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OCTOBER 1 is a day for joy and celebrations for us Nigerians whatever the circumstances we find ourselves in because it is the day, 55 years ago; we liberated ourselves from the shackles of colonialism and began our long march to nationhood and to greatness. No temporary problems or passing challenges should stop us from honoring this day. Let us remind ourselves of the gifts God has given us. Our Creator has bequeathed to us Numbers – Nigeria is the ninth most populated country on the planet. We have in addition: • Arable land • Water • Forests • Oil and gas • Coastline • Solid minerals We have all the attributes of a great nation. We are not there yet because the one commodity we have been unable to exploit to the fullest is unity of purpose. This would have enabled us to achieve not only more orderly political evolution and integration but also continuity and economic progress. Countries far less endowed have made greater economic progress by greater coherence and u

DAILY TRUST Cabinet: Senate to reveal list on Tuesday......Buhari says the wait is over Assets: Judge withdraws from Saraki’s case Boko Haram poisons drinking water sources in Borno PDP zones presidency to North for 2019 House probes Mambila hydroelectric power project 535 days since Chibok school girls were kidnapped Immigration denies issuing Visa to ISIS chief Military to re-integrate repentant terrorists Insurgency stopped 126, 484 Yobe children from school by UNICEF Nothing to cheer about at 55--AFENIFERE PUNCH Ministerial list: Buhari submits 21 names • Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige, Onu, Aisha Alhassan, Fayemi, Malami Abubakar, Kachikwu make list We are not after anyone –Buhari We’ve zoned 2019 presidential candidate to North – PDP Bayelsa 2015: Sylva to face Dickson again Judge withdraws from Saraki’s case over online reports States still owe us two billion niara, says WAEC Our views on Nigeria at 55 Immigration service arrests Lebanese terrorist’s accomplices

NIGERIAN PILOT Saraki’s Trial: Tread with caution, Dogara tells Buhari. ....83 Senators back Senate President Hajj Stampede: Nigerians death toll rises to 64 Ikeja Electricity plans 50% reduction on fixed charges Again, APC postpones Bayelsa governorship primary FG sells 53bilion naira worth of Treasury Bills Nigeria’s Federalism fraudulent—Governor Amosun INEC closes defence at Rives governorship tribunal Buhari seeks Senate confirmation of AMCON, FIRS, NCC bosses FG receives last batch of Ebola mission team Man submits self to police after matcheting wife Falae: Paying ransom, reward to crime—IGP VANGUARD Afenifere calls for stoppage of Fulani cattle rearing activities in Yorubaland Falae: Police not privy to ransom payment, says IG Assembly dashes Ambode’s hope over commissioners Police arraign blogger over Amosun’s wife story Bayelsa rescheduled primary fails to hold Rowdy Session as Senate Resumes 20 families homeless as fire razes makeshift buildings in La

Incumbent Chairman of the 8th National Assembly and Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has urged members of the Red chamber to ensure that the long-awaited ministerial list of President Muhammadu Buhari is treated with urgency, when it is eventually submitted by the President Buhari this week. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/lets-treat-buharis-ministerial-list-with-urgency-saraki-tells-senators/

NIGERIAN PILOT Rivers Governorship: Soldiers, Policemen lied on oath---INEC witnesses U.N. General Assembly: Buhari misses meeting with Pope Francis Stampede: FG orders NAHCON to account for all Nigerian pilgrims Cabal behind Saraki’s ordeal—Wamakko....Reps scramble for juicy committees Nigeria’s teledensidy rises by 70% in 6 months—NLC 435 policemen killed in 6 months—IGP ‘India cautious of buying Nigerian crude oil’ Akwa Ibom begins work at Ibaka sea port APC orders fresh Bayelsa guber primary LASU wants male workers to enjoy paternity leave War against insurgency a must win--FG NUJ mourns Bilikisu Yusuf PUNCH List of ministers ready Ransom was paid to my kidnappers ─ Olu Falae Buhari won’t attach value to ministers – PDP Rivers tribunal: Nigerian Army lied, says INEC Policeman to die by hanging for murder Ebonyi gov seizes commissioners’ salaries over lateness Ensure stolen funds’ return, Buhari urges world leaders Saudi stampede: Buhari orders headcount of

