Here are highlights of items in the Nigerian news today:
*Tribunal dismisses Wike’s objection to new chairman.
*N4bn loan: Panel rejects request to arrest ex-chairmen.
*IG bans use of commercial vehicles for operations.
*Bulletproof cars: Dismiss Oduah’s suit, EFCC tells court.
*Army recalls 3,032 soldiers to battle Boko Haram.
*Cleaner caught with N53m at Lagos airport.
*PTDF cancels overseas scholarship scheme.
*Bayelsa tired of accidental leaders – Alaibe.
*Some Nigerians Prefer Stomach Infrastructure To Good Governance – Fashola.
*Ojuelegba Accident: Police Arrest Trailer Driver, Tow Mangled Vehicles.
*UBA Profit Rises 40% As Half Year Earnings Hit N167 Billion.
*DSS Sends Ogar, 14 Others on Compulsory Retirement.
*Kachikwu Gives Warri Refinery 90-day Deadline to Come on Stream.
*Buhari Approves Appointments of Two Senior Staff for Osinbajo.
*Again, Fire Guts Section of Balogun Market.
*Suicide Attacks Kill 10 in Cameroun. *NYSC Activates Biometric Database to Monitor Corps Members.
*ABU Gets Youngest 37-year-old Prof Doko.
*Agbaje: PDP heads for S’Court.
*Return Nigeria’s Looted Funds, Dogara Tells Western Countries.
*Hamid Ali Resumes At Customs Headquarters.
*Tambuwal Lays Foundation for 250 Housing Estate in Sokoto.
*Ondo: Ocean Surge Displaces Residents, Destroys Property.
*FG to fine overstaying non-ECOWAS visitors $2,000.
*FG didn’t allow my father to serve —Fernandez’ daughter.
*US judge jails clerk for refusing gay marriage licenses.
*Lagos gets 107 new Customary Court judges.
*Buhari declares 270 cattle, mud houses, N30m, others, Osinbajo worth $900,000, N94m and more.
*Enyeama loses mum.