NEWS BYTE

PUNCH
*Ghana overtakes Nigeria in yam exports
*Economic challenges'll continue shaping investor sentiments ' Analysts
*Forex trading: Nigeria hosts the world
*Transcorp to merge power subsidiaries
*Nigeria bond yields to rise on CBN policy
*Lagos to combat street trading
*London prime property prices rise
*Sijuwade: Ife set for
tree-felling ritual
*Kogi: 27 jostle for APC gov ticket

*NEMA evacuates 1, 200 displaced
persons deported by Cameroon
*Yahaya replaces Laleye as 4th Brigade commander
*Cult group kills four in Makurdi
*We spent N78m to upgrade Fasholas website LASG
*My UK passport was forged Saraki
*Police arrest nurse for stealing baby
*President to head ministry of petroleum for 18 months
*Buhari to probe arms purchase under Jonathan
*Buhari orders EFCC to trace funds stolen under Jonathan
*Fayose asks Buhari to remove INEC boss
*BHaram kills four in Borno highway ambush

THE NATION
*Buhari to Jonathan: looted funds must be returned
*11 in race to succeed Jega
*Govt opens Treasury Single Account for
*CBN directs banks to prioritise forex demand for fees, others
*Community decries military harassment of 90-year-old monarch
*Buhari's wife donates to expectant mothers, others

*Bayelsa PDP crisis deepens despite BoT's intervention
*Petition: Oloyede unfit to be a judge, says Aregbesola
*Russia destroys foreign food imports

DAILY POST
*Boko Haram: Borno Deputy Governor visits over 3,000 IDP returnees in Yola
*One stabbed as Nigerian prostitutes election turns bloody in Lagos
*APC candidate wins bye-election into Katsina Central Federal Contituency

*Ooni sent a powerful message to my phone day before ‘demise’ – Aregbesola
*Borno: IDPs urged to expose Boko Haram members amongst them
*Forex: CBN directs banks to prioritize demand for school fees, others
*Lagos Fire Service recovers bodies of traditional chief, woman from wells
*SIS recruitment: “Beware of those who arrange visas” – NIS warns Nigerians

*Retired Military officers commend Buhari for steps taken to end insurgency
*Buhari orders revenue-generating agencies to operate Treasury Single Account
*Kogi Election: Former Governor, Audu declares to contest
*Jonathan in secret visit to Buhari
*Rivers Command disarms, arrests trigger-happy mobile policeman
*Woman abandoned by her children jumps into well in Lagos
*150 houses submerged in Benue after heavy downpour

CNN
*Couple dies hiking in New Mexico desert
*Can Trump survive Kelly 'blood' comment
*Predawn stampede kills 10 in India
*Mexico student activist shot dead
*Football legend Frank Gifford dies

*Lennox daughter pulled from river
*Trump: 'I cherish women
*Storm was one of the strongest on Earth this year
*Investors are running away from U.S. stocks
*EPL: West Ham stuns Arsenal in opener at Emirates

*Opinion: Paid parental leave is a right
*Obama: U.S. credibility on line in Iran nuclear deal
*8 bodies found in Houston home
*Obama: 'Superpowers don't respond to taunts
*Boy is lone survivor of desert hike
*Cop shoots dead college athlete

DAILY SUN
*Buhari'll shame critics 'APC chieftain
*Marginalising South-East may spell doom for APC, Buhari 'Ihesie
*Clergy drums support for President Buhari
*Bank customers unleash legal fireworks over embarrassing publications
*NERC to sanction Ikeja Disco over prepaid meters

*NAF is combat ready, engaging Boko Haram 'Air Force Chief
*Loot: NLC urges Buhari to speed up investigation
*9 Kogi workers die due to non-payment of salaries
*Insurgency, oil theft: Buratai orders soldiers to be on alert
*14 mourners killed in auto crash

BBC
*Activist for Mexico's missing killed
*PKK leader says Turkey protecting IS
*Bangladesh 'tiger poachers' shot dead
*S Korea blames North for mine blast
*Eleven dead in India temple stampede
*NFL star and broadcaster Gifford dies
*Pakistan probes child abuse scandal

*China to punish star for Mao comment
*Australians eat 32kgs chocolate a year
*Million affected by Myanmar flooding
*Will nuclear deal really change Iran
*Hackers share and compete in Las Vegas
*Lowry claims maiden American title
*Keane stars in LA Galaxy victory
*Ferguson remembers Michael Brown
*I nearly took off Coutinho - Rodgers