Here are the major headlines for Saturday, July 30, 2016

* Police officer feared dead during youth protest

* PDP made mistakes for 16 years in power – Dokpesi
* Militants’ attacks : Hotels shut down in Lagos, as residents flee in Ogun
* Why most women are not sexually satisfied
* Police rescue another chained child in Ogun as culprit flees
* Bakare flays Northern elders opposing restructuring
* Man cuts off wife’s hand over alleged adultery in Abia
* FG, NFF absent at Keshi’s burial, as Eguavoen eulogizes late coach
* We kidnapped Sierra Leonean envoy to raise money for Sallah
* Rising interest rate will worsen Nigerian banks’ woes – Fitch
* FG pays 70 construction companies N63.12 billion, says Fashola
* Skye Bank gets N100 billion CBN lifeline
* Switzerland set to repatriate $321 million Abacha loot
* Red alert : Fresh kidnap scare in FESTAC
* Dogara denies sharing $20,000 each to Appropriations Committee members
* How I refused N405 million money laundering offer by governor – Falana
* Video : Fayose accuses Buhari, says somebody from Ekiti gave him N1.5 million for campaign
* Video : Watch Murtala Muhammed’s bloodless coup against Gowon
* Bandits threaten to attack Lagos community
* Fear grips bank customers in Enugu
* Military onslaught against pipeline vandals continues in Lagos, Ogun
* PDP faults Obiano’s claim on agriculture exploits
* ExxonMobil profits plunge on low oil prices
* How breastfeeding alters maternal metabolism, protects against diabetes for up to 15 years after delivery
* Okorocha wants pay cut for workers, proposes 3 work days per week
* Controversy trails cancer patient’s appeal find
* 19 militants killed in Lagos/Ogun military bombardment
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