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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 12TH APRIL, 2017.



PUNCH
*Malabu: Some people are threatened by my international profile, says Jonathan
*Our officials took N3bn bribe to rig 2015 polls – INEC
*Extradition: Senate seeks due process in Kashamu’s case
*Reps summon two ministers, principal over death of Queen’s College students
*Patience Jonathan’s $15m: Ozekhome challenges companies’ conviction
*Disclose your security votes, budget details, labour tells govs
*Ife clash: 21 indigenes sue IGP
*FG begins counselling of Boko Haram victims
*El-Rufai published security budget, not security vote – Reps
*Russian fighter jets arrive, military plans fresh bombing of Lagos creeks
*You failed your people, Sanusi attacks Zamfara gov again
*Alleged libel: Court grants Olunloyo bail
*Ambode urges residents to embrace healthcare services
*Suspect flees as whistle-blower exposes N4bn in secret accounts

THE NATION
*Reps attack El-Rufai as Dogara unveils his pay
*Govt to appeal lost graft cases
*Panel’s report indicts Jonathan, others in $1.1b Malabu Oil deal
*‘N9.7b’: Court orders DSS to produce Suswam
*N23b Diezani Bribe: INEC suspends 205 employees
*Meningitis: Minister, WHO warn Zamfara, other Northeast states
*Fed Govt to provide 15m jobs, 10 gigawatt of electricity
*21 Bayelsa students in U.S. beg Dickson to pay their tuition
*Again, whistle blower leads EFCC to N4bn
*Tambuwal, El-Rufa’i renew commitment to tackle Meningitis
*Economic Recovery Plan: FG to provide 15m jobs, 10 gigawatt of electricity
*Amnesty office screens 236 ex-agitators from Abia
*Two men jailed for 14 months for attempting to steal car
*Dogara releases pay slips, earns N346,577 monthly

THE SUN
*2015: INEC exposes N3bn bribe
CBN sells $100m to SMEs
*Dogara tackles el-Rufai, asks governor to face insecurity in Kaduna
*EFCC uncovers another N4bn in Niger
*Chibok girls: Onaiyekan, chief imam join BBOG march
*Alleged N9.7b fraud: Court orders DSS to produce ex-Benue gov, Suswam
*Malabu: Reps consider inviting Jonathan, recommend Diezani, Adoke for prosecution
*3 shots fired in late admiral’s room – Police

VANGUARD
*Nigeria will end up in a very, very bad way if… – Osinbajo
*Bill prescribing 20-year compulsory imprisonment for election violence scales first reading in Senate
*MASSOB/BIM to IGP: Order Ebonyi State Command to return our properties
*Give us monthly break down of what you take as security vote, Reps tell El-Rufai
*Nigeria needs $1bn to fight meningitis – Minister
*Diezani bribe: INEC drags 6 Commissioners to presidency
*$1.3bn Malabu scandal: Shell admits paying Etete for oil bloc
*War against corruption is going to be long, tough, arduous, but …- Lai Mohammed
*Privatise national assets through stock market — Expert charges FG
*Bill prescribing 20-year compulsory imprisonment for election violence scales first reading in Senate
*Impeachment saga: Anambra Speaker refuses to reconvene House

GUARDIAN
*Reps seek constitution of privatisation council
*Lagos businessman files appeal against NBC, NAFDAC over Fanta, Sprite
*Senate rejects own panel report on southern Kaduna crisis
*FBI investigated Trump campaign advisor's Russia links
*Non-oil exporters groan under lack of access to dollar proceeds
*Efe returns, receives prize money, SUV
*NNPC reduces trade deficit by 16%
*No gang-up by judiciary against anti-graft fight, says Onnoghen
*Malabu Oil urges court to stop FG from signing $13.5b project
*Edo government to strengthen emergency service to tackle disasters
*Malami explains delay in recovery of stolen $17b oil proceeds
*New NDDC board inherits N1.3tr liabilities

DAILY TRUST
*Senate seeks to withdraw ‘different versions’ of Constitution
*Jonathan: I didn’t receive $200m from Malabu deal
*FG opposes transfer of Albarnawi, 6 B/Haram commanders to prison
*Senate stops extradition of Senator Kashamu
*Meningitis: Zamfara health officials sell free medicines
*Dogara Tweets payslips after El-Rufai dare, but followers not convinced
*Nigeria will collapse if anti-graft war fails-Osinnajo
*Abuja airport runway 96 percent complete – Sirika
*Girl, 14, seeks justice after repeated rapes by father, series of men
*Runaway bride resurfaces in Osogbo
*Lagos Airport for certification April ending - NCAA DG
*FG fails to arraign Suswam today over DSS detention
*FG fails to arraign Suswam today over DSS detention
*Terrorism: Court allows witness protection in Albarnawi, 6 B/Haram commanders' trial
*Assembly imposes N1m fine on Fayemi for unanswered summons
*Nigeria sold $6.7bn less crude in 2016 - Report
*FG to sue IOCs over $17bn undeclared crude
*FG, two firms sign pact on 120mw solar power
*Abuja airport runway 96 per cent complete – Sirika
*FG to block N52bn annual leakage with tomato policy
*FG must implement ERGP with precision – NESG
*$650bn video revenue awaits mobile operators – Huawei
*Udoma: We’ll set up taskforce, delivery unit for recovery plan
*Reps probe jobs losses in telecoms sector
*Nasarawa moves to fix border tax breach
*YouWin awardees demand urgent payments
*FG reassures Niger Delta youths on empowerment, job creation

THISDAY
*Malabu Oil Asks Court to Stop FG from Signing FID on $13.5bn Oil Project
*FG Promises to Sustain Anti-corruption War Despite Recent Setbacks
*How Speculators, Currency Traffickers are Colluding to Force CBN’s Hand
*African Migrants Sold in Libya ‘Slave Markets’, Says IOM
*Udoma: FG to Release Implementation Roadmap for Economic Recovery Plan
*Amnesty International: Nigeria Only Second to China in Number of Death Sentences
*Osinbajo: Nigeria will End up Badly If We Fail to Sustain Anti-graft War
*Abuja Airport Runway Repairs 96% Completed
*Malami Asks N’Assembly to Consider Issuing Resolutions with Force of Law
*Dogara Releases Six-month Pay Slips, Urges El-Rufai to Publish Actual Security Spending

LEADERSHIP
*Poll Bribe Saga: INEC Sends 70 Staff Back To EFCC
*More Trouble For Ali As Auctioneers Tackle Customs, CG In Court
*FG Restates Commitment To Anti-graft War
*Nigerians, Other African Migrants Sold In Libya Slave Markets – UN
*I Will Transform Edo Into Dubai – Obaseki

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