Headline News (Friday 4th March 2016)

VANGUARD
* I’m ready for trial to clear my name, but… – Dasuki
* Melaye berated over alleged uncomplimentary remarks about Edo gov’s wife
* MAYHEM IN KETU: Gov slams curfew, shuts market
* FUEL SCARCITY: NLC threatens to order workers to down tools if…
* Edo 2016: Cat and mouse games
* Man Steals From Church Offering Box

PUNCH
* Several Cars Vandalised as Hausa, Yoruba Clash Claims Five in Lagos
* FG to Unbundle NNPC into Five Operating Zones, 30 Companies
* Ese Remains in Police Custody as Father Confirms Pregnancy
* Tambuwal Orders Probe of Another Teenager’s ‘Abduction’ in Sokoto
* Secondus Gets Bail, Accuses APC-led FG of Witch Hunt
* Nigeria Loses $7bn Annually to Poor
Relations with Israel, Says Expert

TRIBUNE
* Nigeria is sick, progressives must rescue it —Gbadegesin, US don
* Troops discover IED making factories in Kumshe
* Nigeria can invent own aeroplane, drone —Inventors
* Religious extremism claimed 18,000 Africans in 4yrs —Mimiko
* Yoruba now recognised as official language in Benin Republic —Amb Obisakin
* NIS recruitment fraud: Court grants Abba Moro bail on self recognition

THE NATION
* 10 die in Lagos clash
* National Assembly to Buhari: drop N500b intervention fund from Budget 2016
* Kidnappers of Lagos schoolgirls reduce ransom
* Fraud in NBC: EFCC recovers N10b, set to prosecute ex-DG Mba, three others
* Naira speculators will soon burn their fingers, says CBN deputy governor
* Kidnappers of Lagos schoolgirls reduce ransom...

Good morning and have a splendid weekend..4/03/2016