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Global Headlines Today - 28.05.2016

It is a beautiful Saturday. Here are the headlines for the day. Have a blissful weekend.
PUNCH
  • Economic crisis: Buhari, govs rule out elaborate anniversary 
  • Don’t panic over Sharia court bill –Reps 
  • Return Nigeria’s loot or risk protest, CD warns Britain 
  • PUNCH reporters shine at Quill Awards 
  • Military rescued 11,595 B’Haram captives under me –Buhari 
  • Ramadan: NASRDA predicts appearance of first moon crescent 
  • N23bn Diezani bribe: 11 INEC officials admit receiving N120m 
  • Again, Niger Delta militants blow up NNPC pipelines 
  • Jonathan’s govt sick, weak, corrupt –Lai Mohammed 
  • Bayero varsity student commits suicide over poor performance 
  • ICPC arraigns ex-NIHSA DG for N603m fraud 
  • Ex-NIMASA boss appeals five years imprisonment, seeks bail 
  • We’ve paid pensioners N934m in one year –Lagos 
  • Strike: Labour storms Ekiti secretariat, whips erring workers 
  • B’ Haram, Fulani herdsmen kill over 3,000 under Buhari 
  • Buhari made 30 foreign trips in one year –Records 
  • EFCC to arraign Akpobolokemi on sixth fraud charge 
  • We’re not holding Jonathan’s cousin illegally –EFCC 
  • One year in office: AYCF, INC, MAN, LCCI, others bash Buhari 
  • Saraki canvasses implementation of Child Rights Act 
  • Civil servant jailed six years for earning double pay 
  • Niger considers workers sacking, salary cut 
  • Buhari not dictating to EFCC, others –Osinbajo 
  • Road crash: FRSC returns Rivers election materials to INEC 
  • A’Court orders Alamieyeseigha, wife to vacate Bayelsa property 
  • Baby, others killed in Bauchi road crash 
  • Ondo ceramics company to begin operations Q4
  • Police, govt demolish kidnappers’ houses in Imo 
  • Police probe killing of ASP in Bayelsa 
  • DSS arrests five for kidnapping personnel, three others 
  • Alleged murder: Three police officers arrested after PUNCH report 
  • Security guard electrocuted in Edo 
  • NAOWA fetes orphanage home with food items on Children’s’ Day 
  • Rivers: Five policemen declared missing, 53 suspects arrested 
  • CRUTECH students on the rampage over incessant robbery on campus
THE NATION 
  • Arms scandal: EFCC gets first petition against Jonathan
  • Alleged $1.8b debt: Court freezes Diezani’s associates’ assets in Nigeria, US, UK, others
  • Childrens’ Day: Buhari decries child marriage, exploitation 
  • Party chieftain reveals real reasons govs dumped Sheriff 
  • Buhari’s winnowing fork sets governance on new path 

  • Poll bribery scandal: Anti-graft commission quizzes fresh 11 INEC staff over N120m 
  • FG begins strategic implementation of 2016 budget  
  • FG develops pesticide to fight Tomato pests 
  • We ’ll shock the world soon, say Avengers as militants hit oil facility again
  • ICPC arraigns ex-DG of NIHSA in court over N603m fraud
  • EFCC kicks as ex-NIMASA D-G seeks post-conviction bail   
  • Nigerian student hit with iron rod in south India attack 
  • Amosun, Omoworare, calls for protection of Nigerian children 
  • Ambode commissions Ajasa-Command Road
  • Obasanjo, Ajimobi extol Soun’s virtue at 90  
BBC 
  • Clashes at Trump San Diego rally
  • WW2 plane crashes into New York river  
  • Blair warns against Corbyn 'experiment'  
  • Children 'denied mental health support'  
  • 'Move Olympics over Zika' call rejected  
  • Miliband 'call to arms' for young voters  
  • Becket bone relic taken to Canterbury  
  • Greek PM condemns Russia sanctions  
  • Huge gas explosion 'shakes homes'  
  • Ex-Argentine junta leader jailed
CNN 
  • Doctors: Postpone or move Olympics due to Zika
  • WWII plane crashes in New York
  • Body recovered after WWII airplane crashes in Hudson River
  • 35 arrested in clashes outside Trump rally
  • Pro-Trump, anti-Trump groups clash in San Diego
  • At least 30 men sought in gang rape
  • Video of girl allegedly gang-raped shocks Brazilians 
  • Outrage erupts over 'racist' detergent ad
  • 3 missing journalists in Colombia freed, officials say 
  • Python bites man in a VERY painful place
  • Trump suggests U.S. should bomb Libya
  • Obama in Hiroshima calls for 'world without nuclear weapons' 
  • Obama embraces Hiroshima survivor
  • Man dies after being stung by bees more than 1,000 times
ENTERTAINMENT 
  • Court orders Depp to stay away from Heard after alleged abuse (CNN)
  • More Allegations from Amber Heard: Claims Johnny Depp Abused Her for Four Years, Uses Drugs and Assaulted Her on Her Birthday (People)
  • Angela Simmons Is Pregnant With Her First Child (ENews)
  • I don’t feel challenged by any Nigerian artiste –Juggernaut (Punch)
  • Toyin Aihmaku’s ex-husband not my man –Seyi Edun (Punch)
  • I didn’t know Cynthia Morgan before posting her photo beside a cow –Solade (Punch)
BUSINESS
  • Economic downturn: FG to sell Eurobond, issue sukuk (Punch)
  • Accenture seeks cost reduction by oil firms (Punch)
  • TAMS conference ties time management to productivity (Punch)
  • British Airways may exit Nigerian routes (Punch)
  • We can’t guarantee full budget implementation —Finance minister (Punch) 
  • Power sector loses 3,880MW to gas constraints owing to attacks  
SPORT 
  • 23 possible Olympians fail drug tests (CNN)
  • Okocha, PawPaw shine at Yobo testimonial (Punch)
  • Iheanacho lifts Eagles over Mali (Punch)
  • Siasia invites Awoniyi, Saviour for Korea tourney (Punch)
  • Opeifa pledges more support for handball (Punch)
  • Rufai inspires children at GoalFest event (Punch) 
  • Rio 2016: Asumnu joins Okagbare (Punch) 
  • I will retire after Rio 2016 – Toriola (Punch)

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