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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR MONDAY 27TH MARCH, 2017.



PUNCH
*Refer Melaye’s probe to police, CSOs tell Senate
*N19bn Paris Club scam: EFCC report indicts Saraki, aides, ex-bank MD
*Three things I did while in prison — Obasanjo
*Senate probes alleged N4tn revenue leakage in customs
*Bailout saved states from collapse, say Masari, Bello
*Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill DELSU worker
*$1.1bn Malabu scam: Court fixes Adoke, Etete’s arraignment for April 3
*Buhari has no certificate scandal, says Presidency
*Okorocha lied against Kanu –IPOB
*Ile-Ife riot: One-sided arrests wrong, says Bakare
*Bayelsa can’t develop without unity, says Jonathan
*SUBEB seeks investment in education

THISDAY
*AMCON Hands over Keystone Bank to New Investors
*PDP Peace Deal Short-lived as Makarfi, Sheriff Factions Resume Hostilities
*WhatsApp Technology on Int’l Radar after British Terror Attack
*21 People Die of Meningitis in Sokoto, Says Health Commissioner
*Presidency Denies Buhari’s Involvement in Certificate Scandal
*House Minority Leader Opposes Call to Cut CBN Gov’s Powers
*Ile-Ife Crisis: Falana Faults Nigeria Police over Media Parade of Suspects
*NDDC Begins Project Monitoring in Rivers
*Group Petitions Immigration CG, Accuses Amnesty International of Harbouring Spies
*Nigerian Envoy: Why some Nigerians are Turned Back at US Airports
*Motherhood One of the Most Rewarding Jobs, Says Justice Nyesom-Wike
*Delta Schools to be Shut Today as State Mourns School Heads
*Obi Prescribes way to spend Paris Club Refund
*Budget Padding: SERAP Wants Buhari to Order Prosecution of Indicted Officers …Alleges fresh padding
*Ile-Ife Mayhem: OPC Leader Faults IG over Arrests of Only Yoruba
*Tony Elumelu Foundation Announces 2017 Entrepreneurship Programme Selection
*Senate to Investigate Customs over Alleged N4tn Revenue Leakage
*Dogara: Agriculture Panacea to High Unemployment
*Court Nullifies Impeachment of Former Ondo Deputy Governor
*Nwodo: Nigeria Needs Restructuring Now

THE SUN
*N4tr Customs revenue: Senate probes Buhari, Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan
*Edo to reintroduce Bini history in schools
*Residents desert Anambra community over killer shrine
*Delta shifts school resumption as 4 principals die in auto crash
*UBA grows PBT by 32%, declares 55k dividend
*FG begins conversion of illegal refineries to modular facilities
*Restructuring more important than Igbo presidency –Ohanaeze
*We won’t support Ali, SGF to disrespect National Assembly –APC
*World Bank’s $250m SWEEP project coming –Minister
*Paris Club refund: Wike asks EFCC to probe Benue gov
*Agric stakeholders hail ban on highways revenue collection
*Stakeholder tasks FG to prosecute foreigners behind sub-standard products
*Unending drama in Senate over Customs CG
*Inconsistent policies, sea robbers crippling fishing industry  
*Stakeholder tasks FG to prosecute foreigners behind sub-standard products
*Local content: Boost to indigenous capacity in oil, gas industry

VANGUARD
*Count Buhari out of certificate scandal – Presidency
*Sheriff, Makarfi PDP at war again
*EFCC Chair: Osinbajo, Malami to decide Magu’s fate
*Banks lose N1trn current account deposits in February
*Soyinka asks Buhari to reveal health status, backs IPOB, others
*Despite recession companies’ revenue up 15.8% to N4.4 trn
*Despite recession companies’ revenue up 15.8% to N4.4 trn
*DINO MELAYE: Senate summons ABU VC to appear today
*Reps carpet Finance Minister over stance on CBN
*MDAs Senate probes Customs over N4trn revenue loss
*Herdsmen kill DELSU staff, injure another in Delta
*Suspect in C-River food poisoning case nabbed

NATION
*EFCC probes Saraki’s aides over N3.5b Paris Club cash
*Quoted firms get five-day deadline on annual reports
*Senate President: it’s mudslinging
*Expert faults Dana Air crash report
*Bureaux de Change at risk as naira gains more muscle
*Insurers’ N300m rebranding project stalled
*‘Nigeria imports 70m generators’
*Official, black market rates’ gap narrows over CBN’s interventions
*‘Industrial capacity utilisation dips to less than 40%’
*Road to single window ports operation
*Ile-Ife crisis: Falana, OPC flay Police over parade of suspects
‘We have a defective economic structure’
*Group seeks timeline for relocation of IOCs headquarters
*Tinubu: Astute administrator and statesman at 65
*NAICOM, PenCom direct life insurers on accounts with PFCs
*Corruption still thriving, says NLC
*Oando Gas & Power plans to raise $1b for projects
*AMAA’ll boost tourism in Lagos, says Ambode
*‘Skill acquisition vital to economic recovery’
*APC to heads of govt agencies: don’t disrespect National Assembly
*Ambode: Nigeria moving out of recession
*Fuel scarcity looms in Southwest
*2019: Senator gets more support2019
*Why big businesses can’t do without private jets, by Peterside
*Buhari ‘has no certificate scandal’
*Abia accountant-general, Onyendilefu I was never arrested by EFCC
*Gbadamosi joins IIPELP Advisory Council
Stallion Group gets agric awards
*VC urges awareness on HIV/AIDS
*Akeredolu urges court to set aside ruling on councils
*UBA profit after tax hits N72b

GUARDIAN
*Senate probes alleged N4tr revenue leakage in Customs
*Banks get dollar surplus as CBN offers $100 million
*Trump to roll back Obama clean power plan
*PDP’s ceasefire collapses as Sheriff, Makarfi engage in counter-accusations
*Kidnappers of Caleb University student demand N10m ransom
*Capital releases to MDAs hit N1tr in 2016 budget
*‘ I poisoned food to punish community’
*FG may repay states with bond for repairs on federal roads
*NPA, Intels disagree over non-remittance of $200m revenue
*Jonathan urges Ijaw unity, chides IYC over leadership crisis
*Kaduna airport records 43,000 passengers in 11 days
*Ambode asks states to develop economic path for sustenance
*Presidency moves to transform illegal Niger Delta oil refineries
*Imo expects N13.5b of Paris Club loan refund, not N80b, says Okorocha
*FG may repay states with bond for repairs on federal roads
*NPA, Intels disagree over non-remittance of $200m revenue
*Jonathan urges Ijaw unity, chides IYC over leadership crisis
*Ambode asks states to develop economic path for sustenance
*Group writes Buhari, urges trial of officers indicted for budget padding
*Presidency moves to transform illegal Niger Delta oil refineries
*Imo expects N13.5b of Paris Club loan refund, not N80b, says Okorocha
*ICPC dismisses group’s petition against Rauf Aregbesola
*Obaseki tasks judiciary on service delivery

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