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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Thursday, April 28, 2016


NATION
•Revealed: INEC chiefs got Diezani’s N23.3b for poll
•Buhari orders Defence chief, IG to stop attacks in communities
•Oil hits 2016 high at $46 per barrel
•Labour demands N56,000 minimum wage
•Buhari to World Bank: facilitate speedy repatriation of stolen funds
•Saraki lacks moral right to query CCT chair’s integrity, says Fed Govt
•Witness: Badeh bought N320m Abuja house for son
•Applicants for police jobs now 806,646
•NUPENG threatens to stop fuel supply over salary
•Terrorists now disguise as Fulani herdsmen, says IYC
•OPEC losing force on oil market control

VANGUARD
•Enugu attack: Buhari orders crackdown on rampaging herdsmen
•Saraki files fresh application to disqualify CCT chairman
•Reps halt N309bn electricity bond
•Budget impasse: Deputy Speaker leads 10-man C’ttee to harmonise budget Monday
•EFCC detains bank MD over alleged Diezani’s $115 million cash
•Saraki files fresh application to disqualify CCT chairman
•ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CRISIS: WAGF endorses Rev Okoroafor
•We’ll pay workers despite N1.4bn allocation shortfall —Oshiomhole
•“Herdsmen” and the gathering storm
•FG stops funding overseas medical trips for officials

THISDAY
•House Agrees to Remove Alterations in the Budget
•Ngige Distances Self from Double Salary, Emoluments Controversy
•Judge Hands off Abba Moro’s Case
•World Bank Gives Kachikwu Thumbs up on NNPC Reforms
•Finally Buhari Orders Security Chiefs to Apprehend Marauding Herdsmen
•Again, Saraki Says Trial Before CCT Chairman Questionable
•Nigerian Missions Abroad Broke, Can’t Meet Obligations
•Buhari Seeks World Bank’s Support to Recover Stolen Funds
•Revenue Collection: Banks’ Withdrawal of Service May Impede Operations of TSA, Systemspec Warns
•CBN Records N123bn Operating Surplus
•Lagos Completes Restructuring of N167.5bn Bond

PUNCH
•Waziri’s EFCC initiated $6m no-trial deal, not me — Adoke
•Budget: Buhari, N’Assembly set up committees on ‘grey areas’
•Bayelsa LGs’ verification uncovers fraud, 60 underage workers
•Saraki must face trial, say 20 political parties
•‘Badeh bought N320m Abuja house for son’
•NLC demands N56,000 minimum wage from FG
•Six feared killed as lovers clash over Kaduna lady
•Command arrests fake policeman with bags of hemp
•Soldiers torture lawyer who accused them of causing gridlock
•Fake FG worker arrested for selling appointment letters

GUARDIAN
•Government to save $4.5b yearly through local steel production
•Buhari meets Ugwuanyi, orders probe of herdsmen’s violence
•Search for signs of life on distant planets advances
•Coalition lauds Buhari on NEITI board, faults nomination process
•Intrigues, confusion as LASU eases out professors
•Enugu got security alert before attacks
•New Shiites group disowns El-Zakzaky’s movement
•Marketers threaten shut-down of fuel supply to Kaduna
•FIFA hammer dangles on Gombe United over N13m owed Cooreman

DAILY TRUST
•Mambilla hydro power project stalls
•Buhari orders CDS, IGP to go after killer herders
•Reps threaten showdown over budget
FG pleads with W/Bank on $320m loot
•Only AGF can exonerate Umar – Saraki
•FG to begin mass housing in 6 geopolitical zones
•Ile Ife High Chief murdered in Osun
•Disquiet in war front as soldiers complain of unpaid allowances….Army not withholding any allowances
•Police dismiss 3 for impersonation, parade 35 for armed robbery
•Ile-Ife high chief murdered in Osun
•Road crashes: SON seals 9 tyre shops in Kaduna

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