NEWS

THIS DAY
*Ex-Education Minister, Oni, Dies at 74
*Delta Apologises to NYSC Members Over Unpaid Stipends
*NMA Gives 7-day Ultimatum to Osun to Pay All Salaries Arrears
*SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA'S GROWING POVERTY
*Boko Haram: First Phase of Reconstruction Works Advance in Borno

*Ministerial Slot: Politician Lauds Buhari over
Ali's Nomination
*Nema Presents Materials For Rehabilitation, Resettlement of IDPs in Borno
*Ekweremadu Vows to Initiate Bill to Address Nation's Collapsed Road Infrastructure
*Ethnic Crisis Brewing Between Yoruba, Igbos in Akure
*Rectify Disparities Caused by Arbitrary State Creation, Oluwajana Tells Buhari
*Regular Sex, Exercise Minimise Prostrate Cancer

*Akpabio's Arrest Politically Motivated, Says PDP
*Fayose: Why I Didn't Abandon Jonathan after 2015 Elections
*Okowa: Zero Hunger in Delta is Achievable
*FG Considers National School Feeding as Safety Net
*NDIC Identifies Poor Funding as Major Impediment to Growth of MSMEs
*Ministerial Nomination: APC Senate Caucus Meets, Unites to Save Amaechi
*Suicide Bombers Kill 12 in Adamawa
*Refineries Operated at 10% Capacity in August, Recorded N31.7bn Loss
*World Bank Seeks Time to Provide Response on Abacha Loot
*Election Monitoring: Tanzanians Laud Jonathan's Exemplary Record

VANGUARD
*Apkpabio: President Buhari is a dictator says PDP
*Tanker driver dies, 6 injured in Ogun auto crash
*Detectives foil bank robbery in Ondo
*Gridlock persists on Apapa-Oshodi expressway ' LASG
*Ripples over political appointments in Ondo

*Economic slowdown: Insurers worry as income from premiums nosedives
*Yields from Treasury bills down 42% in 9 months
*Investors' wealth down N136bn,
*Transcorp Hotel, Access Bank lead losers
*CHAN Eagles off to Burkina Faso Thursday
*Oliseh's axe dangles on Emenike
*CHAN: Home-based Eagles can make Nigeria proud ' Maigari
*Death at LUTH: Lagos demands release of autopsy result

DAILY TIMES
*Ekiti APC accuses Fayose of favouritism
*Yoruba youths' group passes vote of confidence on NIIA head
*Base your campaigns on issues, not lies, Sylva tells Dickson
*Lawmaker berates FG over lack of solution to Plateau killings
*N1.7b: Ex-LAUTECH CMD denies fraud allegation

*Troops arrest Boko Haram terrorists in Plateau
*NUC unbans UNIABUJA distance learning programmes
*Police arrest fraudster who hacks Ondo Dep Gov's Account
*Kuka, Jega, Alaafin, others to bag ABUAD degrees

PM NEWS
*Afe Babalola University produces 65 First Class graduates
*Boko Haram kills 12 in Adamawa, seizes military food supply
*Odia Ofeimun: I will be the Governor of Edo State
*Dickson wants Bayelsa APC ministerial nominees cleared
*French envoy seeks FG's support for Lagos Govt.

*Osun, France sign N8bn solar plant agreement
*Maiduguri hospital records 43,000 cases of mental disorder
*Suicide bomber targeting Nigerian army barracks killed
*Ex-Edo NMA Chair, 2 other doctors kidnapped
*INEC is not competent to operate with two national commissioners ' Falana
*World Cup: USA coach bemoans loss to Nigeria
*Nigerian nabbed in Australia with $10m hard drug
*Inadequate budgeting stalls recruitment of 10,000 policemen ' Okiro
*Biafra writes world leaders over Kanu's arrest

*We will explain how Abacha's loot was disbursed ' World Bank
*Lagos consumes N1billion worth of rice daily, says Ambode
*Police arrest 72, recover 818 cattle in Kano
*Fashola dismisses fake Twitter account
*Pension thieves must return stolen funds, El-Rufai vows
*Ambode lures Brazilian investors to Lagos

UK MIRROR
*On-duty fireman found hanged at station where he worked by night shift colleagues
*White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite 'was with Brit jihadist when he beheaded 50 villagers'
*CHILDREN among hundreds of people told they risk being murdered in escalating Salford gang feud
*Angry mob surround and grab young women 'because they  were scandalously dressed'
*Punter who won £116,000 on an  accumulator bought new car  BEFORE the bet came in

*Tragic boy, 4, loses brave battle with aggressive form of cancer after 'winning hearts of thousands'
*Toddler left fighting for his life after lump size of GRAPEFRUIT is discovered in his stomach
*Adele is back! Star unveils new music during The X Factor
*Armed gang 'rape woman in front of boyfriend then force her to watch  them drown him in lake'
*Husband found guilty of wife's murder kills himself in courtroom as judge passes sentence

*Boy, 6, shoots dead his little  brother playing cops and robbers with his dad's gun
*Shocking CCTV footage shows bystanders flee as Palestinian gunman opens fire at Israeli bus station
*Fears for heavily-pregnant missing  woman who mysteriously vanished days before she's due to give birth
*Delhi child rape: Two teenage boys arrested following sex attack on  two-year-old girl

*Calum Best 'arrested over hotel sex assault'
*Dad brutally beaten while trying to defend his 'vulnerable son' from two thugs
*British teens will have passports seized if parents fear they plan to join ISIS in Syria
*SAS ordered to bring back Jihadi  John ALIVE to face justice in  England

*'Bubbly' mum battling MS takes own life at assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland
*Meet the woman born without a WOMB who is now hoping to have a  child after pioneering transplant
*Gerard Houllier threatens to sue Nicolas Anelka after striker accuses  him of racism

BBC
*Tensions rise as migrant numbers grow
*Syria strikes 'kill 40 IS militants
*Stabbed German candidate elected mayor
*Typhoon Koppu weakens over Philippines
*China's economic growth falls to 6.9%
*Migrants stranded as political talks continue

*UK Ukraine rebel: 'I'm not a terrorist
*Suu Kyi anger over Muslim question
*Guatemala drought hits families
*Zimbabwe and South Africa qualify for Rio
*Vega may stand for Fifa presidency
*Heartbroken Scotland will rise again
*British woman dies at Turkish airport
*I've had enormous support - McClaren
*Israeli killed in bus station attack
*Glasgow secure ninth title in a row
*Mother 'breaks' marathon buggy record.