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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, THURSDAY, December 10, 2015


PUNCH
* Tension as Bayelsa APC supporters protest poll cancellation
* Consumers oppose electricity tariff increase
* ‘B’Haram burnt 520 schools, killed 350 teachers in Borno’
* OOU lecturers begin strike over unpaid salaries
* Arms deal scandal, a betrayal of trust –Buhari
* Osinbajo slams EFCC over low graft convictions

VANGUARD
* Arraignment: Dokpesi pleads not guilty
* Frivolous Petition Bill: We'll remove parts that do not conform to human rights —Saraki
* Govs must pay minimum wage —Oshiomhole
* 2016 Budget: ‘N6trn proposal achievable with prudent management, transparency’
* Indigenous operators produce 6% of Nigeria’s oil
* How Customs, DSS, Quarantine hinders trade facilitation —Broker

THE GUARDIAN
* Nigerians celebrate, as U-23 Eagles pick Rio Olympics ticket
* AGF, Emefiele disown TSA contracts, payments
* ‘Students should be groomed in true African culture’
* More Nigerians will succumb to kidney failure, say experts
* Dokpesi docked, remanded in EFCC custody
* Senate won’t consider any anti-media agenda, says Saraki

THE SUN
* Arms deal: Oshiomhole urges FG to arrest, prosecute Okonjo- Iweala
* $322m Abacha loot used for military operations in North-East, Okonjo-Iweala replies Oshiomhole
* Kogi guber crisis: APC ‘ll replace Faleke – Oyegun
* PIB ’ll strip president powers to allocate oil blocks
* Biafra: North, South leaders recommend FG -protesters’ talks
* Heads to roll in Anambra over extortion of sickle cell patients
* FG pays N407bn subsidy claims to oil marketers

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