THISDAY======
Finally, Nigeria Exits Recession,Reports 0.55% GDP Growth in Q2
Patients Stranded as Doctors Ground FG Hospitals
Credit to Private Sector Rises to N22.2tn
Niger-Delta People are Exploited and Their Environment Despoiled
Where Will You Spend Your Twilight Years
DAM, Extradition and New Citizenship
Nigeria Loses $1bn to Illegal Bunkering Annually as Oil Companies Patronise Illicit Market
Buhari Pledges to Reposition Nigeria for Good
Boko Haram Resurgence Increasing Civilian Fatalities in Nigeria, Cameroun, Says Amnesty International
FIRS Generates N2.11tn in Seven Months
Lagos Flags off Reconstruction of 10-lane Oshodi-Int’l Airport Road
Quit Notice: NOA Pays Advocacy Visit to Igbo Community in Bauchi
FG Using Nnamdi Kanu to Destroy Biafra, Says MASSOB Founder, Uwazuruike
Dangote: I Am Not PDP Candidate
APC Begins Campaign for Buharis Second Term in Ebonyi
Too Weighty to Be Ignored
Ambodes Case for Devolution of Power
Akwa Ibom Churches as Parastatals
Cameroon Holds Eagles to Delay Nigerias Qualification for to Russia 2018
Esan Debunks Crisis Claim in AFN
Chess Family Salute Gallant Balogun after Carlsen Blow
US OPEN: Venus Williams Hit Qfinals after Win over Navarro
AMCON Refutes Talks with Ethiopian Airlines over Arik Air
FG Launches One-Stop-Shop in More States to MSMEs Growth
NATION
*Shock as resident doctors begin strike over salaries
*Concessionaire loses Lagos Trade Fair complex
*Oil production exemption: Nigeria, Libya know fate soon
*South Africans forcibly take over Nigerian’s house
*Tension in NEMA over N665m liabilities
*Buhari is concerned about gale of strikes, says aide
*Mixed reactions in Asaba, Ilorin
*Buhari restates commitment to anti-corrption battle
*Medical council warns against illegality
*Health minister to resident doctors: suspend your strke
*I lured minor into sex with N100, says suspect
*Buhari’s aide: corruption, inefficiency killing judiciary
*Oyo govt donates N5m as Faleti’s burial rites begin
*NEPC hails Fed Govt for N20b non-oil export settlement claims
*‘The worst is over on Buhari’s health’
*We’ll keep fighting Fed Govt to invest in education, says ASUU boss
*Okorocha to police: fish out killers of Imo Catholic priest
*Family demands justice for son’s death
*Ooni seeks understanding of African culture
*Ogun shuts more illegal health facilities
*MFM elder seeks divorce for lack of care
*President is stabilising factor in Nigeria, says Peterside
*Kashamu to Makarfi: adhere to the rule of law
*Group alleges plot to implicate Okiro
*Contractor gets 15 months to deliver Oshodi-Airport road
*Police arrest eight suspected cultists
*‘Lagos State Printing Corporation is best in West Africa’
*Oba, guest lecturer differ on ruler’s role in councils
*Buhari’s wife awards scholarships to 60 students
DAILY TRUST
*How mothers suffer to enroll children in malnutrition programme in Katsina
*Sokoto studies Saudi Arabia’s immunization success
*No link between salt intake, heart disease – Study
*UNICEF, Taraba health agency sensitize women on polio, child killer diseases
*‘How being open defecation free zone helped us’
*Pro-Buhari rally shuts down Abakaliki
*Be wary of Obj’s moves, Atiku associate cautions northerners
*Turaki: PDP’ll reclaim power in Kebbi
*Seyi Makinde leaves SDP for PDP
*Gombe APC crisis will soon be over – Minister
*Sallah: NTIC Foundation slaughters 326 cows for the needy
*Fulani community commends Buhari over Mambilla power project
*Flood triggering hardship, diseases in states – Shagari
*Regular pension antidote to corruption – Ex-Milad Ochulor
*Group seeks NDLEA partnership in fighting drug abuse in Anambra
*Benue floods: ACF calls for sensitization of citizens
*Kogi Lassa fever patient dies
*N2.8b liabilities, staff claims cause disquiet at NEMA
*FIRS collects N2.5tr in 8 months
*Saudi king hosts Saraki, other world leaders to reception
*Police invitation of Misau unconstitutional – Lawyer
*CBN spends $9bn to defend naira in 7 months
*B/Haram: 381 civilians killed in Nigeria, Cameroon since April
*Resident doctors declare indefinite strike
*3 confirmed dead in diarrhea outbreak in Kebbi
*Let court decide Olubadan crisis, family heads tell Ajimobi
*Hajj: Saudi to expand holy sites
*Flood ravages communities in Plateau’s Kanam LGA
*15 die in 2 months in C/River flooding
*Disquiet as Suleja Barack is demolished
*21 LGs facing ecological challenges in Benue – Ortom
*Hate speech: To be combated with existing or new law?
