Global Headlines Today - 29.04.2016

Welcome to another beautiful Friday. Hope your week has been great? Here are the headlines for the day. May your day be filled with pure joy.

THE GUARDIAN

• ‘Government receives $33b from NLNG’

• NASC commissioners reject Sani-Omolori as acting clerk 

• Herdsmen, B’ Haram endanger Nigeria, say Soyinka, Ohanaeze

• Telecoms operators battle NCC over VAS market regulations

• Buhari regrets hardship in states, to provide more funds

• Umar dismisses motion to disqualify self from Saraki’s case

• President approves N60 billion for N’Assembly’s constituency projects

• EFCC lawyer’s absence stalls Dokpesi’s trial

• Military kills seven terrorists, arrests five in Borno 

• Terrorists in the name of herdsmen

• N’Korea missile crashes moments after launch 

• UN appoints Nigerian to lead investigation into S'Sudan attack 

• ‘Lekki Gardens building collapse dead victims were Beninoise’

• PDP zones chairmanship to North-East 

• Govt declares Monday, May 2, public holiday to mark Workers’ Day

• Kenyan electoral body seeks improved 2017 polls

• Somali, AU forces face resurgent al-Shabaab 

• ‘Nigeria loses 10% of working hours due to rising heat’

• W’Bank urges patience over disclosure of Abacha loot spending 

• You are stifling varsities, ASUU accuses govt

• Reps plead with doctors to shelve planned strike 

• How Nigeria can use culture, tourism to promote peaceful co-existence, by Buhari

• Anisulowo’s kidnappers yet to contact family

• Govt to create commercial units in MDAs to drive revenue

• NMA says universal health coverage, right of every Nigerian

THIS DAY 

• Buhari Promises States More Money 

• Prosecution Files More Charges as Saraki Appeals Ruling by CCT Chair 

• Fidelity Bank: $115m Cash Deposit was Reported 

• Senate Summons Service Chiefs over Gruesome Herdsmen Attacks 

• Buhari: Multinational Taskforce to Patrol Gulf of Guinea Coming Soon 

• N3.4bn Fee: NBC Board Replies EFCC 

• Appointment of Sani-Omolori as Acting Clerk Splits N’Assembly Commission 

• Military Arrests 6 Boko Haram Kingpins in Borno State 

• Auto Manufacturers Upbraid Senate, Hail House over Official Vehicles Purchase 

• Nigeria, EU to Start Migrant Return Talks 

• NLNG Opposes Proposed Amendment to Establishment Act 

• FG won’t Embark on New Power Projects in 2016, Says Fashola 

• ANAN Seeks Collaboration with EFCC 

• ASUP Threatens FG with Industrial Action 

• Soyinka Flays Buhari over Fulani Herdsmen’s Attacks 

• ACF, Cattle Breeders Condemn Attack on Enugu Community 

• Abia Lawmakers Want Security Agencies to Search for Arms in Trailers, 

• S’East Governors Not Living up to Expectation, Says IPOB 

• N60bn Approved for Constituency Projects in 2016 Budget 

• Stop Laundering Plundered Nigerian Assets Via UK, Reformers Tell Cameron 

• FG Promises Speedy Intervention in Textile Industry 

• Prosecution Seeks Adjournment in Dokpesi’s Trial 

• Navy Declares Alleged Pirate, Ekpemefumor, Wanted for Hijacking Ship 

• Three to Share 36 Months Prison Term for Vandalising Electric Cables 

• Amosun: Ogun won’t Be Safe Haven for Kidnappers 

• Garki Hospital Secures Court Order to Bury Remains of 

• Zenith Bank Basketball League Play-offs Get New Date

CNN

• Suspicious powder discovered in letter addressed to Donald Trump 

• Putin says Trump is 'talented without a doubt'

• Bangladeshi bloggers: What we want the world to know

• Baby born on plane named after airline 

• Bloggers risk death to speak out

• China cracks down on civil society

• Zoo defends keeping killer tiger alive

• 12 cops get stuck in an elevator

• 50 dead in Red Cross hospital airstrike

• Ex-speaker: Cruz is 'Lucifer in the flesh'

• Police shoot man in panda suit 

• Rollercoaster scare: Father captures moment son's seat belt comes undone

BBC

• US man Kim Dong-chul jailed for spying in North Korea

• Asylum seeker dies in Australia from self-inflicted burns 

• Japan to abandon space satellite forever  

• African leaders to hold elephant summit  

• UN 'to respond to NK missile tests'  

• UK foreign secretary arrives in Cuba  

• Colombia legalises gay marriage  

• NY Times faces discrimination case  

• Fears at unauthorised Everest flights

• Gucci warns HK shops on funeral fakes (Business) 

• Billionaire investor dumps Apple shares (Business) 

• Nurofen's UK maker fined in Australia (Business)

BUSINESS

• Rwanda wants to become an African hub for Foreign Direct Investment (The Guardian) 

• Vodacom business Nigeria wins 2 outstanding industry (The Guardian) 

• ‘Airlines cancel 95, delay 2,815 flights in March’ (The Guardian ) 

• Diamond Bank’s gross earnings rise to N217b, as profit declines by 77.8%(The Guardian) 

• World Bank and Nigerian president discuss the country’s economic crisis (The Guardian)

• Shareholders endorse Access Bank’s plan to raise additional N100b capital (The Guardian)

• Flour Mills makes history with Nigeria’s largest agro-allied investments (The Guardian)

• ‘Indigenous firms have capacity for onshore oil refining’  (The Guardian)

• IMO adopts ‘single window’ concept for international shipping (The Guardian) 

• LIRS Engages 1,200 Tax Audit Professionals (This Day) 

• FBN Holdings to Cut Jobs in Bid to Restore Profit (This Day) 

• Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers Unveil e-trading Platform on NSE (This Day) 

• Access Bank Shareholders Hail Performance, Approve Dividend (This Day) 

• International Airlines Operators in Nigeria Earn N302bn from Ticket Sales (This Day) 

• Reps Move against Lopsided Data Capturing Process at Immigration  (This Day) 

• NAMA Embarks on Strategic Management Training with ACON (This Day) 

• SAA Holds Holiday Workshop for Nigeria Travel Agencies (This Day) 

• Failure of Companies Blamed on Weak Corporate Governance (This Day) 

• Nigerian Immigration Commends Ladol Free Zone for Local Content (This Day) 

• Govt Agencies Aide Illegal Berthing and Discharge, Says NATIMS (This Day) 

• Nigeria Tasks African Countries on Trade Development (This Day)

SPORT 

• Serena knows success, but doesn’t think she has ‘made it’ (The Guardian) 

• West Africa Golf Tour berths in Port Harcourt (The Guardian)  

• Fans to get 20 free tickets, as Warriors battle Abidjan Ramblers today (The Guardian)

• NFF set to battle Arsenal over Iwobi, as Siasia tries Charlton’s Obileye (The Guardian) 

• Super Eagles don’t need Grade A friendlies now, says Obuh (The Guardian)

• Playing friendly on Yobo’s testimonial day is an insult, says Emenike  (The Guardian)

• 18th Milo Basketball Championship Enters Conference Stages (This Day) 

• Rangers Declared Winner of Match-day 12 Clash with Giwa (This Day) 

• Injury Worries at Rivers United ahead Clash with Rangers (This Day) 

• Dope: Liverpool’s Sakho Suspended (This Day) 

• The Emirates FA Cup Reaches New Heights (This Day) 

• Agbonlahor Steps Down as Villa Captain (This Day)