Today's National News Headlines - 29-7/2015

Good Day!

THE NATION

*Ooni of Ife is dead

*APC, PDP give Buhari nod to go after looters

*Gbajabiamila is House Leader

*Tinubu seeks more time for Buhari

*Army rescues 30 persons from terrorists

*EFCC grills Saraki's wife, PDP BOT's chair for hours

*Senate's search for peace continues as House settles rift

*Saraki to senators: it's time to face legislative duties

*APC senators kick as Akpabio becomes Minority Leader

*Opposition backs President's anti-graft campaign

*Akwa Ibom University matriculates 1,648 students

*Fed Govt moves against rice waiver beneficiaries

*UK, Nigeria push for more investments

*Chinese regulator to buy shares to halt decline

*Unilever increases majority shareholding in Unilever Nigeria

*Alameiyesiegha rallies elders to save Bayelsa PDP

*Aregbesola's critics are ignorant

*APC chieftain backs Ngige for SGF

8th Senate will be more focused ' Saraki

DAILY TIMES

*BREAKING: Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Is Dead

*Troops Repel Boko Haram Attacks on

Army Chief's Village

*SAN pledges support for NGO on building New Northern Nigeria

*Service Chiefs: Buhari Seeks Senate Confirmation

*2011 Polls: INEC Boss Rates Observers Report High

*Femi Gbajabiamila Announced House Majority Leader

*Akpabio Emerges Senate Minority Leader

*APC Backs President Buhari's Probe of Jonathan Administration

VANGUARD

*House Principal Officers: How Buhari got House leader job for Gbajabiamila

*Probe: Buhari should expect similar treatment from his successor 'Okorie

*Ajimobi bars newsmen from Gov's office press centre

*I didn't take N700m bribe, Rivers REC cries out

*Wike pays N712m for stranded Rivers students abroad

*Buhari worried over non-payment of teachers' salaries

*I've learnt my lessons for good ' Alamieyeseigha

*FG spends 2.41b dollars on rice importation since 2012 ' Emefiele

*Oil prices pull back from lows

*Religious bias, nepotism inimical to good governance

*Don't bandy figures without facts, NCC blasts critics

*Prepare for Enyeama's exit, Rufai tells Oliseh

*NFF unfair to Keshi ' Okpalla

*Fifa: Platini to announce presidency bid

Blatter deserves Nobel Prize ' Putin

*Chelsea sell Filipe Luis back to Atletico

*Femi Branch, Lilian Bach, Shan George storm Calabar

*Kollington Ayinla, Salawa Abeni back in each other's arms

*I'm getting married soon-Tonto Dikeh

BBC

*Egypt factory fire kills at least 25

*Twitter boss 'not satisfied' with growth

*Ukraine 'blacklists' actor Depardieu

*China stocks recover in early trade

* Remains of first US colonists identified

*In court as Gaddafi's son sentenced to death

*Ebola: 'Isn't that over yet

*Android bug affects 'billion' phones

*Mexico dismiss Herrera as coach

*Florida man plotted 'US beach attack

*Burnham suggests new social care tax

*Disneyland Paris faces pricing probe

Celtic v Qarabag

* Virgin Galactic crash: Brakes blamed

CNN

*Thousands of migrants try to enter Channel Tunnel

*Trump on debate: 'I am what I am

*Pentagon takes computer system offline

*Dashcam shows cop's threat to kill

*Trump lawyer 'wrong' on spousal rape

*Huckabee: Obama marching Israel to 'oven door

*Only 4 Northern White Rhinos left on earth

*Blatter deserves Nobel Prize for FIFA work, Putin says

*NATO backs Turkey after ISIS attacks

*Some U.S. senators want an oil war with Iran

*Strong U.S. dollar could trigger currency crisis

*UK hunts down dirty cash in London property

*Oil prices have plunged nearly 20% this month

*Volkswagen selling more cars than Toyota

*Chinese police shut down fake iPhone factory

*Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam sentenced to death

*Obama attacks corruption in Africa

*Mike Bloomberg buys London mansion for $25 million

*Wanted: Dentist accused of Cecil the lion kill