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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, THURSDAY, January 21 2016


THE AUTHORITY
•2016 Budget: Senators query 3.9billion naira as Aso Rock renovation
•Posers over another 1.7billion naira allocation for Presidency
•Lawmakers declare 5pages missing in Appropriation Bill
•Nd’Igbo condemn Olisa Metuh’s court appearance in handcuffs
•Buhari, Governors set 2017 deadline for Polio eradication
•We don’t know Dasuki’s whereabouts—Family lawyer
•Court sends Kanu to Kuje prison
•FG yet to release 10.6billion naira to NASS for severance allowances
•INEC, 30 political parties agree to change electoral rules
•Following disqualification: Ekwunife absent at Anambra APC primaries

NIGERIAN PILOT
•Senate demands audit reports from NNPC, DPR
•...Port Harcourt, Kaduna refineries shut
•Budget 2016: 2.2trillion naira loan dividends lawmakers
•Assets declaration order rattles Customs
•Nnamdi Kanu in Court, charged with treason
•Court orders FG to produce Dasuki
•Again, court reserves judgement against Saraki, Ekweremadu
•APC screening committee disqualifies Ekwunife as senatorial aspirant
•Saraki, Jonathan, others mourn Olubadan


NATION
•Lassa fever: Resident doctor dies in OAUTHC
•Protest in Ekiti over Fayose’s airport project
•EFCC chief Magu: more looters will go to prison
•$2.1b arms deals: Mu’azu, Dikko, Jonathan’s ex-aide may be declared wanted
•Ex-FUTA VC killers to die by hanging
•Olubadan died after holy communion, says priest
•.....I’m ready for throne, says Adetunji
•$2.1b arms deals: Mu’azu, Dikko, Jonathan’s ex-aide may be declared wanted •Govt has no record of unemployed, says Minister
•Oil price falls below $27/bbl
•Kogi: Inaugurating Bello as governor’ll be unconstitutional
•House, shops burnt in gang war
•My neighbour kidnapped, sold my daughter for N20,000

LEADERSHIP
•Tambuwal Moves To End Child, Maternal Death In Sokoto
•132 VVF Victims Get Free Surgery In Kano
•PDP’s Candidate Asks Court To Sack Faleke From NASS
•UK Court Registers N99bn Judgment Against Military
•Businessman, Firm Arraigned Over N28m Fraud
•Reps Begin Deliberations On 2016 Budget
•Judiciary Should Not Succumb To. Blackmail – Ozekhome
•FG’s Focus More On Political Conquest Than Economy – Dickson

VANGUARD
•I’m not dating Zarah Buhari – Gov Yari
•2 men allegedly sell stolen baby for N100,000
•International interest, Rule of Law guide our work —EFCC Chairman
•Biafra: Kanu pleads not guilty to felony charge
•Oil price: Senators split over 2016 budget
•Sacked workers: Labour briefs Imo police boss
•ICPC to arraign ex-Zamfara gov today over alleged corrupt practices
•Fuel import: Foreign suppliers blacklist Nigeria
•Tension in Lagos market as traders protest invasion by NURTW
•Produce Dasuki in court Feb 16, judge orders FG
•LASSA FEVER: FG targets 10,000 health centres, sets up c’ttee
•Killers of ex-FUTA VC sentenced to death
Pinnick, Giwa in show of shame

GUARDIAN
•‘2016 budget can’t work’
•Why we can’t tackle Lassa fever like Ebola, by Adewole
•Nigeria, China mull new communication satellite
•Global stocks crash to record low on falling oil prices
•Govt reconstitutes task force on polio
•Tailor who would be next Olubadan
•Eating fish in pregnancy boosts baby’s brain size
•How Nigeria can defeat Lassa fever, by NMA
•Asiabaka revs efforts to reposition FUTO
•Ikpeazu appeals for calm as Abia awaits S/Court verdict
•Mimiko calls for restructuring of the federation

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