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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Monday, February 29, 2016


PUNCH
•Nigerians carpet IG, Sanusi over Ese’s abduction, forced marriage
•Seriki wants Olubadan-designate, Adetunji, jailed for contempt
•Lamorde: IG gets Senate’s arrest warrant this week
•Reps suspend plan to purchase exotic cars
•Nigeria in a difficult, encouraging situation –Tinubu
•Anambra PDP asks INEC to withdraw Uba, Oduah’s certificates
•Lamorde: IG gets Senate’s arrest warrant this week
•Boko Haram no longer a threat, says Buhari

NATION
•EFCC sends INTERPOL after Moro’s accomplice
•Petrol hits N120 per litre in Ibadan
•Rev. King’s death sentence caused by witches, wizards, says Church
•NCC fines Glo, MTN N34m for number portability infraction
•Govt removes 23,846 ghost workers from payroll
•Army inducts combat motorbike battalion into fight against Boko Haram
•Money laundering: Metuh faults EFCC’s case
•Moving forward…strengthening intervention funds
•Emenike rejects Eagles return
•TURKEY 0-3 NIGERIA: We lost to a better side, Menge admits

VANGUARD
•BIAFRA: I’ll rather die in prison than for Ohanaeze to claim credit for my release —Kanu
•Terminal operators owe FG N86.2bn Ports charges, fees
•Good Governance: I need your prayers, Buhari tells religious leaders
•7,000 persons displaced in Fulani herdsmen, Agatu farmers’ clash in Benue
•FG moves to unveil beneficiaries of N66bn Halliburton bribes
•Buhari to OPEC: Oil price crash unacceptable
•Removing Apapa gridlock permanently
•Labour supports planned national dialogue on economy
•N676m NIS recruitment scam: Abba Moro, 4 others to be arraigned today
•Forex scarcity: OPS loses N1.46trn in 6 months —KADCCIMA

GUARDIAN
•Fuel queues return to major cities
•‘Ijebu, Igbo are Jews from Israel’
•Money market remains flat as N330b treasury bill maturity rolls back
•The Almajiri: Abused, neglected
•Man who lost N130m factory to inferno cries out for help
•Edo 2016: Ofeimun, Edebiri, Emuan, Esele jostle for space
•Obey Supreme Court order, lawyer tells INEC
•Micho may replace Siasia as Eagles coach
•Oliseh… His Scorecard, Many Battles With ‘Green Snakes’ In Glass House

THIS DAY
•Pray for Us, Buhari Urges Religious Leaders
•Measles: Sokoto Immunises One Million Children
•NAICOM to Release New Capital Base for Micro, Takaful Insurance Operators
•Stakeholders Point Way to Nigeria’s Economic Growth
•Firms Raise N80.4bn as Commercial Papers Market Bounces Back
•‘Digital Investment Will Boost Productivity, Economy’
•Shell, Bayelsa Seal Deal on Gas Supply for Power Generation
•Seadogs Caution Government against Budget Fiasco
•Fire Razes Kano Housing Estate
•Stranded Ex-militants Cry out from Turkey

LEADERSHIP
•FG orders investigation into Benue killings
•Oil Will Soon Sell For $50pb – Kachikwu
•Immigration Job Scam: EFCC Arraigns Abba Moro Today
•For Buhari, Prayer Is Still In The Mix
•‘Why Doctors Shun Niger State Service’
•Al-Makura Gets Knocks Over Policy Direction, Worker’s Sack
•Reps Differ Over Saraki, Marafa Feud
•2016 Budget: Reps Appropriation C’ttee To Interface With Budget Office
•N300m Car Purchase Controversy: I Have One Official Car, Innoson Vehicle – Saraki
•Lamorde: Senate Gives Warrant Of Arrest Despite Pending Suit
•Falana Asks Army To Release Gen Ransome-Kuti

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