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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Friday, March 25, 2016


INDEPENDENT
•BDC, Power speculators want Emefiele out
•I failed on security in Kogi, Bayelsa and Rivers elections---Buhari
•Conduct Tribunal fixes Saraki’s trial for April 5
•Reps honour UNILAG’s best, Dada
•I appeal to my lecturers to cal off strike and return to table for dialogue—Dr Muhammed, Provost, FCE Potiskum
•Police arrest three cattle rustlers in Benue, kill one

THE AUTHORITY
•Free polls: I failed in Kogi, Bayelsa, Rivers—Buhari
•Bishop, CD, others give Army deadline to reopen Niger Bridge
•Air Force fighter jet crash lands at Yola airport
•Navy gets 30 patrol boats to boost operations in Niger Delta
•Buhari marginalising South east—Professor Nwabueze
•Dasukigate: Presidential panel indicts 300 contractors, recovers 7billion naira

NATION
•Saraki loses bid to quash charges
•Heat on Abia vandals
•N558.2m monthly diversion in NAF predates Badeh, says witness
•SPAR opens store in Ilupeju
•Implement AU’s recommendation on health, agric, govts told
•NAS sensitises Port Harcourt residents on Lassa fever virus
•Mikel should talk to me, says Siasia
•Why APC is boycotting poll, by Ilori

THISDAY
•I have Three Years More, Buhari Replies Critics
•FG to Repatriate Nigeria’s Looted Funds Stashed in UAE
•Presidential Committee Indicts 300 ONSA Contractors, Recovers N7bn
•Boko Haram Abducts 14 Women, 2 Girls in Adamawa
•Russian Oil Exports Threaten OPEC’s Output Freeze Deal
•Senate PDP Caucus Asks INEC to Release Results of Rivers Rerun
•House Opens Investigations into Oil Prospecting, Mining Licenses
•Lagos to Issue White Paper on Lekki Free Zone Disturbance
•I am Ready For Trial, Says Saraki

LEADERSHIP
•PMB To APC: Be Ready To Make Sacrifices For Change
•Senate Indicts PPRA Over Non Remittance Of N700bn To FERMA
•Yakubu, Aka Inconclusive INEC Chairman
•Senate: One Week, One Trouble
Rivers Of Blood
•Re: Security And Stability
•How Starving Nigerian ‘Witch’ Toddler •Prompt Outpouring Of Charitable Donations •The Role Of Good Parenting In Child Up-bringing
•Dalung Spits Fire, Threatens To Sanction Erring Sports Federations

PUNCH
•NAF jet fighting B’Haram crashes in Yola
•Rerun: Wike sets up panel to probe killings
•27 states have difficulties paying salaries –Buhari
•Boko Haram abducts 16 women, Shekau says ‘my end has come’
•Diversion of N558.2m started before Badeh – Witness
•Rerun: Wike sets up panel to probe killings
•Petrol scarcity: Kachikwu’s comment fuels hoarding, panic buying
•Don’t politicise Saraki’s trial, CLO tells judges

VANGUARD
•Power generation drops to 2,841MW
•Ekiti Assembly invasion: DSS queried me on lies – Akanni
•Rivers, Nigeria’s most deadly state – Buhari
•Badeh: Past Air Chiefs also diverted N588.2m monthly —Witness
•Alleged N400m fraud: Court tasks EFCC on Metuh’s bid to disqualify judge
•The bad example from Rivers
•PENSION ARREARS: Retirees appeal to Imo govt
•ASUU election ends in fiasco at Ojukwu varsity
•Victims Support Fund spends N200m on books, salaries for IDP camps —DG
•BIAFRA: FG unnecessarily making Nnamdi Kanu a legend — Ikokwu
•Gov Dickson witch-hunting APC supporters, Ijaw group alleges
•Alleged false declaration: FRN vs Tinubu was in error – CCT

GUARDIAN
•At Easter, IGP orders tight security
•New Super Eagles captain, Mikel, preaches unity
•My scorecard in 10 months, by Buhari
•CCT admits error in freeing Tinubu, okays Saraki’s trial
•Military kills five terrorists, rescues 180 hostages in Borno
•El-Rufai, Lalong laud peace pact among Kaduna communities
•IGP redeploys more anti-riot policemen in Agatu
•Lagos PDP doubts APC’s commitment to hold council polls
•Karadzic gets 40-year jail term for genocide in Srebrenica

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