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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR FRIDAY 20TH JANUARY, 2017.



PUNCH
*IDP camp bombing: NAF panel summons war commander, pilots
*$1.1bn Malabu scam: Malami requests case file, delays trial
*Senegalese, Nigerian troops enter Gambia to oust Jammeh
*We’ll work with IPOB, MASSOB – Ohanaeze
*Southern PDP leaders meet, pledge to work together
*BREAKING: African forces suspends military operations in Gambia for final talks
*Yoruba group carpets Buhari over economy, killings
*Reps probe N100bn released by CBN for cattle ranches
*Alleged oil subsidy fraudster, Opeyemi Ajuyah, dies
*Buhari was deliberately shut out of Trump’s inauguration – Fayose
*Truck kills woman day to visiting US-based children
*Police raid Premium Times’ office, arrest publisher, reporter
*PDP kicks as A’Ibom senator joins APC
*Benue, Nasarawa govs ask FG to stop migrant herdsmen
*Educate girls, stop building mosques, Sanusi tells northerners

VANGUARD
*Air Force sets up board to probe Rann error bombing
*N1.9bn to be recovered from Delta public servants who falsified records —Okowa
*NUJ, Afenifere condemn arrest of Premium Times’ publisher, reporter
*Breaking: African forces suspend military operations in Gambia for final talks
*Trump’s Turn: What’s in it for Nigeria
*Nothing is wrong with going on vacation – Buhari
*40 years after: Over 45 nations to celebrate Festac77
*Nigerian, Senegalese troops storm The Gambia as Adama Barrow is sworn in

THE GUARDIAN
*Federal government denies increase in fuel price
*Trump pledges to unify US on inauguration eve
*The Gambia’s new president takes oath of office in Senegal
*Ghana target last-eight berth, Egypt chase first win
*Barrow sworn in as Gambian president, demands army loyalty

THE NATION
*(IDP Camp Bombing) Doctor: I saw broken bones, torn flesh, children’s bodies
*‘My sister wouldn’t have died if she had stayed in the farm’
*Ex-CJ to EFCC: Ekweremadu, Ezeh after me
*Lagos councils to get 181 roads
*Troops storm The Gambia as Barrow takes oath
*Buhari on 10-day leave
*Police arrest Premium Times publisher

TRIBUNE
*BREAKING: Fayose emerges new Chairman PDP Governors’ Forum
*Yahya Jammeh no longer Gambia’s president – UN
*Why we won’t release El-Zakzaky despite court order – Presidency
*Borno IDP camp bombing: UK backs thorough investigation
*State of the nation: YUF writes Buhari
*PDP senator defects to APC

THE SUN
*Jammeh holed up in presidential villa as Barrow is sworn in
*Kanu: Ohanaeze calls for political solution
*Air Force probes bombing of IDPs camp
*Trump’s inauguration: 900,000 flood Washington today
*Akpabio kicks as Akwa Ibom senator defects to APC
*Ministers, DGs risk one year jail term for ignoring NASS summons
*Buhari leaves for vacation, medical check-up
*Suspected gay arrested, paraded naked
*Gunmen invade popular entertainment joint in Onitsha
*Blame nation’s woes on Murtala, Obasanjo –Asiodu

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