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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Friday, April 22, 2016


DAILY SUN
•2016 Budget: Buhari returns missing items to National Assembly
...Speaker Dogara says issues’ll soon be resolved
•Fresh plot in Senate: Lawan may replace Ndume
•Zaria clash: Kaduna seeks death sentence for 50 Shi’ites
•CCT judge threatens to jail Saraki’s lawyer for unruly behaviour
•5 kids of same family die in Jigawa collapsed building
•TSA collections rise to 2.7trillion naira—AGF

NIGERIAN PILOT
•Fuel Scarcity: Resign now, NUPENG tells Kachikwu
•2016 Budget: Buhari writes on areas of concern
•FAAC: Hardship lingers as FG, States, LGs revenue drop to 299.8billion naira
•Oil prices gain after U.S. crude stocks rise
•Harriet Tubman makes U.S. history, becomes first black on the Dollar bill
•CCT Chairman throws out Saraki’s lawyer from tribunal
•NFF CRISIS: Dalung has failed, Presidential rescue imminent--Yola

AUTHORITY
•Obama sends 42 U.S. Officials to assist Buhari on Economy, security, others
•21 killed in Borno, Yobe suicide attacks
•IPOB blasts Ikedife as conflict worsens
•ZARIA CLASH: Kaduna Government seeks death sentence for 50 Shi’ite members
•Prisons CG’s aide slaps female Rep
•Inflation in Imo: Satchet water sells for 20naira
•Court Order: Rivers Assembly refuses to swear-in female lawmaker

NATION
•CCT throws out Saraki’s motion querying Umar’s integrity
•Relief for states as Buhari suspends loans deduction
•Police arrest woman, 60, for buying five babies at N5m
•EFCC detains ex-Minister Nenadi Usman, perm sec
•Executive excitement at Presidential Villa
•Fed Govt, States, Councils share N299.7b for March
•‘If I were your daughter, would you ask me to get married at 16?’
•No more arms for drunk policemen

VANGUARD
•Senate threatens to veto Buhari on 2016 budget
•U.S. has shared needed intelligence with Nigeria on finding Chibok girls – Envoy
•Some orphaned IDP kids don’t know where they came from – Buhari
•Workers salaries: FG rescues states, suspends April loan repayment deductions
•CCT trial: Saraki kicks as FG applies to amend charge
•$2.1bn cash: EFCC detains ex-Finance minister Usman
•Reps summon Prisons boss, Dambazau over assault on female lawmaker
•Oshiomhole to Edo Assembly: You’re usurping my powers

THISDAY
•Drama as CCT Chairman Orders Arrest of Saraki’s Lawyer
•Senate Resolves to Meet Buhari on Budget, •House in Receipt of 'grey areas'
•FG Defers N10.9bn Loan Repayment by States, Rules out Another Bailout
•Kaduna Govt Seeks Death Sentence for 50 Shiite Members
•Governors’ Forum Meeting on Economy Ends in Deadlock
•Arik Explains N12bn FAAN Debt
•US Music Legend, Prince, Dies at 57
•Adele Tops Young Musicians ‘Rich List’ After Success of ‘25’ Album

LEADERSHIP
•Budget Impasse: National Assembly rules out overriding PMB
•EFCC quizzes Nenadi Usman over 2.9bilion naira fund
•FG votes 300million dollars to fund Youth in Agriculture
•Shippers Council urges government to support ICDs Project
•Septuagenarian Monarch jailed for rape in Osun
•Chibok Diary...Day 740: We will never give up Chibok Girls—United States
•FRIDAY EXCLUSIVE: Why Nigerians love foreign Leagues

SPORTING SUN
•Enyimba stranded in Tunisia
•Siasia offers Mikel Olympics place...issues camp deadline to players
•Nigerian league player dies
•LMC. LA LIGA set to seal Partnership pact
•Iwobi, Welbeck helped me at Arsenal
•Joshua’s IBF Title defence set for June 25
Messi injured again

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