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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Monday, February 22, 2016


NIGERIAN PILOT
•States’ foreign debts hit $3.2bilion....cannot pay in next 50years
•Banks return 6.2billion naira illegal charges to customers
•Modu Sheriff: PDP Senators, Reps disown defection plot
•450 Nigerian children died of malnutrition in 2015—Report
•New electricity tariff: NLC wants Amadi probed
•Oil price stability tops agenda as Buhari goes on week long trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar
•Rio 2016: Funding, ill-preparation may mar Team Nigeria--Qadri

THE AUTHORITY
•As Naira continues to free fall...CBN probes six banks for forex fraud
•8 months after, Nigerians still await Buhari’s Change--Kukah
•EFCC to prosecute suspects after returning looted funds, Magu
•Teenager becomes King in the Delta...Meet Nigeria’s youngest Monarch
•I’ll bring the U.S. Dollar to 200 naira in one month if....Ifeanyi Ubah
•....Asks Jonathan to speak up on Dasukigate
•Labour gives Al-Makura conditions, calls off strike
•Slain IPOB members’ corpses found in pit
Village Head, sons, Police Inspector electrocuted in Niger

LEADERSHIP
•Project report: Ilorin Aviation College Commences Training In Chopper Operation
•Return Of Foreign Investors, Dependent On Naira Devaluation – Balogun
•Gov Ahmed Advocates Use Of Indigenous Languages For Teaching
•Etsu Bassa Nge Seeks Construction Of Lokoja-Shintaku Bridge
•Why Life Expectancy Of Benue People Is Below 50 Years – Ortom
•LG Boss Targets Youth Empowerment
Church Trains 5000 Teachers In Benue
•Governor Okorocha Pledges Support For COSON

GUARDIAN
•Developers to tread cautiously on Nigeria’s real estate frontier
•Govt diverts N813.6b to fund joint ventures
•For Mark, it’s victory on three fronts
•Payment system records N49 trillion transactions, as BVN, TSA reduce fraud
•CAN denies alleged plans by presidency to interfere in choice of its leadership
•Emenike, Moses lift West Ham
•Fayose urges devaluation of naira
•How I stole my boss’ car to attend Valentine party, suspect reveals
•‘We want to go home,’ IDPs cry out
•JAMB rules out re-opening of examination portal
•Electricity agency charges DISCOs on wooden poles, poor

PUNCH
•President plans to install northerner as CAN leader, group alleges
•Obiano to critics: I’m not a hungry governor
•We won’t alter N6.07tn budget size, say Reps
•Rickey Tarfa sues MTN, EFCC, Falana, others for N5bn
•Boko Haram: NHRC clears Air Force of rights abuses
•CCT: Saraki blackmailing Buhari with budget controversies, says Marafa
•Adetunji to be crowned Olubadan March 4
•Buhari to visit Saudi, Qatar to discuss oil price
•EFCC links ex-CDS Badeh to N4.4bn NIMASA fraud
•CCT: Saraki blackmailing Buhari with budget controversies, says Marafa
•I steal women’s underwear for sexual pleasure – Suspect

NATION
•Jonathan’s ADC states role in N10b gift for PDP chiefs
•Olubadan to be installed March
•EFCC begins probe of $2billion Malabu Oil deal
•Sheriff must step down, say Juta, Wabara, others
•Party chair moves to stop revolt by members
•Buhari to discuss oil price stability in Saudi, Qatar
•The slaughter of kings
•Tarfa Vs EFCC
•Diversification: Any role for Nigeria’s $2.7b beer market?
•Executive insights: Manufacturing, forex situation and the Nigerian economy

THIS DAY
•Ohanaeze, Arewa Form Alliance, Hail Buhari’s Fight against Corruption, Insurgency
•Air Traffic Controllers Support FG’s Plan to Sanitise Aviation Sector
•Group asks NJC to investigate Justice Yunusa over abuse of power
•Ex-Jonathan Aide Faults Defection of PDP Chieftains to APC
•Kuku: N1tn Election Fund was Not Disbursed Through Amnesty Office
•Save Us from Gas Flaring, Delta Communities Cry Out
•Scrap Almajiri Schools System Now, Ganduje Tells FG
•Again, Buhari Got It Wrong
•Senate's 30 Bills as Template for a New Nigeria

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