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Global Headlines Today - 02.04.2016

Welcome to a beautiful Saturday, hope you had a great week. Here are today's headlines. Have an amazing weekend.
PUNCH
  • Buhari reiterates commitment to anti-terrorism fight
  • No negotiation, no surrender, Boko Haram tells FG
  • SUBEB uncovers over 248 fake teachers in C’ River
  • Police detain two for recording extortion
  • NIS arrests two illegal immigrants in C’ River
  • Police arrest man with Indian hemp in Delta
  • Navy nabs nine for oil bunkering
  • NCC clamps down on illegal operators of broadcast signal
  • Bayelsa: NSCDC deploys 100 operatives to protect solid minerals
  • Stay away from our land, women, community begs Army
  • Vessel hijacked in N’Delta found in Togo, crew members missing
  • I’m sorry, I’ll refund money, Zuma tells South Africans
  • Radio Biafra back on air without Kanu
  • One bed to 10,000 residents: Ogun community gets borehole, generator after...
  • Building collapse: Lagos urged to improve pre-building regulation 
  • Osun won’t abandon any project –Aregbesola
  • Navy arrests nine for crude oil theft
  • Two feared dead, several injured in Edo communal clash
  • Recruitment: Police websites crash as 8,000 applicants register
  • Budget: You can’t blame Buhari, says Presidency
  • Budget delay: Nigerians slam Buhari 
  • 2016 budget delay cripples government offices
  • One dies as kidnapped clerics released
VANGUARD 
  • Clash with Fulani herdsmen: 76 Enugu indigenes granted N200,000 bail
  • My boss, Sheriff will destroy PDP — Gov Shettima
  • Curious facts of the Ibori London case
  • S-H-O-C-K-I-N-G: Anambra villagers kill two brothers while burying their sister
  • FG to replace N5,000 monthly stipend for unemployed youths —Ngige
  • Ex-militant leader, 7 others make Local Govt Caretaker list in Bayelsa
  • Lekki Garden residents kick against integrity test by govt
  • Abducted Enugu girl saga: Gov Ugwuanyi promises her rehabilitation
  • FG directs all public hospitals to save lives first in emergency
  • NAPTIP denies neglecting maid allegedly raped by Lebanese  
  • Recruitment of 10,000 policemen will address youth unemployment —Buhari
  • APC keeps pushing the evil day
  • After six years, police arrest killer of 9-year-old girl
  • PDP: Taking advantage of APC’s failings
  • Should Kachikwu be made to resign?
  • Amaechi vs Wike: Politics by barbarians
  • Tension in rural Kaduna after murder of a colonel
  • Buhari’s war against insurgencyand WAI
  • Unorthodox government policies: Nigerians groan, Dangote speaks
  • Edo 2016: APC guber aspirants accusing Oshiomhole want PDP members as delegates – Idahosa
  • Wade into Degree/HND dichotomy, Bida Poly Rector tells FG
  • Gov Abubakar to build 1,330 houses for Jigawa people
  • Iara Oshiomhole prepares ground for flagging-off of IDPs training
CNN
  • President rips into Trump (US) 
  • Obama: Trump 'doesn't know much' about foreign policy
  • Trump nuke comments shock allies
  • Cheap Chinese drones 'pose threat'
  • Source: Cops got open ISIS phone 
  • Trump doesn't rule out independent run
  • O.J. Simpson case: Knife 'not connected'
  • Spotted from space: Viking site
  • Obama: Squeezed ISIS wants nukes
BBC 
  • Dozens dead in Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
  • Brussels airport 'to reopen on Sunday' 
  • Concern rises as EU migrant deal looms 
  • ANC veteran calls for Zuma to resign 
  • Life for killer Egyptian policeman
  • UN police force in Burundi approved
  • Obama warns of terrorist nuclear attack 
  • Australia sports stars fight homophobia
  • Trump: US 'laws are set' on abortion 
  • Greece passes migrants' return law 
  • Abdeslam 'did not want to kill' scores 
ENTERTAINMENT
  • Kemi Afolabi, Seyi Ariyo, should stop using my name for cheap publicity –Odunlade Adekola (Punch)
  • I fantasise about working with Ebenezer Obey –Simi (Punch)
  • It is laughable to say I have a child –Toke Makinwa (Punch)
  • Appointment can’t make me quit acting –Femi Adebayo (Punch)
  • Ayefele, Pasuma, others for Femi Solar’s album launch (Punch) 
  • We almost broke up in 2005 –Midnight Crew (Punch)
  • Onyeabo’s controversial film, Tribe gears up for cinema run (Vanguard)
  • Day my mother fainted on hearing I had died of AIDS – Obi Madubuogwu (Vanguard)
Day my mother fainted on hearing I had died of AIDS – Obi Madubuogwu

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/day-my-mother-fainted-on-hearing-i-had-died-of-aids-obi-madubuog
  • 'American Idol' reveals final three (CNN) 
  • Zayn tops UK album chart (BBC)
  • Singers seek stricter US piracy law (BBC)
  • Drew Barrymore & Will Kopelman Split After 3 Years of Marriage (ENews)

Day my mother fainted on hearing I had died of AIDS – Obi Madubuogwu

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/day-my-mother-fainted-on-hearing-i-had-died-of-aids-obi-madubuogwu/Australia sports stars fight homophobia
BUSINESS 

BUSINESS
  • Bank customers lost N2.25bn to fraudsters in 2015– CBN (Punch)
  • Regulatory approval delaying international flights – Bi-Courtney (Punch)
  • Lack of reliable Internet killing Nigerian companies –Omogui (Punch)
  • We’ll deliver 10,000 MW target, Fashola says (Punch)
  • NNPC records N24bn loss in February (Punch) 
  • Declare emergency on unemployment, TMG tells Buhari (Punch) 
  • Fuel scarcity: NANS flays Buhari, threatens nationwide protest (Punch) 
  • Scarcity: DPR seals Oando petrol station over adulteration (Punch)
  • End to fuel crisis in sight —DPR (Vanguard)
  • Power rises to 3,128,50MW (Vanguard) 
  • Focus on non-oil resources, IMF tells FG (Vanguard) 
  • Seplat, Vitol, seven others bid for new oil refineries (Vanguard) 
  • Fix the economy, don’t devalue Naira, Dafinone tells Buhari (Vanguard)
SPORT 
  • AFCON 2017: Kojo nails NFF for Eagles failure (Vanguard)
  • Mikel steps out against Villa (Vanguard)
  • Arsenal vs Watford: Ighalo dares Iwobi (Vanguard)
  • AFCON 2017 Failure: Where NFF got it wrong (Vanguard) 
  • Magodo residents hold sports day (Vanguard)

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