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NATION PDP leaders : Buhari, Judiciary, INEC behind our electoral woes Kogi APC, PDP trade accusations Saraki loses bid to stop trial at Conduct Tribunal Customs orders officers to declare assets Orubebe charged with false assets declaration, accepting N70m bribe Three ‘small banks’ in danger, says CBN after stress test Don’t use me as scapegoat for your failure in office Stop whining; rebrand or go down, APC tells PDP LAGOS ON RED ALERT Seven oil thieves jailed for 12 years Borgu emir Dantoro dies at 77 Hardship, wickedness of neighbours pushed me into robbery, says suspect Dickson to appointees: mobilise voters for PDP Not yet the end of history: Between Dapo Thomas and Francis Fukuyama APC NWC launch Kogi governorship campaign rally Alaibe directs loyalists to back Sylva NIGERIAN PILOT Youths demand Goje returns alleged stolen funds 27 dead after nightclub fire , 155 injured Terrorism: Military officers’ wives empower widows, children of falle

PEOPLES DAILY Amaechi, 17 others confirmed ministers ..As PDP senators stage walkout...It’s victory over forces of darkness--APC Reps probe land allocations in Abuja choice areas 564 days after...will the abducted Chibok schoolgirls ever be rescued? Why we won’t devalue naira, by Osinbajo Troops foil Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri villages, kill 4 Why Emir Sanusi sacked Ado Bayero’s son as Chiroma Kano House wife in police net for selling own baby for 1.5million naira THE AUTHORITY Tough times await Nigerians, others, says Buhari I’ll recover INEC’s uncollected 12.3million PVCs, says Yakubu Appointment of 25 Judges: Judicial Council probes Chief Judge ...new official Prado SUVs ready for appointees before confirmation 12 auto assembly plants to take off this year Dele Giwa: Akilu prime suspect not me ---Soyinka Governor Ortom behind my ordeal, Suswam cries out Plateau PDP guber candidate, Gyang Pawjok, dies at 48 Boko Haram: Oyo evacuates beggars fr

NATION Tension as police, hoodlums clash Sanusi’s naira devaluation call stirs controversy Army declares 100 Boko Haram chiefs wanted Economic policies may hurt ‘in short term’, says Buhari CJN expresses concern over attack on Judiciary Huge welcome for Ooni Reps to probe Jonathan’s airport projects FIFA PRESIDENCY: “NFF didn’t sabotage Odegbami” THIS DAY Ife Stands Still as Ooni-designate Arrives in Company of Obasanjo Osinbajo: There will Be No Coordinating Minister for the Economy FG, States, LGs Share N390bn as Revenue Drops Further Akinyemi Advocates Two-party System for Nigeria At Last, Boko Haram Detainees in Ekwulobia Relocated Emir of Kano Sacks Late Bayero’s Eldest Son as Ciroman Kano Buhari: Our Policies May Hurt Some Businesses in the Short-term Buhari's New Ministers Face Huge Task, Says Oyegun Gombe: APC, Guber Candidate Head to Appeal Court Collection of Multi-Billion Naira Loan Pitches Sylva against Dickson Datti Rejects Hous

DAILY TRUST Reps begin probe of EFCC over 1trillion naira assets Kano to wed 2,000 widows, divorcees Gowon: Military can end insurgency soon 278 firms partake in NNPC’s open crude oil sales bidding 562 days since over 200 Chibok schoolgirls were taken by Boko Haram Daily Trust Confab: Speaker make case for agriculture Osinbajo launches Northeast intervention programme Police arrest abductor of Sun MD’s wife NEW TELEGRAPH Troops bomb Sambisa Forest.....destroy Boko Haram’s ammunition, fuel dumps Wike loses at Supreme Court....apex court okays relocation of Rivers tribunal to Abuja ....I’m still speaker, says Ibani New Ooni begins coronation rites FG spend 233bilion naira to rebuild north-east Gowon: No one knows when insurgency’ll end High alcohol intake increases breast cancer risk 278 firms bid for crude oil grades...NNPC targets 65million dollars first lifting deposit THE AUTHORITY Boko Haram: December deadline not realistic—General Gowon Fix A

