Today's Newspaper Headlines [3rd July, 2016]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Sunday, 03 July, 2016.

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PUNCH:

• Fayose: Police get 102 petitions
• Forgery: Saraki, others’ trial in order, court tells AGF, IGP
• … Catholic priests protest in Enugu
• Herdsmen kill ECWA pastor, dismember body
• Tight security in Abia Govt House as court rules Monday
• Police probe murder of Oyo assembly’s only opposition member
• Post-UTME: NANS demands refund for students
• SSANU, NASU insist on new VC for OAU, reject Salami
• Ramadan: Amosun’s wife donates food to Muslims
• Saraki, others have no absolute immunity, says Falana
• DSS didn’t arrest our men — N’Delta Avengers
• Rivers: Soldiers kill two cult members in gun duel

VANGUARD:

• Anarchy Looms In Abia As Third Contender Emerges, Challenges Court Ruling Affirming Ogah As Gov-Elect
• Herdsmen Attack: Enugu Catholic Bishop Blasts Security Agencies
• We’re Lending To Nations, Says Adeboye
• Edo: We Will Surmount PDP Crisis To Beat APC — Ize-Iyamu
• Avengers, Tompolo Disown Alleged Bombers In DSS Custody
• Akinwumi Adesina Mobilises $3bn To Boost Technology In Nigeria, Other African Countries
• The Making Of Senate Rules And The Forgery Controversy
  

THE NATION:

• EFCC traces N2.5b to ex-female minister’s housemaid’s account
• Abia stalemate: Buhari awaits legal advice from AGF
• Gunmen kill Oyo Assembly member
• Senate Orders forgery: Judge refuses to stop IGP, AGP on Saraki, others’ prosecution
• Behind AMCON’s revved-up debt recovery
• 18 injured in Mecca stampede
• Falana: No absolute immunity for president, govs
• Buhari presidency needs fresh thinking
• Ali, trump and clinton: The greatest, the baddest and the saddest (the finale)
• President Buhari’s appointments and the federal character concept
• Kogi State govt: active, indulgent and retrograde
• Abia conundrum as Ikpeazu, Ogah go for broke

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE:

• PDP Picks Dep Gov Candidate In Edo
• Niger Delta Communities Face Extinction Over Erosions—ERA
• 54-Year Old Man, Defiles 11-Year Old Orphan In Ekiti
• Yoruba Leaders Deplore Lopsided Security Appointment
• Bodies Of Oil Workers Killed By Militant Found
• Acting IGP raises the alarm over increasing rate of crime
• It’s Sad That Edo Govt Didn’t Employ For 8 Years —PDP Gov Candidate

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• Fresh Fuel Scarcity Looms As PENGASAN Sets To Go On Strike
• Buhari Loses Grip Of N/Assembly
• IPOB To Buhari, DSS: We Are Not Terrorists
• Ogah Fears For His Life, Goes Underground
• Oyo Lawmaker Killed Few Days To Doctorate
• Herdsmen Attack: Catholics Protest In Enugu, Want Gazing Bill
• Woman Poisons Day-Old Stepson In Niger State