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Global Headlines Today - 08.06.2016

Welcome to another beautiful day. Here are the headlines for today, have a cheerful day.
PUNCH 
  • 14 things you didn’t know about Stephen Keshi
  • Former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi dies at 54
  •  N23bn bribe: EFCC arrests two ex-ministers, PDP chiefs
  • Militancy: Osinbajo meets Niger Delta govs, service chiefs 
  • Kidnappers abduct, slaughter 11-year-old boy in Kano 
  • Court jails man 12 years for seeking to join IS
  • Sheriff group kicks as PDP BoT endorses Makarfi 
  • Suspected killer of Addax employee arrested with skulls 
  • Headless corpse rattles Edo residents 
  • Aba tanker fire destroys vehicles 
  • Army warns Rivers cultists 
  • LASG advises workers on service delivery 
  • Cleric asks govt to explore agric for revenue 
  • Lagos shuts piggery after PUNCH report 
  • New service conditions: Retrenchment looms in prisons, NIS, others 
  • Navy arrests suspected bombers of NNPC, Chevron’s facilities 
  • Court remands Jonathan’s cousin in Kuje Prison 
  • Seriki sues Ajimobi, wants Olubadan sacked 
  • Kano killing: Okorocha, el-Rufai, Odigie-Oyegun meet in Imo 
  • Ogboru joins APC 
  • Tribunal dismisses Wada’s petition, affirms Kogi gov’s election 
  • Security beefed up at Aso Rock over militants’ threat 
  • Pupils’ protest: Ajimobi apologises, workers continue strike 
  • Two pensioners die, three slump at Bayelsa verification 
  • Sokoto’ll create grazing reserves —Tambuwal 
  • Buhari’s wife moves tortured toddler to Abuja 
  • INEC gets 32 applications for new parties 
  • Gunmen kill Edo APC youth leader 
  • C’River judge wants NJC sanction reviewed 
  • Ex-NAF chief wants out-of-court settlement for N7.3bn fraud case 
  • Christian, Muslim youths fault Reps over Sharia law amendment 
  • Rainstorm injures children in Yola IDP camp 
  • Buhari not in London for treatment —Presidency 
  • Edo PVCs
THE NATION 
  • Ex-Air chief seeks deal on alleged N7.8b laundering
  • Alleged $40m fraud: Court remands Jonathan’s cousin, wife
  • Navy arrests ‘key’ suspects in attacks on oil facilities  
  • Last moments of drown students
  • Agony, frustration trail soaring tomato prices, scarcity  
  • Atiku Abubakar’s formula for a ‘true federation’ 
  • CCT frowns at delay by Saraki’s lawyers 
  • Why I’m running for Ondo governor’ 
  • Senate seeks proper prosecution of Kano killing culprits 
  • Nigeria’ll recover from current woes, says Kumuyi 
  • Police recruitment screening to last three weeks 
  • Troops for waterways as Fed Govt, states join forces 
  • Niger Delta suffering from poor leadership, mismanaged allocations, say elders 
  • Kano killing: Oyegun, El-Rufai urges open trial 
  • Senate seeks use of biometric identification for criminal records 
  • 490,000 PVCs uncollected in Edo 
  • Fed Govt promises to address causes of insurgency, militancy 
  • Delta Arewa decries ‘killings’ by IPOB members 
  • N338m bribe: EFCC grills Govt House accountant 
  • Why party must conduct primaries, by Akeredolu 
  • Party registration: Inec gets 32 fresh applications, says Chairman 
  • Ambode’s wife advises civil servants on dedication to duty 
  • Don’t smear our name, Massob warns Anambra govt 
  • Alleged $1.6b judgment debt fraud: ‘Ministry of Justice not involved in payment’ 
  • ‘My wife, daughter still alive… but in distress in kidnappers’ den’
  • NOUN VC to lawmakers: spread open varsity gospel 
  • Makarfi takes charge at PDP secretariat 
  • Recruitment of 5000 teachers begin next month, says Ngige 
  • Protest greets appointment of new OAU VC Salami 
  • Buhari writes Senate over medical vacation 
  • EFCC detains two ex-ministers over N900m poll cash 
  • Prof Oladele delivers inaugural lecture 
  • Gbonigi, others call for true federalism 
  • Sherriff’s camp to initiate contempt proceedings 
  • Alleged travel ban: Fayose petitions NHRC, UN, others 
  • We need Peace in LASU- Ambode
BBC 
  • Clinton hails 'milestone for women'  
  • EgyptAir makes 'bomb threat landing' 
  • French cardinal questioned by police
  • Police fire on Papua New Guinea protest
  • Potter fans spellbound by Cursed Child (Entertainment) 
  • India kidney racket 'leader' arrested  
  • Obama will not attend Ali memorial  
  • No internet for Singapore public servants  
  • Five cyclists killed in Michigan crash  
  • Euroscepticism on rise, poll suggests  
  • Hands-free phones 'equally distracting'  
  • Former BHS chiefs savage ex-owner (Business) 
  • Sainsbury's hit by 'challenging' market (Business) 
  • Japan economic growth revised higher (Business) 
  • No internet for Singapore public servants (Business)
CNN 

  • Clinton claims her place in history; Sanders vows to fight on
  • PNG: Police fire on student protest 
  • Police fire on student protesters in Papua New Guinea
  • Monkey causes nationwide blackout in Kenya
  • Thailand eliminates mother-to-child HIV transmission
  • U.S.: Chinese jet makes 'unsafe' intercept of Air Force plane
  • Turkey's downward spiral into instability: How did it get here?
  • U.S. returns $100 million of stolen artifacts to India
BUSINESS
  • Proper mentoring makes good leaders – Akinya (Punch)
  • Don’t renew Manitoba’s TCN contract – Reps panel (Punch)
  • Naira falls to 361 as dollar demand rises (Punch)
  • Senate probes 12 million fake vehicle insurance policies (Punch)
  • Kia sells 261,269 vehicles in one month (Punch) 
  • Oil hits 2016 high on Nigeria supply disruptions (Punch) 
  • Locally-assembled vehicles to get speed limiters (Punch)
  • Federal Govt threatens banks for sacking workers (The Nation)
  • Employers’ll pay 2% penalty fee on pension contribution default (The Nation)
  • ‘Nigeria technically in recession’ as oil revenue dips  (The Nation)  
  • $10tr needed to end poverty in Nigeria, others, says ILO (The Nation)
  • Power sector loses 3,956Mw to gas shortage
  • Glo offers value with Data Overload (The Nation)
  • Fed Govt appoints Anyanwu Ag AuGF (The Nation) 
  • Premium Pension is Pension-Company-of-the-Year (The Nation) 
  • Made-in-Nigeria e-commerce platform inaugurated (The Nation) 
  • Govt urged to take stricter measures to prevent companies’ collapse (The Nation) 
  • ‘Micro pension, others to alleviate old age poverty’ (The Nation) 
  • UBA offers customers Dubai trip, smart phones (The Nation)
SPORT
  • We have lost a ‘super hero’ in Keshi – Pinnick (The Nation)
  • Former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi dies at 54 (Punch)
  • Kaita urges Siasia to work on attack (Punch)
  • Milo b’ball: Delta, Lagos win (Punch)
  • Mourinho settles with Carneiro (Punch)

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