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Global Headlines Today - 26.04.2016

Welcome to a new day, may your heart always be Joyful. Here are the headlines for today. Have a splendid day.
THIS DAY
  • Buhari’s Ministers Sensitise Nigerians on Govt’s Programmes 
  • Court Strikes out Saraki’s Application to Stay Trial 
  • Military Narrows down Location of Chibok Girls to Sambisa Forest, Chad-Niger... 
  • NNPC Offers to Pay $10bn Disputed Arrears to IOCs 
  • MTN CEOs Were Paid N560m Severance Package After Fine 
  • Come and Rescue Us, Abducted Twins Tell Dad 
  • Fulani Herdsmen Sack Enugu Community, 48 Feared Dead 
  • Buhari Asks African Leaders to Ensure Social Justice
  • Ekweremadu Calls for Restructuring of 36 States into Six Zones 
  • Assault on Lawmaker: Prisons CG Seeks Amicable Resolution 
  • Death of Six Doctors Paralyses Ekiti Hospitals, Staff Protest 
  • N1.4bn Fraud: Court Sentences Ex-Kogi Lawmaker to 154 Years in Jail 
  • Kogi Assembly Crises Throw up Constitutional Issues between N’Assembly and AGF 
  • George Uboh, EFCC Accuser, Bags Three-year Jail Term for Fraud 
  • FG to Sack Teachers, Lecturers without Qualifications 
  • World Bank President Arrives Nigeria Tuesday
  • Shehu Sani Opposes FG on Nuclear Energy 
  • Nigeria Loses $1.5bn to Sea Pirates, Oil Thieves Monthly 
  • Shittu Visits Ntel, Commends Huge Investments 
  • FG Mulls Establishment of Regulator for Housing Sector 
  • Edo D’Gov Denies Sponsoring Native Doctors to Kill Oshiomhole 
  • Wike: I Will Support any Buhari Policy that Favours Rivers People 
  • SON Begins Enforcement of Energy Saving Appliances 
  • Domestic Airlines Record 8,478 Delayed Flights in First Qtr
  • Bailout Fund: ICPC Report Vindicates Ikpeazu 
  • Saraki: New Railway Amendment Bill will Foster Economic Revolution 
  • HoS Meets Workers, Assures Them of Better Welfare Package 
  • CSNAC Petitions EFCC over Alleged Financial Recklessness by NAMA’s MD 
  • Osinbajo: Shortage of Gas to Nigeria’s Power Plants Ironic
THE NATION  
  • Kachikwu: petrol diverted to Chad, Cameroon, others
  • Planning key to good governance, says Tinubu
  • Buhari consults Nnamani, Masari
  • Protest in Ekiti over doctors’ death in accident 
  • 800 houses to go for Lagos’ Fourth Mainland Bridge 
  • Herdsmen kill 48 in attack on Enugu community   
  • Court refuses stay in Saraki’s, Dasuki’s, Metuh’s trials
  • X-raying a governor’s intellectual offering
  • Alleged importation of toxins: EFCC probes firm’s payment of $6m to SAN 
  • Lamido ‘to run for president in 2019’ 
  • How Consolidated Discount employees stole N43b, by AGF, CBN 
  • Why private investors must invest in railway, by Saraki 
  • NMA declares one-week mourning for Ekiti doctors 
  • LASU begins clearing result backlog 
  • ‘Forcados, Escravos pipeline damage reduced power by 3,132Mw’ 
  • We’re linking rail lines to ports, says Amaechi 
  • Uboh, Lamorde’s accuser, convicted over PEF’s vehicles 
  • DPR bans fuel reservation for special customers 
  • PDP ‘ll hold crisis-free convention, says Udom
  • N1.4bn fraud: Court sentences ex-Kogi lawmaker to 154 years 
  • Mimiko swears in council chairmen 
  • AIG urges Nigerians to support police 
  • 13 killed as suspected cultists clash in Kogi 
  • Power outage cripples National Assembly 
  • How Nigeria can raise tax revenue to $103.3b 
  • UI: NANS leads protest against student’s rustication 
  • We’re consulting on our return to APC, says Kaka 
  • Fire protection West African conference ends
CNN
  • Militants kill Canadian hostage John Ridsdel in the Philippines 
  • Family 'devastated' as hostage murdered in the Philippines
  • U.S. sends F-22 warplanes to Romania 
  • LGBT editor and friend hacked to death in Bangladeshi capital
  • Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer: I want to regain the people's trust 
  • 'Pathetic:' Trump rips plan to derail him 
  • Norway F-16s shoot up control tower
  • Top U.S. intelligence official: ISIS has cells in UK, Germany, and Italy
  • 'Immigration free-for-all': Brexit heats up 
  • 24 killed after eating poison sweets in Pakistan, official says
  • Colorado town's entire police department resigns
BBC 
  • Trump and Clinton vie for north-east US
  • Australia crocodile 'bites camper's foot'  
  • Ukraine marks Chernobyl 30th anniversary  
  • France wins Australia submarine contract  
  • Man jailed over Taiwan water park fireball  
  • Trudeau outrage at Philippines murder  
  • North Carolina LGBT law fuels protests  
  • English hospitals set for all-out strike  
  • Tax leaks trial to begin in Luxembourg   
BUSINESS
  • Sterling Bank flags off Made in Nigeria Week (The Nation) 
  • Glo wins three industry awards (The Nations) 
  • Overland Airways gets city ticketing office in Jalingo (The Nation) 
  • Passenger traffic ‘rises by 23% in 12 years‘ (The Nation) 
  • Vodacom bags two ICT awards (The Nation) 
  • Customs seizes over N3b goods  (the Nations) 
  • E-revenue collection‘ll displace oil, says Intermarc (The Nation) 
  • Emirates increases free baggage allowance on African routes (The Nation)
  • World Bank- AGRA Partner to Support Farming (This Day) 
  • FG to Tap Strategic Wheat Reserves to Rein in Food Prices (This Day) 
  • Wi-PAY Receives e-Payment Solution Award (This Day) 
  • UBA Inaugurates Group Board Forum (This Day)
  • Nigeria May Lose Status as 4th World’s Largest LNG Exporter (This Day) 
  • Abuja Disco to Invest $200m in Metering Customers (This Day) 
  • Nigerians Yet to Fully Embrace Our Audit Reports, Says NEITI (This Day) 
  • PZ Cussons Foundation Boost Women Entrepreneurship (This Day) 
  • Fashola Orders NERC to Stop Metering Scheme, CAPMI (This Day) 
  • Wheat Stakeholders, Farmers Agree on Price of Locally Produced Wheat (This Day)
SPORT
  • ‘La Liga, NPFL Deal to Boost Bilateral Sporting Ties between Nigeria, Spain’ (This Day) 
  • El-Kanemi to Approach Shettima for Supplementary Budget (This Day) 
  • IfeanyiUbah Partners Yobo Centenary Game (This Day) 
  • Ighalo Bereaved (This Day) 
  • Ronaldo, Benzema, Primed for Man City Tonight (This Day) 
  • Juve Wins Consecutive Fifth Serie A Title after Napoli Loss (This Day) 
  • ATTF Confirms Nigeria, Egypt, Others for ITTF World Junior Championship (This Day 
  • NPFL: Akwa Utd Players Threatened with Half Pay (This Day)
  • Nadal Sues French Ex-minister over Dope Claims (This Day) 
  • Remo Stars Celebrate Club President at 50 (This Day) 
  • Avoiding a PIB of Controversy (This Day) 
  • Technology as Panacea to Herdsmen/Farmers Clashes (This Day)

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