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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Wednesday, May 25, 2016


GUARDIAN
* CBN warns of imminent recession, retains interest rates
* South West governors charged to develop their states
* Government, NLC resume talks as PENGASSAN suspends planned strike
* Tension in Ibadan court over case of lawyer accused of killing husband
* Governmet to probe Discos over CBN’S N260b for transformers
* Government moves to tackle virus affecting tomato harvest
* Conflicting court rulings deepen PDP’s crisis

PUNCH
* ‘Tomato Ebola’ hits six states – FG
* I didn’t promise regular power in six months –Fashola
* EFCC declares Omisore wanted over N700m Dasuki contract
* Looters block effort to recover £300m Abacha’s loot –FG
* Road accidents, my greatest challenge –Anambra CP
* Fuel price hike: NLC, FG resume talks today
* Man rapes girl, 15, at gunpoint, blames devil

THISDAY
* Senate Asks FG to Recover N42bn Waivers Granted Dangote, Bua, Others
* Buhari’s Lagos No-show Dismays Nigerian Business
* NEITI Wants Fresh Investigation into NNPC’s Oil Block Transfers
* FG to Formulate Strategic Plan to Curb Niger Delta Militancy
* Coalition Pushes for Early Passage of Competition Bill
* Ogoni Traditional Rulers Kick as Army Arrests Yeghe Leader, Gbaranee
* Criminologist: Corruption Dominates 80% of Crimes in Nigeria

THE NATION
* More confusion in PDP as courts stop Makarfi, Sheriff
* ‘Badeh asked me to claim N1.8b property’
* Ekiti workers begin strike over unpaid salaries
* INEC to adopt electronic voting in 2019, says chair
* Nigeria without oil: Has Buhari put the right foot forward?
* Govt raises peace panel on Niger Delta
* Nigeria lost N447b in five years through import waivers, says Senate panel

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