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

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

PUNCH

• Man rapes church member after her birthday party
  
  
• Indonesia executes three Nigerians for drug trafficking
  
  
• Alleged Turkish coupists own schools, hospitals in Nigeria –Envoy
  
  
• Family insists #SaveMayowa is no scam amid controversy
  
  
• Controversy over #SaveMayowa
  
  
• Iheanacho, Adarabioyo start as City beat Dortmund
  
  
• I almost fled to Cameroon during Jonathan’s regime – Lamido
  
  
• Military bombards Lagos, Ogun creeks, scores feared killed
  
  
• Dogara diverted FG water project to his farm –Jibrin
  
  
• Bricklayer abducts two children, sells three-year-old for N1, 500
  
  
• Hard times ahead for Nigerian economy, says Lemo
  

VANGUARD:

• You Must Represent Nigeria Positively, Saraki Tells Ambassadorial Nominees
  
  
• FG Workers Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Salary Arrears
  
  
• OAU Re-Opens, Fresh Students To Resume Aug 3
  
  
• Buhari Congratulates Fr Mbaka On 21st Priestly Ordination Anniversary
  
  
• Video: Toyin Aimakhu In Tears, Alleges Scam Over #Savemayowa
  
  
• Name Aso Rock After Gen Aguiyi Ironsi, Ohanaeze Youths Urge Buhari
  
  
• Gbagyi Community Residents Protest Planned Demolition By Kaduna Govt
  
  
• Why We Must Continue With Demolition, By Gov Wike
  
  
• Law Against Land Touts Most Welcome
  
  
• July 29,1966 Counter-Coup: Africa’s Bloodiest Coup D’état
  
  
• We’ll Deal With Civil Servants Who Steal Govt Revenue- Obiano
  
  
• Video: Pope Francis Falls In Poland
  
  
• No To Pension, Immunity For NASS Principal Officers —Ex-Rep
  
  
• N-Delta Elders To Buhari: Dialogue With Avengers, Not MEND
  
  
• Obiano Installs Monarch 24 Hours After Community’s Protest Against Him
  
  
• Okowa Wades Into Navy, Oghara Community Land Row
  

NEW TELEGRAPH:

• US Election: US Faces ‘Moment Of Reckoning’ Says Hillary Clinton
  
  
• Red Cross Urges Guarantees For Aleppo
  
  
• Pope Urges Youth To Accept Migrants
  
  
• Merkel Rules Out Migrant Policy Reversal
  
  
• July 29: A Significant Date In Nigeria’s History
  
  
• UN Warns Of ‘Race Against Time’ For 23m Drought-Stricken African Farmers
  
  
• Rio 2016: Mikel Splashes $30, 000 On Dream Team
  
  
• Why I’m Yet To Sign Another Artiste On My Label –2Baba
  
  
• I’m The Most Popular African Female Artiste, Tiwa Savage Boasts
  

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE:

• Offer Hope To Citizens, Buhari Charges Muslim Clerics
  
  
• Coup: Turkish Ambassador Urges FG To Close 17 Turkish Schools
  
  
• Ajimobi Pledges Free Food Distribution
  
  
• UNIJOS VC Escapes Death, Security Personnel Killed
  
  
• Cultists Kill Retired Police Officer, Son In Makurdi
  
  
• 2 Persons, Policeman Injured In Multiple Taxation Protest
  
  
• Oyo Govt Unveils Plans For Aggressive Taxes, Levies Collection
  

THE NATION:

• Doubts over PDP’s convention as court warns Makarfi group
  
  
• Obanikoro’s aide: we took N1.2b to Fayose in Ekiti
  
• Convention ‘ll hold, says Makarfi group
  
  
• We’re correcting our lapses as a nation, says Buhari
  
  
• ‘Wike can’t prove corruption allegation against me’
  
  
• Sultan lashes politicians for sharing $15billion arms cash
  
  
• EFCC’s attention now on Ekiti, Fayose alleges
  
  
• How CBN rate hike will affect economy, by experts
  
  
• Workers’ retrenchment looms in Oyo
  
  
• AI protests planned execution of five Nigerians, others by Indonesia
  
  
• Troops launch attacks on militants’ base in Ogun
  
  
• Jonathan released N15 billion for Mimiko’s re-election, APC alleges
  
  
• LUTH, nurses’ executives meet in Abuja over strike
  
  
• Aregbesola to open job centre for Osun indigenes
  
  
• Support swells for Ajasin’s NDDC appointment
  
  
• Customs boss decries influx of arms
  
  
• Fisheries society to honour Adesina, Mimiko, others
  
  
• Motailatu Church holds three-day revival in Ibadan
  
  
• 20 held as cultists kill one in Ekiti
  
  
• Defence College to build military hardware
  

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