NATION Tension in Ibadan over Ladoja vs Ajimobi judgment Tribunal sacks 20 Rivers lawmakers Lagos to buy helicopters to battle crime, traffic Ex-NSA Dasuki charged with laundering N84.6 million Buhari gets WHO polio-free certification for Nigeria Ooni stool: How Ogunwusi was picked by kingmakers Ogunwusi: A new dawn in Ile-Ife SIM registration infraction: NCC fines MTN 1.04trillion naira VANGUARD 60% of illegal arms in South East produced locally —Presidential Committee Buhari’s anti-corruption war, a step in right direction —Kumuyi 300 houses submerged, as River Benue overflows its banks Why Delta Tribunal upheld Okowa's election Rivers re-run polls split senators over Amaechi Tribunal upholds Gov Lalong's election Why FRC suspended Atedo, 3 Stanbic directors Jubilation in Ife as 41-yr old Ogunwusi named Ooni-elect Abandoned N11bn Regeneration Plan: Why Apapa gridlock will persist Proliferation of airports Kogi, Bayelsa Election: Senate

THE AUTHORITY Amaechi: Senate must comply with Standing Rules—PDP lawmakers Judiciary is the common man’s last hope—Gov Wike APC inviting chaos with Rivers, Akwa Ibom verdicts, PDP warns The Ekwueme Story Radio Biafra: DSS deliberately detaining Kanu, says IPOB Boko Haram: No going back on December deadline—Buhari, Army Botched 1976 Coup: Murtala would have survived Dimka’s bullets--Orderly Why we removed restriction on rice import—Nigeria Customs Service NIGERIAN PILOT Sanusi to Buhari: Remove subsidy, devalue the Naira Africa should be celebrating—Mahama Rivers Tribunal: Governor Wike rues judgement, goes on appeal Mental disorder on the increase in Nigeria Boko Haram; Army Chief, Governor differ on controlled territories Buhari, Modi others to discuss terrorism in India Emir of Katsina convoy in car crash, Sarkin Dogarai killed Rivers, Akwa Ibom guber: PDP notifies international community FIFA travails: My hands are clean---Adamu DG commends NYSC members servi

SUNDAY SUN Babangida opens up....on Buhari’s ministers, Boko Haram...life after power Boko Haram: Lagos urges calm, vigilance Stella’s memory still fresh in my mind....Obasanjo Wike’s sack....Shock, jubilation in Rivers Tribunal orders fresh election PDP heads for Appeal Court Deadly blow to impunity—APC Keshi, Amokachi ruined U.S. 94 Super Eagles—Moses Kpakor My husband will commit suicide if.....Chioma Toplis, Actress SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Illegal immigrants: E.U. nations begin mass deportation of Nigerians Bomb attacks: Watch your househelps, ‘maiguards’, Ambode tells Lagosians Uproar over DSTV’s transgender children’s show Rivers Tribunal sacks Wike I’m still in charge, Wike...PDP vows to appeal Judgment Deadly blow to impunity---APC Senate panel, Customs boss disagree on rice importation Over 5,000 PDP members join APC in Kogi DSS agents take fresh oath NATION Wike, PDP attack judges as tribunal annuls Rivers poll Obasanjo in road mishap on anniversary of wif

BLUE PRINT Reps to security agencies: Call your operatives to order Don’t be governors’ slaves, Dogara tells state assemblies NEMA caters for 1.5million IDPs in North-east—Sani Sidi Chibok Girls: Gone 558 days Humorous Amaechi dazzles Senate....PDP Senators stage walk-out Saraki’s trial nothing to do with APC politics--Gbajabiamila NATION Five in court for Abuja bombings Sect ‘uses iPads, laptops for bombs’ Schoolgirls hospitalised for diarrhoea in Ekiti Senate still for screening of Amaechi, four others Economy: Tougher times ahead for local manufacturers, SMEs DHQ: No mercenaries for fight against Boko Haram Collapsed building: Rescued octogenarian dies in hospital PUNCH Electricity tariffs to rise by 40% next month Gbajabiamila: APC has no hand in Saraki’s trial Anguish as potholes cause gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Nyanya bombings: Suspect pleads guilty to possessing IEDs PDP senators kick as Senate screens Amaechi …vow to oppose ex-gov’s confirmatio

