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Global Headlines Today - 19.05.2016

Welcome to another great day. Here are the headlines for the day. May your day be filled with pure joy.
THE NATION 
  • Alleged N36b fraud: EFCC storms ex-Governor Turaki’s Abuja home 
  • Chibok girl found with baby and husband
  • Govt to NLC: return to negotiation table  
  • ‘High women illiteracy rate unacceptable’ 
  • Lagos lights up 600 kms 
  • Man bags two years for N6m fraud
  • RRS operatives stop woman’s suicide bid  
  • Fire guts 40 shops at Ladipo Market  
  • Man ‘stabs’ neighbour to death 
  • Petrol price strike flops in Port Harcourt, Abuja, Lagos 
  • Army takes custody of Amina, DIA probes clues 
  • Corruption, injustice worked against military in Boko Haram war, says Buhari 
  • Autopsy: respiratory seizure, bruises likely cause of Ronke Shonde’s death 
  • House panel backs deregulation of oil sector  
  • Economic scorecard with low, high points 
  • Workers in Northwest, Northeast shun strike 
  • Nigeria is broke, says Lai Mohammed 
  • NLC chief, others address rally in Lagos 
  • IPMAN: ignore call for strike 
  • It’s business as usual at UNILAG 
  • Workers defy order in Kogi 
  • Poor compliance in Ibadan, Warri, Niger, Jigawa 
  • Activities paralysed in Delta, Plateau 
  • Grand Oak Redefines Class with the relaunch of Lord’s Dry Gin 
  • ‘Dasuki admitted keeping arms, ammunition at home’ 
  • Driver arrested for ‘killing’ passenger 
  • El-Zakzaky’s N2b suit suffers setback 
  • Buhari’s wife donates N55m to Chibok girls’ parents, others 
  • Scores feared buried in Sri Lanka landslides 
  • Oyo outlaws night grazing, water poisoning 
  • Stolen Columbus letter returned to Italy 
  • CNPP faults Fayose’s attacks on Buhari 
  • Bayelsa workers begin indefinite strike over unpaid salaries 
  • ‘How EFCC learnt of Saraki’s undeclared London property’ 
  • N700m campaign fund: Ize Iyamu explains his role 
  • How $6.2m was paid to acquire properties for Badeh, by witness 
  • Metuh got N400m for Jonathan’s image laundering, says Okupe 
  • Don’t replace firearms with stun guns, Reps tell IG 
  • U.S. eases economic sanctions on Myanmar
PUNCH
  • EgyptAir Flight From Paris to Cairo Disappears From Radar
  • Protests in major cities as NLC strike begins
  • How we uncovered Saraki’s N375m London property – Witness
  • Six of my colleagues dead, says rescued Chibok girl
  • Fuel price hike protest:Reps declare support for FG, beg NLC
  • Ajimobi warns herdsmen against illegal grazing, rape 
  • Jonathan approved N400m paid to Metuh , says Okupe 
  • Check air disasters, Reps tell NCAA, NAMA, FAAN 
  • Bayelsa workers begin strike over unpaid salaries Thursday 
  • Video clip showed Farouk Lawan taking bribe from Otedola – Witness 
  • Kwara varsity withdraws from Osundare festival over anti-Saraki poem 
  • Govt to transform Oshodi in 15 months 
  • N25bn ETF targets reduction in unemployment —Lagos 
  • Alleged N36bn fraud: EFCC launches manhunt for ex-gov Turaki 
  • Dasuki admitted he kept arms, ammunition at home —Witness 
  • Residents lose N17.7bn property to fire, says LASG 
  • International Day: UN to honour fallen Nigerian peacekeepers 
  • 37 killed, hundreds missing in Sri Lanka mudslides
BBC
  •  Nationalities on board missing Egyptair plane : 30 Egyptians, 15 French, 11 others including 1 Briton 
  • EgyptAir flight from Paris missing  
  • Superbugs to 'kill every three seconds'  
  • India's BJP leads in Assam elections  
  • American B-52 bomber crashes in Guam  
  • Freed Chibok girl to meet Nigeria leader  
  • 'Majority would welcome' refugees  
  • Trudeau accused of 'manhandling' rival  
  • Chinese jets 'intercept' US spy plane 
  •  Tear gas fired at Venezuela protest
  • Asian markets fall after Fed minutes  (Business)
  • Thailand suspends Uber motorcycle taxis (Business)
  • US interest rates could rise in June  (Business)
  • Brexit may hit business says Bloomberg (Business)
CNN  
  • Plane traveling from Paris to Cairo disappears at 37,000 feet
  • Flight MS804 vanishes off radar
  • First missing Chibok girl found after 2 years as Boko Haram prisoner 
  • Chinese fighters intercept U.S. plane  
  • Three months of rain in 24 hours
  • Sri Lanka floods: Huge storm triggers landslides, leaving villages buried
  • Man, 72, fights off crocodiles with spanners and spark plugs
  • Rare blue diamond sells for record $57.5 million
  • Mitt Romney ends recruiting efforts for an independent candidate
  • The Queen talks extremism and prison reform in Britain's parliament
  • Mom sentenced for killing disabled adopted daughter


BUSINESS
  • Militant attacks: Oil sector faces bleak future (Punch)
  • UBA grows shareholders’ equity by 22% …gets five directors (Punch)
  • Jet-A1 scarcity: Airlines resume normal flight operations (Punch)
  • Agip shuts Bayelsa gas pipeline over attack (Punch)
  • Technology, solution to Nigeria’s challenges —Commissioner (Punch)
  • SON creates digital certificate for imported products (Punch) 
  • LAPO MfB seeks improved funding for MSMEs (Punch) 
  • ‘Indigenous freight forwarders excluded from PPA’ (Punch) 
  • Customs impound N668.3m goods (Punch) 
  • Banks, others move to reduce non-performing loans (Punch) 
  • AXA Mansard grows PAT by 8% (Punch) 
  • 22 stocks appreciate, boost capitalisation by N20bn (Punch) 
  • UPDC to develop retail business (Punch) 
  • Eko Disco, USAID to sign technical assistance MoU (Punch) 
  • ITF, auto council unveil plans to produce vehicle parts (Punch) 
  • Telcos commence payment of N13.6bn MTN interconnect debt (Punch) 
  • Keep your stations open, IPMAN tells members (Punch) 
  • AshakaCem’s N20bn power plant for completion in 2017 (Punch) 
  • Egbin restates commitment to alternative energy sources (Punch)
SPORT
  • Shooting hit Warriors, Ikorodu beat Wolves (Punch)
  • Troost-Ekong out of Mali clash (Punch)
  • Enyeama, Emenike confirmed for Yobo Testimonial (Punch)
  • Aston Villa takeover completed (Punch)
  • Shell Cup: Kano, Ibadan make quarterfinals (Punch) 
  • Milo b’ball: Kogi, Adamawa in confluence final (Punch) 
  • Coaches set for Grenville basketball clinic (Punch) 
  • FA introduces Football-Made-in-Anambra (Punch) 
  • Plateau United sack coach (Punch) 
  • Sevilla beat Liverpool to retain Europa League title (Punch)

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