Here are the major headlines for Monday, July 30, 2018

Punch

• Insecurity: Buhari sends 1,000 troops to Zamfara
• Anti-graft war: Reps pass proceeds of crime bill
• Alleged forgery: Reps panel wants Buhari’s aide prosecuted
• Attackers wanted to kill me, Melaye alleges
• Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail ready next year — Minister
• FG overpays N196bn as personnel costs to 450 MDAs
• FG recalls 2.4 million bottles of codeine syrup
• 2019: INEC budgets N1.8bn for possible presidential run-off
• Report at Nigerian embassy, FG tells remaining World Cup fans in Russia
• Buhari didn’t want alliance with Tinubu in 2013 – Galadima
• UI ranked Nigeria’s best, ABUAD tops private varsities
• 842 sanctioned for malpractices as NABTEB releases May/June results
• Police post four commissioners to Bayelsa in two weeks
• King’s College alumni build e-Braille library after PUNCH’s report
• My dad’s autopsy inconclusive, says MKO Abiola’s daughter
• Dismissed US soldier nabbed in Owerri for defrauding visa seekers
• Gridlock: Lagos shuts five bonded terminals
• I only lured my friend to where he was killed — Kano cyclist
• 25-year-old man hangs self in Ondo
• Family raises the alarm over son’s abduction by SARS officers
• Youths beat DPO as bus kills two in Ondo
• Family of murdered Lagos guard demands corpse from police

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

• EFCC detectives to quiz Ekweremadu over assets
• Gbajabiamila donates fire extinguishers to market women
• Pension fund assets hit N8.14tr, says PenCom
• NNPC, DPR must explain zero revenue remittance, says Auditor-General
• Gates Foundation, Dangote, govt to fight malnutrition
• Nigerian kills Nigerian in South Africa
• APC patrons launch battle to sack Saraki’s supporters
• Gunmen kill BDC man after snatching $80,000
• Police arrest doctor, nurse over patient’s death
• Ambode, Obaseki, others celebrate Ademowo at 70
• Ortom: I left APC over killing of my people
• Defection: Oshiomhole’s emergence saved APC from collapse, says Okorocha
• Benue tax board reduces tariffs on produce, others
• Eko Theatre carnival holds third edition
• The Nation editor donates books to Unilorin

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard

• 7 PDP senators set to defect to APC — Ndume
• Dasuki’s Family Asks NBA To Probe Malami
• Boko Haram Kill 11 Solders As Troops Down 16 Insurgents
• We need Igbo Presidency, Okechukwu counters Igbo leaders
• APC asks Saraki-led appointees from Kwara to resign or be sacked
• NBC Pledges Continued Investment In Glass Bottle
• FMDQ Shareholders Approve N5bn Capital Raise, Name Change
• Be Patient With Us Over Constructions —Delta Govt
• I’ll Turn Tourism, Arts And Culture To Major Economy Booster As Culture Minister — Ebohon
• Abiri: IYC Calls For Arraignment Of Other Detained N-Deltans
• Oshodi-Apapa Gridlock: Why We’re Helpless — Police, Navy, FRSC, LASTMA
• Fustar Football Tournament Kicks Off Wednesday
• 2019: I’ll Review Sack Of 25,000 Teachers In Kaduna – Ashiru
• Astymin Rewards Pupils With Scholarships For Academic Brilliance
• Asaba 2018 AAC: 15 Countries On Ground, Others Expected Today

(www.vanguardngr.com)

The Guardian

• Zimbabwe votes in first post-Mugabe election
• Dogara set to dump APC, join PDP
• Nigeria gets fresh prospects in ECOWAS, international trade
• Government, Alpha Mead seal deal on remodeling of Abuja federal secretariat
• Governors, others celebrate retiring Ademowo at 70
• Benue Assembly serve Ortom impeachment notice
• Death toll rises as tinder-dry conditions fuel deadly California fires
• Greek prime minister Tsipras visits scene of wildfire disaster
• ‘I’ll surpass Mimiko’s achievements in healthcare’ -Akeredolu
• Al-Makura reshuffles cabinet, drops 9 Commissioners, 2 aides
• Gunmen kidnap 15 in Zamfara
• Igali lauds Nigerian wrestlers over AYG performance
• Alamuwa, Muslim schools win Gtbank Ogun Principals Cup
• Oboh is fifth best at 2018 US Teen World Golf Championship
• Super Eagles’ prospect too tempting to dump, says Rohr
• Falconets beat Austrian club 4-0, set for FIFA U-20 World Cup
• NFF offers to train, absorb Carl Ikeme into Super Eagles’ crew
• Reality dawns as debts wobble under sustainability test
• Why sector products are hard to sell in Nigeria
• Africa50 fund gathers momentum as new catalyst for continent’s growth
• Reality dawns as debts wobble under sustainability test
• Why sector products are hard to sell in Nigeria
• Africa50 fund gathers momentum as new catalyst for continent’s growth
• Defections defeat essence of party system, says Utomi
• NYSC warns corps members against misconduct in 2019 polls
• Women want more elective slots in 2019

