Below are the headlines found on The Punch Online Newspaper for today, Friday, 18 August, 2017.

Police harassment of anti-Buhari protesters, shameful
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Punch Editorial Board For over a week, the police molested and tear-gassed a group of Nigerians protesting in Abuja over the continual medical vacation of President Muhammadu Buhari. Claiming that the President's medical vacation in England has crippled governance, a coalition of civil society organisations led by entertainer, Charles Oputa (aka Charly Boy), had formed []
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Impeached Edo Dep. Speaker refuses to return cars
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Alexander Okere, Benin A fresh crisis may be brewing in the Edo State House of Assembly as the impeached Deputy Speaker, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie, has held on to the cars, which the House directed her to return to new principal officers, claiming that the cars were given to her as gifts by a former governor, []
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No more cash-and-carry politics in Anambra 'ABC Nwosu
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Tony Okafor, Awka A former Minister of Health, Prof. ABC Nwosu, on Thursday assumed office as the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State, vowing that his team would end what he called cash-and-carry politics in the state's PDP. Nwosu's appointment followed the dissolution of the state's executive committee []
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NADECO dissociates self from clampdown story, US confab
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt The National Democratic Coalition has dissociated itself from the opinions of some persons, who claim to be its representatives. NADECO specifically said in a statement signed by its General Secretary, Ayo Opadokun, that the two persons, Mr. Uyi Meshack and Dr. M. Miller, linked to a story in The PUNCH titled, []
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Naira to weaken further as dollar demand increases
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Oyetunji Abioye The naira is seen weakening against the United States dollar on the black market in the coming days as demand for the dollar increases. Stakeholders and industry analysts, however, said the local unit was expected to trade within a range on the investor and exporters forex window and official interbank market. The local []
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TSA: FG begins audit of banks' remittances to CBN
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government has commenced an independent audit of remittances of its funds into the Treasury Single Account by Deposit Money Banks. The TSA is a platform used by the government to unify all its accounts by ensuring that all funds belonging to the Federal Government are kept with the Central Bank []
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Investors to build two refineries in P'Harcourt, Warri 'NNPC
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Femi Asu The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday said two private Nigerian companies had been selected to build two refineries in Port Harcourt and Warri under the co-location initiative of the Federal Government. The co-location initiative, introduced by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, seeks to ensure that new refineries []
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Lagos-Badagry Expressway reconstruction to claim LASU fence, two police stations
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Rasheed Bisiriyu with agency report The contractor handling the reconstruction of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, China Civil Engineering and Construction Company, has said that two police stations and part of the Lagos State University's gate are some of the structures along the road that will give way to the new 10-lane road. It attributed the slow []
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Manufacturing firms in hunt for cassava derivatives
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Anna Okon Manufacturing firms in the food and beverage sector have increased their demand for cassava derivates to be used as supplement for sugar. This is even as health concerns mount over the consumption of sugar and artificial sweeteners in food. The Regional Coordinator, West Africa, InitiatiefDuurzame Handel, Cyril Ugwu, who stated this at a []
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A.N unveils new solar power solutions in Nigeria
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Femi Asu Alternatio Navitas, a Lagos-based company with presence in the United Kingdom and China, has unveiled its off-grid solar home system in Nigeria to meet the electricity needs of households as supply from the national grid remains inadequate. The company, which provides renewable energy solutions, installation, services and advice on micro-generation projects at all []
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LCCI lauds Senate over engagement with private sector
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Anna Okon The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has commended the Senate for coming up with the initiative tagged the National Assembly Business Roundtable. The Director-General of the chamber, Mr. Muda Yusuf, gave this commendation in a statement where the LCCI remarked on the investigative activities of the National Assembly and their implications for []
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Offshore trade boosted Nigerian shares in June
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Stanley Opara Transactions on the country's stock market rose by 7.13 per cent to N220.27bn ($699.3m) in June from a month earlier, lifted by increased flows from foreign investors, stock exchange data showed on Thursday. The value of foreign transactions on the local bourse rose by 6.66 per cent to N101.53bn in the period, according []
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Equities rally, Eterna, Mobil, NAHCO top losers' chart
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Stanley Opara The Nigerian stock market, on Thursday, appreciated by N74bn with Eterna Plc, Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc, Nigerian Avation Handling Company Plc, Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc and Cutix Plc emerging as the top losers. The market closed on a positive note after recording huge losses this week, and the Nigerian Stock Exchange []
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How to be an outstanding entrepreneur
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Babatunde Fajimi The pre-occupation of entrepreneurs is to ensure that their small businesses become visible, prominent and successful. Every business desires success Every small business wants to be better than the other. The owners will do everything in their best interest to attract and keep customers in order to make money. One sure path of []
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Poultry sector starves as Nigeria exports grains
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Anna Okon Amid increased demand and high prices of grains used as feed mill for the poultry industry, operators in the sector lamented the exporting of maize and soya beans to other countries after every harvest season. The General Manager, Operations, Amo Farms, Mr. Emmanuel Oloruntoba, said this during a media briefing on the natnuPreneur []
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Power distributors' debts to market operator hit N120.7bn
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The indebtedness of power distribution companies to the electricity market operator, in terms of stipulated remittances to the MO, has risen to N120.7bn. It was gathered that the shortfall in remittances by the 11 Discos to the MO had been accumulating since the commencement of the Transitional Electricity Market in January 2015. []
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Opening a current account
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
The days of hiding your money underneath your mattress are long gone. With the craziness of today's hectic schedules, the dangers of leaving large sums of cash around unsecured and the need to maximise every penny of your investment as a nest egg for retirement, having your money resting safely in your current account, is []
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Business ideas for food lovers
Fri, 18 Aug 2017
IFE OGUNFUWA writes on some food-related businesses entrepreneurs can establish online Information sourcing has moved away from the bookstores and more people are using the Internet as a convenient platform to get informed. Similarly, e-commerce sites are gradually replacing the physical stores for retail businesses. This is because research has shown that online businesses are []
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