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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Tuesday, February 09, 2016


NATION
•Health minister disowns budget proposal
•Okonjo-Iweala under probe for €3.6m vehicles deal
•Labour pickets electricity firms as govt urges acceptance of tariff hike
•Federal Govt in order over Dasuki’s re-arrest, says court
•MTN must pay fine, says govt
•EFCC detains ex-CDS Badeh after eight-hour grilling
•Crashing oil prices: Nigeria’s $21b remittance market to the rescue

VANGUARD
•FG’ll renegotiate, not revoke inherited contracts —Fashola
•We can’t identify true owners of oil blocs, assets — NEITI
•My battles with ex-President Jonathan, Tompolo – Ayiri Emami
•Supremacy RATING: Benin palace takes on Alake of Egbaland
•Amaechi faults Wike on $150m allegation
•Boko Haram not occupying any local govt in Borno — GOV SHETTIMA
•Alleged N32bn fraud: Dasuki fails to stop trial

LEADERSHIP
•US Companies Invest $10.9bn In Nigerian Economy – Envoy
•CBN Intervention In Economy Now Over N1.3trn – Emefiele
•Non-OPEC Oil Production Will Drop To 56.4mbpd In 2017 – Report
•Our Next Target Will Be Petroleum Sector – EFCC
•PIB: ‘NASS Won’t Wait For The Executive’
•NCC Seeks Fast-track Of Telecom Infrastructure Bill By NASS
•Airlines Lose N20bn Annually To Aircraft Landing
•New Aero Boss To Lead Team Of Industry Professionals To Revitalise Airline – AMCON
•Arrest Bala Mohammed, AGIS, FCDA Officials, Abuja Natives Tell EFCC

PUNCH
•Fear grips perm secs, directors over budget padding
•Budget defence: Senate panel walks out on SGF, FRSC’s teams
•Senators clash over S’Court ruling on Saraki’s CCT Trial
•Sanusi faults CBN on naira exchange rate
•B’Haram: Australia allocates $3m to feed displaced persons
•Osun assembly passes land use charge bill
•Yes, I’ve apologised —Oliseh

THIS DAY
•Senate: Ignore Rantings of Senator’s Call for Saraki’s Resignation
•Leadership Tussle Forces PDP to Shift NEC, BoT Meetings
•Labour Protest Fails to Disrupt Power Supply
•Adeosun: TSA Proceeds May Reduce Deficit Financing
•Again, Sanusi Criticises FG’s Naira Policy
•Synagogue Trustees, Others Lose Bid to Stop Trial
•No LG in Borno under Boko Haram Occupation, Says Shettima
•EFCC: We’re Investigating Ex- Finance, Petroleum Ministers, Kola Aluko

GUARDIAN
•TSA to cut N2.22tr budget deficit
•Adeboye hinges economic turnaround on fear of God
•Osun to cut cost of governance
•Judge adjourns NAFDAC, Guinness case for out – of – court settlement
•Court okays trial of SCOAN engineers
•Ekiti teachers on strike over unpaid salaries
•Ambode swears in two new perm secs
•Afe Babalola varsity students on rampage
•HURIWA accuses Iran, Amnesty of meddlesomeness over Army, Shi’ites clash
•Protest against new electricity tariff paralyses Discos
•EFCC probes Okonjo-Iweala, Allison-Madueke, oil sector

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