Nigeria: Today's Newspaper Headlines [29 August, 2016]

Below are some of the headlines in some selected Nigerian Dailies for today, Monday, 29 August, 2016.

PUNCH

• Naira falls further to 414/dollar
  
  
• Falae links Jonathan to N100m election funds scam …tenders email to EFCC as evidence
  
  
• Airport worker dies after sex with girlfriend
  
  
• IYC, others knock Buhari for threatening militants
  
  
• Ten die in Ibadan auto crash
  
  
• My wife always beats me, man tells court
  
  
• PDP crisis: BoT set for stormy meeting today
  
  
• Budget padding: Jibrin should undergo psychiatric tests –Reps
  
  
• Truck kills robber while raiding passengers in Lagos

VANGUARD

• Kidnappers Abandon Victim As Truck Driver Blocks Escape Route
  
  
• PDP Leaders Move To Begin Peace Talks With Sheriff
  
  
• ‘Self-Sufficiency, Food Security In Agriculture Are Achievable In Nigeria’
  
  
• Time To Check Adverse Revenue Drives
  
  
• Why Budget Padding Occurs — Ita Enang
  
  
• Sheriff Provoked Boko Haram Insurgency, Says Borno AG
  
  
• Nigeria’ll Overcome Present Challenges — Jonathan
  
  
• Thugs Attack Obaseki’s Campaign Train, Five Abducted
  
  
• Oshiomhole Spent 65% Of Capital Budget In His Village — Ize-Iyamu
  
  
• PDP Youths: God Will Stop APC Rigging Plans
  
  
• Flood Alert: No Cause For Alarm, Lagos Govt Assures Residents
  
  
• FAAN Explains Disruption Of Int’l Flights At Lagos Airport
  
  
• LASG Gives Owners Of Illegal Structures, Street Hawkers 14 Days To Vacate The Island
  
  
• Why Nigeria Should Pull Out Of OPEC – NPA
  
  
• Federations Election Must Follow IOC Regulations, NOC Insists
  
  
• Police Nab Gang That Burgles Shops In Lagos Markets
  

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• Egypt To Toughen Punishment For FGM
  
  
• Bomb Blast At Brussels Police Building
  
  
• Ceasefire Takes Effect In Colombia
  
  
• Australian Aid Worker Freed In Afghanistan
  
  
• NMA Sets Up Committee For Fresh Election In Lagos
  
  
• Buhari: I’ll Treat N’Delta Militants Like Boko Haram
  
  
• Budget Padding: Security Agencies Probe Jibrin’s Assets In US, UK, Dubai, Others
  
  
• Inflation Raises $3.2bn Mambilla Power Contract To $6bn
  
  
• Troops Establish School For IDPs In Borno
  
  
• IPOB Raises The Alarm Over Arrests, Deaths Of Members