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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, SUNDAY, March 13, 2016


NATION
•$2.1b arms deals: EFCC traces transfers to 11 foreign accounts in UK, US, Niger.
•Ooni marries famed Benin bronze caster’s daughter.
•Felix Ibru, Delta first executive governor, dies at 80.
•Ekiti PDP crisis deepens as Fayose’s agents disrupt elders’ meeting.
•Fuel scarcity: NNPC, CBN collaborate on forex for major marketers.
•Militants sack police station in Bayelsa, attack bank.
•Oronsaye to be arraigned over alleged N190m fraud on Tuesday.
•I know nothing about Azazi’s N10b, says Dasuki’s military aide.

PUNCH
•Oil sector suffers amid long wait for PIB.
•CBN suspends deputy governor, directors for fraud.
•Stop your investment in Morocco, NLC, ASUU tell Dangote.
•Scarcity: Filling stations sell petrol at black market rate.
•Troops kill 12 rustlers, recover 1000 cattle in Kano
•IG fails to rescue stolen Bauchi girls.
•Northern Christians warn emirs against stolen child brides.
•Ooni marries new wife in Edo, pays N24 bride price.
•Amaechi, Wike clash over Rivers rerun elections.
•I’m not running for Senate in 2019 — Ajimobi’s wife.

VANGUARD
•CAN warns Emirs against forceful marriage of Christian minors.
•FG’s N3.1 trillion revenue loss traced to an individual .
•President Buhari: The bigger the head, the bigger the headache.
•Why Buhari should stop wasting his/our time.
•Ex-Delta gov, Felix Ibru, dies at 80
•Ese: The Nigerian child as an endangered being.
•How we grew Edo economy without over-borrowing – Obaseki
•Our problem with NNPC restructuring, by NUPENG.
•CAN rejects allotment of grazing fields to herdsmen
•Church must support anti-corruption war - Omobude
•Fayemi challenges working women to add value to society

THIS DAY
•South Moves to Take PDP Chairmanship, North Disagrees
•Emefiele Suspends CBN Deputy Governor, 4 Others
•Buhari’s Exchange Rate Policy: The Fragility of Goodness
•First Civilian Governor of Delta, Felix Ibru, Dies at 80
•NDLEA Uncovers $2bn Illicit Drug Operation in Asaba
•Kachikwu Begins Talks with CBN on Marketers’ Forex Requests
•Foundation Asks British House of Lords to Support IDPs
•Northern CAN Warns against Abduction, Forceful Conversion of Christian Girls
•Deploy Science Tech to Defeat Terrorism, •Restiveness, Buhari Urges African Nations
•Buhari’ll Invest Heavily in Critical Infrastructure, Says Odigie-Oyegun
•FG Releases New Education Census Figure

LEADERSHIP
•Niger Delta Group Commends Kachikwu Over Unbundling Of NNPC
•Rivers: A State Ravaged By Cultists
•Destitutes, Beggars, Almajiris Overrun Abuja
•What Do You Think Of The Restructuring Of The NNPC?
•Eko-Panely Bio-Technology Is The Way To Go In Housing Dev’t – Ka’oje
•Our Focus Is To Give Back To Society – MaryAnn Ohiare-Ebibi
•Seduction: Court Sentences Pastor To 6 Months In Prison

TRIBUNE
•Glamour, as Ooni of Ife gets new wife
•Sokoto electoral commission suspends LG polls in Gudu
•Robbery suspect on military’s wanted list arrested in Niger
•DSS wants to get me impeached at all costs, says Fayose
•Prevail on Aregbesola not to sack 1,083 health workers, union tells Buhari
•REC alleges snatching of result sheet in A/Ibom re-run
•Police foil plan to rob bank in Bayelsa
•Army kills 2 suspected robbers, recovers 2 vehicles, ammunition

INDEPENDENT
•Islamic Coalition divides Nigeria…we had this kind of controversy in the 1980s about •OIC, afterall it turned out to be a wild rumour.
•Mark says over 500 killed in Agatu ’GENOCIDE”
•Nigeria loses 3 billion to oil workers’ strike.
•Gunmen attack police station, bank in Bayelsa.
•Army kills 40 Boko Haram terrorists, destroy Alajeri camp.
•Delta speaker, others mourn Felix Ibru.

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