*Igbos in Yorubaland dissociate selves from Kanu’s attack
*The errand Professor Nwabueze runs for Nnamdi Kanu (II)
*Pro-Buhari rally shuts down Abakaliki
LEADERSHIP
*Believe In Nigeria’s Greatness, Tambuwal Tells NYSC Members
*Ganduje Vows To Prosecute Perpetrators Of Kano Emir Palace Mayhem
*21 LGs Facing Ecological Challenges In Benue – Gov Ortom
*Resident Doctors Begin Nationwide Strike Over Unpaid Salaries
*Ebonyi APC Divided Over $150m Ring Road
*Flood: Air Force Treats 200 IDPs In Benue
*Police Commission’s Invitation To Sentor Misau Unconstitutional – Olajengbesi
*Kanu Doing FG’s Bidding To Destroy Biafra – Uwazuruike
*FG Okays Privatisation Of Afam Power Plant To Boost Electricity Supply
*Season Of Strikes
*Apapa Traffic Gridlock: NRC Partners Terminal Operators In Goods Evacuation
*FIRS Generates N2trn In 7 Months
*My Recovery An Act Of God – PMB
*Minister Mourns Death Of Veteran Actor, Yero
*Niger Delta Agitators: Quit Notice To Northerners, Yorubas Stands
*NEMA Workers Threaten Strike Amidst Ravaging Floods
*Zenith, Fidelity, 5 Other Banks Grant N4trn Loan To South West States
VANGUARD
*IPMAN’s Ex-Dep President Insists He’s BoT Member
*AYND Donates To 120 Indigent Students In Delta
*Deal Directly With Us, Oleh Landlords Tell Agip
*No Crisis In Agbarho —Gbenedion
*Eid El-Kabir: Urhoghide Urges Muslims To Pray For Unity Of Nigeria
*IPC Urges Delta Waterways, JTF To Rescue Abducted Transporter
*Group Faults Lagos Commissioner Over Cause Of Domestic Violence
*Akande, Osun Speaker Caution Advocates Of Hate Speeches
*Akure Monarch Laments Herdsmen’s Menace In Ondo
*Wounded South Africa Welcomes Cape Verde
*Ogun Urges Lawmakers To Support State Police Creation
*Boko Haram Kills 381 In Nigeria, Cameroon – Amnesty International
*Benin Depot IPMAN Chair Lament Lingering Crisis
*ID Elects Farmer As Gov Candidate
*Akwa Ibom Community Road Which 5 Govs Failed To Deliver
*Boko Haram Taunts Army: Your 40 Days Over But We’re Still In Sambisa
*FG Revokes Concession Of Lagos Trade Fair Complex, Approves Afam Power Plants’ Privatisation
*Boko Haram Taunts Army: Your 40 Days Over But We’re Still In Sambisa
*2017 Igbo Day: Ohanaeze Submits Worries To God
*N120b Police Fraud Allegation: PDP Blasts Buhari Administration
THE SUN
*Trump to scrap amnesty for young immigrants
*Kogi Lassa fever patient dies
*Ambode flags-off reconstruction of 10-lane Oshodi International Airport road
*I don’t want to live up to 120 years –Adeboye
*Quit notice to Yoruba, northerners in Niger Delta stands –Militants
*15 die in Cross River flood
*Group slams commissioner over domestic violence comments
*How NAF, Police, CJTF foiled B’Haram plot to disrupt Sallah
*NEMA staff threaten strike over N665m liabilities
*I’ll do my best for Nigerians –Buhari
*Resident doctors begin nationwide strike
*Buhari mourns first CAN president Cishak, Kasimu Yero
*Airtel, GTbank, 82 others for SERAS Awards
