*Abia no longer owes salary, says NLC

*Russelsmith appoints Kayode Adeleke as chief executive officer

*Market Capitalisation Hits New High of N16tn as Bulls Sustain Hold

*UK Appoints Minister for Loneliness

*Nascon, Cadbury, Upl Record Losses, Equities Gain N298bn

*Academy Press reports N387.5m full-year loss

*Oil prices under pressure

*Re-Award $260m JV Contract To Tilone, Reps Tell Napims

*How Kano gears up for political long knives in 2019

*Germany provides €22m to address energy, climate change issues in Nigeria

*Biogaran acquires Swipha for local, international expansion

*African Entrepreneurs, Businesses are Stepping Beyond Borders, Going Global, Says Osinbajo

*Again, Niger Delta Avengers Threatens Renewed Attacks on Oil Facilities

*APC Shelves Meeting with Governors

*Avengers insist on restructuring, threaten fresh hostilities in Niger Delta

*Kogi governor endorses cattle colony

*Fayose cautions Fulani, Tiv against reprisals in Ekiti State

*Islamic movement protests continuous detention of Zakzaky in Minna

*Women’s pay could bankrupt the BBC

*One killed, others injured in hoodlums’, customs’ clash

*DEEPEN trains private school owners, others to end illegal taxation

*Gunmen Kill Two Policemen, Abduct Two Foreign Nationals in Kaduna

*Supreme Court Asks Statoil to Maintain Status quo

*Taraba Has No Land For Cattle Colony, Says AG

*EFCC Arraigns Federal High Court Judge, Yinusa, Another

*WEF Warns Nigeria, Others against Intensifying Global Risks

*ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: The bitcoin bounce was sustained in Asia

*WIFng partners United Capital to host dinner tomorrow

*Enugu issues red alert over Lassa fever outbreak in Ebonyi

*Catholic bishops allege persecution of Christians

*Christian youths accuse Osinbajo of betraying faith

*COSON leadership: Omoregbe, others tackle Okoroji

*Harvest of stars at SMVP Awards Festival

*Nascon, Cadbury, UPL record losses, equities gain N298bn

*Academy Press reports N387.5m full-year loss

*How Anyim got N575m for Special Service, by EFCC

*DSS chief relives kidnap kingpin Waney’s end

*Security tightened as killings, kidnappings spread

*Police: we’ve deployed men to fish out abductors

*Trump could live 200 years if…, says White House physician

*Herdsmen burn ex-naval chief’s farms in Kwara

*One shot dead in Customs, ‘smugglers’ row

**AFRICA:

*Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 12, injure 48

*Kidnappers abduct two Americans, two Canadians in Nigeria; two police killed

*Police search offices of Belgian company supplying passports to Africa

*President says Ghana's economy back on track

*Congo armed groups uniting against President Kabila: U.N.

*Italy approves military mission in Niger, more troops to North Africa

*Nigerian militants threaten oil rig attacks within days

*EU suspends Kenya water conservation funding after tribesman killed

*Without rain, South Africa's Cape Town may run out of water by April

**WORLD:

*'New California' declares independence to become 51st US state

*Porn star Stormy Daniels reveals details of 'affair' with Donald Trump

*US moves B-52 bombers to Guam

*Former top US general in nuclear warning

*Ancient ‘frozen’ tomb of Scythian Prince found in Siberia

*Cocaine smuggled inside fresh pineapples

*Asian century: it’s time for British businesses to look east

*Turkey says could act in Syria unless Washington withdraws support for Kurdish force

*Jeremy Corbyn’s takeover is complete – and the Tories are terrified

*Carillion crashes owing £1.5 billion: directors’ conduct is probed

*Justin Webb: the day I was forced to hide from John Humphrys

*Mexico-EU free trade deal should be finished in a few weeks - official

*British People Are So Lonely That They Now Have a Minister for Loneliness

**SPORTS:

*History-making Iheanacho vows to achieve great things

*Ronaldinho retires

*Ex-3SC star joins Swedish side

*Quadri, Toriola, Oshonaike for Africa Top 16

*NFF lines up Serbia, Czech, DR Congo friendlies for Eagles

*Rohr signs another two-year contract