Global Headlines Today - 23.03.2016

Welcome to another fine day, here are today's headlines. May your day be Cheerful.

THIS DAY 

• Nigeria’s Government: Living the High Life

• FG to Disclose Amount Recovered from Looters Soon

• Buhari, APC Caucus in Crucial Meeting

• UK Offers to Help Nigeria to Investigate Terrorism, Money Laundering Cases

• Nigeria Dragged Before ICC over Zaria Killings

• DHQ Inaugurates C’ttee on Human Rights Abuse Allegations

• Customs Reimposes Restriction on Rice Via Land Borders 

• EFCC Runs out of Patience with Tompolo’s Absence, Arraigns Akpobolokemi, Others

• Kogi: Thugs Stone Wada at Election Tribunal

• Judge Recuses Self from Saraki’s Case Citing Publication 

• Jonathan’s Uncle Regains Freedom Five Weeks after Abduction

• NBS: Nigeria Spent N1.24trn on Petrol Imports in 2015

• Court Restrains Adefarasin, Church from Trespassing on Land

• Alleged Sexual Harassment by Queen’s College Teacher Not Unfounded, Says GCOGA...

• Oyegun Warns against Implosion in Kano APC as Ganduje, Kwankwaso Rift...

• Wike Urges INEC to Release Results Already Collated

• US Expresses Concern over Election Violence

• Probe Crises, PDP Tells Buhari

• NIMET Warns of Hotter Days, Heat Wave

• Aisha Buhari Says Nigerians Will Continue to Remember Chibok Girls

• Siblings Bury Suspected Thieves Alive in Ondo

• Again, FG Pledges to Tackle Poverty

• Power: S’ East Can Generate 3000 Mega Watts in Three Years,...

• World Bank Laments ‘Wide Gap’ in Digital Divide

• Onu: Why Nigeria’s Auto Industry Collapsed

• One Year After, Jonathan Gets Kudos for Peaceful Transition

• Kogi: Thugs Stone Wada at Election Tribunal

• Easter Holiday: Osun Again Offers Free Train Ride

PUNCH 

• APC panel to resolve Kwankwaso, Ganduje’s fight

• Fayemi shuns Ekiti Assembly’s summons over N852m UBEC fund

• Judge’s absence stalls arraignment of ex-Amnesty boss, others

• Nigerian doctors in US list conditions to relocate home

• Police get new AIG, 10 commissioners

• N45.9bn fraud: EFCC to try Tompolo separately

• No BVN, no salaries, Dickson tells workers

• Alleged bribery: Judge withdraws from Saraki’s case

• 34 killed in Brussels terror attacks

• Rickey Tarfa asks court to quash bribery charges

• Rivers: FG vows to hunt down corper’s killers

• Court suspends transfer of UNILAG medical students

• Ogun FMC doctors threaten strike over unpaid salaries

• Zaria killings: Shiites withdraw from Kaduna panel

• Gunmen kidnap three Kaduna pastors, demand N100m

• Assembly tackles MOCPED, orders release of students’ results

• Group berates Queens College over protest

• National Assembly to pass 2016 budget today 

• FG raises panel to probe EFCC, ICPC

• Expert warns against Al Qaeda attacks in Lagos, Abuja

• Igbo women protest herdsmen attacks

• Corps member allegedly stabs boss over clearance

• Cross-country bandit nabbed in Obiaruku

BBC

• Belgian police hunt bombings suspect 

• Cruz and Trump react to Brussels 

• Cameron condemns attacks 

• US air strike 'kills Yemen militants' 

• Trudeau pledges more Canada spending 

• Sydney schoolgirl 'wired cash to IS'  

• Obama invokes 'future of hope' for Cuba 

• Ukrainian pilot given 22-year sentence 

• Asia markets flat after Brussels attack (Business)

• Nike shares hit by poor sales forecast (Business)

• Bangladesh eyes lawsuit against NY Fed (Business)

CNN

• ISIS claims attack that killed 30

• Brussels Attack: One suspect on the run

• Travel warnings issued

• Cruz: 'Patrol and secure' Muslim areas

• Cruz, Sanders seek comebacks 

• Trump: I'll 'spill beans' on Cruz's wife

• Brussels terror attacks disrupt travel in Europe (Business) 

• Facebook activates Safety Check after Brussels attacks (Business) 

BUSINESS 

• CBN raises benchmark interest rate to 12% (Punch)

• FG to stabilise economy with N350bn (Punch)

• 2017 Range Rover Evoque Convertible offers fun (Punch)

• Govt records N20.47bn drop in revenue (Punch) 

• Nigeria deserves aircraft maintenance facility –Demuren (Punch) 

• Asset declaration: Board to introduce valuation certificate (Punch) 

• N’Assembly to get new PIB next week (Punch) 

• It’s insane if Nigeria’s currency policy remains – Unilever (Punch)

• Nigeria Turns to Oil Swaps to Stave off Petrol Shortages (This Day)

• 1,000 African Entrepreneurs Join TEF Programme (This Day) 

• W’ Bank: Internet Users Now 3.2 Billion (This Day) 

• Access Bank Introduces New Multi-function ATMs (This Day) 

• Heritage Bank Boss Highlights Benefits of Financial Literacy (This Day) 

• Wema Bank Commits to Retail Banking, Posts N3bn Profit (This Day) 

• CBN Mulls 3% Interest Rate for Microfinance Banks (This Day)

• Firms Pay High Financing Cost as New Issues Market Remains Dormant (This Day) 

• FMDQ Launches New Dealing Membership Category (This Day) 

• NAICOM to Issue Identification Numbers to Insurance Policy Buyers (This Day) 

• NAICOM Approves 2015 Audited Accounts of Seven Insurance Firms (This Day) 

• Therapy for Nigeria’s Traumatised Economy (This Day) 

• Leveraging on High Quality Rating (This Day)

SPORT

• Nigeria v Egypt: Iwobi Sick from Food Poisoning (This Day)

• Zenith Bank WBL: First Deepwater Records Third Victory (This Day) 

• Ilara-Mokin to Host Royal Fathers Golf Tournament (This Day) 

• Team Nigeria Gets Tough Draw as Tourney Serves off in Egypt (This Day) 

• Indian Wells CEO Quits after ‘Sexist’ Comments (This Day) 

• Rivers Utd Inah Shattered by Three-match Ban (This Day)
• Siasia plays down Iwobi injury fears (Punch)

•  Mikel considering China (Punch)

• Onazi, Ighalo join Eagles training (Punch)