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NIGERIAN PILOT CCT: 81 Senators storm Tribunal in solidarity with Saraki Concede defeat if you lose, Jonathan tells Tanzanian politicians SEC approves 140.7billion naira bonds in 9 months Perm Secs panic as Oyo-Ita becomes acting Head of Service Guber poll: Anxiety in Akwa Ibom as Tribunal orders re-run in 18 LGAs Ighalo, Obagol tipped to replace Emenike THE AUTHORITY South East Governors not part of pro-Biafra protests--Okoroacha NASS rejects inclusion in TSA Ministerial Screening: Game up for Saraki Amaechi, 15 others set to scale hurdle Tribunal adjourns Senate President’s trial to November 5 Lagos Building collapse: 90 year old woman, baby, others rescued PUNCH Political moves to save Saraki’s job crumble Akure monarch bans Eze Ndi Igbo title Lawyers divided as CCT adjourns Saraki’s trial Wike, Okorocha condemn MASSOB protest NIS tragedy: EFCC summons Abba Moro again MDAs, institutions jostle to meet zero budgeting deadline Lagos donates N150m to Adamawa,

NIGERIAN PILOT Ministerial Screening: Amaechi’s fate hangs in the balance.....as Senate suspends Plenary FG shopping for new NNPC GMD? Biafran protesters halt economic activities in Rivers Benue sends 13, 000 IDPs home Gas flaring: Reps summons Perm Sec Nigeria lost 6.2 billion naira to cyber crimes in 2014—EFCC Ahmed Musa aims to shoot down Man United Nigeria must learn to manage its diversities--Kukah THIS DAY Politics Stalls Ministerial Screening, Stalks Senate President's Trial Wednesday ...Saraki Offered Safe Landing if He Toes Party Line Ghana Agrees to Pay Nigeria $170m Gas Debt by February In a Shift, American Cancer Society Recommends Fewer Mammograms Leadership Crisis Rocks PDP Caucus over House Committee Chairmanship Jonathan Advises Tanzanians on Peaceful, Transparent Elections PDP Has Given Opposition Stronger Voice, Say Secondus, Metuh Supreme Court Upholds Mega Party’s Appeal, Orders Fresh Trial on Petition against Amosun Ambode Floors Agbaje ag

NATION Troops ‘battle weather in Northeast’ APC to Senate: Petitions can’t stop Amaechi, others Lagos: The challenges before Ambode’s exco Saraki: Appeal Court fails to give verdict New ways to launder cash, by NDLEA Alleged N3.8b fraud: EFCC quizzes ex-governor Dakingari Eze Ndigbo Akure moves to reconcile with Deji Nigeria’s cassava export poor, says AfDB Terrorism ll soon be history in Nigeria, says Buratai THIS DAY INEC May Postpone Kogi, Bayelsa Guber Polls APC Senators Resolve to Back Amaechi During Screening Restructured MNJTF Commences Operations against Boko Haram Port Harcourt Tops List of the World’s Worst Airports Air Force One, a Cherished Perk Awaiting Upgrade Stallion, Olam Owe Nigeria N44bn Import Duties After Eight Hours of Interrogation, EFCC Releases Dakingari on Bail DSS Grants Radio Biafra Director Bail VANGUARD Screening: Anxiety grips senators, Amaechi and other nominees EFCC mulls prosecution of Akpabio Ekweremadu explains why some ame

THIS DAY Ministerial Nomination: APC Senate Caucus Meets, Unites to Save Amaechi Suicide Bombers Kill 12 in Adamawa Refineries Operated at 10% Capacity in August, Recorded N31.7bn Loss World Bank Seeks Time to Provide Response on Abacha Loot Akpabio’s Interrogation Politically Motivated, Says PDP Installing Eze Ndigbo in S’West Violates Customary Law, Says Afenifere FG to Establish Response Framework for Emergencies in N’East VANGUARD Female suicide bomber dies in botched attack on Army base FG threatens DISCOs with sanction over substandard equipment Ministerial appointments not compensation for Igbo ---Aka-Ikenga Inflation compounds Nigeria’s economic woes Police kill 3 Senegalese cattle rustlers in Kano Apkpabio: President Buhari is a dictator says PDP DSS commissions 385 officers, to tackle insecurity Buhari’s ministerial nominees not the best — Sarah Jibril IMF/World Bank to Nigeria, others: Adopt country-specific measures to address ailing economy GUARDIAN

