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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR SUNDAY 31ST JULY, 2016


VANGUARD
•Constitution writers had in mind only a Nigeria awash with petro-dollars – Okogie
•IJAW LEADERS TO MILITANTS Don’t declare Republic of N-Delta
•BUDGET PADDING: Coalition drags Jibrin to EFCC
•Visionless Govt: Reno Omokri reminds Osinbajo of statement against Jonathan
•I don’t believe in New Nollywood- Bolanle Ninalowo (Nino B)
•Halima Abubakar under attack over virginity claims

PUNCH
•Reps ask S’Africa to probe killing of Nigerian
•1966 coup: Buhari’s wife, Olonishakin eulogise Ironsi
•Workers threaten showdown if governors divert bailout again
•APC plots Ekweremadu’s fall
•Withdraw military from Ijaw land, Clark, others tell FG
•PDP crisis: No plans for convention now, says Sheriff
•Medical doctor missing in Kwara — NMA

THISDAY
•After Two Days of Aerial Assaults, Military Moves in to Mop...
•Indorama to Invest $4.2bn in Eleme Petrochemicals by 2020
•Security Operatives Seal off House Appropriation Committee Secretariat
•‘Tunji Ariyomo: Why I am Vying for Ondo Governorship
•TCN Management Returns to FG as Manitoba Exits
•Navy Loses Officer in Delta

THE NATION
•Budget padding: DSS seals Reps Appropriation Committee Secretariat
•N1.2b packed in 65 bags for Obanikoro in dawn airport operation – Witness
•MEND: FG agrees to free Nnamdi Kanu, Okah brothers, others
•13 INMATES ESCAPE IN KOGI JAILBREAK
•Ijaw leaders demand restructuring
•PDP CRISIS: MIMIKO IN SECRET TALKS WITH SHERIFF

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
•Hajj: Airlift of pilgrims begins August 8
Kano rerun: APC in early lead
•PDP national chairmanship: Dokpesi’s visit causes stir in Osun PDP
•13 inmates escape in Kogi jailbreak
•TUC condemns shooting of workers in Nasarawa
•Ondo gov: Jimoh Ibrahim to contest in PDP

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