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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Friday, February 05, 2016


DAILY SUN
•Agric Minister warns: Nigerians may starve to death if...
•Contempt: Dasuki knows fate Monday
•Court rules on Saraki’s assets declaration today
•Senate President, Speaker, governors to attend Ozekhome’s book launch
•FG uncovers 23, 306 ghost workers on pay roll
...to probe civil servants, banks over multiple salary scam
•Service Chiefs make U-turn on Boko Haram
...why military can’t defeat insurgents now, they declare
•Boko Haram: FG must change tactics now--SGF

THE AUTHORITY
•Shocking! Nigeria’s only cancer machine expires
•Bail Controversy: You’re a fugitive, FG accuses ex-NSA Dasuki
...to probe his military past
•Biafra referendum: How to secure UN support--IPOB
•Boko Haram: Military still poorly funded—Service Chiefs
•Supreme Court verdict: Ikpeazu, Udom reach-out to opponents

NATION
•Buhari under pressure to stop anti-graft battle
•BVN exposes 23,306 ‘ghost workers’ on Fed Govt payroll
•PDP hails judiciary on Abia, Akwa Ibom verdicts
•CCT: Saraki knows fate today
•Ex-VP Sambo’s aide: why I refunded Metuh’s N25m
•Two hospitals shut as Ogun records Lassa fever
•Ooni, Owa battle at Osun monarchs’ meeting
•CCT: Saraki knows fate today

PUNCH
•Salary scam: FG to probe 23,306 civil servants, banks
•Buhari under pressure to stop anti-graft war, Osinbajo
•Sagay, Ogunye fault S’Court judgments on governorship polls
•I returned Metuh’s N25m to EFCC, EFCC, Sambo’s ex-aide tells court
•Court grants bishop bail over N11.5bn...
•220 delinquent debtors owe AMCON N1.1tn
•FG promises not to sack NNPC workers
•CHAN: Mali beat Ivory Coast to reach final

THIS DAY
•Emmanuel Lauds Supreme Court for Affirmation of Mandate
•Adebayo: Jonathan Allowed Fayose to Decimate Ekiti Election with Recklessness
•Over 7,000 Aggrieved APC Members Dump Party in Benue
•Okonkwo Kicks against Re-run in Anambra Central, Demands Certificate of Return
•Inec to Conduct Re-Run Election in 14 LGAS in Kogi Feb 20
•Senate Committee Urges Maritime Agencies to Shun Corruption
•Lawal: Nigerian Airlines Need Consolidation to Benefit from Economies of Scale

LEADERSHIP
•Ekiti Guber Poll: APC Vows To Resist Attempts To Influence Investigation
•Non-smart Phone Users To Enjoy Facebook Without Internet On Glo
•Dasukigate: EFCC Quizzes Tom Ikimi
•Shiites Insist On El-zakzaki’s Release
•Electricity Tariff: Labour To Embark On Nationwide Protest Monday
•Aisha Buhari Wants Governors’ Wives To Help Reduce Maternal , Child Mortality In Nigeria
•MKO Abiola Int’l Airport: Aregbesola Seeks FG’s Support

GUARDIAN
•Govt’s import bill on petroleum products hits N1.8tr in nine months
•NCAA suspends Bristow’s ditched chopper brand
•Auditor General queries FIRS over ‘missing N400b’
•Okorocha asks presidency to ignore NLC’s plea for action on suspended workers
•Recycling waste to wealth
•Skolombo Boys, kidnappers go on rampage
•Nigeria Requests $1 Billion African Development Bank Budget Support Loan
•U.S. jurors award N4.6b to black man shot by police chief

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