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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Monday, June 20, 2016


PEOPLE’S DAILY
•N1.2 BN allowances: protesting workers lock out Finance Minister, Adeosun.
•Forgery: Saraki, Ekweremadu for arraignment today.
•Grazing reserves optional for states- FG
•Man sets self-ablaze for losing lover to rival.
•ASUU rejects sexual harassment bill.

NATIONAL MIRROR
•EFCC freezes Fayose’s account.
•Forgery: plot against Saraki, Ekweremadu thickens.
•13 feared killed as gunmen invade lagos communities.
•Minister evades Reps’ summons over MTN’s 330bn naira.
•FG, NASS disagree on constituency project.

BLUEPRINT
•Intervention fund: Senate queries CBN over diversion of 120 bn
•Forgery : more trouble for Saraki, others as APC launches probe.
•EFCC has frozen my account- FAYOSE.
•Bribery scandal rocks police promotion exercise.
•My encounter with anger of death-Ex ICPC boss.

NATION
•Drama in bank as EFCC freezes Fayose’s account
•Naira exchanges at N280/$
•Thousands rally for Ajimobi in Ibadan
•Justice Niki Tobi dies at 75
•Police await new chief as Inspector-Gen. Arase bows out
•Buhari ends eight-year tenure for perm secs, directors
•It’s unsafe to play on Ogun River, says govt •MTN N1.04 tr fine: Ministers shun Reps meeting

NIGERIAN PILOT
•Sack Adeosun now, workers demand
•Naira floats at 280/$, black market 345
•Cross River gets lawmakers approval to borrow N15.5bn
•Oil deal: Omokore, ex-NNPC GMD, Yakubu, others for trial July 4
•FG unveils new debt mgt strategy
•Bayelsa launches website, explains expenditure of N95bn from FAAC
•Cure for zika, ebola found
•FG to settle debts owed to power sector operators
•EFCC Freezes Fayose’s account

VANGUARD
•Man in prison custody for pouring hot soup on police officer
•Corruption: APGA chieftain wants constituency fund removed from national budget
•Silver linings in the new forex regime
•Naira depreciates to N281.85/ per dollar as CBN clears $4.02bn backlog
•Senate queries CBN, others over N120bn bailout for aviation sector
•Human Rights Abuse: FRSC to pay lawyer N200,000 in Ebonyi
•Energy experts laud CBN’s forex policy
•Era of cheap oil coming to an end- IEA
•FG calls Avengers’ bluff, repairs NGC pipeline

THISDAY
•FG, Niger Delta Militants Agree to 30-day Ceasefire
•Forgery allegation: Saraki, Ekweremadu, Others for Arraignment Tuesday
•EFCC Freezes Fayose’s Account, Governor Lambasts FG
•Muslim Clerics Storm Osun Schools to Enforce Hijab Ruling
•20 Feared Dead as Gunmen Invade Lagos Communities
•Abebe Asks Statoil to Return $4bn to Nigeria
•DSS Nabs Member of Presidential C’ttee on Arms Procurement over Alleged...
•CBN Clears $4.55bn in Spot and Forward Trading as Naira Peg is Lifted

LEADERSHIP
•NUJ, NAWOJ Sign N4bn MoU With Developer To Build 800 Housing Units
•APC Begs Fayose To Pay Workers’ Salaries
•Masari Submits Edo APC Governorship Primary Election Report
•World Sickle Cell Day: US Creates Awareness On Menace
•‘5 Ways Naira Flotation Will Affect Nigeria’
•IGP Commissions 59 Units, Suites Of Quarters, Officers’ Mess
•Nigeria’s Population To Hit 440m In 2050 – Foundation
•September 10, PDP’s Chance To Keep Edo Hope Alive – Ize-Iyamu

PUNCH
•Workers ground finance ministry over unpaid N1.2bn allowances
•EFCC arrests seven health officials over $4m HIV fund
•Police get 7 new AIGs
•I’m not afraid of probe, Babangida tells Bello
•Gusau’s son in-law dumps PDP for APC
•Buhari resumes after UK medical trip, meets Osinbajo, others
•Imasuagbon, Ogiemwonyi reject Obaseki
•Kano assembly wants accountant-general sacked
•EFCC has frozen my account – Fayose

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