Global Headlines Today - 26/02/2016

A very pleasant day to you all. Here are the headlines for the day. May your day be filled with hope and love.

NATIONAL MIRROR

•  Fashola charts new course for sustainable cities

•  Union kicks against planned merger of aviation agencies

•  LASAA warns against attack on officials

•  Osun begins campaign for registration of business premises

•  Leadership tussle cripples Imo PDP

•  Enugu APC chieftain arraigned in court over alleged perjury

•  Man remanded for killing 3-year-old niece

•  ASUU condemns demolition of UNIBEN staff quarters

•  UI expels 97 students over poor academic performance

•  ‘Abrupt end of amnesty programme may lead to renew militancy in Niger-Delta’

•  Akpabio’s story of ‘from grass to grace’

•  Modu-Sherif: Osun PDP group tackles Fani-Kayode

•  APC stalled bail-out balance to cripple Ekiti —PDP

•  Reps bemoan oil spill devastation in Bayelsa, Delta communities

•  Ex-NIMASA boss, Akpolobokemi transferred N2.5bn without approval —Witness

THE NATION

• Refund N310m for 23 cars, EFCC tells Uche Secondus 

•  Edo governorship poll holds Sept 10

• PDP BoT, Rescue Group disagree on Sheriff’s tenure 

• Four killed in accidental explosion at Police Anti-bomb Squad Office

•  Magu: I’m not out to rubbish integrity of judges, lawyers 1:40 am

• Diezani’s cousin held for ‘illegal’ crude oil deals

• Father ‘sells’ son for N250,000  

• Scores of Boko Haram fighters killed

• Malabu deal:The unending controversy over an oil block

• Pastor ‘impregnates’ two sisters

•  Baale held for alleged forgery, destruction of N20m property

• Ladipo traders protest colleague’s death 

• Cultists kill man, shoot grandma

• APC urges IG to prosecute Fayose, others

• Boroffice denies snubbing Akoko APC leaders

• EFCC to arraign Metuh on fresh charge

•  Alleged fraud: Senate orders arrest of ex-EFCC chief Lamorde

•  MASSOB leadership crisis deepens

•  Enugu APC chieftain arraigned for ‘perjury’

•  ‘Pastors are praying for Nnamdi Kanu’s release’

•  Rivers APC condemns attacks on Abe

•  Reps probe sale of Eleme Petrochemical 

CNN 

• Rubio and Cruz badger Trump over immigration, tax, Israel policy

•  Multiple deaths in Kansas shooting 

• Tehran's teens: Iran isn't what you think it is

• Xi Jinping: The power and fragility of China's leader

• FBI director admits Apple ripple 

• Climate change might make flights longer

• U.S. demands deeper N. Korea sanctions

• Doctors remove 'giant' 35-pound tumor 

• Boy unearths 3,400-year-old figure

BBC

•  Rival candidates pile on Trump in debate 

• Four dead in Kansas factory shooting 

• Australia appeal for UK murder suspect

• Ex-Tory leader Howard backs EU exit

• Trafficking prosecutions 'on the rise' 

• Neurological patient care 'lacking' 

• Runway delay 'holding up whole country' 

• Halliburton cuts a further 5,000 jobs(Business)

• Australia's Woolworths sees 33% fall in profits (Business) 

BUSINESS

•  Analysing arbitrary cargo detention, seizure’s impact on Nigeria’s imports (National Mirror)

•  Over 25% of Nigeria’s non-oil exports substandard, says Customs (National Mirror)

•  Peterside, others chart roadmap to boosting economic growth (National Mirror)

•  FG targets 745,000 youths for empowerment through YEAP (National Mirror)

•  Naira weakens on dollar demand surge (National Mirror)

•  Manufacturing sector’s 10% contribution to GDP worries Minister (National Mirror)

•  Nigeria, South Africa top targeted countries for M&A deals –Report (National Mirror)

•  UBA gets ISO-IEC 20000-1:2011Certification (National Mirror)

• Agricultural transformation is sustainable –WAIDA (National Mirror)

• NPA, truckers on war path over registration fee (National Mirror)

•  ACCI urges FG to improve funding, electricity access for SMEs (National Mirror)

•  Over 25% of Nigeria’s non-oil exports substandard, says Customs (National Mirror)

• Fed Govt to open talks with MTN after receipt of N50b (The Nation)

• Visafone: Court strikes out Etisalat’s suit against MTN (The Nation) 

• Ntel makes history with first VoLTE call in Nigeria (The Nation)

• StarTimes to celebrate 88th Academy Awards (The Nations)

SPORT

•  Road race has advertised Okpekpe – LGA Secretary (Punch)

• Buhari’s cash: NSC pledges to pay players fully (Punch)

• Ighalo hopes to end drought (Punch)

• Ikpeba inspires Fluorescent pupils (Punch) 

• Chukwu, Esin want Chikatara for Egypt tie (Punch) 

• CAS rejects transparent booths (Punch) 

• FIFA elections: Nigeria may vote for Salman (Punch) 

• ‘Reforms more vital than new president’ (Punch)