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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, MONDAY, January 25, 2016


THE AUTHORITY
•You’re a despot, Cardinal Okojie tells Buhari
Accuses President of waging shoddy corruption war
•Associates top Buhari: Probe Obasanjo now
•Appeal Court Verdict: INEC insists Governor Ikpeazu won Abia poll
•Herdsmen kill DPO, 48 others in Adamawa
•Anambra Central: Ex-Governor Obi, Chidoka gun for PDP ticket
•NDDC seeks support of monarchs against pipeline vandalism
•Fashola wants 5tyrillion naira pension funds releaed for investment

NIGERIAN PILOT
•Arms deal: EFCC rejects ex-Service Chiefs’ plea-bargain bid
•Fraud in crude oil sales: 936billion naira not remitted to federation account
•Warn Amaechi over Judiciary, group tells Buhari
•22.7billion naira fraud: Tompolo to face 22-count charge
•Pressure on naira ahead Tuesday’s MPC meeting
•FG introduced TSA to ensure accountability—Buhari
•CBN grants 98.9million naira loan to farmers
•Police, DPO, 28 others killed in Fulani attack
•French investors eye Nigerian economy
•DGF NEMA calls for stronger coordination among stakeholders
•Those who stole arms fund are Boiko Haram sponsors—Borno elders

VANGUARD
•FG ends kerosene subsidy, pegs price at N83 per litre
•I make N300,000 monthly as a beggar— Drug addict
•Sacking of 3,000 Imo workers reckless, senseless —Ihedioha
•Nigeria, UAE no longer safe haven for criminals, FG warns
•Everyone is now careful of Buhari — Akeredolu
•El-Zakzaky flown to France for treatment, back to Abuja
•El-Rufai inaugurates commission of inquiry, Friday
•We didn’t arraign Biafra protesters half naked —Rivers Police
•Yobe govt worries over mass failure in SSCE, NECO exams
•Residency card now compulsory for Ondo students
•Assailants kill Delta poly student, one other
•11 cultists from Edo arrested in Ondo
•Pipeline bombing: FG directs Ijaw communities to hand over suspects

LEADERSHIP
•Kerosene To Sell At N83 – PPPRA
•Ezekwesili Takes Chibok Girls Campaign To WEF
•Dont Scrap Maritime University, Ijaw Youths Urge Buhari
•FG Won’t Cancel Past Contracts On Power Privatisation – Fashola
•EFCC Files Fresh 22-count Charge Against Tompolo, Others
•Dasukigate: Falana Writes ICC, Demands Prosecution Of Indicted Nigerians
•Medview, Passengers Bicker At Abuja Airpot Over Aborted Flight
•FG Hails Global Endorsement Of Its War On Corruption
•FG, MSMEs And The Economy
•Ogun: No Budget For 40th Anniversary – •SSG Dwindling Revenue: Ooni Harps On Prompt Tax Payment
•Olubadan, A Disciplined Monarch – Tinubu
•Economy: There Are Many Alternatives To Oil – Nda-Isaiah

NATION
•Current account holders to pay maintenance charges
•LCCI to CBN: lift forex restriction on 41 items
•Defectors will not destabilise APC, says Tinubu
•Suspected gunmen kill DPO, 62 others
•Alleged N1b fraud: Assembly okayed spending, says ex-Zamfara governor
•Alleged N22b fraud: EFCC charges Tompolo in Lagos
•EFCC to quiz Badeh, others in batches
•CBN worker freed from abductors’ custody
•Content Board, banks discuss long-term loans to oil, gas firms
•NITEL/MTEL: A second coming
•China, others mull meter plant for Akwa Ibom

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