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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2016


GUARDIAN
•Appointment of Court Justices Follow the Guidelines, Says CJN
•Cameroun Claims Army Kills 92 Militants in Joint Operation with Nigeria
•Fred Amata Emerges DGN President
•Buhari visits Ka’aba chambers,
•Forex Scarcity: Nigerians Call For Use Of Locally Made Goods
•JAMB: Lagos Cancels Today’s Monthly Sanitation
•Metuh Destroyed Evidence Mentioning Jonathan, Witness Tells Court
•Church Premises Deserted as S’Court Affirms Rev King’s Death Sentence

PUNCH
•Wanted ex-EFCC boss, Lamorde, dares Senate, appears in Jos.
•FG’s anti-corruption war devoid of sentiment –APC
•1,890 captives rescued from Boko Haram, says Nigerian army
•Declare Adoke wanted, Sagay tells EFCC
•Boko Haram: Army is weak, lacks adequate weapons –Reps
•DSS arrests three over bribery allegation against DG
•Metuh indicted ex-president Jonathan in torn statement – EFCC
•IG directs police commands to inspect armouries
•Election petition: Supreme Court slams INEC for partisan role
•PDP group backs Fani-Kayode over Sheriff
•Petrol tanker crushes children, others to death in Osun

VANGUARD
•Your tenure expires March 28, PDP Rescue Group tells Sheriff, others.
•FG confirms MTN’s N50bn lodgement as part payment.
•Emefiele moves CBN directors
•You must die, Supreme Court tells Rev King.
•OLISEH: How now Sports Minister?
•Appointments: FG frustrating PPPRA’s effort to regulate oil sector — PENGASSAN.
•Orente is my favourite song — Adekunle Gold.
•Oil deals: How Diezani’s cousin was lured and arrested by EFCC operatives.
•2016 budget: Presidency, NASS break deadlock as VP Osinbajo heads monitoring. committee.

THIS DAY
•FG to Tackle Poverty Headlong, Says Osinbajo
•70-year Old Man, 2 Others Arrested for raping 15-year old Girl
•Reverend King to Die by Hanging, Says Supreme Court
•El-Rufai Signs New Tax Law to Improve Revenue Generation
•Ibas Charges Troops to Eliminate Pipeline Vandalism, Crude Oil Theft
•Africa’s Ministers Move to Bridge Widening Rural-Urban Gap
•IGP Commiserate with Families of Bomb
Buhari behind My Ordeal Says Dasuki

TRIBUNE
•DSS arrests 3 over N4bn bribery allegation against DG
•NUJ kicks as Oyo sacks BCOS management team
•NSCDC deploys 600 for UTME
•Pastor accused of impregnating two sisters opens up

THE NATION
•$2.1 arms scam: Jonathan named in torn statement by Metuh
•Supreme Court: Rev King must die by hanging
•Infantino elected FIFA president
•Obey, K1, 40 others to perform at Olubadan’s coronation
•Biafra: Ohanaeze Ndigbo holds talks with presidency over Kanu
•The kind of man I’ll like to marry–Nollywood star Halimah Abubakar
•The day security agents came for me –Ex-Lagos LCDA chair Idowu Obasa recalls days at The New.s

DAILY TRUST
•Rev. King: Supreme Court re-affirms death sentence
•Arms deal: Dasuki blames Buhari for his ordeal
•Why top APC leaders met at Villa – Oyegun
•How four family members were killed in Kebbi bloodbath
•ASUU, VC lament decapitation of university facilities
•Bayelsa: Anxiety mounts over kidnap victims
•Presidency unveils Buhari’s economic team
•Fayose to Ekiti people: No PVC, no dividends of democracy
•Arms deal: Dasuki blames Buhari for his ordeal

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