Newspapers - Wednesday, 19/08/2020

Nigeria

Nigeria: Over 20,000 Nigerians employed for Lagos-Ibadan Rail project - Amaechi AllAfrica

How I Was Detained For 84 Days For Making A Comment About Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan And His Wife With A Twitter Parody Account —Babatunde Olusola Sahara Reporters

Factional Edo Assembly alleges plot to attack members The Punch

PDP asks Buhari to query Oshiomhole, Gambari over alleged arrest comments The Sun News

Edo: PDP, presidency disagree over leaked arrest video The Punch

ASUU urges Buhari to raise visitation panel on UNILAG crisis The Nation

Carrington offered me protection from Abacha, says Obasanjo Nigerian Guardian

Fresh arrest: Mompha sues EFCC, demands N5m The Punch

Oyedepo: anyone insulting me is wasting his time The Nation

Nigeria: 774,000 Jobs - Reps Reject 30 Slots for Members AllAfrica

Renewed War over 774,000 Public Works Jobs as N’Assembly Rejects Slots ThisDay

We’ve begun probe of Akpabio, Pondie, says EFCC Nigerian Guardian

Fertiliser valued at N356m diverted in Nasarawa The Nation

ASUU urges Buhari to raise visitation panel on UNILAG crisis The Nation

TRCN, Budget Office differ on remittance to govt treasury The Nation

Anambra Community Seeks Obiano’s Intervention to End Crisis ThisDay

World

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigns after military mutiny Global News

AOC 'snubs' Joe Biden in speech nominating Bernie Sanders The Independent

Takeaways from day two of the Democratic National Convention Reuters

Americans 'dramatically misunderstand' risk of dying from COVID-19, researchers say Fox News

Coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory in Australia: PM Morrison The Straits Times

World Photography Day: 5 of the year's best photo stories CNN

Indonesia warns of aftershocks after 6.9 Magnitude earthquake BNN Bloomberg

Embattled Florida Republican congressman loses primary challenge, CNN projects CNN

'Patently wrong': Jacinda Ardern rebuts Trump's claim of New Zealand COVID-19 surge HuffPost

US postpones talks with China over Beijing’s policy on COVID-19, Trump says Sputnik

Donald Trump: Michelle Obama speech 'extremely divisive' The Irish Independent

Technology

Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US BBC

Huawei promises Android updates to continue, Google still mum Slashgear

Best Samsung Galaxy S10, S10 Plus and S10E cases CNET

Hands-free driving could be on UK roads by spring BBC

Entertainment

Cuba Gooding Jr accused of raping woman at New York hotel in 2013 Sky News

Cardi B says she’s ‘calling the FBI’ on Trump supporters partying to ‘WAP’ Dazed Digita

Rachel Weisz will play twins in ‘Dead ringers’ TV adaption Just Jared

Star Trek and Chariots Of Fire actor Ben Cross dies at 72 People

Sport

Mike Tyson comeback fight in jeopardy after Roy Jones Jr threatens walkout Daily Star

PSG fans flock to streets after clinching Champions League final spot Malay Mail

NBA roundup: Top seeds fall in playoff openers Eurosport

Israel Adesanya still has sights set on Jon Jones, despite move to hw The Mix