NIGERIAN PILOT Rivers Governorship: Soldiers, Policemen lied on oath---INEC witnesses U.N. General Assembly: Buhari misses meeting with Pope Francis Stampede: FG orders NAHCON to account for all Nigerian pilgrims Cabal behind Saraki’s ordeal—Wamakko....Reps scramble for juicy committees Nigeria’s teledensidy rises by 70% in 6 months—NLC 435 policemen killed in 6 months—IGP ‘India cautious of buying Nigerian crude oil’ Akwa Ibom begins work at Ibaka sea port APC orders fresh Bayelsa guber primary LASU wants male workers to enjoy paternity leave War against insurgency a must win--FG NUJ mourns Bilikisu Yusuf PUNCH List of ministers ready Ransom was paid to my kidnappers ─ Olu Falae Buhari won’t attach value to ministers – PDP Rivers tribunal: Nigerian Army lied, says INEC Policeman to die by hanging for murder Ebonyi gov seizes commissioners’ salaries over lateness Ensure stolen funds’ return, Buhari urges world leaders Saudi stampede: Buhari orders headcount of

PUNCH Saraki: Senators set for stormy session tomorrow We won’t abandon Saraki –PDP ‘Saraki’s trial can rubbish Buhari’s anti-corruption war’ Mecca tragedy: Nigerian man, wives, mother, stepmother die Buhari stops special allowance for Villa guards Ogun’ll immortalise HID Awolowo, says Amosun Trial of NNPC looters to begin soon –Buhari Buhari to send supplementary budget to National Assembly Boko Haram torches 60 houses in Adamawa villages Stop playing politics with religion, Osinbajo tells Nigerians APC can’t stop my re-election, Dickson boasts APC leaders meet today over Bayelsa primary Court hears electricity tariff suit Nov 24 Damaged cable caused Ikorodu boat accident ─ LASG Plateau gets N5.3bn bailout, to pay workers today NATION Nigeria’s death toll in Saudi stampede hits 56 Trial: Saraki, loyalists lobby emirs Bauchi’s mystery plane: Tale of a drain pipe Buhari: NNPC looters to face trial soon How stampede happened, by MURIC Migrants from Nigeria, othe

DAILY TRUST SUNDAY Hajj tragedy latest: 100 Nigerians may have died 2 Appeal Court Judges, Justices Jega and Alkali, victims Emir of Zing in Taraba, 7 family members killed 20 Pilgrims from Binji LGA in Sokoto still missing Kaduna, Borno, Yobe, Kogi record more casualties Senate Leader Ndume laments poor treatment of Nigerians on Hajj 531 days since over 200 School girls were kidnapped from GGSS Chibok, Borno State, by gunmen Investigation: 110 kidnapped in 6 months Nigeria tops global kidnapping table Nigeria exits list of Polio endemic countries PUNCH Jega’s brother, Taraba emir, others die in Mecca stampede Resign now, labour unions tell Saraki Tinubu, Osoba, Akande, others killed Afenifere — Awolowo’s man, Ajayi Secession not in Igbo’s interest, Ohanaeze tells MASSOB Boko Haram attacks Kogi DSS office, frees 30 suspects Most politicians guilty of false assets declaration — Okurounmu Roads, power to benefit from N4.9tn pension funds Dad getting over kidnap sho

