Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [17 July, 2016]

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Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Sunday, 17 July, 2016

PUNCH:

• Lagos begins demolition of Alade market
  
  
• EFCC seizes Fayose’s multimillion-naira houses in Lagos, Abuja
  
  
• We’ll ground oil production — New militant group
  
  
• My 67 days in EFCC custody, Kirikiri prison — Fani-Kayode
  
  
• Govt uses agric projects to steal – Obasanjo
  
  
• Chieftaincy tussle: Protesters storm Iwo monarch’s palace with corpse
  
  
• Edo poll: Ikimi a serial loser, says Oshiomhole
  
  
• Strike: Oyo market women lament low patronage
  
  
• FG clarifies ban on post-UTME, admission procedures
  
  
• PDP crisis: No agreement with Makarfi yet, says Sheriff
  
  
• Mass arrests in Turkey after failed coup
  
  
• 110 million Nigerians are poor, says Osinbajo

VANGUARD:

• Chaos In Lagos Computer Village As Street Traders Defy Govt
  
  
• Strange Island Where Pregnant Women Must Not Go Into Labour At Midnight
  
  
• Why It Is So Hard To Generate Revenue In Nigeria
  
  
• Why 34 Percent Of Pregnant Women Die!
  
  
• 10 Tips To Successful Dining With In-Laws
  
  
• Rio Olympics: Mikel To Lead Dream Team
  
  
• Abia Gov Tussle: Nwosu, The Game Changer
  
  
• Don’t Fall Victim To Scammers: Faithia Balogun Warns Fans
  
  
• Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi: Reinventing National Development With Royalty, Ifa
  
  
• Irate Youths Destroy Catholic Church Property, Attack Worshippers
  
  
• My Russia Sex Story, By Pastor Sunday Adelaja
  
  
• PDP Crisis: Despite Peace Moves, Sheriff Insists No Agreement
  
  
• I Was In Love With King Sunny Ade Before He Wooed Me – Risikat, Wife
  
  
• Five Richest States: ‘Ogun Is First Among Equals’
  
  
• The Day Ambode Moved Exco Meeting From Lagos House To Badagry
  
  
• State’s Under Herdsmen Seige:Tales Of Beheading, Amputation, Rape
  
  

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE:

• Slain 347 Shiites: Falana Seeks Prosecution Of Soldiers
  
  
• Protesters Storm Oluwo’s Palace With Coffin
  
  
• Delta Community Denies Knowledge Of Militant Suspect
  
  
• APC Kicks Off Campaign In Edo, As Obaseki Promises 200,000 Jobs
  
  
• 20 Die, Nigerians, Other Migrants Rescued As Another Boat Capsizes In Mediterranean
  
  
• Focus On Reviving Ailing Economy, Group Tells Buhari
  
  
• Modu Sheriff Must Quit Honorably Or Else… —Akinlaja

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• Nigeria: 2016 Bleak As Budget Failure Looms
  
  
• Christian Leaders Spit Fire: Muslim Youths Attack Church After Jumat
  
  
• Militants Threaten To Bomb Nigeria’s Largest Gas Plant
  
  
• My Husband Impregnated, Married My Younger Sister – Barren House Wife
  
  
• Zaria Massacre: Buratai In Fresh Trouble Over Human Rights Violations
  
  
• Tinubu: Dino Melaye Defies Threats, Visits Lagos
  
  
• APC Govs: We’ll Resist Any Attempt To Impeach Buhari, Like Turkey
  

THE NATION:

• Two Killed As Gunmen Abduct Lagos Monarch
  
  
• Government has no business in Agric – Obasanjo
  
  
• African leaders must address poverty, inequality – Osinbajo
  
  
• Anambra to construct N1.5bn Housing Estate
  
  
• NUT begs Dickson to pay teachers' salaries
  
  
• Buhari: My pre-elcetion goodwill remains intact
  
  
• Fani-Kayode: I went through my worst experience in detention
  
  
• Police get 18 new AIGs, 37CPs
  
  
• General behind Turkish coup charged with Treason
  
  
• Impeach Buhari, Expect Turkish resistance – APC Govs warn Senate
  
  
• PDP Crisis: Sheriff insists no agreement
  

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