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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Friday, February 26, 2016


THE AUTHORITY
•FG abandoned Igboland since 1970—Simon Okeke
...advocates South-East Development •Commission, support for Buhari’s anti-graft war
•Buhari welcomes Islamic Bank’s loan offer
•NAFDAC bans beans import
•Dangote truck kills 5, injures others in Enugu
•Alleged missing 1trillion naira: Senate declares EFCC ex-boss, Lamorde, wanted
•Head of Service office hit by blackout
•Fulani Killings: Ortom rushes to Villa, demands ranches for herders

NATIONAL MIRROR
•Budget 2016: Reps summon Adeosun, Udo-Udoma, Emefiele
•Arms scam: Court to rule on Metuh’s no-case-submission on March 9
•Over 1.5million candidates to sit for UTME
•Why we changed our position on Sheriff---PDP BoT
•Picture shows fire fighters putting out a fire at a fuel station on Airport Road, Abuja, yesterday
•Illegal mining: FG deploys 3,000 NSCDC personnel to sites
•CBN clarifies accounts with BVN related issues

NEWSWATCH TIMES
•DPR summons modular refinery licences over take-off delay
•U.I. tops NUC 2015 rankings
•2016 Budget: Senate uncovers 5bilion naira shortfall in Unity School’s meal subsidy
•INEC fixes Edo, Ondo governorship election for September 10, November 26
•Buhari welcomes Islamic Dev. Bank’s finance offer

THIS DAY
•Buhari to Convene National Economic Conference in March
•House, Mark Condemn Agatu Killings as Death Toll Hits 100
•Fuel Scarcity Looms as FG Seeks to Swap More Oil
•Lagos to Upgrade National Museum to World Standard
•Court Strikes out Etisalat’s Suit against MTN over Visafone Acquisition
•1.5m Students to Sit for 2016 UTME
•EFCC Arrests Businessman, Chidi Amamgbo
•NEC Fixes Edo, Ondo Governorship Polls for Sept 10, Nov 26
•PDP BoT: Why We Accepted Sheriff as Chairman

NATION
•Refund N310m for 23 cars, EFCC tells Uche Secondus
•Edo governorship poll holds Sept 10
•Four killed in accidental explosion at Police Anti-bomb Squad Office
•PDP BoT, Rescue Group disagree on Sheriff’s tenure
•Magu: I’m not out to rubbish integrity of judges, lawyers
•Diezani’s cousin held for ‘illegal’ crude oil deals
•Father ‘sells’ son for N250,000
•Fed Govt to open talks with MTN after receipt of N50b
•Scores of Boko Haram fighters killed

PUNCH
•Buhari heeds Soyinka’s advice, convenes conference
•Fresh fuel crisis looms over dollar shortage
•Reps summon FRSC boss over speed limiters
•Jonathan’s ex-ADC in detention on Army’s directive--EFCC
•Adamawa explosion kills four
•One dies as Ladipo traders clash with soldiers
•EFCC to invite Mu’azu, Obanikoro over Omokore’s car gifts
•Suspected One Million boys members arrested at vigil
•Buhari’s cash: NSC pledges to pay players fully
•LASAA laments attacks on officials, threatens sanctions

GUARDIAN
•1.5m to write 2016 UTME as test begins Sat
•Power supply crisis persists, generation drops further to 3,697MW
•EFCC set to recover N1.5tr
•Dozens feared killed in Yola bomb blasts
•FIFA elects new president amidst suspense
•Court hears detained military officer’s human rights enforcement suit today
•Hundreds feared killed as herdsmen attack Benue
•Vaginal ring laced with anti-AIDS drug reduces HIV infection by 33.5%
•2016 budget: NBS seeks economic diversification, appropriate taxation

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