Global Headlines Today - 18.03.2016

Welcome to another beautiful Friday, here are today's headlines. Have a fruitful day.

THE GUARDIAN

• Women seek gender equality, representation

• FG Directs Cross River Govt to Do SuperHighway in Line With Environmental Standards

• Ocholi taught us the meaning of loyalty, says Buhari

• Suspected sea pirates kill two army officers in Rivers

• Govt may amend charges against Saraki at CCT

• How intrigues of fuel import allocation distorts distribution

• NGOs decry violation of Albinos rights

• Outrage as police detain eight-year-old boy, mother for reporting teacher

• Senate begins Electoral Act review, to include card readers

• Nwabueze canvasses overhaul of CCB, CCT, anti-graft agencies 

• National Assembly shifts budget passage to next week 

• Court bars army from Rivers polls 

• We must produce what we eat, Buhari insists

• Trump warns of riots if not nominated

• Doctors call for caution over alleged 11-year medical degree proposal, as NUC dismisses report

• Navy moves to tackle crimes in N’Delta waterways

• Experts seek a more secured environment for IDPs, Refugees

• Lagos reopens Mile 12 Market

• Proposed religious law is to curb extremism, says Kaduna 

• Boko haram: IGP commences first deployment of personnel, logistics to Northeast  

• Kachikwu allays fears over oil slide leading to firms bankruptcy

• Kano spends N14b for industrial power generation

• NAFDAC arrests fake drug dealers in Benin

• ‘How China can help African continent’

• Why Govt should revise school curriculum now

• Protests in Brazil after Lula’s appointment as chief of staff

• AMSWON calls for end to discrimination against disabled, ex-convicts

• Zuma denies external influence in cabinet appointments

• NAF Acquires New Trainer Aircraft To Boost Military Training

PUNCH

• Judge denies Metuh’s petition, vows to continue trial

• Biafra: Army investigates extrajudicial killings in Aba

• Reps probe secret recruitment of 909 employees by CBN

• S’West PDP rejects national chairmanship

• IG warns against foreign domestic helps

• Manslaughter: Fiberesima seeks bail on health grounds

• Victims’ families sue FG over Ojuelegba tanker crash 

• Tenant sets 83-year-old landlord ablaze in Edo

• Senate backs Reps on Kogi House of Assembly

• Police begin deployment of 6,000 men in N’East

• Fayose made me PDP chairman –Sheriff

• I will lead by example –Olubadan

• Buhari pays special tribute to Ocholi

• Return to pencil-paper examinations, Reps tell JAMB

• We must produce what we eat, Buhari tells Nigerians

• LASG seeks workers’ cooperation for development

• Group remembers victims of elections’ boat accident

• Bayelsa’ll continue to face blackout – PHEDC

• Lagos gets 1,300 new teachers, warns about PFAs

CNN

• North Korea launches ballistic missile

• U.S., S. Korea track missiles fired off N. Korean coast

• North Korea requests meeting with U.N. Security Council  

• 'L.A. Law' actor Larry Drake dies (Entertainment)

• John Kerry: ISIS responsible for genocide

• Sanders: I won't contest Missouri vote

• Anti-Trump fighters demand Lincoln spirit

• Big-mouthed clown: China reacts to Trump 

• Federal judge accused of sexual assault by former witness 

BBC 

• Rescue ends Kon-Tiki voyage attempt

• Migrant crisis: EU agrees joint position to put to Turkey

• FBI: IS inspired California attacker 

• Former ruler Musharraf leaves Pakistan 

• Chile Congress approves abortion bill 

• US troops punished over hospital attack 

• Toshiba up 4% in early Asian markets  (Business)

• Founder of FTSE 100 firm backs EU exit (Business)

BUSINESS

• CPC probes banks for customer rights abuse (Punch)

• Subsidy on kerosene returns (Punch)

• Dollar scarcity: Companies’ sales declining, says report (Punch)

• BoI’s N10bn entrepreneurship programme to create 1,200 firms (Punch) 

• Businesses should adopt environment-friendly policies (Punch) 

• Nigerian firms’ll survive oil price slump —FG (Punch) 

• Stock market records N1.6bn turnover (Punch) 

• Kia plans 90% local content in Nigeria-assembled cars (Punch) 

• Nigeria can earn $40bn annually from agro-export –Experts (Punch)

• How intrigues of fuel import allocation distorts distribution (The Guardian)

• NEMSA bans use of untreated electricity wooden poles (The Guardian)

• Medview ready for Dubai flights, partners travel firm (The Guardian)

• Nigeria's state oil company withheld $16b in 2014: Auditor General (The Guardian)

• NCC to review activities in Nigeria’s $200m VAS market (The Guardian)

• Glo Earns 95% of New Internet Subscribers in January (The Guardian)

• LADOL unveils $5b investment agenda in oil, gas sector (The Guardian)

• Air France unveils new digital travel guide (The Guardian)

• Community lauds TECNO over Ikeja solar streetlights (The Guardian)

• ‘Improved export business holds the ace for sustainable growth’ (The Guardian)

SPORT  

• Elneny relishes strike against Barcelona, sets sight on Premiership, Eagles’ clash (The Guardian)

• South Africa denies paying bribes to host World Cup (The Guardian)

• No charter flight for Eagles (Punch)

• Nigerians open campaign at World Indoors (Punch)

• Loscuito’s lawyers demand 2yrs pay from NFF (Punch)