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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, FRIDAY, February 20, 2015


DAILY TRUST
Chadian forces retake Dikwa, residents say;
Reps: We won’t accept tenure elongation;
Naira now 218 to dollar at bureau de change;
312 days since over school girls were taken from Chibok;
Controversy over alleged 6billion naira bribe to pastors;
Monkey to inherit fortune from ostracised couple;
Elections must hold in north-east—Jonathan;
KEDCO explains power shortage in Kaduna, others;

NEWSWATCH TIMES
We’ll be involved in elections, Army insists;
Reps suspend debate on use of military for polls;
African allies to pin down Boko Haram in March;
As Nigerian Air Force shells Sambisa, sects training camps;
Jonathan launches Naval ships, says capacity increased to rout insurgents;
Lawmakers ask FG for 20billion dollars NNPC audit report;
Buhari, APC bearer, leaves for UK;
Italian Court dismisses Saipem’s appeal on Nigeria’s corruption;
Cholera outbreak kills six in Ebonyi, 8 others on danger list;

GUARDIAN
Troops destroy Boko Haram camps in Sambisa Forest, retake Gwoza, Dikwa;
New approach to blocking HIV raises hopes for AIDS vaccine;
Appeal court reserves ruling on Jonathan’s eligibility;
Delta PDP expels ex-speaker Ochei, Omo-Agege, others;
Beyond Abuja accord;
Teenager guilty of plot to behead soldier;
New approach to blocking HIV raises hopes for AIDS vaccine;
Appeal court reserves ruling on Jonathan’s eligibility;
Delta PDP expels ex-speaker Ochei, Omo-Agege, others;
There won’t be interim govt, says Abdulsalami;

TRIBUNE
Jonathan, Yoruba Council of Elders meet in Lagos;
Awo, Soyinka, TB Joshua listed as Yoruba icons;
158 Boko Haram abductees reunite with families;
STF kills 2 rustlers, recovers 400 cattle;
Man bags 15-year jail term for raping minor;
Nation’s refineries to operate at optimal capacity by 2016 —NNPC;
Oil falls sharply after U.S. crude inventories rise;
Oyo Assembly sacks LG caretaker chairmen;
Disaster hit over 1.5billion people worldwide since 2005 —Report;

NATIONAL MIRROR
Air Force bombs Sambisa forest, dislodges Boko Haram;
Chadian troops kill 117 insurgents, reclaim Dikwa;
Jonathan promises to rout sect, inaugurates naval ships;
We’ll be involved in polls—Army...Reps suspend debate....PDP, APC differ;
Buhari in UK for talks in Chatan House;
Nigeria loses 33billion dollars to steel importation;
IG threatens policemen over planned strike;

NEW TELEGRAPH
October 1 bombing: I’m ready for trial, Okah tells Court;
States push for refund of 1.48billion dollars by NNPC;
Reps demand forensic audit report;
Battle rages in Sambisa forest...troops kill large number of insurgents;
...their days are numbered, says Jonathan;
APC alleges fresh plot to use religion for campaign;
PDP; We don’t need religious or ethnic cleavages to win elections;
Defection: court hears suit against Tambuwal March 3;
Nigerians must prepare to vote on March 28—Abdulsalami;

PUNCH
I came to Nigeria to eat, marry – Illegal immigrant;
Lamido, Mu’azu meet over Obasanjo;
CAN got 7billion naira to campaign for Jonathan –Borno pastor;
Alfa kills, shares friend’s body parts;
Sambo using religion to divide Nigerians —APC;
Jonathan renews efforts to woo South-West voters;
I will declare my assets publicly –Buhari;
No going back on election dates –Military, President;
IG ignores National Assembly order, warns policemen against strike;

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