NATION • Ministerial screening: Amaechi fights back • Alleged N108.1b fraud: EFCC arrests ex-Governor Godswill Akpabio • Clark, the father, Jonathan, the son – Ex-President’s Media Adviser Reuben Abati • Falae abduction: DSS needs new paradigm • Anxiety over gunmen’s Invasion of community • How rock crushed mother, two children, grandchild –neighbour • I would not have been president without Alamieyeseigha, says Jonathan • Nigeria’s economy on upward swing under Buhari, says DMO boss VANGUARD • Video: How we will defeat Boko Haram by December – Buhari Nigerians express mixed feelings over Akpabio’s arrest by EFCC I will not resign if we fail to defeat Boko Haram – Buhari EFCC Invitation: I’ve nothing to hide about my tenure as Akwa Ibom gov – Akpabio • What is in your refridgerator? Apapa tank farm: Nigeria’s hidden danger • We’re not half-way there in comedy, Ali Baba warns • Is Lagos falling under Ambode? • Festac robbery: Lagosians react The secret of Iledi, Y

NATION Festac robbery: Technology deployed to identify suspects Senate clears Fashola, Lai, Fayemi, Adeosun, others Inflation hits 9.4 per cent record high in two years Akure markets shut as Deji, Eze Ndigbo quarre Court upholds Ajimobi’s election Slain Disu buried Feuding NURTW members terrorise Ado-Ekiti LEADERSHIP UK Government Urges Africa To Pioneer Solar Revolution Buhari Revamps Oil Exploration Firms In First Step To Reform NCP Chairman Accuses INEC Of Meddling In IPAC Activities Falae’s Kidnap: North-east Group Asks PMB To Caution Yoruba Elders Oil Well Dispute: APC Chieftain Urges Buhari To List Kogi As 11th Oil Producing State Polls: PDP Accuses APC Of Inciting Violence In Kogi, Bayelsa – PDP Tribunal Upholds Senator Ohiarie’s Electoral Victory Military Will Crush Boko Haram By December, PMB Insists GUARDIAN ‘Nigeria must decide on state police, subsidy’ Jonathan’s loyalists write Buhari over lopsided anti-graft crusade Nigeria, Burkina Faso CHAN qual

VANGUARD Fuel not scarce, stop panic buying, NNPC tells Nigerians 40 robbers loot Lagos banks, kill mother & baby Complete ongoing projects, shun new ones, Fashola tells Oshiomhole Tribunal never nullified my election — Kashamu Our priority is to bail out the poor - Buhari I challenge anyone to bring an invoice of a N50m bed — Fayemi Challenges before Buhari’s ministers DSS parades four suspects over Donu Kogbara’s kidnap Concessioning: NLC threatens Imo govt over harassment of workers 3 injured, N50m goods destroyed as fire guts Electronics Int’l Market, Onitsha Slain Lekki FT Zone boss, Disu for burial today Enyeama: Another look at Oliseh’s managerial skills NATION Why we want to serve, by Fayemi, Mohammed, Onu Buhari: selfish elite behind criticism of my appointments Who’s who on Buhari’s ministerial final list Stray bullets kill mum, daughter Disu: Court remands 17 in police custody Fayose suspends work on Ekiti airport project Immigration job tragedy:

NATION Ex-VC Adewole, Daramola likely on ministerial list Ministerial screening: Passing through needle’s eye Security tightened as Boko Haram infiltrates Lagos No reduction in fuel pump price, says NNPC CBN’s restrictive forex policy stays, says Emefiele Senate suspends probe of Amaechi, Mohammed Lekki Free Trade Zone MD killed EFCC quizzes Suswam for alleged N130b debt Election tribunals sack PDP senators Abaribe, Nnaji VANGUARD Ministerial nominees: Odimegwu, Oyinlola, Bello, others on Buhari's 2nd list Lai Mohammed files N500m suit against Metuh, alleges defamation Presidency makes U-turn on Petroleum Minister We abducted Falae to get Sallah, wedding funds – Suspect Boko Haram: Buhari's timeline to end insurgency realisable - Obasanjo Nigeria, South Africa relations to get new boost, says Osinbajo Why Buhari, Auditor-Gen disagreed on Lake Chad report OPEC forecasts oil price falls till 2017 The defeat of President Buhari’s idealism Rivers poll: Tribu

DAILY TRUST NNPC pays 607million dollars, 723billion naira to FG in 8 months Saraki remains true to PDP ways, Tinubu says Boko Haram fleeing Northeast—Army chief Hajj stampede: Nigeria’s death toll hits 145 Explosion injures 4 in Lagos Fllod kills 8, destroys 60,000 farms in Jigawa PDP can’t stop cabinet nominees—APC senators DAILY SUN Falae: Police smash gang...nab 5, retrieve cash, bike from suspected abductors Ministerial list: Buhari won’t beg Senate—APC 1trillion naira funds: Our hands are clean—EFCC ...blackmailers are after me--Lamorde Alams: We’ve lost political colossus, says Akpabio....How he died—Ijaw group President should call national confab now—Adebayo Boko Haram kills 80-year old, boy in Borno NATION Falae: How to stop kidnapping, by Falana Alamieyeseigha was like god to us, says Bayelsa community Govt earns $3.420b from oil in eight months Senate under pressure over Ngige, Amaechi, Shittu Tinubu’s aide to Saraki: play down personal desire NFF

NATION Ibrahim Jibril: Unfolding the gifted ministerial nominee from Nasarawa Kashamu, Rep, five PDP state legislators lose seats in Ogun Another passenger arrested with $34,000 at Lagos airport DSS grills Ogbeh, Fayemi, Onu, Dambazzau, Ibeto, others ‘Hajj stampede deadliest ever’ Corps member raped, murdered two weeks to wedding Rivers orders Amaechi, ex-MILAD, others to refund N97bn Northern govs move to unmask, punish Boko Haram sponsors ‘How my 11-month-old grandchild miraculously survived the blast but lost two toes’ ‘I saw my son wrestling with the suicide bomber’ – Father of Yobe blast victim Igbo in Diaspora drum support for Buhari Falae, grazing fields and herdsmen’s logic PUNCH No Ebola outbreak in Nigeria, says FG Northern governors begin search for Boko Haram sponsors Tribunal upholds Gbajabiamila’s victory Police, DSS conduct fresh screening for nominees Thirteen PDP Reps petition Saraki, protest Amaechi’s nomination Screening: ‘Don’t frustrate Buhar

THIS DAY Diezani was Not Arrested, Only Invited, Says Family Boko Haram: Buhari Seeks More Help from Britain Hajj Stampede: NAHCON Confirms 99 Nigerians Dead, 214 Missing Ebola Scare: UCTH Quarantines 15 Persons Senate Ministerial Screening Conditions Threaten Amaechi, Others NGF to Hold Crucial Meeting on Economic Reform SERAP: N’Assembly Leaders Granting Themselves Immunity are Breaking the Law PDP Raises Campaign Teams for Kogi, Bayelsa Governorship Elections Shittu: I Have No Problems with Ajimobi PUNCH Dogara fails to settle Saraki, Presidency rift Chevening Scholarship removes Diezani from honours list No asset forms, no screening, Senate tells ministerial nominees Man produces fake dollars, pounds worth millions Buhari rules out second term for Lamorde Ebola: Calabar hospital quarantines 15 patients •Doctor, nurses under watch •FG sends team to UCTH Buhari rules out second term for Lamorde Appeal Court grants speedy hearing of Saraki’s case 99 Nigerians di