*AMCON denies Ethiopian Airlines’ offer for Arik
*FG to inject more funds into Afam power plants
*Commuters stranded as truck blocks Awka-Onitsha expressway
*We’re still in Sambisa –Boko Haram
*$20m bribe scandal: NPA, Labour keep mum
*Benue flood: Minister appeals to donor agencies, others for support
*Parishioners of murdered Catholic Priest mourn
Police kill leader of thugs who attacked Melaye
*Anti-kidnapping unit commander removed over alleged corrupt practices
*Only FG can end strike –ASUU
*Biafra: Security agencies using Kanu to destroy struggle –Uwazuruike
*Kanu not on the run –IPOB
GUARDIAN
*Wamakko tasks corps members to fight against corruption
*Aisha Buhari awards scholarship to 60 orphans in Daura
*Kogi Lassa fever patient dies
*UN accuses Burundi of crimes against humanity
*Draw moves Nigeria closer to World Cup
*Nadal hits 50 at US Open, Pliskova races through
*Dutch assistant coach Ruud Gullit in hot water over dressing room clip
*Diego Costa out of Chelsea’s Champions League squad
*La Liga asks UEFA to investigate Man City over transfers
*World Cup miracle beckons for Syria, China
*Lagos flags off reconstruction of Oshodi-Airport Road
*Top Nigerian businessmen receive U.S. eight-member congressional delegation
*FG deploys 711 N-Power agric extension agents in Edo
“Corporate trusteeship has been on the rise, says Max-Gbinije
PUNCH
*N120bn bribe controversy: Don’t ignore allegations against IGP, PDP tells FG
*Hospitals grounded, MDCN says striking doctors’ll repeat internship
*Adeosun confirms N350bn release for capital projects
*FG revokes Lagos trade fair complex concession
*N50,000 bail: Lagos CP kicks out OC anti-kidnapping, invites victim
*GUS winner killed as police arrest three suspects
*Ondo poly student drowns while swimming in river
*Robbery suspect escapes from police cell in A’Ibom
*Father kills son for planning to marry older woman
*LASG begins airport road’s reconstruction
*Lagos plans 500 houses for Ikota estate
*Remember the second comma
*NLC, TUC want ex-NPA officials prosecuted for $20m bribe
*Kogi Lassa fever patient dies, diarrhoea kills three in Kebbi
*Obiano, APC candidate, Nwoye, disagree over November gov poll
*21 Benue LGs face ecological challenges, says Ortom
*Tambuwal meets Niger President in Niamey
*Shell, regulators clash over spillage in Bayelsa
*Chimamanda disowns pro-Biafran articles
TELEGRAPH
*Melaye’s alleged attacker killed in cross fire with police
*Rohr: Ezenwa exceptional
*Future Eagles tourney excites Zenith Bank
*Messi considers future with Barcelona
*Furore over Ondo finances
*Lagos moves against building collapse
*Arik: No negotiations with Ethiopian Airlines, says AMCON
*NCC Tennis League: Tech Vibe push Ndoma –Egba to the limit
*Cutix posts 95% Q1 growth in earnings
*Etihad Airways, Aerolinas Argentinas ink codeshare pact
*Moses, Ndidi, Balogun make CAF’s best eleven