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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR FRIDAY 24TH MARCH, 2017.



PUNCH
*Ex-militants write Adeosun, protest non-release of 2016 amnesty budget
*Ife crisis: Arrest Hausa suspects in 48 hours, OPC tells FG
*Osun N165bn debt exaggerated, says Aregbesola
*S’Court hears Sheriff’s motion against Makarfi’s appeal May 4
*PDP: Sheriff, Makarfi agree to cease fire
*No intention of maligning Rosiji, Ahluwalia — British businessman’s counsel
*Don’t appoint SANs as S’Court judges, Babalakin warns
*Dogara sacks 22 ad hoc committees’ chairs
*LASU 6,000-bed hostel’ll be private sector driven – Ambode
*Kids whose mother died in crash reunite with family
*Five ways to type faster on smartphones’ touch keyboard
*Ibra is a genius – Herrera

THE SUN
*Senate rejects Buhari’s 82-year-old ambassadorial nominee, another
*Cynthia Osokogu: Court sentences killers to death by hanging
*Zaki Biam killings: Ortom replies Wike
*2019: No vacancy at Alausa –Oba Akiolu
*PDP: Sheriff, Makarfi leadership tussle drags on, as Supreme Court adjourns to May 4
*SGF makes U-turn, begs senators
*Buhari names new 27 resident electoral commissioners
*Release amnesty funds or else …, ex-militants tell minister
*Boko Haram: FG spent $2.6bn on humanitarian crisis in 2016 –Olonisakin

LEADERSHIP
*MAN, CBN Differ On Disbursement Of N380bn Forex To Private Sector
*Senate Rejects Nsofor, Daodu As Ambassadorial Nominees
*DMO Raises N2bn Through Savings Bond As CBN Sells Tbills At 18% Above Inflation Rate
*BBOG Group Commends LEADERSHIP, Set To Mark 3rd Anniversary Of Abduction
*I’ll Not Stop Fighting Corruption At NPA – Hadiza Bala Usman
*Court Sentences Cynthia Osokogu’s Killers To Death By Hanging
*FG In Talks With China, South Africa To Curb $500m Losses To Illegal Mining
*NPA Ends Stakeholders Wait For Single Window At Seaport
*Nigeria’s Oil Industry Performance In The Eyes of DPR
*PDP Crisis Will Soon Be History – Sen.

VANGUARD
*Dangote, Total, Honeywell, 9 others get 30% of $367m special forex sale
*6 GENCOs generated zero electricity in 1 week
*Contract probe: SGF, Babachir reverses self, seeks new date to appear before Senate
*Why Senate rejected 82-year-old ambassadorial nominee
*Ortom berates Wike over call for emergency rule
*NAIRA WATCH: Panic grips forex dealers as Naira rises to N385/$
*PDP: Makarfi, Sheriff factions agree to ceasefire
*N5bn libel suit: I will tender my certificate in evidence, Dino Melaye tells Court
*Ile-Ife clash: More Yoruba lawyers move to Abuja, say suspects in high spirit

GUARDIAN
*Investors in equities lose N2.3trn to bonds, others
*Iheanacho preserves Rohr's unbeaten Nigerian record
*Trump ultimatum: Pass health bill Friday or Obamacare stays
*Arik Air shut as workers, unionists clash
*Sheriff, Makarfi agree to work for peace in PDP
*Reps raise the alarm on insecurity, cattle invasion at Kaduna airport
*Fall of oil price threatens government’s revenue projections
*Experts differ on reduction of CBN governor’s powers
*Fayose cautions police over handling of Ile-Ife crisis
*Oba Akiolu, says no one should contest against Ambode in 2019

THISDAY
*Babalakin Counsels Against Appointment of Senior Advocates to S’Court, Except…
*Falana challenges lawyers on observance of rule of law
 *Sanusi decries absence of family law for protection of women and children
*Naira Extends Gains, Moves Towards Convergence with FX Rate for Invisibles
*Cynthia Osokogu’s Killers Get Death Penalty
*Again, Presidency Wades into Senate, Babachir Face-off
*Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah Gets Big Endorsement from New Yorkers as ‘Must...
*Ile-Ife Crisis: How I brokered peace in Yoruba, Hausa clash - Senator Kwankwaso
*Presidency Writes Senate, Nominates 27 as INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners
*Damilola Oyedele in Abuja The presidency has written to Senate President Bukola *Saraki seeking the screening and confirmation of 27 nominees as Resident Electoral Commissioners...
*Buhari Condemns Terror Attack in London, Sympathises with Victims
*Senate Rejects Two Non-career Ambassadorial Nominees
*Akiolu: No Lagosian Should Contest against Ambode in 2019
*Oil Prices Recover Marginally as OPEC, Non-members Meet Sunday

THE NATION
*SGF to explain how fake firms got N1.3b contracts
*Senator Sani states why panel summoned Babachir Lawal
*Sanusi advises Buhari to beware of praise singers
*CBN gets bids for $100m
*Eminent Nigerians for Tinubu Colloquium Tuesday
*The battle between Senate and SGF
*Buhari nominates 27 RECs
*Police: no bomb at U.S. Consulate in Lagos
*No bomb was planted at the American Consulate in Lagos,
*Mark seeks prosecution of perpetrators of Benue massacre
*Senators seek increased security at National Assembly
*Landlord swapped murder weapon, says witness
*European Union to immunise children in Lagos
*Osun council polls to hold before Dec
Prosecutor stalls Metuh’s application for stay of proceedings
*Why I called for state of emergency in Benue, by Wike
*Fuel marketers suspend strike in Ekiti

TRIBUNE
*Pandemonium in Enugu over collapsed building
*Poly students accuse staff unions of disrupting academic activities
*El-rufai to commission 50m litres per day Zaria water Project
*Chi Farms trains 1000 fish farmers
*Insecurity: Wike fingers Governor Ortom
*Oyo Assembly approves N208bn as 2017 budget
*Some lawyers divert clients’ funds ―NBA
*PDP leadership crisis: Sheriff asks S/Court to strike out Makarfi’s case
*Reps disagree over Kaduna airport safety
*May God make you succeed as leader, Gov Ortom tells Wike
*Ukraine blasts prompt mass evacuations
*Trump struggles to win Obamacare repeal
*London attack: Police identify Westminster attacker

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