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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, TUESDAY, March 17, 2015


NEW TELEGRAPH
AMCON puts Ibru’s debts at 16billion naira;
Jega: I’m not quitting;...says he won’t proceed on terminal leave;
OPC, PDP supporters ground Lagos with anti-INEC Chair’s protest;
Buhari can’t fight corruption, says PDP;
Voters should reject ruling party—Tambuwal;
Traditional council declares Oba of Bening ‘indisposed’;
Jonathan imports $15million worth of card reader jammers—APC;
PDP: your allegation wild, baseless;

PUNCH
I’m not ready to feed Jonathan in prison – Patience;
Armed pro-Jonathan groups protest against Jega in Lagos;
ICC to probe Patience Jonathan;
Jonathan, wife planning to kill me –Father Mbaka;
We’ll gladly receive Gbemi Saraki, says APC;
Resigning’ll amount to disservice to Nigerians –Jega;
Thugs attack Buhari’s wife’s convoy in Ilorin;
Boko Haram can’t humiliate Nigerian Army again –Chief of Army Staff;
Boko Haram has legitimate grievances, Obasanjo says;
Politicians and desperation for power;

TRIBUNE
Boko Haram’s grievances legitimate-OBJ;
Oba of Benin indisposed—Palace;
Agatu attack: Death toll rises to over 100;
Nigeria Army reclaims Baga;
Atiku’s group in South West endorses Jonathan’s;
Uduaghan cautions against disenfranchising any eligible voter;
Military to set up joint operation headquarters against terrorists;
Bauchi youths group tasks NBC on media content;

NEWSWATCH TIMES
I’ll conduct 2015 polls, says Jega;
Boko Haram: Badeh meets Chad, Niger’s Defence chiefs on final onslaught;
$16billion EPZ ground breaking by Jonathan postponed again over insecurity;
Court nullifies movement restriction during Lagos monthly sanitation;
Oba of Benin indisposed—Palace;
Poll; Refrain from violence, ICC prosecutor warns politicians;
NNPC must be overhauled—APC;
31 inmates of Kuje Prison get 2014 November/December SSCE certificate;
Ministerial Screening: Complied with our procedures—Mark;

NATIONAL MIRROR
New NLC President assumes office, woos aggrieved members;
I won’t go on terminal leave, says Jega....expresses readiness to conduct elections;
OPC protest against INEC boss in Lagos;
Boko Haram humiliated Army, says Chief of Army Staff;
Palace confirms Benin Oba’s ill-health, suspends engagements;
PDP plots to stop use of card reader for polls;
...Federal High to stop electoral commission;
Ajaokuta 110mega watts thermal plant begins operation;

THIS DAY
Ibinabo Sacked as Actors’ Guild President
Prosecutor: Why Child Bride Must Die for Culpable Homicide
Gunmen Abduct LP National Assembly Candidate in C’River
OPC Members, Hoodlums Unleash Mayhem in Lagos
Group Cautions Patience Jonathan against the Gbagbo Experience
PDP: Jonathan Better Than Obasanjo, Buhari, IBB in Fight against Corruption
Jega: OPC Members, Hoodlums Unleash Mayhem in Lagos
Ihedioha’s Campaign Unsettles the Old Order;
Winning the Election and Losing the Country;
Amaechi Alleges Plot to Assassinate Peterside;

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