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Here are the major headlines for Friday, August 2, 2019

Punch

  • Otedola felicitate wife on her birthday
  • AFCON 2019: Baxter quits as South Africa coach after flop
  • Nigerians air views on national issues via #ThisIsNotMyNigeria
  • Nigerian footballer, Samuel Chukwueze, joins JAY Z’s Roc Nation Sport
  • Ellis says goodbye to US Women’s World Cup team
  • Instagram ‘Likes’ removal will sanitise platform —Users
  • NNPC, Turkey to boost trade relations
  • NAFDAC intercepts, destroys unwholesome fish, soaps in Borno
  • 2019 BBNaija: Mixed reactions as another housemate, Cindy joins show
  • Nasarawa receives N5b intervention from UBEC
  • Minimum wage: Nigerian workers unfairly treated, says Oshiomhole
  • Three arrested over alleged assault on Disco staff
  • Brazil captain Dani Alves heads home to Sao Paulo
  • 1,795 for police recruitment test in Enugu
  • Another Catholic priest shot dead in Enugu
  • Illegal arms dealers nabbed with 10,000 live cartridges
  • Man strangles lover in Rivers hotel
  • I sued policemen for collecting money for bail –Businesswoman
  • Gunmen invade Uniuyo female hostel, steal money, others
  • Father jailed 21 years for impregnating daughter
  • Petrol fund official to forfeit 24 accounts, houses
  • My cousins want to kill me – Imo octogenarian
  • Man strips, jumps into Osun River
  • Father slits daughter’s throat in Adamawa
  • Senators demand review of committee chairmen
  • Tribunal fixes Buhari/Atiku final arguments for August 21
  • Ondo leaders carpet Akeredolu over clash, seek probe

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

  • Catholic priest shot dead in Enugu 
  • Instagram: ‘Likes’ removal will sanitise platform – Users 
  • Police arraign two for stealing 17 prepaid metres 
  • BBNaija: Mixed reactions trail introduction of new housemate, Cindy 
  • Minimum wage delay: workers unfairly treated- Oshiomhole 
  • FG lifts 5m Nigerians out of extreme poverty in 3 years – Presidency 
  • Why we closed defence four days ahead of time, by Buhari, APC 
  • Nigerian dies in Ethiopian prison  8:40 AM
  • Edo Assembly crisis: Clark warns against anarchy 
  • Appeal Court dismisses appeal to quash judgment on Saro-Wiwa, others 
  • IG, Northwest governors urge bandits, ‘Yansakai group’ to surrender arms, ammunition 
  • Lagos Assembly ad hoc committee drills eight commissioner-nominees
  • Bello is after my life, says Kogi’s deputy governor 
  • We’ll never give up our crowns, Ibadan Obas tell Olubadan 
  • 400-Level UI student dies 
  • Police nab two women for alleged theft 
  • Health fund: Fed Govt disburses N12.7b to three agencies 
  • Ngige, Wabba meet, joke over disagreement 
  • Oyo demolishes shops, seals filling station 
  • ‘Youth unemployment a time bomb’ 
  • Army boosts War Against Insurgency 
  • One rescued as two-storey building collapses at Bariga 
  • Anti-graft war: be more secretive, confidential, Alaafin tells Magu 
  • Osinbajo: sexual offenders register not aimed at stigmatisation 
  • Reps: how board chair recruited 1,000 
  • JUST IN: Buhari, ILO Director-General meet in Aso Rock 
  • Fed Govt to tackle proliferation of marriage certificates 
  • Soldiers allegedly rape varsity student 
  • DHQ, Atiku disagree over alleged secret burial of soldiers 
  • Constituency project: ICPC recovers equipment 
  • British MP lauds Nigeria’s ease of doing business reforms 
  • Buhari raises committee on ministers portfolios 
  • How to keep Nigeria one, by Osinbajo 
  • Buhari seeks peaceful Libya for Africa’s benefit 
  • 26 SMSE finalists jostle for three cars in Aso Rock 
  • Yahaya Bello after my life, Deputy Gov alleges 
  • WAEC official, presidential aide confirm Buhari’s certificates 
  • ICPC recovers six tractors from Senator Misau 
  • Native doctor jailed 21 years for raping, impregnating daughter

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

The Guardian

  • Buhari, APC satisfied with own evidence, close defence prematurely
  • Lingering challenges weaken manufacturers’ confidence
  • Imam Abubakar Abdullahi: A life-saving angel
  • Five million Nigerians lifted from poverty in three years, says Buhari
  • SON seizes N38 million substandard cooking gas cylinders
  • Saudi Arabia declares August 10 Arafat Day
  • Hacking: IT expert offers safety tips to WhatsApp users
  • Obama has nothing to apologize for, says Biden
  • British town evacuated as dam disintegrates
  • NSCDC commandant raises alarm over criminal activities in Maiduguri
  • Grief, anger fill families of slain Sudan pupils
  • Female referee to officiate Chelsea vs Liverpool UEFA Super Cup clash
  • Bayern renew battle with Dortmund amid Sane chase
  • Benitez beware as Chinese clubs go on trademark sacking spree
  • NTTF promises to continue to raise the bar
  • New Lille star, Osimhem plans to follow Enyeama, Odemwingie’s footsteps
  • Chelsea set to sell Omeruo in fresh £4.5m deal with Leganes
  • Xenophobic attacks in Ghana
  • Furore over Avastin injection, treatment for cancers, loss of sight
  • Southeast governors and Forest Guards’ experiment
  • Fashola: When ‘poster-boy’ of Lagos politics wobbles at the centre
  • Melaye vows to defeat Bello at Kogi guber poll
  • Kyari reaffirms resolution on import substitution, transparency
  • How foreign airlines deepen stake on long-haul travels
  • Experts harp on ethical conduct in data privacy, management
  • Drake Releases Compilation Of Old But Gold Tracks “Care Package”
  • The Legend Of Fela
  • British-Nigerian Actor Zackary Momoh To Star In HBO Series “The Nevers”

(www.guardian.ng)

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