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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Wednesday, March 16, 2016


THIS DAY
•Senate to Probe Non-Remittance of N3.3tn by NNPC, Other MDAs

•Police Invade Lagos Hotel, Arrest Three More Babington

•Kidnapping Suspects

•Dangote, GE, Others Identified as Most Strategic Investors in Nigeria

•Inflation Spirals to 11.4% on Higher Food Prices, Imported Goods

•Integrity Test: LASG Orders Lekki Gardens Occupants to Vacate Estate

•Buhari Orders Security Services to Stop Violence in Rivers State

•NCC Has Resumed Regulatory Services Amid Fine Talks, Says MTN

•Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Sign Agreement on Joint Security Patrols

•CBN to Resume Payment of N213bn Power Intervention Fund

PUNCH
•I’ll be merciless in pursuing looters, says Buhari

•Power distribution firms reject supply from generating plants

•Candidates, parents protest, demand cancellation of 2016 UTME

•Ambode sacks occupants of Lekki Gardens’ buildings

•Police rescue three stolen Bauchi girls

•Ex-Eagles star Ene Okon dies on birthday

•Oliseh withdraws suit, insists he wasn’t paid

•Candidates, parents protest, demand cancellation of 2016 UTME

NATION
•N3.1b ‘fraud’: Ex-minister travels as EFCC closes in

•$2b Malabu oil block deal: Adoke’s accounts under probe

•Buratai: insurgency’ll soon become history

•JAMB candidates take to violence at Lagos Assembly

•N12b CBN fake currency fraud suspects back in court

•Taming the monster of fuel scarcity

•Buhari vows to deal with sponsors of Rivers violence

•Reps probe N49tr yearly loss in mining sector

•Supply prepaid metres to consumers, govt urges Discos

VANGUARD
•IOCs fault Kachikwu, say freezing supply won’t guarantee oil price rebound

•JAMB accuses tutorial proprietors of sponsoring protests

•Northern Senators reject bill on gender equality

•N3.3trn scam: Senate vows to probe Auditor-General’s report

•Alleged N190m fraud: EFCC docks ex-HoS, Oronsaye on fresh 2-count charge

•Ikorodu kidnap: We fed the girls with noodles – Suspects

•Electricity, corruption crippling Nigerian firms

•Tompolo appeals court order for his arrest

LEADERSHIP
•NCC Lifts Regulatory Suspension On MTN

•Stop Witch-hunting Nigerians, Group Tells Buhari, DSS

•Private Developers As Engine Room Of Mass Housing Schemes

•PMB Solicits Int’l Cooperation To Win The War Against Terrorism

•FG To Scrap Fire Service Units Established By NEMA, Others

•Rivers Re-Run: Why We Deployed 4 Top Officers, 2000 Personnel – NSCDC

•Bwari: How Prepared Is The Council For The Rain?

•FG Vows to Crush Pipeline Vandals, Agatu Attackers

•Ocholi’s burial rites begin today

•Akpabio Denies Ownership Of Lekki Gardens

•Attack On Ivory Coast Is Revenge Against France – Al Qaeda

•EU Releases $11.1m For Research On Zika Virus

SPORTING SUN
•Oliseh NFF owes me 111million naira....withdraws court case

•PSG prepares 30million De Gea Bid

•Mission Impossible...Gunners in tricky Barca test...kick off 8.45pm

•Rumble in Munich as Bayern takes on Old Lady

•Worst nightmare...Gardiola dreads Mourinho’s arrival at Man U

•Chelsea to hijack Ibra from Man U, Arsenal

•UN suspends Sharapova as Goodwill Ambassador

•AFON 2017 Qualifier: Chikatara eyes first team shirt

•Fans rage may force Wenger out

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