PUNCH Sex workers, hoodlums take over Delta skill centre Saudi stampede, a monumental tragedy –Buhari NNPC loses N250bn yearly through PPMC –GMD B/Haram: US to release N9bn to Nigeria, others 10 die in Ondo crash, truck driver flees B’Haram: Prominent northerners engage marabouts to frustrate soldiers –Army ICPC moves against visa racketeering Sallah: Lagos residents shun fun spots over insecurity, others Don’t play politics with Awolowo’s death, Fayose warns Buhari promises to end oil theft, capital flight Kano frees 14 prisoners NATION Buhari at UN, urges world leaders to eliminate hunger, diseases by 2030 Boko Haram fighters surrender in Borno NNPC may sell refineries that don’t meet ultimatum on rehabilitation, says GMD Hajj tragedy: Eight Nigerians feared dead Untold story of HID Awolowo, by octogenarian-nephews, kinsmen, others Saraki affair: senators’ deplorable show of solidarity Amazing tales as cancer survivors, caregivers meet Former PDP Chair Mu’Azu,

NATIONAL MIRROR 717 killed in Saudi Arabia Hajj stampede.....Saraki stoned at Eid ground, denies attack. Falae released, says I was sleeping on floor....Akure group deplores kidnap. Police, navy collaborate in fighting piracy. APC hails ECOWAS, Buhari on reinstatement of interim govt in Bukina Faso. FG approved 90 contracts from January to June-BPP Report Troops dismantle terrorists’ fuel depot. Kogi LG workers to receive N45billion from bailout fund. Group wants Buhari to unveil economic blueprint, appoint finance minister. NEWSWATCH TIMES Heavy security in Abuja, Jos, Kaduna amid Sallah celebrations. Hoodlums attack Saraki, disrupt Eid prayers in Illorin. FG approved 90 contrqcts from January to June-BPP. Nigerians among 717 pilgrims killed in Mecca stampede. Olu Falae released, after four days in kidnappers den. Troops destroy Boko Haram fuel depot. Police boss meets security chiefs in Ogun. Amaechi: Rivers APC tells PDP to prepare to defend court action...as PD

NATION Gridlock on Lagos roads as drivers resist enforcement of safety law Gridlock sends govt back to drawing board Police arrest ‘doctor’ for alleged sale of week-old baby Saraki’s trial: PDP plots to pick Senate president EFCC alleges judge’s bias in Oduah’s case, others Jonathan: her death forced us out of ‘hiding’ Buhari orders police chief to bring back Falae safely Task Force arrests 1,000 Okada riders, street traders Saraki, Aregbesola, Shettima preach fear of God at Sallah PUNCH HID’s death forced me out of hiding – Jonathan Oshiomhole: I was held hostage by Sylva’s thugs ...says police aided criminals at Bayelsa APC primary Soldiers capture Boko Haram kingpin, rescue 241 children, women Doctor sells week-old baby to couple for N300,000 Falae: IG orders massive deployment of policemen Cattle rustlers kill monarch, police inspector, 33 others HID for burial Nov 25, says daughter Health workers oppose call for public hospitals’ sale PDP dismisses Amaechi’s

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DAILY SUN NSA, Monguno’s hometown bombed....as Boko Haram kills 25, injures 62 in daring attack APC senators abandon Saraki How Senate President was docked......Pleads not guilty, back on trial October 21 Nigeria’s banks sound, safe despite TSA—Emefiele, CBN Governor FG squanders 222billion naira on illegal fuel subsidy Buhari approves 70million for independence celebrations Many trapped in collapsed building in Lagos Eid-el-Kabir: Kalu sues for religious tolerance Awolowo’s descendants’ll rule Nigeria, says eldest daughter Remi Tinubu, Adams, YCE, others visit Ikene My ordeal in the hands of dare-devil robbers—Osagie THIS DAY Saraki at Tribunal, Pleads Not Guilty 600 of 900 MDAs Comply with TSA Directive CBN Cuts CRR to 25%, Holds Benchmark Rate at 13% Falae: Family Offers Kidnappers N2m as Ransom, OPC Launches Manhunt Bomb Blast Kills 27 in Monguno as Ban Ki-moon Condemns Maiduguri Attack ECOWAS Dispatches Buhari, Five Others to Restore Peace in Burkina Faso Bu

