Global Headlines Today - 16.04.2016

Welcome to a beautiful Saturday, hope your week was great? Here are the headlines for the day. May your heart always be joyful and have an amazing weekend.

PUNCH

• ICPC seizes 61 houses from female civil servant

• China trip yields over $6bn investments, says Buhari

• 2019: How PDP will choose presidential candidate, others –Metuh

• Again, Saraki loses bid to stop corruption trial

• 2016 Budget: Presidency sends list of ‘grey areas’ to N’Assembly

• Herdsmen: FG will find lasting solution –Presidency 

• Police declare war on Fulani herdsmen bearing arms

• We killed, buried cleric, woman, kidnap suspects confess 

• NSCDC destroys 700 drums of illegally refined fuel in rivers

• Navy renews zeal to curb oil thefts in coastal area 

• Journalist’s abduction: CP goes tough on Imo community 

• Suspected kidnappers kill member for alleged betrayal 

• I didn’t indict Jonathan on low savings for Nigerians –Okonjo-Iweala

• EFCC opposes Tarfa’s application to stop bribery trial 

• Ondo to inaugurate 33-year-old abattoir project

• Okorocha’s wife empowers less privileged, builds skills centre

• Rival cult groups fight over girlfriends in Delta 

• Renounce cultism now, ABSU VC warns staff, students 

• NDLEA recovers 193 wraps of cocaine in passenger’s socks 

• Lagos ’ll curb boat mishaps –Obasa 

• Group wants Ajimobi to constitute SIEC for council poll 

• Budget: Senate faults FIRS’ N16bn salary for prospective staff

• Reps investigate N6.8bn abandoned dam in Osun 

• Dickson begs workers over unpaid salaries

• Budget delay negatively affecting economy –Kwara Speaker 

• Monarch declares Iwo empire, highlights benefits 

• Niger gov orders LG workers’ payment 

• Nasarawa police arrest rustlers, recover 106 cattle 

• Boko Haram: UK supports Nigeria with £32m 

• WHO declares Adamawa polio-free

VANGUARD 

• My grandson’s killer may come after us- 64-year-old grandmother cries out

• Puzzle over death of Police Inspector in Ebonyi

• Is Kaduna still Nigeria’s Mafia city? 

• Budget distortion: Fear grips NASS

• EDO 2016: It’ll be unfortunate if godfatherism is allowed to rear its head again— Dr. Clement Alile

• How Enugu boy kidnapped his uncle

• EDO 2016: The battle for PDP ticket

• 2016 budget brouhaha and way out

• The budget war

• Cruel fact: Diabetes affects more young people in Africa

• Senate queries FIRS over N1.6 billion budget on retirees’ welfare package 

• Nuclear Nigeria, potential Nigeria 

• UK gives Nigeria £32 million for energy, humanitarian needs

• Cultural festivals, veritable platforms to promote peace, unity— Lai Mohammed

• Breaking News: Court declines to stop Saraki’s CCT trial 

• IG sued over police stalling of murder trial in Delta 

• My performance will boost Ogun APC’s chance in 2019 —Amosun 

• Bribery: Tafar’s objection has no merit 

• PDP yet to zone offices – Adeyanju 

• FG slams security agencies for farmers/herdsmen clashes 

• Igbo APC calls for peaceful co-existence among ethnic nationalities in Lagos

BBC

• New earthquake rocks city in Japan

• Pope to visit Greek migrant camp  

• William targets 'new Taj Mahal memories'  

• E-skin 'can monitor body's oxygen level'  

• Guatemala ex-president 'took bribes' 

• UN official condemns Trump over torture  

• Migrant fined for Nauru suicide bid 

• Tear gas and arrests at Cairo protest  

• Sanders urges 'moral economy' at Vatican 

CNN

• Rescue crews seek survivors of 2nd Japanese quake; at least 19 dead 

• Tiger attacks, kills keeper at Florida zoo 

• Taiwanese deported to China 'apologize'

• Dilma Rousseff impeachment: Brazil's President in for a figh 

• Brussels suspect had traveled to England

• UK police arrest 5 in terror probe

• Jamaica may oust UK's queen as official head of state

• Popular medications linked to higher risk of kidney failure

ENTERTAINMENT 

• Wike set to reposition Rivers as AMAA 2016 berths in PH (Vanguard)

• Ali Baba debuts as actor, features in stage play (Vanguard) 

• Vanguard Personality Awards: How celebrities, their fans reacted on social media (Vanguard) 

• Zik Zulu Okafor’s Oasis to be adapted into movie (Vanguard)

• I’m not under any pressure to get married –Empress Njamah (Punch)

• KSA, others light up OGD’s glamorous birthday (Punch)

• ‘I’m glad I earned a degree before facing music’ (Punch)

• Celebs without endorsement deals (Punch)

• I didn’t want my parents to watch my sex role in Fifty –Mr. Nigeria (Punch) 

• Education has opened doors for me –Olayinka, Yoruba actress (Punch)

SPORT

• UNENDING CRISIS IN FOOTBALL HOUSE: A Sports Minister’s u-turn (Vanguard) 

• Evah raises alarm over Rio Olympics (Vanguard)

• Football rules: Minister ignorant — Bassey (Vanguard)

• Iwobi, Success will help Siasia -Bosso (Punch)

• I still regret my 2010 World Cup red card - Kaita (Punch)

• I want European action - Omeruo (Punch)

• We want to make b'ball history in Rio - D'Tigers (Punch)

• Murray sets up Nadal semis (Punch) 

• Joshua set to avoid Fury’s July 9 date (Punch) 

• NFF crisis not helpful to Nigeria’s Rio Olympic plans (Punch) 

• High aspirations for Rio-bound Nigeria (Punch) 

• Iwobi staying focused amid plaudits (Punch) 

• Adebayor hails Leroy’s appointment (Punch) 

• City-Real, Atletico-Bayern in Champions League semi-finals (Punch)

BUSINESS  

• FG owes power firms N213bn, say GENCOs (Punch)

• Nigerians need to embrace energy conservation –Ogbuenyi (Punch)

• Buhari moves to stop data hosting overseas (Punch)

• National ID won’t replace INEC voter card – NIMC (Punch)