News Headlines August 20, Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers

NATION
*Obasanjo to PDP: Good night
*Recruitment: Police shortlist 110,000
*FG releases N400bn for capital projects
*Chibok girls: Security agencies probe new clues
*Budget padding: Gbajabiamila offers self for investigation
*2019 presidency ticket cause of PDP crisis – Sheriff
*PDP Convention: Rivers govt threatens to sue police, DSS
*Sexual HARASSMENT: WE ASK FOR IT– NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS OPEYEMI AYEOLA
*The return to STONE AGE
*REVEALED! Why owambe parties are thriving in spite of hard times
*O GEE GETS RECORDING DEAL
*How to handle an unfriendly partner
*MIEIBIM DAPPA TALKS LOVE FOR AFROBEAT
*‘How hearing aid project turned our lives around’
*WHY WE’RE PARTNERING AFRIMA, BY AMBODE
*Opportunity Lost
*Madeline Berah, the African DETECTIVE In The Missing Government Papers (6)
*PGC JOINS IBOMFEST 2016 TEAM
*ATEKE’S ALLY NOMINATED FOR NOLLYWOOD EUROPE AWARD
*DORIS SIMEON IS MIAMI’S CULTURAL AMBASSADOR
*Okowa, Clark, others to Avengers: Cease hostilities now
*Budget padding: Gbajabiamila offers self for investigation
*FG to release N60bn for capital projects
*Buhari meets Dogara, Bakare in Aso Rock
*John Kerry to visit Kenya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia
*NDLEA probes pilgrims’ arrest in Saudi
*Lagos takes the front seat in Toronto
*14 feared dead in Ebonyi jailbreak attempt
*Sheriff rejects judgment sacking him as PDP chair
*Ortom: I’ll use force to stop insecurity in Benue
*Buhari meets Dogara, Bakare in Aso Rock
*Appeal Court reverses Ikpeazu’s sack
*Southwest APC insists on true federalism
*Kwara loses N400m to illegal recruitment
*Fayose fails to stop EFCC probe
*Gunshots at APC secretariat in Akure
*Ortom: I’ll use force to stop insecurity in Benue
*Lassa fever kills doctor, three others in Anambra
*‘Doctor’ held for N6.7m love scam as EFCC releases N.5m to magistrate
*Abdulsalami seeks peaceful resolution of crises
*ASUP decries non-payment of lecturers
*PDP lacks moral right to criticise Fed Govt, says APC
*Why VIPs must obey traffic rules at airports, by FAAN
*Navy foils pirates’ attack on oil tanker
*Jonathan’s ex-aide, lawyer, charged with fresh N5.4b fraud
*Oyo seals off 39 firms, others in Ibadan over tax debts
*Police arrest lawmaker’s ‘kidnappers’
*Army to flush out criminals from forests
*PDP denies alleged plan to import thugs
*Eminent persons’ forum’ll boost security, says Lakanu
*‘Buhari can end Niger Delta crisis today, if…’
*Youths destroy man’s property over alleged abduction
*One killed, five injured as FUNAAB students protest
*Fed Govt releases Unity Schools’ admission lists
*N350m poll cash: I’ve nothing to hide, says Udenwa
*FIRS shuts Akume’s hotel for alleged tax default
*N350m poll cash: I’ve nothing to hide – Udenwa

THISDAY
*Suspected Militants Blow Up NPDC Gas Pipeline In Delta
*Controversial Abuja Judge, Abang, Turned the Law on Its Head, Says A’Court
*Manufacturers Groan as Capacity Utilisation Falls Below 20%
*14 Persons Feared Dead in Ebonyi Foiled Jailbreak
*PDP Leadership Tussle: Sheriff Moves to Stall Court Order
*PDP: Will This House Fall?
*Chibok Girls: Like Jonathan, Like Buhari?
*PDP: Will This House Fall?
*Chibok Girls: Like Jonathan, Like Buhari?

VANGAURD
*Why Onu Rejected Umahi’s N29m Car Gift In Ebonyi *NFF Takes On Dalung Over Olympic Eagles Training Tour Mess
 * ‘My Sister Prays Die, Die Every Night For Hours On End’
*Photos: 2000 Dismissed Immigration Recruits Protest In Aso Villa *Nollywood Takes Centre Stage At Toronto International Film Festival
 * ‘When The Gods Cry’ Goes To Calabar, Enugu
 *EFCC Nabs Fake Lamorde, NYSC Member, 5 Others Over Internet Scam
*Inside The World Of Senator Emordi’s Son
 *So Far, Buhari Has Not Disappointed Us- Obasanjo *FG To Release N60bn For Capital Projects
 *Wenger To Unleash Giroud, Ozil On Leicester
 *PDP: The Reward For Impunity
*Poor Performance At Rio 2016 Olympics: Nigerians React
 *Man Who Named Pet Dog Buhari Rearrested, To Appear In Court On Monday *NANS Election: Buhari’s Aide Holds Peace Parley For Aspirants
 *Nothing Special About Wizkid, Says American Dancer
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