VANGUARD Soludo, Fayemi visit Buhari’s CoS ahead of ministerial appointments ‘No firearm was recovered in A-Ibom Govt House by DSS operatives' How 20 Nigerians died in Mecca We sold bridge rails for N7,000 —ROBBERY suspect Insurgents in IDPs camps: Waiting for the next explosion Obasanjo writes children story book on peace Army approves promotion for 5,000 soldiers fighting Boko Haram Robbers raid Catholic Church in Abuja CORRUPTION: Some stole enough to last generations — Oyegun CJN to judges: Be stringent with corruption cases Ex-SGF, Falae abducted on birthday Commissioner–nominees, others to write aptitude test Family physicians will transform medicine in Nigeria How Fulani herdsmen attacked Falae – Police Oshiomhole’s 7-man electoral c’ttee meets with 19 Bayelsa APC gov aspirants Olympic qualifier: Siasia banks on Iheanacho, Awoniyi LEADERSHIP CJN, NBA Disagree On Corrupt Judges Ex-CBN Gov Soludo Visits Aso Rock Villa CCT Appearance: Courts Turn Down Sa

NATION Catholic Bishops: bring looters of treasury to justice Buhari: I’ve nothing to do with Saraki’s ordeal Boko Haram desperate, says army after explosions Booking of traffic offenders begins Six die, eight injured in multiple road crash 15 Jonathan’s ministers hold on to official vehicles How to end terrorism, corruption, by AIG Ogunsakin 12:03 am Buhari’s wife advises healthworkers State burial likely for HID Saraki’s associate urges court to stop arrest 12:03 am Bad construction practises cause building collapse Who said what in Ikenne…yesterday PUNCH Presidency: Saraki’s trial purely a judicial process.....Senate President appeals against arrest order Man stabs, removes 74-year-old father’s heart On Saraki’s travails Mama died in my arms – Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu Ways of improving your memory NNPC gets N236bn loan to develop oil wells Democracy sliding under Buhari, PDP insists Jakande, Tinubu, Babatope, others eulogise HID Police truck crushes two sibl

PUNCH Ondo community begins final rites for late monarch Ikpeazu awards scholarship to first class law students We never said Bauchi aircraft was stolen – Governor B/Haram: US builds wall at Nigeria-Niger border B’Haram: Ganduje cautions FG over negotiation, lawyers divided Follow military ethics, CAS orders commanders Corruption: Presidential advisory committee carpets anti-graft agencies Corruption: Presidential advisory committee carpets anti-graft agencies Scrap 60 embassies, ex-diplomats tell Buhari Military reopens school in Gwoza Poor customer service killing local companies –TWPC Ex-militants threaten to disrupt activities in A’Ibom Airport, ExxonMobil Ekiti orders residents to vacate waterways NATION Police set to arrest Saraki Northern group to Saraki: resign now Ekiti eviction saga: Fayose revokes Fayemi’s sister’s, aide’s house purchase I’m shocked, says Senate President Northern group to Saraki: resign now Ekiti eviction saga: Fayose revokes Fayemi’

PUNCH No more naira devaluation –Buhari Saraki faces false asset declaration charges Friday Vandals kill seven DSS operatives, escape with corpses Buhari to B’Haram: Release Chibok girls, get amnesty Troops arrest 33 Boko Haram’s food suppliers ICPC arraigns five ex-directors over N670m fraud I’ll implement panel’s recommendations without fear –Wike Jonathan playing god, says Paulker 19 killed, 150 houses torched in Plateau village attack No Nigerian varsity makes world’s first 700 – Report N’Assembly got N1.15tn budget in 10 years–Hamalai FIFA Presidency: Odegbami protests Villa chapel not relocated, VP’s aide replies bloggers NATION TSA: Banks move N2tr to CBN Boko Haram leaders tired of fighting, says Centre Cross River ready for Buhari’s visit, says Ayade Alleged false declaration of assets: Saraki for trial 10 security agents feared killed by vandals in Lagos Buhari: I’ll appoint ministers but technocrats do the job Saudi to give families of dead pilgrims

