Today's News Headlines - 20/8/2015

Ekaro oh.

The Guardian Newspaper has as one of its headline News ''FG set to raise education tax''.

Meaning?

GUARDIAN

*FG set to raise education tax,

*New AGOA deal offers Nigeria, others $8b export target

*Buhari tells NNPC to work with indigenous oil producers

*Boko Haram did not kill 150 Yobe villagers, says DHQ

*Group tackles Amosun over education workers' sack

*Dismissed workers lament non-payment of allowances in Kano

*Man, 27, commits suicide in Osun

*Midnight fire destroys 10 shops, valuables in Ondo

*Ambode gives contractor 3 months to complete Ipaja-Ayobo Road

*52-year old man arrested for molesting a 10-year old girl

*Police catches prisoner who used bedsheets to escape

*15, 000 people arrested in China for cyber crime

*1, 260 pilgrims for 2015 hajj in Plateau, govt sponsors 320

*Barcelona's Pedro to join Chelsea ' reports

*Facebook tops social pack in US, Twitter lags: study

*11 individuals, firms bag National Productivity award today

DAILY TRUST

*Police bust 8 robbery syndicates, recover 12 cars

*NULGE strike stalls activities at FCT area councils

*Alhassan Gwagwa leads 6000 PDP supporters to APC

*Driver burnt to death in Zuba

*Senator: Its wicked to allocate 1% of budget to agriculture

*Deadline on rice importation is not achievable AFAN

*Onion farmers attribute glut to absence of storage facilities

*Bird flu: Rivers depopulates 7000 birds

*Nigeria can earn over N2bn annually from banana

*No money for fertilizer, Taraba govt tells farmers

THIS DAY

*Jokosenumi: Nigeria Will Benefit from Financial System Strategy 2020

*Ex-Speaker Rejects Fayose's Appointment, Shuns Screening

*Constitutional Amendment Crucial to Anti-Graft Strategy Review, Says Lamorde

*National Development: Buhari to Declare Open Diaspora Day Tuesday

*Military Obliterates Fleeing Boko Haram Terrorists from Sambisa

*Drought: Food Scarcity May Hit Nigeria, Expert Warns

*SIM Deactivation: Angry Subscribers Storm Network Centres

*UN: Nigeria Has Highest Number of IDPs Worldwide

*Ribadu Wants Culprits of Money Laundering Punished

*Governors Meet Ahead of NEC Meeting Today

*Police: How Suspected Ilorin Cultists Killed Victims

THE SUN

*Finally, Kogi gov joins guber race

*In Enugu, accountability and fiscal discipline take the lead

*We can't ban breast milk substitutes -NAFDAC DG

*Military kills 'many' Boko Haram in battle

*66m Nigerians have no access to safe water ' UNICEF

*Poor child nutrition can cause chronic diseases into adulthood

*Idika Kalu decries poverty level in Nigeria

*Army warns soldiers against friction with civilians

*Corruption: Scrap Abdulsalami'led Peace Committee 'Group

*Boko Haram meets waterloo in Gwoza

The terror mediator

*Nigeria is highly tribalized and polarized

CNN

*Cairo car bomb wounds 6

*Trump to Pope: 'ISIS wants to get you

*Trump birthright pledge divides rivals

*Town hall throw-down: Trump, Bush trade shots

*Gay student sues China over 'demonizing' textbooks

*Pistorius' early release on hold

*Plane that crashed carried cash lifeline for the poor

*ISIS executes antiquities expert

*2 gunmen arrested near Turkish palace

*4th Bangladeshi boy attacked and killed

*Crisis in Syria is worsening, 'horrified' U.N. official warns

*Russia's Vladimir Putin stirs up Ukrainian anger with deep dive

*Shanghai stocks plunge 6% as volatility returns

*China blasts: Insurance costs top $1.5 billion

*Texas economy resilient even as oil prices fall

BBC

*Yemen 'on the brink of famine

*Bomb targets Egypt security building

*Calais centre to target traffickers

*Germs from opossums 'kill 17 babies

*Coins worth $4.5m found off Florida

*Western band plays to North Koreans

*The women taking up arms against IS

*VIDEO: Hundreds of ships sail into Amsterdam

*New sex abuse claims hit UN in CAR

*PKK fighters prepare for battle with IS

*Finland considers basic income reform

*Ten-year-old pianist plays to patients

*Rooney insists 'the goals will come

*'Safety a priority for Uber in India

*Hackers publish details from affairs site

*Students get new video games course

*Complaints over polluted Rio waters