(www.guardian.ng)       

ThisDay

• NAF: Establishment of Operation Commands to Meet Security Challenges
• Impeached Benue Speaker, 8 Members Reconvene
• Indonesia to Rescue 500 Hikers, Guides Stranded by Landslides
• Ondo Gets Free N2.1bn Medical Equipment from US-based Firm
• Defections Can’t Halt Buhari’s Victory in 2019, Says Campaign Organisation
• Recapitalisation: Low Stock Prices Expose Insurance Firms to Hostile Takeover
• NNPC Records N240bn Loss in 13-month Petrol Supplies
• Kwankwaso Reconciles with Shekarau, Moves against APC
• FG Dispatches Combined Security Forces, Fighter Jets to Zamfara
• SERAP Drags Senate to UN over Repressive Press Council Bill
• IYC Decries Posting of Four Police Commissioners to Bayelsa in Two…
• IATA, ACI Campaign against Human Trafficking
• Concerns Mount as Oil and Gas Free Zones’ Policies Hamper Presidential…
• We Strip Prospective Students Naked During Screening to Check Cultists, Says…
• Kogi State Govt Denies Losing N36m to Theft State NMA elects…
• Niger Delta Leaders Deplore FG’s Failure to Implement the Region’s Demands
• Youths Beat DPO As Bus Kills Two Persons in Ondo
• Obaseki Predicts Sustained Capital Market Resilience
• July 30, 2018 3:03 amFG Moves against Anti-Labour Practices in Oil Sector
• Total: We Have Injected $10bn into Nigeria’s Economy
• Group Harps on Efficiently Managed National Carrier
• NBC Fines Daar Communications over Broadcast Infringement

(www.thisdaylive.com)

Tribune

• ICAN push for better public fund management
• Gov Ambode urges religious groups to champion peace ahead of 2019
• Organisation awards scholarships to public school students
• Ekiti NLC reject payment of one salary per month from state govt
• Osun 2018: APC behind court case against our governorship candidate — PDP
• Defection: Leave Dogara alone, group warns APC
• Revisit expulsion of Buruji, Rep member pleas with PDP
• INEC nomination forms too expensive says Ogun governorship aspirant
• Blackout: Ondo youths threaten to shut Benin-Lagos expressway tomorro
• 25-year-old man hangs self in Ondo
• Army, police arrest six robbery, kidnap suspects in Kogi State
• Doctor, nurse arrested over abortion that led to death
• Fake revenue agent nabbed in Anambra
• Mugabe breaks silence on Zimbabwe poll
• Palestinian teen who slapped Israeli soldier freed from prison
• Indonesia earthquake: 14 dead on tourist island of Lombok
• Egypt court sentences 75 to death over 2013 protests
• Only 3 corporate entities accessed the domestic bonds market in 2017 ― DMO
• Pension fund assets hit N8.14tr ― PenCom
• ICAN – institute of chartered accountants nigeria
• ICAN push for better public fund management
• NSCDC, CBN nab 10 for hawking naira notes
• Neglecting Hepatitis B leads to liver cancer — Physician
• NMA tasks Kogi Government on doctors’ welfare
• FG’s emergency policy will reduce morbidity, mortality — Minister
• UNDP, Japan, distribute agriculture inputs, solar lanterns in Adamawa
• un guber election: PDP drags in David Mark to save Adeleke
• APC to witness another round of defection •Meeting on fresh defection to hold abroad
• CJTF could be worse than Boko Haram – UNDP
• Oshiomhole is a usurper — Buba Galadima
• Osun guber election: PDP drags in David Mark to save Adeleke

(www.tribuneonlineng.com)