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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Tuesday, February 23, 2016


DAILY SUN
•PDP mess...I won’t quit—Sheriff
You must go, says BoT
•Zaria clash: Shiites shun panel of inquiry
•INEC document faults Kogi governorship election as tribunal begins sitting
•INEC document faults Bello’s election as Kogi tribunal sits
•9 year old boy defiled, hospitalized
•Assassins kill 5 in Kebbi
•Aoke blames Atiku, Abacha family for Malabu oil ordeal
•...I have no hands in your travails—Ex-Vice President

DAILY TRUST
•As PDP ex-ministers meet today....
•Sheriff: I won’t resign....BoT: You’re not suitable to lead
•Naira firms after Buhari rejects devaluation
•EFCC detains Moro over immigration recruitment
•680 days since over 200 Chibok schoolgirls were taken by Boko Haram
•Buhari arrives Riyadh on visit to Saudi, Qatar
•Drama as PPPRA gets two Chief Executives
•Corruption Catholic Bishops want open trial

GUARDIAN
•PDP’s board of trustees rejects Sheriff as chairman
•Path to reviving Nigeria’s economy, by World Bank VP
•How abuse of forex rules cripples economy
•Power generation slides to 4245MW
•APC criticises Fayose over stance on TSA
•Lagarde gets second term in office as IMF chief
•Supreme Court explains verdict on Ishaku’s victory in Taraba
•Senate orders cleanup of FCT within 21 days
•‘Why traditional media must integrate digital platforms’
•Broke NFF shops for funds to pay coaches

PUNCH
•Discos insist on electricity tariff increase
•$24bn contracts: Reps summon Diezani, to appear March 2
•Kogi: INEC makes a U-turn, declares PDP winner
•50,000 Abuja workers sacked in two months – ACCI
•Woman, 106, rejoices for meeting Obama
•Heavy shootings as soldiers raid Rivers ex-militant’s house
•Senate set for stormy session over Marafa
•‘Children experience first physical violence with male teachers’
•Lawmakers summon Lagos HOMS contractors
•Ambode okays FC Barcelona Academy in Lagos
•Sheriff still under N300bn Borno allocation probe –EFCC
•Bombing: Charles Okah undergoes anus surgery, judge adjourns trial
•Boss damages 13-year-old apprentice’s private parts

NATION
•BoT to adamant Sheriff: you’re not fit to lead PDP
•Moro for trial over Immigration jobs scandal •Badeh, ex-NIMASA DG quizzed in detention
•$2b Malabu deal: Adoke writes VP
•Navy arrests pirates, recovers oil tanker
•okah’s trial suspended
•Not yet Uhuru for Buhari’s ‘Budget of Change’
•Maritime to contribute 25 per cent of budget, says Amaechi
•Annals of justice: The Affluenza Defence
Nigeria-China trade volume hits $14.94b

THIS DAY
•Crude Oil Price Rises by over 6%
•Buhari’s Oil Agenda in Saudi Arabia
•Ogor: 2016 Budget is Worst Ever Since 1999
•Nigerian, Akinwande, to Get Highest Research Award from Obama
•Army Sacks Railway Police Station Umuahia
•Adoke Writes Osinbajo on Malabu Oil Deal
•Ex-minister Moro, Former Interior Perm Sec, Director in EFCC Net
•I Will Not Resign, Sheriff Replies Critics
•Supreme Court: APC, Alhassan Lacked •Locus Standi to Challenge Ishaku’s Election
•INEC Reverses Self, Declares Ogembe Winner of Kogi Central Senatorial Rerun
•PDP Thugs Bomb Abe’s Senatorial Office in Rivers

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