NATION Court stops Diezani from leaving UK till next April No N53b Rivers cash was ‘missing’, says Amaechi CBN to roll out new e-payment initiatives Buhari meets Saraki, Dogara, others in Aso Villa Ondo pensioners threaten showdown Trucks lay siege to Lagos Senate panel to examine petition against Amaechi CBN to roll out new e-payment initiatives ‘Fulani herdsmen’ invade Falae’s farm THIS DAY Cost of Governance: House to Set up 11 New C’ttees, Ishaku Appoints 112 Aides UK Formally Asks Nigeria for Legal Assistance on Alison-Madueke Troops Kill over 100 Invading Boko Haram Fighters in Yobe Boko Haram: Ouster of De-radicalisation Head Raises Concern over Programme Cattle Destroy Falae’s Farm Again Osinbajo: We are Reviewing CBN Forex Restrictions Chief of Defence Staff: We will Achieve Buhari’s December Deadline on Boko Haram EFCC Begins Investigation of Centenary City Ebola Scare: UCTH Shuts Accident and Emergency Ward Senate Celebrates HID Awolowo as Saraki, Lawa

THISDAY Diezani's London Trial an Appetiser, Says Oshiomhole http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/diezanis-london-trial-an-appetiser-says-oshiomhole/222062/ Floods: Delta Opens Displaced Persons' Centres http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/floods-delta-opens-displaced-persons-centres/222061/ Military Closes-in On Boko Haram Sponsors, Arrests Collaborator http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/military-closes-in-on-boko-haram-sponsors-arrests-collaborators/222060/ Buhari Asks Britain, Switzerland to Expedite Action in Returning Stolen Funds to Nigeria http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/buhari-asks-britain-switzerland-to-expedite-action-in-returning-stolen-funds-to-nigeria/222059/ Military Delivers Final Warning to Boko Haram Terrorist to Surrender http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/military-delivers-final-warning-to-boko-haram-terrorist-to-surrender/222063/ Bombing: Okah Attempts to End Life http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/bombing-okah-attempts-to-end-life/222058/ Why U

PUNCH How N3.7bn UK house put Diezani in trouble Buhari, Dogara meet over Saraki’s trial Naira depreciates further at parallel market I’m not interested in Amaechi’s appointment –Wike Senate may involve EFCC, ICPC in ministerial screening Dangote listed among world’s 50 most influential persons Oyegun, Audu, Melaye meet over ministerial screening EFCC, defence beg judge to continue Oronsaye’s trial Mbu resumes, says ‘my posting not punitive’ Ondo bailout loan intact, says Mimiko ECOWAS court seeks power to handle criminal cases PDP blames DSS for Abuja bombings Name educationist as minister, NUT tells Buhari Ogun teachers beg Amosun to recall sacked colleague THIS DAY Alison-Madueke’s UK Interrogation Continues, Husband Flies in Legal Team Rapprochement: Saraki Pays Surprise Visit to Akume Naira Appropriately Priced, Emefiele Insists Shell Begins Crude Oil Production from Bonga Phase 3 Project Nigerian Football Fans Set up Alternative Premier League on Twitter

NATION Security alert over protests in Ekiti, Rivers Alleged bribery: UK tells Buhari of Diezani’s arrest President visits survivors of Abuja explosions Probe of Abuja explosions to extend beyond Boko Haram Oyo APC rejects Shittu for minister Lagos pays 525 retirees N2.1b U. S., Nigeria sign $2.3b pact on poverty reduction Police arrest 69 suspected rustlers Assembly workers urged to shun NLC strike Musa, Iwobi to hit Belgium today Fed Govt must buy insurance for industry to grow IMF, AfDB, others support global devt agenda ‘Easy access to loans ‘ll curb unemployment’ PUNCH Diezani: EFCC grills ex-NNPC chiefs Britain right to demand Alamieyeseigha’s extradition – Sagay Fulani herdsmen deny kidnapping Falae US to give Buhari $2.3bn to fight poverty Abuja bombings: Buhari visits victims Abuja bombings: Police comb IDP camps for suspects Metering: NERC fines Ikeja power firm N131.4m UNESCO centre: Soyinka, Oyinlola suit for hearing Oct 12 ‘No Biafra rift between