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Global Headlines Today - 27.04.2016

It is a beautiful day, here are the headlines for the day. May your day be filled  with divine favour.
PUNCH
  • 150 females raped, 31 babies abandoned in Lagos 
  • EFCC seizes Nenadi Usman’s houses
  • Court rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s bid to halt trial
  • Demolition: Osun landlords protest unpaid N2bn compensation
  • EFCC to probe Adoke’s $6m no-trial deal with suspect
  • Ekiti doctors: CMA, Babalola, others mour
  • Mimiko faults ICPC’s report on bailout
  • Rickey Tarfa’s bid to stop EFCC prosecution fails
  • Metuh falls off chair, hospitalised 
  • Protesters storm N’Assembly with mats, generators, demand Saraki’s resignation 
  • Saraki absent as Dogara meets Buhari over budget crisis 
  • EFCC seizes Nenadi Usman’s houses 
  • Arms scandal: $15bn, not $2.1bn stolen, says EFCC 
  • Police abandoned us during herdsmen invasion – Enugu community 
  • Ex-militants block entrance to Govt House 
  • Corrupt officers, ratings risk dismissal –Navy boss
  • Man, 37, arraigned for trafficking in Edo 
  • Niger borrows N400m monthly to pay salaries 
  • Osun summons LAUTECH management over varsity ownership 
  • Renewed communal clash claims lives in C’ River
THE NATION  
  • EFCC uncovers $12.9b more fraud in arms deals probe
  • Anger spreads over killings by herdsmen 
  • ’Budget ready for Buhari’s assent next week’
  • IG orders arrest of black market petrol sellers 
  • Using kids for suicide bombing is pure evil, says U.S. envoy
  • Oyo PDP/Accord merger plans collapses 
  • Tears as six doctors’ bodies arrive in Ado-Ekiti
  • EFCC re-arraigns Indian for N32b bank fraud
  • Reps ask IG to probe Enugu killings 
  • Gani Adams urges Fed Govt to seek spiritual help 
  • Boko Haram gets new uniform 
  • DHQ discovers insurgents’ tactics 
  • Govt to security agencies: crush security threat 
  • UI shut indefinitely over NANS protest 
  • Tambuwal, Fayemi, Afe Babalola, others mourn 
  • Protesters accuse DESOPADEC of misappropriating N16b 
  • Abiara seeks probe of power firms 
  • Members sue Lagos, Ogun PDP exco over tenure elongation 
  • ‘Herdsmen kill our men, rape our women’ 
  • Biafra: Court declines Kanu’s request for stay of proceedings 
  • 18 rolling mills operational in Nigeria, says Osinbajo 
  • Metuh hospitalised after a slip 
  • Ondo rejects ICPC report 
  • One killed, three injured in Jigawa 
  • Rickey Tarfa must explain contact with judge, court rules 
  • Ajimobi: no free land for grazing 
  • ‘Bello’s decision to copy Mimiko beginning of failure’ 
  • Court refuses to suspend  Bi-Courtney/Fed Govt’s suit 
  • Commission rejects Senate president’s order on acting Clerk
  • Renewed communal clash claims lives in C’ River
BBC
  • Donald Trump sweeps to five-state victory in Republican presidential primaries, while Democrat Hillary Clinton is on course to win four states out of five. 
  • UK stadium tragedy families hail verdict  
  • Obesity 'explosion' in Chinese youth  
  • N Korea to stage rare party congress  
  • Australia's PNG migrant camp in limbo  
  • Apple reports falling sales (Business) 
  • Twitter shares plunge on weak earnings (Business)
CNN 
  • A 5 state sweep for Donald Trump, a serious blow for Cruz 
  • Venezuela blackouts: 'We can't go on living like this
  • Why North Korean threat is a more urgent issue for next U.S. President 
  • Tornadoes, large hail hit U.S. 
  • Al Qaeda group claims responsibility for Bangladesh LGBT hacking murders
  • Moon over Makemake: New satellite discovered around dwarf planet
  • London's Big Ben to fall silent for repairs 
  • Brutal video brings online bullying to life
  • iPhone sales sink for the first time ever
BUSINESS
  • TSA Senate report: CBN, AGF in dilemma over  Remita (The Nation)
  • The return of Dangote Flour Mills (The Nation)
  • IPAN holds workshop today (The Nation)
  • Senators suspend PIB debate (The Nation)
  • Katsina economic & investment summit holds next month (The Nation) 
  • Nigeria earns N12b from solid minerals (The Nation) 
  • 90 power turbines not working, says Fashola (Punch)
  • We’ll fix Lagos-Ibadan Expressway despite court injunction –FG (Punch)
  • MB raises C-Class standard with intelligence drive systems (Punch)
  • Lexus rolls out stylish 2017 IS model (Punch)
  • South-West states move to boost regional economy (Punch)
  • NUPENG faults Kachikwu on fuel diversion claim Punch) 
  • Total, MMF create employment with solar technologies (Punch)
  • First Bank’s profit drops by 82% (Punch) 
  • ‘2015 recorded 12 million new GSM subscribers’ (Punch)
  • Flight delays, missing luggage top passengers’ complaints – Report (Punch) 
  • Tests are used to predict performance – Bawa (Punch)
SPORT
  • Ex-Eagles keepers hail ‘fantastic’ Enyeama (Punch)
  • Rio 2016: Japan plot Nigeria’s downfall (Punch)
  • Omeruo ruled out of Olympics (Punch)
  • Dalung laments NFF crisis (Punch) 
  • Man City, Madrid play out goalless draw (The Nation) 
  • Dele Alli faces three-match FA ban (The Nation) 

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