Metro Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [27 July, 2016]

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Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Wednesday, 27 July, 2016.

PUNCH:

• Reduce wastages, merge MDAs, Obasanjo tells govs
  
  
• INEC messing up democracy, says Fayose
  
  
• A’court reserves judgment in Kogi gov poll petition
  
  
• Declare economic emergency in Nasarawa, Maku begs Buhari
  
  
• Ibori kinsmen protest land encroachment, block East-West road
  
  
• Tribunal dismisses Sylva’s petition against Dickson’s election
  
  
• EFCC charges two for duping foreigner of N164m
  
  
• Terrorists storm French church, kill 84-year-old priest
  
  
• Ambassadorial nominees unable to recite national anthem, pledge
  
  
• ‘Abia PDP congress a sham’
  
  
• Ex-commissioner, Edo govt disagree over N14.5bn website, others
  
  
• Abia crisis: A’court to decide Ikpeazu, Ogah’s gov suit Aug. 9

VANGUARD:

• Finally, Wike, Amaechi Meet For Peace Ahead Rivers Re-Run Polls
  
  
• Sen Anyanwu To Okorocha: Stop Demolition Of Peoples Property Without Adequate Palliative
  
  
• NASS: Why Buhari Is Against Ekweremadu, By MASSOB
  
  
• Abuse Of Power In Zamfara
  
  
• N100m Land Dispute: Judge Frowns At Charge Against Bizwoman
  
  
• Kwara Govt Releases N1.2bn For Teachers’ Salaries
  
  
• Abia Workers Lament Non-Payment Of Salaries, Pension, Gratuity
  
  
• Chicken Scent Offers Hope For Malaria Prevention
  
  
• NDDC BOARD: Itsekiris In APC Kick Against Delta’s Nominee
  
  
• NBA Election: July 29 For Hearing On Internet Voting
  
  
• Embattled Kogi Speaker Resigns
  
  
• Cybersecurity: ICT Sector’s New Headache
  
  
• MEND Warns Burutai, Says He’s Stoking Crisis
  
  
• Revealed: NASS Padded 2016 Budget With N481bn
  
  
• Controversy Trails Mikel’s Appointment As Team Nigeria Captain
  
  
• Dollar Falls Against Euro, Yen, As Policy Makers Meet
  
  
• Etoile, Medeama Boost CAF Cup Hopes

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• APC Govs To Intervene In N’Assembly Crisis
  
  
• MASSOB Vows To Continue Its Struggle For Igbo
  
  
• I Remain Abia Gov, Ikpeazu Tells Appeal Court
  
  
• Budget Padding: Reps Open Can Of Worms
  
  
• Delta Indigenes Protest Against Navy, Block Warri-Benin Highway
  
  
• CBN Raises Interest Rate To Boost Naira, Tackles Inflation
  
  
• Buhari Flags Off New Abuja-Kaduna Railway
  
  
• Jibrin: Dogara, Lasun, Principal Officers Are Corrupt
  
  
• Zaria Clash: Commission Indicts Zakzaky, Army
  
  
• World Bank Raises Crude Oil Forecast To $43 Per Barrel
  
  
• Policeman Wounded As Militants Invade Lagos Community

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE:

• Kogi Loses N16bn Annually To Ghost Workers
  
  
• Ondo 2016: Another Commissioner Resigns From Mimiko’s Cabinet
  
  
• Yoruba History Was Altered, Olugbo Of Ugboland Insists
  
  
• Contribute To Ibadan Development, ISG President Urges Members
  
  
• Fajuyi’s Family Offers Support For Fallen Heroes’ Families
  
  
• Military Generals Stole More Than Politicians —Makarfi
  
  
• Dogara Fights Back, Accuses Jibrin Of Budget Fraud •Warring Reps Drag EFCC Into Budget Padding Scandal
  
  
• Buhari Fighting Symptom Of Corruption Not The Disease —Kukah •Anti-Corruption War Not Selective —Abubakar
  
  
• Ambassadorial Nominees Can’t Recite National Anthem •One Says Lagos Is Capital Of Lagos State

THE NATION:

• FG will not tolerate sub-standard installations
  
  
• Court to hear Ikpeazu's appeal August 9
  
  
• Amaechi, Wike 'to ensure' peaceful Rivers election
  
  
• Police nabs South African cocaine trafficker's Nigerian accomplice
  
  
• Tribunal upholds Dickson's election
  
  
• Nassarawa elders back Al-makura on salary review
  
  
• Reps seek EFCC’s probe of Jibrin for budget padding
  
  
• Uncertainty over ICPC’s 37 case files on ex-governors
  
  
• CBN pegs interest rate at 14% to promote savings
  
  
• ‘I rejected Obasanjo’s N50m third term bribe’
  
  
• APC governors wade into National Assembly crisis
  
  
• Oyo to pay two months salary as workers end strike
  
  
• Fajuyi trekked for six hours to join Army, says friend
  
  
• No end in sight to Erdogan’s hubris
  
  
• ‘Musicians must touch the souls of their audience’
  
  
• EFInA backs Lotus Capital with $250,000 grant
  
  
• 10 teachers die monthly, says Lagos Perm Sec
  
  
• Pre- season tour: Akpom, Iwobi arrive in USA with Arsenal
  
  
• Appeal Court overrules High Court over Giwa
  

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