Global Headlines Today - 23.04.2016

Welcome to another beautiful Saturday, here are the headlines for today. May your hearts always be joyful and have a very cheerful weekend.

PUNCH

• Monarch worries over disappearance of 34-year-old woman

• Gunmen kill lecturer in Rivers

• Group renovates library in Imo, plans free legal services for prison inmates

• Police move to end herdsmen, farmers’ clash

• Court dismisses Rickey Tarfa’s application to quash bribery charges 

• Troops recover 198 captives from Boko Haram 

• Gunmen kidnap three Osun govt officials 

• DSS smashes certificate forgery syndicate in Kwara 

• We haven’t recovered from fighting Obasanjo, PDP laments 

• Army parades fake colonel 

• Children dropping out of school under Buhari – Gulak 

• DPR warns against diversion, hoarding, over-pricing of petrol 

• N338bn bailout: Benue, Imo diverted funds – ICPC report 

• Budget crisis: Buhari, N’Assembly leaders’ meeting called off 

• FG dismisses fear of power transmission disruption by NUEE 

• Troops arrest four top Boko Haram commanders in Borno 

• Amnesty accuses military of killing 350 Shi’ites 

• US intensifies surveillance on Chibok girls 

• Cult clash claims life in Nasarawa Poly 

• Crisis brews in Offa poly over rector’s appointment 

• Wike dissolves caretaker committes, urges magistrates to be fearless 

• Ekitigate: Obanikoro loses bid to stop audio recording circulation 

• Saraki reverses National Assembly clerk’s appointment 

• My aides didn’t assault female lawmaker– CG Prisons 

• Nwobike transferred N750,000 to Justice Yunusa – Banker 

• Murder: Supreme Court affirms death sentence for father of five 

• Use recovered loot to provide amenities, CDHR tells Buhari 

• Insecurity: Private firms seek collaboration with government 

• Nigeria must confront violence against police detainees –FG 

• High tension cable snaps, kills five in Niger 

• Nigerians won’t benefit from naira devaluation, Buhari insists 

• Campaign fund: EFCC to invite Falae, Fani-Kayode, others 

• NULGE flays South-West govs over LCDA creation 

• Ondo set for LG election today, restricts movement

• FG drags C’ River to court over superhighway

THE NATIONS 

• Anti-graft war: Buhari, 59 world leaders agree sanctions on looters

• ICPC: 16 states yet to disburse N57.6bn bailout funds to offset salaries

• N4b campaign bazaar: EFCC freezes Fani-Kayode’s account

• Troops arrest four Boko Haram strategists, eight others during recruitment 

• Osun perm sec,director,driver kidnapped in Kogi 

• Soldiers batter female student for late payment of fee

• EFCC and Ekweremadu: A brutal denunciation

• Supreme Court affirms death sentence on father of five

• Boko Haram: Nigeria sits on gunpowder, NSCDC boss warns  

• Deferral of states’ N10.9bn debt repayment not a bailout, says FG  

• N1bn libel suit: Lagos court refuses Obanikoro’s request to restrain Punch,  

• Why I won’t devalue naira, by Buhari

• Court dismisses Rickey Tarfa’s bid to quash bribery charge 

• as SAN’s trial over bribery allegations begins

• Salaries: We’ll comply with President’s directive, says AGF  

• Group urges govt to wage war against exam malpractices 

• $2.1bn arms deals: EFCC probes curious payment of N1.450bn by ONSA

• Court remands Jonathan’s cousin in EFCC custody over alleged diversion of $40m 

• Ajimobi reappoints Alli as SSG

• Lagos sensitise youths on sexual rights   

• PRP protests exclusion from Ondo council poll

• College floats leadership training centre

• Wike sacks caretaker committees 

• Rivers vigilance group arrests suspected armed robber 

• Convocation: 22 year-old emerges LAUTECH overall best with 4.88 CGPA 

• APC, PDP set politics aside to honour bishop  

CNN 

• 8 killed execution-style in Ohio

• 3 kids survive slaying of 8 family members in Ohio 

• 45 Taiwanese deported to China 'confess'

• Brits to Obama: 'Sticking your hooter in' British politics is unwelcome 

• Zookeeper killed by tiger 'broke rules'

• Trump aide: He's 'projecting an image'

• Girl dies after school fight

• How Brexit could hurt the U.S

•  Moon camera sells for $453K

• Obama's 95-year-old royal chauffeur

BBC 

• Merkel in Turkey to boost migrant deal

• Brazil leader may appeal to trade bloc  

• 'No sign' Prince's death was suicide 

• Eight killed in Ohio gun rampage 

• No quick post-Brexit trade deal - Obama

ENTERTAINMENT

• Banky W, Funke Akindele, others speak at NEC 4 (Punch)

• Child birth almost changed my sex life –Tiwa Savage (Punch)

•  I never kicked Tonto Dikeh out of my record label - Dbanj (Punch)

• Mide Martins, hubby move to mend fences (Punch) 

• New lease of life for Alero Fafowora (The Nation) 

• Lepacious Bose celebrates 40Th birthday with friends (The Nation) 

• Stephanie Henshaw steps out of shell (The Nation) 

• What ABBA can do, the creative sector can surpass (The Nation) 

• For Gbenga James, it’s once bitten, twice shy (The Nation) 

• Mike Inegbese plans big for son’s wedding (The Nation)

• Omoni Oboli: Lady of the moment (The Nation)

BUSINESS

• Naira devaluation may happen sooner or later –Chioke (Punch)

• Lack of database stalls FG’s N500bn cash transfer scheme (Punch)

• No economy survives on one product –Omotosho (Punch)

• Debts: NCAA gives airlines two-month ultimatum (Punch)

• DPR blames marketers as petrol scarcity worsens (Punch)

SPORT  

• Organisers to use MYLAPS bib tag system (The Nation) 

• 2016 Rio Olympics Siasia picks Mikel, Ighalo, Musa (The Nation) 

• U-20 AFCON qualifier Amuneke drops U-17 World Cup champion (The Nation) 

• Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan women train against men for Falconets (The Nation) 

• Dream Team VI to play in Korea Tourney (The Nation) 

• Mikel one of Nigeria’s greatest midfielders – Chukwu (The Nation)