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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, THURSDAY, January 08, 2015


DAILY SUN
Jonathan hits back at Obasanjo;
Ex-president behaving like motor park tout;
Gives INEC marching orders on PVCs;
Document exposes plot to collapse Nigeria’s economy…..organ trafficking from the country also part of plan;
Arab nations not funding me—Buhari;
Promises to boost non-oil sector to enhance economy;
APC under fire over MEND’s endorsement;

NATIONAL MIRROR
DSS accuses APC of plot to hack INEC server….Allegation hogwash, disservice to Nigeria—Party;
FG justifies Excess Crude Account, foreign reserve spending…reserves now 34.4billion dollars, says CBN;
Reps meet Jega, stakeholders over elections;
Aliyu warns against re-enacting 2011 post-election violence;
No Arab country funding my campaign, says Buhari;
Terrorists kill 12 Paris newspaper office attack;

LEADERSHIP
Terrorist Assault on Media in Paris: Outrage over killing of Editor, 3 Cartoonists;
8 others injured, 11 wounded…World leaders react…Gunmen identified;
Falling Oil Price: Nigerian Stocks World’s worst performing;
Excess Crude Money not squandered—Okonjo-Iweala;
Jonathan to INEC: All Nigerians must get PVCs before February 14;
Chibok Diary Day 269: BringBackOurGirls Group raises the alarm over plans to exclude Chibok from voting;

BUSINESS DAY
Boko Haram: Business want allowances for JTF, communication with grassroots;
Community says elections impossible in troubled states;
Nigerian stocks drop in world’s worst performance as oil weighs;
Analysts advise diversification, prudence as oil price slumps;
….says $40per barrel represents 38.5% deviation from 2015 budget benchmark;
Legal Business: Commercial Crime…Courts cannot stop investigation;

NEWSWATCH TIMES
23 states’ Assemblies vote against LG autonomy;
UNIBEN students burn government buses, block expressway;
Boko Haram to Cameroon: Embrace Islam or risk more attacks;
Nigeria, Central African Republic, Syria, Iraq top list of Christian persecution in 2014;
2015 polls: PDP may not field candidates in Ondo—INEC;
FAAN advises air travellers over severe weather;

NEW TELEGRAPH
Buhari: President desperate to remain in power;
Foreign Reserves climb to $34.49billion….FG defends management of treasury;
Jonathan fires missile…..some statesmen behave like touts;
How APC plans to rig elections, by DSS…Plots hacking, fake results;
Lai Mohammed: It’s hogwash;
Quadri emerges world best table tennis player;

THIS DAY
DSS Accuses APC of Hacking into INEC’s Database;
Fashola: FG Misleading Foreign Investors on Security, Economy;
Jonathan: Some Statesmen are Ordinary Men Based on Their Utterances;
NLC Backs Judiciary Workers’ Strike;
FEC Approves 1.2billion naira for FCT Sewage Project;
Buhari Comes under Severe Attack over Plans to Scrap First Lady’s Office;
Group Asks FG to Release Report on Synagogue Building Collapse;

TRIBUNE
Buhari is Tinubu’s candidate, North will pick its own 2019 —Fayose;
Elder statesmen should not talk like motorpark touts —Jonathan;
We’ll expose Buhari’s atrocities as campaign issue –PDP;
Atiku, Tinubu, Ngige, others in APC presidential campaign council;
Jonathan kicks off campaign in Lagos today;
We’ll not allow PDP to rig 2015 elections —Buhari;
Hoodlums attack Gombe APC governorship candidate’s residence;
Elections: INEC considering constituencies for IDPs;

PUNCH
Where is Mrs Buhari?;
Some senior citizens are motor park touts –Jonathan;
South-South can collapse economy if Jonathan loses —Agbaje;
Re: Come and see Senate Building;
Police arrest lorry with ballot boxes in Ibadan;
All registered voters must get cards, President orders Jega;
I’ll ensure stable power supply – Buhari;

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