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Global Headlines Today - 03.06.2016

Welcome to another beautiful Friday, hope your week was great? Here are the headlines for the day. Have a very cheerful day.
THIS DAY
  • Nigeria’s Oil Output Rises to 1.6mbpd, Barkindo Appointed OPEC Secretary-General 
  • Militants Kill Two Soldiers, Four Others, Blow up More Pipelines 
  • Osinbajo Kicks off Clean-up of Ogoniland, Warns Against Oil Theft 
  • FG to Scrap Post-UTME over Admission Irregularities 
  • Woman Killed in Kano for Alleged Blasphemy 
  • Magu: EFCC to Probe Funds, Corruption at IDP Camps 
  • FG, Labour Talks on Minimum Wage, Palliatives Cordial, Says Ngige 
  • APC Govs Confident of FG’s Capacity to Weather All Storms 
  • Again, Court Adjourns Hearing of Saraki’s Appeal 
  • Delta Worst Hit By Niger Delta Avengers’ Attacks, Says Okowa 
  • Bill Proposing 2.5% Statutory Allocation to Constituency Projects Passes Second Reading 
  • FG Confirms Fresh Pest Attack on Maize, Vows to Resolve Grazing... 
  • Troops Kill Three Boko Haram Terrorists, Arrest One in an Ambush 
  • Marketers Raise the Alarm over Artificial Hike in Price of Cooking... 
  • Senate Summons Adio, NEITI Boss over Non-remittance of N1tn by NNPC 
  • House Committee Seeks Recall of Open Varsity VC 
  • Fashola Denies Saying PHCN Privatisation was Illegitimate 
  • Pure Water, Frozen Chicken, Fertilizer Application Killing Nigerians, Says Ogbeh 
  • Darkness Looms as Militant Attacks Cut Power 
  • Grazing Reserves: JODER Writes National Assembly, Calls for National Dialogue 
  • Airlines to Earn $39.4bn in 2016, Africa Carriers to Lose $0.5bn 
  • Police Recruitment: PSC Shortlists 338,227 Applicants 
  • Nigeria Needs Leaders Like Ambode, Says Fasehun 
  • Orubebe Says He’s Being Prosecuted for No Offence 
  • Police Arrest Couple for Abducting Two Kids, 70-year-old Man for Defiling...
  • How Benin National, Three Others Abducted Chinese Expatriate
  • DSS Nabs Deadly Cult Gang Involved in Beheading ABSU Students
PUNCH 
  • Militants attack more oil pipelines in Bayelsa 
  • NAF chief remanded in prison over N166m contractor’s gift 
  • Buhari shuns Rivers, pipelines attacked in Bayelsa 
  • Groups protest at embassies, demand Nigeria’s restructuring 
  • PDP: Court acquits son over father’s murder 
  • Akeredolu seeks more support for Buhari 
  • Obasanjo goofed to call judge stupid –AI lawyer 
  • Rain wreaks havoc in Ibadan, pastor, family rescued 
  • Fire guts old National Assembly, destroys four floors 
  • Reps back military action against N’D Avengers 
  • Senate summons NEITI boss over unremitted N1tn revenue 
  • I grew up with Lagos ‘sounds and sights’, says Soyinka 
  • Strike: Families withdraw patients from govt hospitals 
  • One feared killed in Auchi poly students’ protest 
  •  176 injured, 35 die in Anambra auto accidents 
  • Women must protect women, says Lagos HoS 
  • Negotiate with Niger Delta militants, Fayose tells Buhari 
  • FG scraps Post UTME, pegs cut-off points at 180 
  • We can’t sanction power firms – FG
BBC
  • Paris river 'to peak at six metres' 
  • Japanese missing boy Yamato Tanooka found alive in Hokkaido 
  • Global terror attacks down in 2015 - US  
  • Stolen US stamp returned after 60 years
  • Mid-East peace talks to begin in Paris 
  • US House Speaker Ryan to vote for Trump
  • BA plane evacuated in US after threat  
  • Opec fails to cap oil output at meeting (Business)
CNN 
  • 7-year-old left in the woods found after week long search
  • 'Rants, attacks and lies': Clinton goes after Trump
  • Hong Kong youth boycott Tiananmen rally, brand organizers 'pimps in a brothel' 
  • Protesters target Trump in California
  • Protesters take to streets after Trump rally in San Jose
  • UK isn't welcoming Donald Trump with open arms 
  • Airport immigration computers sabotaged : Terrorism, trafficking fears after Malaysian immigration scandal
  • Germany declares 1915 Armenian killings a "genocide"
  • Paul Ryan endorses Donald Trump
  • 'This is my nightmare': UCLA shooting rattles educators across the country
BUSINESS 
  • ‘CBN Declined in Clarifying Currency Plans’ (This Day) 
  • Pension Funds Rise to N5.4tn (This Day) 
  • Lagos Restates Commitment to SMEs (This Day) 
  • Foreign Airlines Lose Nigeria’s High Yield Market to Economic Downturn (This Day) 
  • Pensioners Demand Reinstatement of Suspended PTAD DG (This Day) 
  • NCS Takes Delivery of Two Boats Laden Contraband (This Day) 
  • ‘Amadeus Has Simplified Air Travel in Nigeria’ (This Day) 
  • AMJON Inaugurates New EXCO, BoT (This Day) 
  • Glimmer of Hope for Aviation (This Day) 
  • IATA: Aviation is the Key to Unlocking Economic Devt (This Day) 
  • NLNG Act: The Facts of the Matter (This Day)
  • OPEC appoints Barkindo as secretary-general (Punch)
  • CBN fails to clarify new exchange rate policy (Punch)
  • Cooking gas price rises by 45%, marketers lament (Punch)
  • Unity Bank supports education development (Punch) 
  • FirstBank to improve service delivery (Punch) 
  • New forex policy’ll keep naira at 350/dollar – Experts (Punch)
  • More innovation needed for financial market – CBN (Punch) 
  • BAT seeks enforcement of Tobacco Control Act (Punch) 
  • Flexible forex policy won’t solve our problems—Manufacturers (Punch) 
  • We’ll revive export grant, FG assures manufacturers (Punch) 
  • N15bn substandard products imported into Nigeria annually –Erisco CEO (Punch) 
  • TUC, NUBIFIE kick against mass sacking by banks (Punch) 
  • Indian industrialist backs Buhari’s importation policy (Punch) 
  • Declare emergency on food, LCCI, others tell FG (Punch)
SPORT 
  • Serena Williams escapes, Novak Djokovic 'lucky' at French Open 'circus' (CNN)
  • Nigeria up six places in FIFA ranking (Punch)
  • NFF: Reps meet with Pinnick, Giwa (Punch) 
  • I know nothing about tax fraud – Messi (Punch)
  • Mourinho wanted United since 2010 – Desailly (Punch)
  • Siasia laments defeat (Punch) 
  • Keshi denies Orlando Pirates job (Punch) 
  • Onazi set for England, old club eye Emenike (Punch) 
  • MRS beat Keffi Ponys in Access Bank/UNICEF polo (Punch)
  • Plateau Utd reinstate Baraje (Punch) 
  • French Open: Murray faces Wawrinka (Punch)
  • Tough Draw Awaits S’Eagles in W’Cup Qualifying Campaign (This Day) 
  • House Sports Committee in Crucial Meeting With Pinnick, Giwa (This Day) 
  • MRS in Narrow Win over Keffi Ponys (This Day) 
  • SuperSport’s Never-ending Season Continues with AFCON Qualifiers (This Day)

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