Global Headlines Today - 16/02/2016

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PUNCH 

• ACP drowns in swimming pool on valentine's day

• AIB to send Bristow helicopter's black boxes to UK  

• Nigeria remains committed to free trade - Buhari  

• Kidnappings: Don't panic, Rivers CP tells medical doctors 

• Cultist plotting to kill me, Mark tells IG 

• Obasanjo awarded $841.6m rail project without MoU - Chinese firm 

• Cameroonian troops rescue 112 B'Haram's captive 

• 'Amnesty programme exits plan to save FG N5bn'

• PDP slams Aregbesola for seeking fresh bailout 

• Buhari sacks Jonathan's ex-spokesman, NAFDAC, NTA, DGs, others 

• CCT trial: Senate caucuses meet, discuss Saraki's fate 

• Army begins trails of 24 soldiers for cowardice, others

• Discrepancies: Buhari sacks budget director 

• Parents, ABUAD disagree over cause of students' riot 

• ooni's security officer buried amidst tears

THE NATION

• Sacked DG in trouble for blowing N200bn on poll 

• Halliburton: Lawyers admits taking $3.5m as EFCC closes in on suspects 

• Budget office DG fired over fiasco 

• ACP dies in Lagos hotel 

• Buhari sacks 26 heads of government agencies

• Federal Govt, NLC set for showdown over N5.14 trillion pension fund 

• Why textile factories are still moribund, by Bol 

• We 'll complete projects, says NNPC

•  Again , Budget 2016 

•  Govt to complete Jos dry port, says Amaechi 

• Ceers for Light up Lagos project 

• Fable 50 years after 

• Akwa Ibom 'll remain PDP's stronghold, says Akpabio 

• Dabiri - Erewa is Buhari's SSA, foreign affairs 

BBC 

• Syria hospital strikes 'war crimes'

• Break-up risk 'real' over UK-EU talks 

• Met chief to meet Lord Brittan's widow

• Sheltered housing 'hits by benefit cuts'(Business)

• George W Bush campaigns for Jeb

• Pensions 'most effective savings option' (Business)

• Softbank in biggest shares buyback ever (Business)

• Shares in Asia positive on Tuesday (Business)

ENTERTAINMENT

• Album of the year ''1989'' Taylor Swift (CNN)

• Record of the year ''Uptown Funk'' by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars(CNN)

• Ed Sheeran won song of the year at 58th Annual Grammy Awards for his song 'Thinking Out Loud.'  (CNN)

• Best Rap Album ''To Pimp A Butterfly'': Kendrick Lamar (CNN)

• Best new artist Meghan Trainor (CNN)

• Best country album ''Traveller'': Chris Stapleton (CNN) 

• Best dance recording ''Where are U now'': Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber (CNN)

• People are pissed over the audio issues during Adele's performance (Enews)

• Lionel Richie honored with tribute performance at 2016 Grammy's (Enews)

• Kendrick Lamar brings the heat with politically-charged performance (Enews)

• Rihanna cancels 2016 Grammy's performance at the last minute (Enews)

BUSINESS

• FIRS chairman, PWC, others for economic summit (Punch)

• Law Union & Rock pay N1.64bn claims (Punch)

• CPC lauds Fidelity Bank over empowerment programme (Punch)

• Stock market index extends gains (Punch)

• Zakat Foundation empowers 21,038 people (Punch)

• Union Bank promotes digital banking service (Punch)

• AMCON set to sell keystone bank (Punch)

• Bol post N12bn profit in one year (Punch)

• Factors that could shape property market (Punch)

• Naira falls to N345 against dollar in parallel market (The Nation)

• Ding-Dong over electricity tariff (The Nation)

• Firm invest $400m in vessel fabrication, integration yard (The Nation)

• Etisalat's Q4 profits dips 3.95% (The Nation)

SPORT

• Tornadoes ready for NPFL kickoff (The Nation) 

• Butt named Man Utd academy boss (BBC)

• Middlesbrough stay second with Leeds draw (BBC)

• Nadal 'not scared' of Zika virus (BBC)