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Global Headlines Today - 20/02/2016

It is another beautiful Saturday, Hope your week was great? Here are today's headlines. Have an amazing weekend.
PUNCH
  • Pregnant woman dies aboard Arik Air Flight 
  • Ajimobi promises free uniforms for pupil 
  • ICPC boss, NTA, elected IACA board members  
  • Lagos traces children's death to febrile rash illness
  • Mimiko to inaugurate school as Ondo clocks 40
  • Stop sabotaging oil facilities, lawmakers warns N'Delta people 
  • Unidentified gunmen kill four youths over land dispute 
  • Reverend Father batters 70-year-old man for allegedly charming him
  • Abductors of Delta senator's mother demands N200m 
  • Jonathan's abducted nephew found dead in Bayelsa 
  • Renewed cult clash claims one person in Delta community 
  • Jonathan was misled to support Sheriff as PDP chairman - Group 
  • Fulani herdsmen kill five in Benue community 
  • N231m subsidy payment: EFCC probes Obat oil, summons MD
  • Don't impose TSA on us, Fayose tells FG  
  • PDP keeps mum over Sheriff's tenure 
  • FG committed to rebuilding North-East - Osibanjo
  • Striking doctors have technically resign 
  • N225,000 donated to judge's father-in-law funeral - Rickey Tarfa 
  • Family member planned Rivers commissioner's mother's kidnap - Police 
  • NASRDA not instituted for free sex, says agency 
  • Police decry youth involvement in drug abuse, cultism in Calabar 
  • LUTH discharges Lassa fever patient 
  • Buhari yet to decide on foreign missions' reduction 
  • DPP takes over ABUAD's students trail 
  • 105 Anambra lawyers storm court over alleged intimidation 
  • Rule of law not escape route for corrupt officials - Mohammed 
  • Witnesses won't wear mask in Kanu's trial, says court 
DAILY INDEPENDENT  

  • Don’t Yield To Corrupt Politicians, Group Tells EFCC
  •  Okomu Oil Palm PLC Reacts To Community Protests
  •  Ogunlewe Urges Support For Sheriff
  • Impeachment Of Kogi Speaker, Height Of Impunity – Faleke
  •  INEC Suspends Imo North Rerun
  •  Bayelsa Assembly Okays Dickson’s Request To Appoint 15 aides
  • FG To Slash Pump Price Of Petrol
CNN
  • Agreement struck for UK to stay in EU with 'special status'
  • Cameron: concrete reforms
  • U.S. bombs alleged ISIS training camp in Libya 
  • Obamas say farewll to Justice Scalia 
  • Trump leads republican candidates in polls 
  • Nevada democratic race too close to call 
  • Trump calls for Apple boycott 
  • Near-hurricane force winds rip Midwest, Chicago 
  • Billions at stake in Apple encryption case 
  • Fiji bracing for tropical cyclone hit 
BBC
  • France 'Jungle'; Eviction order for Calais migrants 
  • US man freed after 43 years in solitary 
  • Russian airport owner under house arrest 
  • Italian writer Umberto Eco dies at 84
ENTERTAINMENT
  • 9ice to ex-wife: My ex-publicist didn't destroy my marriage (Punch)
  • Psquare should resolve their problems at home not on social media - Fans (Punch)
  • I want only two children - Tiwa Savage (Punch)
  • Charly Boy, Lady Di, Issac and Nneka Moses to host Nigerian broadcaster merit awards (Punch) 
  • Falz debuts in Nollywood flick, Couple of Days (Punch)
  • Simi release 'Love don't care' (Punch)
 BUSINESS
  • Local manufacturers'll soon take over Nigeria's furniture business - Tawadrous (Punch)
  • Shool fees, Medical bills eligible for forex - CBN (Punch)
  • FG appoints PwC as GEM project administrator (Punch)
  • Ex-ITF boss advises successor on continuity (Punch)
  • DHL global partners NGO to boost development (Punch)
  • Naira fall, hyper inflation killing Nigeria - LCCI, NACCIMA, ANAN (Punch)
  • Traders throng Aba, Onitsha, Lagos, Kano market  (Punch) 
  • Dollar scarcity: Parents of overseas students weep in bank (Punch)
 SPORT
  • Eagles won't play beautiful football against Egypt - Oliseh (Punch)
  • 'Mikel's new-found confidence, a plus for Eagles' (Punch)
  • United loss down to bad luck - Van gal (Punch)
  • 25 Ghanaians register for West Africa Golf tour (Punch)
  • Dolphins change name to Rivers FC  (Punch)
  • I dodged bullets during training in Ajegunle - Ighalo (Punch)


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