TIT BITS

1.                NNPC GMD KACHIKWU CANVASSES SPEEDY DEREGULATION OF OIL AND GAS SECTOR

2.                FOREIGN: GHANA PRESIDENTIAL CONVOY CRASH KILLS REPORTER

3.                FOREIGN: SIERRA LEONE OFFERS $1,000 REWARD TO FIND “GANG-RAPE” KILLERS

4.                 FOREIGN: GUINEA-BISSAU'S NEW PM BACIRO DJA, SWORN IN AMIDST TENSION

5.                FOREIGN: DRC TO INVESTIGATE SOLDIER RAPE CHARGES IN CAR

6.                FOREIGN: GAZA FAMILIES ASK EGYPT TO SAVE ABDUCTED PALESTINIANS

7.                 FOREIGN: BOMB BLAST ROCKS PHILIPPINES MILITARY BASE

8.                       FOREIGN: IRAN WELCOMES UN PEACE PLAN FOR SYRIA

9.                BIZ: ASIAN SHARES CONTINUE GLOBAL DOWNWARD TREND

10.          BIZ: FACTORY ACTIVITY IN WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST ECONOMY, CHINA, FALLS TO WEAKEST IN OVER SIX YEARS

11.               SPORT: FIFA MEETS WITH MAJOR SPONSORS OVER CORRUPTION PROBES

12.               SPORT: FIBA 3X3 BASKETBALL STAR ANDY ORTIZ DIE IN CAR CRASH AT 28

13.               SPORT: ITALY WINS MIXED RELAY AT 2015 MODERN PANTATHLON EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

14.               SPORT: BRITISH SAILOR HANNAH WHITE BREAKS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR SAILING ACROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL

15.               SPORT: KAZAKHSTAN SET TO HOST WORLD JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM AUGUST 24

16.               SPORT: IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH HAILS PYEONGCHANG 2018 OLYMPIC GAMES HOSTING PREPARATION

17.               SPORT: ANDY MURRAY BEATS GRIGOR DIMITROV AT CINCINNATI MASTERS