NATION Presidency issues 7-day deadline on workers’ pay Buhari: Boko Haram demands release of its bomb maker Troops rescue women, children The Sun DMD to kidnappers: release my wife Osinbajo: Fed Govt to adopt zero-based budgeting Ooni: Giesi inaugurates screening committee Chinese’s investors… dominating the Nigerian business landscape 2015 budget probe: Reps blast perm sec, AGF, Budget Office for presenting vague documents Statistical Association seeks Customs roles in oil import, export A legacy of ‘twin brothers’ of Nigerian journalism Nigeria achieves food component of MDGs RMAFC: states flouting salary policy Ambode seeks re-ordering of budget UI to admit 3,700 ‘Probe ’ll sanitise society’ Artists make case for change THIS DAY Buhari: Govt in Talks with Boko Haram on Chibok Girls CBN Eases Liquidity as TSA Compliance Rattles Interbank Market Nigerian Writer Makes Booker Prize Shortlist From Jihad to Jewelry Making: Inside Nigeria's Secret Prison for F

DAILY SUN 2019: el-Rufai, Sani’s war gets messier ...Governor’s supporters accuse senator of plans to cause religious tension Economy in mess under Buahri-PDP ....It’s a ploy to distract President—APC EFCC quizzes ex-immigration boss, Parradang Boko Haram: France promises military, intelligence support Kidnappers of The Sun DMD’s wife demand 100million naira ...how they invaded journalists home at 2.30am Anambra killings: IGP lawless—MASSOB.....say, no going back on struggle Bayelsa governorship: Rumpus over plans to disqualify aspirants We are wining the war against terrorism—Ojuawo Amosun leaves for France What OBJ told me about Jonathan—Alamieyeseigha THIS DAY CBN to Monitor States, Abia, Niger, Ondo, Five Others Get Bailout Funds NNPC Issues Guidelines for Sale, Purchase of Nigeria’s Crude External Reserves Fall to $30.794bn, Inflation Inches to 9.3% How Gang in Gestapo Style Kidnapped The Sun DMD’s Wife Death Toll from Jos School Building Collapse Rises to 1

NATION Our meeting with Aregbesola, by Ife Traditional Council How UNILAG girl died, by sister Six Nigerians among Saudi tragedy victims Alleged N1.7b fraud: EFCC arrests Lagos businessman SON confiscates substandard products worth N4b, says Odumodu TSA: AGF insists on tomorrow’s deadline for accounts’ closure Our meeting with Aregbesola, by Ife Traditional Council Fleeing ‘robbers’ drop nine guns, 42 cartridges Chibok girls ‘now Boko Haram fighters’ Army: we’ve tightened noose around Boko Haram Ezekwesili to deliver Foursquare diamond jubilee lecture China’s soaring business empire in Nigeria Local firms set to drill gains from oil reforms The Nation man Akioye wins Global Fellowship NBA to release guidelines for judges PUNCH Ministerial list: DSS screens Odimegwu, Falana, Utomi, others Obasanjo: I left N287bn Abacha loot in treasury Corruption: Ali demands Customs officers’ files NDLEA allows graduate to drown during raid Corruption war, battle for Nigeria’s

PUNCH Rep wins Ondo personality award Bribery: Court sends ex-NSPMC boss back to prison FG awaits report on senator detained in S’Arabia Rivers gov poll marred by violence, irregularities –INEC Buhari condemns IDP camp bombing, orders tighter security Five killed in suicide attack on Adamawa community Hospital’s MD denies spending workers’ promotion arrears N28.9bn fraud: EFCC yet to release BGL boss, Okumagba 50 countries share Nigerians’ $1bn medical tourism spending –Report Ekiti to partner army on crimes, insecurity UNILAG to assist don after PUNCH report Explosion kills seven, injures 20 at Yola IDP camp NATION Defining moments of Olu of Warri’s reign Rivers governorship poll a sham, mockery of democracy, says INEC PDP must grapple with reality Shettima: A governor for the people My husband is alive, insists wife of policeman reportedly killed by pipeline vandals Air Force rotates counter insurgency troops APC, SANs hail NLC over anti-corruption campaign E