NEWS BYTE

PUNCH
*Saraki's trial in order ' NANS South-West leader
*Political cabal behind Saraki's trial ' NANS president
*Buhari hails Nigeria's removal from polio countries
*October 1: Presidency invites West African leaders
*A'Ibom against drugs hawking
*NSCDC arrests three with 66,000 litres of crude oil
*Kano uncovers 1,830 ghost workers
*83-yr-old slumps, dies as
police storm Rivers community meeting
*Jega's brother, Taraba emir, others die in Mecca stampede
*Apple under fire for factory conditions
*We'll continue to monitor the banks ' Emefiele
*I'm not considering marriage ' Davido
*I don't know how much my wife earns ' Evans Akere
*Father rapes daughter, impregnates neighbour

*Pope Francis stumbles while boarding plane
*Most politicians guilty of false assets declaration Okurounmu
*Dad never got angry when he was alive ' Dan Maraya Jos' son
*I have taken pap as breakfast for 60 years 'Pa Osinaike
*Bogus wigs and gowns: Nigerian courts battle fake lawyers

THE SUN
*Fear of Buhari has brought positive change 'Kako-Are
*No going back on LG Poll 'Fayose
*Hajj tragedy: Emir dead with 8 family members
*4 die as Boko Haram attacks DSS headquarters in Kogi
*Eid attack: Gov Ahmed denies rift with Saraki
*Messi out for 8 weeks with knee injury

*TRUE CONFESSION'.. Basketball saved me from drugs, gangs 'Ahmedu
*HID Awolowo lived enviable life -Soyinka
*Osinbajo tasks politicians on selfless service
*Buhari committed to improved security, succour for IDPs 'Presidency
*Nigerian embassy in Saudi Arabia laments over traffic fines
*EFCC storms Onitsha market over money laundering

*ECOWAS' commendable intervention in Burkina Faso
*I wish I could've a daughter 'Omoni Oboli, actress
Uhuru, Kenyatta is my favourite world leader - Vivian Nnamani, Miss UN-Nigeria 2015

GUARDIAN
*Burkina Faso freezes assets of failed coup leader
*Hajj ends as stampede death toll rises to 769
*Sinai bombing kills two Egypt police
*Don't let Muslim migrants in, says Bulgaria's Orthodox Church
*Security boosted as death-marred hajj ends

*Iran presses Saudi over more than 340 missing pilgrims
*Nigeria remains committed to building value-driven partnerships with countries of South ' Buhari
*Police shooting of man in wheelchair sparks controversy in US
*Chris Brown to be refused visa to tour Australia

*Committee recommends declaration of emergency in Sokoto's education sector
*Yorubas feel secure with OPC than police ' Mimiko
*Mexico marks one year since 43 students vanished
*American tourist is killed in Colombia
*Rainstorm destroys 200 houses in Zaria, Sabongari

*Okumagba Stages Warri'US Talent Hunt
*SuperStory To Commence New Story On Independence Day
*Again, No Foreign Language Oscar Entry For Nigeria

TRIBUNE
*NSCDC arrests 5 vandals with 66,000 litres of crude oil in Edo
*Tragedy averted as truck falls on electric pole in Oshodi
*Kano loses N18.1m monthly to 1,830 'ghost' street cleaners As Jema LG uncovers 130 ghost teachers
*Fresh primary for Bayelsa APC, a cruel hoax - Sylva

*Senators plot against Buhari's ministerial list
*Sokoto confirms death of 9 pilgrims during hajj stampede
*My purpose in life is to make great music and help others take the stand - MI Abaga
*Rotimi Amaechi, Segun Arinze, others celebrate as Julius Agwu holds thanksgiving
*Tuface Idibia influenced my decision to postpone album launch - Wizkid
*I hate to see women slander one another - Emma Nyra

BBC
*Rally for missing Mexican students
*UK PM to urge new Syria peace drive
*Deadly clashes in CAR capital Bangui
*Bility calls for election to be postponed
*Wales delivered a win like no other
*Fifa investigates Blatter & Platini
*Cold weather hits migrants on the move
*Pope stops car to bless disabled child

*Manchester United 3-0 Sunderland
*Liverpool 3-2 Aston Villa
*Russia-Poland spat over WW2 cause
*Fire breaks out at London mosque
*Migrants continue to enter Hungary
*Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Manchester City

CNN
*U.S. to free last British Gitmo inmate
*Last day of Hajj shadowed by grief, death investigations
*Obama, Xi pledge to avoid military mishaps
*Pope Francis endorses religious freedom, but avoids controversy
*Obama to meet Putin at U.N.
*Coalition equipment in jihadist hands
*Anti-Muslim rhetoric has to stop
*Saudi Arabia's troubling death sentence
*The Big Bang Theory' actress, husband splitting

*Neymar assets frozen over alleged tax evasion
*Lionel Messi suffers ligament damage
*Robert Lewandowski breaks another record
*Huge crash at F1 qualifying
*U.S.: Russia joins fight in case al-Assad falls
*Ukraine bans Russian airliners
*Last day of Hajj overshadowed by grief, death investigations
*Caitlyn Jenner's name change official.