Below are the headlines found on The Punch Online Newspaper for today, Tuesday, 1 AUGUST, 2017.

Kwara fixes November 4 for LG poll
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Success Nwogu, Ilorin The Chairman of the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, Dr. Uthman Ajidagba, on Monday, said the commission had fixed Saturday, November 4 for the conduct of elections into the 16 local government areas of the state. He also notified all political parties and other relevant stakeholders of the commencement of 2017 LG []
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Peter Obi hasn't dumped APGA, says Oye
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Tony Okafor, Awka The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Oye, on Monday said steps were being taken to reconcile and bring back aggrieved members of the party. He said he had reached out to such members with a view to making the party formidable for the November 18 governorship election []
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Ward congresses: APC awaits appeal committees' report
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The Police Special Fraud Unit on Monday stalled the arraignment of eight members of staff of the Dangote Sugar Refinery, Apapa, before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja due to their inability to produce one of the defendants in court. The defendant, Mr. Habib Mande, and his company, El-Habib Property Nigeria Limited, []
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How landlord can spot dream tenants
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Abiodun Doherty One common issue in real estate arises from challenges between landlords and tenants. It is a fact that landlords expect their assets to not only give them profit but also peace of mind. When both or one of these outcomes is missing, the property becomes a burden rather than an asset. Many property []
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Refineries should be located where oil is explored ' Emmanuel
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Jesusegun Alagbe The Akwa Ibom State Governor and Interim Chairman, South-East/South-South Governors' Forum, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has said that refineries and petrochemical industries should be located in areas where oil is being explored. Emmanuel said this after a recent inaugural meeting of governors in the two zones. A statement on Monday quoted the governor to []
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Forex: CBN opens week with $195m intervention
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Oyetunji Abioye The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday offered $100m in wholesale auction at the inter-bank foreign exchange market and intervened in the Small and Medium Enterprises and invisible segments with the sums of $50m and $45m, respectively. The CBN had on Friday sold $462m as part of its intervention in the interbank forex []
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Enelamah elected WTO conference vice-chairman
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, has been elected as the vice-chairman representing Africa for the 11th World Trade Organisation's Ministerial Conference A statement by the ministry on Monday said Enelamah's election was decided at the meeting of the WTO General Council on July 26, 2017. The General []
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Complete your refinery before Dec 2019, FG urges Dangote
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Femi Asu The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has urged the Dangote Group to expedite work on its crude oil refinery to enable it to come on stream before the end of 2019. Kachikwu stated this on Monday in Lagos during his visit to the site of the Dangote refinery. Earlier, []
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FG to acquire more land for Lagos-Ibadan rail
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Rasheed Bisiriyu The Federal Government plans to acquire more land outside the railway right of way for the construction of the new Lagos-Ibadan rail line. This is coming about five months after construction work was expected to have started on the $1.5bn (N458bn) rail project. But the Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr. Fidet Okheria, []
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FG adopts automated system for 2018 budget preparation
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja For the first time since it was acquired over five years ago, the Federal Government will be using the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System for the preparation of the 2018 budget. The Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Mr. Ben Akabueze, confirmed this on Monday in Abuja at a workshop for []
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Ministers discuss presidential directive on local goods
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu; and the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Aisha Abubakar, met in Abuja on Monday on the implementation of a Presidential Order directing government Ministries, Departments and Agencies to give preference to locally-made goods and services in their procurement. Some []
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Abuja airport second runway'll be ready before 2019 ' FG
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The second runway for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will be ready before the end of the current administration in 2019, the Federal Government has said. It said the construction of a second runway at the airport was on course, as preliminary consultations were ongoing. Operators in the aviation sector, as []
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LCCI commends resilience of indigenous enterprises
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Anna Okon The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has praised local enterprises for their resilience, maintenance of standards and innovative practices despite the economic headwinds in the country. The President, LCCI, Dr. Nike Akande, stated this at the chamber's 2017 Commerce and Industry Awards in Lagos on Monday. Over 18 firms emerged recipients of []
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Naira closes at 365 despite CBN dollar sales
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Oyetunji Abioye The naira closed at 365 against the United States dollar at the parallel market segment of the foreign exchange market on Monday, down from 364/dollar it closed on Friday. This was despite the sales of $462m and $195m in the interbank forex market by the Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday and Monday, []
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How to operate your business account
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Do you use a personal account for your business transactions' If you do, you may want to open a business account. There are many benefits of a business account. As you continue to grow your company, keep these business bank account benefits in mind, according to www.patriotsoftware.com. Benefits of a business account You are not []
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Unity Bank, BoI boost small business growth
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Unity Bank Plc is set to partner the Bank of Industry for the execution of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, one of the social intervention programmes of the Federal Government. The development followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the BoI and the lender. GEEP provides access to affordable micro credit to []
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Fashola, power firms, as constituted, cannot deliver
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
WITH next to no pressure whatsoever coming from the relevant authorities to force an attitudinal change out of the pampered and incompetent power firms, it is evident that the woes of electricity consumers in Nigeria are not about to end soon. On the contrary, the lot of the consumers is expected to get worse in []
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Access Bank upgrades mobile banking app
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Access Bank Plc has upgraded its mobile banking app with a set of new features. The additional features, according to the bank, allow customers to perform multiple functions including quick airtime top-up and funds transfer without signing on to the app. 'Customers can also initiate self-block and unblock cards on all channels; make domiciliary account []
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Capital Express seeks development of mutual funds
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Nike Popoola The Vice-Chairman, Capital Express Global Holdings Limited, Mr. Tony Aletor, has advised investors to reconsider their stance on mutual funds. Aletor said this while addressing stakeholders at BGL Sapphire Fund's annual general meeting in Lagos. During the meeting, BGL Saphire Fund, which is managed by Capital Express Asset and Trust Limited, presented its []
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Five ways to protect your business bank account
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Crooks have redoubled their efforts to target small businesses in recent months. Ever since the target breach, every major publicly traded corporation has been working to beef up security. Small businesses, however, don't have the luxury of IT departments or technology departments to do that. So crooks have pivoted to the easy pickings, according to []
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Police to arraign Dangote workers for N451m theft
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The Police Special Fraud Unit on Monday stalled the arraignment of eight members of staff of the Dangote Sugar Refinery, Apapa, before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja due to their inability to produce one of the defendants in court. The defendant, Mr. Habib Mande, and his company, El-Habib Property Nigeria Limited, []
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Aluu four: Sergeant, two others get death sentence
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Friday Amobi, Port Harcourt A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday sentenced a Police Sergeant, Mr. Lucky Orji; and two others, David Ogbada and Ikechukwu Amadi, aka Kapoon, to death for the murder of four students of the University of Port Harcourt. The court discharged and acquitted four other suspects standing []
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Police uncover Badoo shrine, arrest 51-year-old for killing couple
Tue, 01 Aug 2017
Afeez Hanafi A 51-year-old man, Alhaji Alaka Abayomi, has been arrested in connection with the attack on a family of five in Oke Ota community, Ibeshe, Ikorodu by a ritual cult, Badoo. Abayomi, who lives in the Magodo area of the state was said to be working with the group. He was arrested along with []
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Honestly, I want obi back in APGA.