NEWS UPDATES

*   BOKO HARAM LAUNCHES FRESH ATTACKS ON BUNI YADI, YOBE STATE IN 9 HILUX BUSES; NUMBER OF CASUALTIES NOT YET ASCERTAINED

*           DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF SENATE, IKE EKWEREMADU COMMENDS FED. GOVT’S EFFORTS AT CURBING BOKO HARAM, CANVASSES CROSS-PARTY SUPPORT, INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION TO DEFEAT INSURGENCY

*           GOV. WIKE SWEARS-IN CARE TAKER COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN FOR TWENTY TWO OUT OF TWENTY THREE LOCAL GOVT. AREAS OF RIVERS STATE

*           PDP REFUSES TO ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR A 70 MILLION NAIRA CONTRACT ENTERED INTO ON BEHALF OF PARTY BY FMR. CHAIR AHMADU ALI

*           POLICE IN NASARAWA DEBUNK BOMB RUMOUR, SAY LOUD SOUND CAME FROM TRAILER TYRE  BURST

*           APC MAY INAUGURATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON JULY 20

*           GOV. WIKE RENAMES RIVERS POLY AFTER KEN SARO-WIWA

*           ILORIN COURT REMANDS ONE UMARU KIMAMDO, 35 IN PRISON OVER CULPABLE HOMICIDE

*         ICPC CHARGES 5 DIRECTORS OF NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS MINISTRY FOR 605 MILLION FRAUD

*       LAGOS COURT SENTENCES 19 YEAR OLD PAKISTANI, IFTIKHAR ARSLAN TO 18 MONTHS  IN PRISON FOR IMPORTING HEROIN

*       CASHLESS POLICY: BANKS BEGIN CHARGES ON WITHDRAWALS; CHARGES DIFFERENT FOR INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTS

*       CHADIAN MILITARY UNCOVERS BOKO HARAM DEPOT; ITEMS FOUND INCLUDE CONDOMS, LIBIDO ENHANCING TABLETS

       PROTESTS IN GHANA OVER INCREASING COST OF LIVING

       500 MIGRANTS RESCUED IN MEDITERRANEAN OFF LIBYA

       23 DEAD IN BANGLADESH CHARITY STAMPEDE

       BURUNDI GENERAL SAYS NKURUNZIZA IS DIVIDING THE NATION

*       VIOLENT EXPLOSION MAY ERUPT IN BURUNDI – UN RIGHTS CHIEF

*       IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS SET TO GO BEYOND ANOTHER DEADLINE

*       THOUSANDS STRANDED AS INDONESIAN VOLCANO CLOSES AIRPORTS

*       EU MINISTERS DISAGREE ON 40 000 REFUGEES RELOCATION

*       UK ADVISES BRITISH TOURISTS TO LEAVE TUNISIA

*       UN ANNOUNCES HUMANITARIAN TRUCE IN YEMEN

*       18 YEARS OLD GUNMAN, FIRING FROM HIS CAR IN ANSBACH, SOUTHERN GERMANY KILLS TWO

*       AUSTRALIA EXTRADITES SERBIAN WAR CRIMES SUSPECT

*       BUSINESS: GREECE DEBT CRISIS: MPS TO VOTE ON NEW BAILOUT PLAN

*       BUSINESS: CHINESE SHARES RALLY AS MOMENTUM SPREADS

*       SPORT: FMR GREEN EAGLES CAPTAIN HENRY NWOSU EXPRESSES CONCERN AT SUNDAY OLISEH AS CHOICE FOR SUPER EAGLES COACH, BUT NFF INSISTS HE IS QUALIFIED

*       SPORT: BLESSING OKAGBARE-IGHOTEGUONOR OF NIGERIA FINISHES 4TH IN LONG JUMP AT DIAMOND LEAGUE IN LAUSANNE

*       SPORT: NIGERIA'S REGINA GEORGE RETURNS IN 6TH PLACE AT LAUSANNE DIAMOND LEAGUE

*       SPORT: DOREEN AMATA OF NIGERIA PLACED 9TH AT DIAMOND LEAGUE HIGH JUMP EVENT

*       SPORT: ERITREAN RIDER DANIEL TEKLEHAIMAN BECOMES FIRST AFRICAN TO WIN KING OF  MOUNTAINS JERSEY AT TOUR DE FRANCE

*       SPORT: RACE LEADER TONY MARTIN BOW OUT OF TOUR DE FRANCE AFTER BREAKING COLLARBONE IN A CRASH

*       SPORT: ZDENEK STYBAR OF GERMANY  WINS TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE 6