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Global Headlines Today - 27.05.2016

Welcome to another beautiful Friday. Here are the headlines for the day. Have a very delightful day.
NATIONAL MIRROR 
  • Benue killings: No sufficient evidence to prosecute herdsmen – IGP 
  • Reps accuse oil companies of evading payment of $2bn to FG 
  • 8 million Nigerians to benefit from social intervention fund 
  • Teacher arraigned for killing girlfriend 
  • Ex-Customs boss accuses CCT chairman of corruption, bias 
  • Nigeria’s democracy built on fraudulent federalism – Amosun 
  • Lagos rolls out AC mini-buses to phase-out rickety ‘danfo’ buses 
  • Militants attack Chevron’s facilities, threaten Nigeria’s oil export earnings 
  • Why Sharia Bill quietly scaled second reading –Reps 
  • We don’t have Buhari’s mandate to privatise refineries —Kachikwu 
  • 19,000 projects abandoned in Nigeria, says Ex-BPP boss 
  • EFCC closes case against 16 suspected oil thieves 
  • Group faults FG meeting with NLC 
  • FG, stakeholders resolve to stem pipeline vandalism 
  • No end in sight in Ekiti workers’ strike 
  • Don’t kill Nigerian languages, don charges educationists
  • Pipeline vandalism impacts negatively on environment, economy —Okowa 
  • Enugu to renovate 300 schools —Commissioner 
  • Missing N400m: Katsina investigates 22 LG’s staff 
  • NAPTIP rescues 146 human trafficking victims 
  • Customs rakes in N4b in Oyo 
  • COED workers begin strike over unpaid salary 
  • Buhari hails Soun of Ogbomoso at 90 
  • Enugu Assembly defers passage of child rights’ bill 
  • Taraba uncovers fake appointment letters’ syndicate
PUNCH 
  • Don’t assess Buhari now, Reps urge Nigerians 
  • Nigeria built on fraudulent federalism, says Amosun 
  • 46% of households borrow to eat in North-East —UNDP 
  • NHRC probes Kano toddler’s torture 
  • Drama as 15 Kogi lawmakers hold session 
  • Nobody can arrest Jonathan, Ijaw youths tell Buhari 
  • Colonel jailed seven years for duping church of N34.5m 
  • EFCC re-arraigns Ajudua for $8.4m fraud 
  • Unpaid salaries: Workers declare war on Fayose, begin strike 
  • Ese Oruru gives birth to baby girl 
  • PDP BoT asks Sheriff, others to withdraw cases 
  • I’ll fulfil my promise of better Nigeria – Buhari 
  • PDP govs need to consult widely, says Wabara 
  • Metuh wrote EFCC, ready to return N400m – Counsel 
  • Killer herdsmen may be Boko Haram affiliates –Buratai 
  • Akpobolokemi, Gen. in fresh N8.5bn NIMASA fraud
  • Delta man to die by hanging for murder 
  • Alleged murder: Court dismisses Rivers ex-LG boss bail application 
  • Kwara workers begin strike over salary arrears 
  • Anambra NBA names centre after Ekwueme
 BBC
  • G7 declaration says UK vote to leave European Union would be "serious risk to global growth" 
  • Obama to make historic Hiroshima visit 
  • Possible MH370 debris found in Mozambique
  • UK set to send second warship to Libya  
  • Kenya changes anti-doping laws  
  • Chile student protest turns violent  
  • Many feared dead in migrant shipwreck  
  • Google defeats Oracle in Java code case  (Business) 
  • French unions oppose Hinkley Point (Business)
CNN
  • U.S. President to make historic Hiroshima visit 
  • A dreaded superbug found for the first time in a U.S. woman 
  • Lost hiker's message: Please call husband when my body is found
  • In Trump attacks, Hillary Clinton finds her voice
  • Two Navy fighter planes collide off NC
  • Iraqi troops retake key town from ISIS in Falluja offensive 
  • ISIS finds an opening into Europe
BUSINESS
  • We can’t guarantee full budget implementation —Finance minister (Punch)
  • US carrier, United Airlines, stops flights to Nigeria (Punch)
  • Works, power contractors owed for three years —FG (Punch)
  • Dangote disburses N400m to Lagos women (Punch)
  • Oil price hits $50 amid Nigeria outages (Punch) 
  • C’ River loses revenue to delayed cocoa allocation (Punch) 
  • FBN eyes merchant banking arm for growth (Punch) 
  • ‘Local processing of tomato can save Nigeria N19.7bn’ (Punch) 
  • Kwara lauds BUA’s $300m investment in sugar plantation (Punch) 
  • FG opens talks with militants, Chevron’s Escravos terminal attacked (Punch) 
  • FRC recovers N367bn operating surpluses from FG agencies (Punch) 
  • Equities gain N211bn, 49 stocks appreciate (Punch) 
  • Unbridled substandard goods’ influx risky to Nigeria’s economy –SON (National Mirror) 
  • Economy: Down still, yet holds bright future (National Mirror)
  • FBN Holdings assures on shareholder value, as profit dips N68.9bn (National Mirror)
  • Integrated CSR model ensures stability at Onne Ports –Intels (National Mirror) 
  • Financial, conglomerates sectors lift equities by 2.18% (National Mirror) 
  • FG assures on containment of tomato disease (National Mirror) 
  • FG, others share N281.5bn in April amid revenue shortfalls National Mirror) 
  • Kano farmers hit by fertilizer scarcity (National) 
  • Farmers working below capacity –PAN (National Mirror) 
  • Toyota recalls 1.6m vehicles over Takata airbags saga (National Mirror)
  • NAF redeploys 10 AVMs, 2 Air Commodores (National Mirror)
  • Dana Air pilots ground operations over compensation (National Mirror)
SPORT 
  • CAP- Super Eagles players in training session yesterday afternoon in Rouen, France (This Day) 
  • Port Harcourt Agog for Yobo’s Testimonial (This Day) 
  • NFF Appeals Against Re-listing of Giwa Case (This Day) 
  • Jericho Gets Vital Win over MR Steam (This Day) 
  • Finalists Emerge in MRS Kids Cup (This Day)
  • Confident Yusuf, Eagles face Mali in France (Punch)
  • Lille celebrate as Enyeama extends deal (Punch)
  • Stars light up Port Harcourt for Yobo (Punch)
  • Guinness World Records confirms Chinedu (Punch) 
  • French Open: Djokovic, Nadal reach milestones (Punch)

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