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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Thursday, February 18, 2016


NATION
•Ex-ministers to Jonathan: we don’t want Sheriff
•$180m Halliburton scandal: EFCC may opt for fresh trial
•Governors: we trust Sheriff to reposition PDP
•EFCC seizes Diezani’s husband’s passport
•Army destroys Boko Haram camp near Sambisa
•Again, gunmen abduct Jonathan’s 72-year-old foster father
•UTME’s portal opens today
•IG issues order for Tompolo’s arrest
•UNICAL supplies mattresses to hostels

VANGUARD
•Drama in Aso Villa as FG justifies Buhari’s foreign trips
•Naira depreciates further to N385/$ in parallel market
•Boko Haram: Borno to re-open highways
•Alleged laundering of $600,000: EFCC picks up Diezani’s hubby, Alison-Madueke
•Alleged N2.1bn fraud: EFCC lines-up 15 witnesses against Dokpesi
•I’ve never used public fund for my trips — Gov YARI
•Was Lai the man for the job?
•Ship owners accuse FG of encouraging piracy
•S-COURT RULING: Uba, Okonkwo, others threaten INEC over Certificate of Return
•Remedial programmes: Fun time, academics or racketeering?
•Don’t be selfish, Aregbesola tells striking Osun doctors

THIS DAY
•Nigerian Students at Canadian University Struggle to Pay Tuition in Wake of Dollar Scarcity
•Female Passenger Dies in Toilet at Lagos Airport
•Suspending Electricity Tariff Hike will be Costly for Nigeria, Discos Tell Senators
•Boko Haram Camps in Sambisa, Alagarno Forests Destroyed, Says Army
•In Show of Strength, FirstBank, Zenith Lead in Forex Allocation from CBN
•FG Asks UK for Lloyd’s Assistance on Vessel Owners Operating in Nigeria
•Oil Prices Rally as Iran Gives Freeze Plan Cautious Welcome
•INEC: Election Reruns to Hold in Eight States on Saturday
•Benue South Rerun: Mark Craves for a Peaceful Election
•Lalong: Plateau Will No Longer Depend on Oil

LEADERSHIP
•Kidnapping: Army Relocates Tactical Headquarters To Aba
•BBOG Group Commends Military On Recent Victories Over Boko Haram
•Boutros-Ghali (Nov 4, 1922 – Feb 16, 2016): Exit Of A Diplomat- Statesman
•Ikpeazu, PDP Celebrate Supreme Court Victory
•Supreme Court Verdict On Rivers And Matters Arising
•Alleged Murder: Family Seeks IGP Arase’s Intervention
•Can Supreme Court Judgements End Electoral Frauds?
•2,000 Protest Over 13 Sacked VCs

GUARDIAN
•Bread seller-turned-model Jumoke becomes motivator
•Suspending new electricity tariff will lead to darkness, say DISCOs
•Civil servants panic over order to declare assets
•EFCC still probing suspects in Halliburton scandal
•Naira falls to N370 per dollar, foreign reserves down by $1.14b
•Govt directs agencies to commercialise research efforts
•16 varsities for pastor Adeboye’s birthday celebration games
•You are wrong, Disu tells Oliseh over comment on Pharaohs

PUNCH
•Buhari orders mass sackings at Budget Office
•Oduah loses bid to stop bulletproof cars probe
•EFCC grills Diezani’s husband, moves ex-CDS Badeh to Lagos
•NAMA boss, others spent N3bn on fake contracts – EFCC source
•ECOWAS court to deliver ruling in Dasuki’s suit
•Nigeria was almost a pariah state under Jonathan —FG
•EFCC arraigns two Anambra Rev fathers for alleged fraud
•Eight injured as vehicle loses tyres
•Students, not my in-law attacked ABUAD –Babalola
•EFCC re-arraigns Dokpesi over arms scandal

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