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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, January 20 2016


NEWSWATCH TIMES
•Senate makes U-turn, begins debate on corrected budget
•...Reps in uproar over President’s letter
•Don’t place profit above nation’s security, Buhari warns telecoms firms
•Olubadan dies at 101years
•Arms deal: Metuh gets 400million naira bail
•Fraud: FG threatens to scrap NIMASA, cancels maritime varsity
•NNPC’s Crude Oil swap probe not a witch-hunt---Dogara
•Nigeria to re-focus on renewable energy—Kachukwu


NATIONAL MIRROR
•Metuh in handcuffs, gets 400million naira bail
•...Anti-corruption war: More heads to roll, says Buhari
•1billion dollars lost to swap deal ---NEITI
•Olubadan passes on at 100
•Senate backs Emefiele’s monetary measures
•Lassa Fever claims 63, spreads to 17 states—Minister
•Nigeria U.A.E. sign agreement on recovery of stolen
•We’ve reduced crime by 65percent in Lagos—Ambode
•2016 Budget: President sends corrected version to NASS
•Military issues ultimatum to oil installations vandals in Niger Delta

LEADERSHIP
•Reps Probe: How Nigeria was shortchanged in Crude Oil Swap
... ‘One foreign firm took 12.5million tonnes without returning any refined product’
•FG signs agreement with U.A.E. over recovery of stolen funds
•NASS adopts corrected version of 2016 Budget...begins deliberation today
•FG to enforce stamp duty on financial transaction
•Lassa Fever spreads to 17 states, death toll now 63
•Chibok Girls: BBOG Group calls for more military action in Sambisa
•Fraud how NIMASA used fashion designer’s account to siphon 546million naira
•Shiite killings: Army won’t condone impunity---Buaratai

NEW TELEGRAPH
•FG: Corrupt Judges will end up in jail
•President vows to deal with oil thieves, vandals
•Nigeria, U.A.E. sign agreements on loot recovery
•Arms deal: PDP, Lawyers kick as Metuh appears in handcuffs
•Budget: Speaker, Reps divided over Buhari’s letter
•Tax Break; Nigeria loses 650million naira to NLNG, Oil companies
•High-rise building residents risk heart attack—Report
•Non-Oil Receiepts declined to 4.39billion dollars in 2015, says CBN
•NIMASA used my company for 546milion naira fraud—Fashion designer
•Lassa Fever: OAUTH doctor bleeds to death
•Senate backs Emefiele on economic policy

NATION
•Investor flees Nigeria after being paid N32b for vessels
•Ambode: Lagos crime rate drops by 65%
•Ex-Governor Sani to face trial for alleged N1 billion fraud
•Lassa fever patient flees hospital, says minister
•$2.1b arms scandal: Do mutinous soldiers deserve pardon?
•Olubadan dies at 101
Metuh gets N400m bail
•Nigeria loses $3.3b to IOCs
•N4.2b debts: Auditors worry over survival of John Holt
•Nigeria, UAE sign pact on stolen funds recovery

VANGUARD
•Lassa Fever: FG confirms 212 cases in 17 states
•Budget 2016: Buhari writes Senate
•Bureaux de Change owners fighting Naira
•Make votes of 3 LGAs in Abia count, rights group urges S’ Court
•Oshiomhole blames PDP for tension in N-Delta
•Oliseh to unleash Chikatara on Tunisia
•I’m resolute in my commitment to serve Lagosians — Ambode
•Bird Flu: Plateau farmers tasked on timely report
•ZARIA KILLINGS: Army acted within its rules of engagement, COAS tells probe panel
•Workers’ sack: Tension heightens in Imo

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