Today’s evening news (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)

Punch

• Osinbajo extends order on Apapa gridlock by 48 hours
• Offa robberies: IG summons Saraki again
• $30bn NDPHC probe: Reps query illegal expenditure by boards …say stakeholders were shut out by executive fiat
• Court remands man on alleged rape of applicant
• National carrier: Engage stakeholders, foreign airlines tell FG
• Inflation drops for 17th consecutive month to 11.23%
• FG releases admission lists for 104 colleges
• 65 agencies have never submitted accounts for audit –AuGF
• Ngige orders ECN workers to end strike
• NSITF board: Oshiomhole threatens Ngige with expulsion
• Seven worshippers die in Borno mosque suicide attack
• Ex-commissioner, three others killed on Abuja-Kaduna Expressway — Police
• Oyedepo to Buhari: Resign, get out of office
• 2019: PDP’s presidential candidate emerges October 6 …as party releases timetable
• Fire guts Aregbesola’s office
• Ajimobi, Alao-Akala, others meet to resolve Oyo APC crisis
• Imo lawyers boycott court sittings, want IG to sack CP, DPO
• Street traders jailed in Oyo
• Daughter fakes own kidnap, collects ransom from father
• Katsina flood: 10 more corpses recovered, says Emir

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

• Buhari, Kwankwaso, other senators meet
• Saraki: Police invited me to stop my defection
• High Court restrains Olofa from encroaching on land
• Ex-INEC chiefs’ forfeit N387m allegedly received from Diezani
• 18 air assets bought in three years to fight insurgency
• Fed Govt raises team to unbundle NRC
• 9m benefit from Social Investment Programme, says Presidency
• World-class transport system coming, says NPA MD
• Immigration repatriates 75 immigrants in Enugu
• Trawler owners raise the alarm on threats to $5b investments
• Ecobank donates water facility to school
• PDP expels Kashamu, three others
• Fire guts Gov. Aregbesola’s office
• Three held for trying to steal from Tompolo
• Ortom to announce next move Thursday
• Ogunbiyi urges PDP to declare him Osun primary winner
• PDP endorses fusion of R-APC with party
• Osun APC candidate Oyetola to boost IGR

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard

• Nigeria Needs Capital Market To Fund Infrastructure — Osinbajo
• Bauchi Governor Duly Elected, Supreme Courts Rules
• FG To Demolish Apapa Rail Station To Expand Seaport
• Nigerian Press Council Bill 2018: Throw It Out, Publishers, Editors, NUJ, Other Media Stakeholders Tell Senate
• 5,000 Nigerian Doctors Are In S-Africa— Envoy
• 300 Taekwondoist Storm Lagos For IGP Tourney
• NLPGA Suspends ES Over Alleged Fraud
• Gridlock : LASG directs tank farms to provide loading bays in 30 days
• 15 Communities Send SOS To Ambode Over Non-Functional PHC
• Manufacturers Seek Further Reduction In Lagos Land Use Charge
• Oseni Emerges New Lagos NMA Chairman
• Edo Govt Partners Neo Media For Cycling Tour
• Thrills, As Reinstated Uromi Monarch Takes Homecoming Celebration To Oba Of Benin Palace
• Asaba 2018 AAC : Delta Senior Citizen Happy With Keshi Stadium Commissioning
• Ng To Revolutionise Estate Planning In Nigeria
• Girl stages own kidnap to raise N350,000 for mother’s debt

(www.vanguardngr.com)

ThisDay

• 37 APC Members Defect to PDP, ADC
• Senate Asks Security Operatives to Vacate Ekweremadu’s Residence
• FG not Paying $300m for 5% Stake in Nigeria Air, Says…
• Atiku Calls on Buhari to Stop Persecution of N’Assembly Leaders
• Fayemi Announces 32-member Transition Committee
• House PD‎P Members Celebrate Defection in Senate
• Gemade, Melaye, Tejuosho, Hunkuyi, 11 Other APC Senators Defect to PDP
• Saraki Presides over Senate Plenary, Ekweremadu Absent
• EFCC Invites Ekweremadu for Interrogation
• Security Operatives Lay Siege to Saraki, Ekweremadu’s Homes
• Again, Inflation Drops to 11.23%
• Suspected Kidnappers Kill Ex-commissioner in Katsina
• Over 5,000 Nigerian Doctors Working in South Africa, Says Envoy
• Oil Community Set For Showdown With Shell Over Judgement Debt
• Police Invitation, an Attempt to Stop Party Switch, Says Saraki
• PDP Sets Up Committee to Discuss Name Change with rAPC
• Media Stakeholders Tell Senate to Put NPC Bill on Hold
• Increase in FPI Outflow Weighs down External Reserves
• MTN, Microsoft Collaborate to Support SMEs
• Getting Beyond the Blame Game
• Allianz Group Completes Acquisition of Ensure
• Oil Producing Communities Want Derivation Fund Raised to 50%

(www.thisdaylive.com)