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GUARDIAN * NBA demands apology from EFCC over name-calling * Lagos ASUU laments attack on national body by UNILORIN branch * Borno plans relocation of IDPs to liberated communities * PDP, state governor disagree over alleged diversion of Plateau funds * Sustaining anti-terrorism war in N’East expensive, says Air Force chief * EFCC arrests governor brother, others over alleged N400m campaign funds * Delta quarantines 55 over Lassa fever death * Rights group urges UN to investigate deaths in EFCC cell PUNCH * Armed herdsmen: Afenifere, Ohanaeze, ACF disagree on Fayose’s law * Facebook CEO in Nigeria, excited about technology drive * Nigeria’s unity negotiable, says Prof. Ango Abdullahi * 40 British territories to return Nigeria’s stolen wealth – UK * Extradition: Court refuses to stop Kashamu’s arrest * Herdsman arrested with AK 47 rifle, live ammunition in Enugu * Why Chibok girls protesters were stopped from Villa – IG * N2bn fraud: Orubebe hypertensive, lawyer te...

PUNCH * PDP convention won’t hold in P’Harcourt again – BoT * CAN, northern faction differ on Kerry’s visit, reunion * Padding: Go for ‘anti-corruption’ surgery, Jibrin tells Ogor * Armed herdsmen to face terrorism charge – Fayose * Kuje Prison riot: B’Haram prisoner caught with 25 phones * Nigerians are hungry, Okogie tells Buhari * Buhari’s economic policy against workers, says NLC * Economic recession, opportunity to get things right – Utomi THISDAY * B’Haram Stalls Prisoner Swap with Abducted Chibok Girls * N’Delta Peace Talks: MEND Recants, Agrees to Work with Clark’s Team * High Grade Nickel Discovered in Nigeria * Judiciary Not to Blame for State of Anti-corruption War, Says FCT Chief Judge * External Reserves Rise by $595m as Offshore Investors Stake $327m on Bonds * FG Launches New Three-year Education Strategic Plan * Otudeko: Fundamentals of African Economy Remain Strong and Entrenched * Former DESOPADEC Commissioner Asks N’Deltans to Support Unity TH...

GUARDIAN * Government to raise team for dialogue with militants * NAC to stake N7.5billion on affordable vehicle credit acquisition scheme * 20 shipping firms leave Nigeria over low business * Why states deserve greater resource control, by Ambode * Police to deploy 23,000 personnel for election in Edo * Saraki dispatches panel to review humanitarian situation in North East * Obasanjo tasks Nigerians on cultural heritage * Minister urges arms removal before dialogue with militants PUNCH * Man who named dog Buhari regains freedom * IDPs protest poor feeding, block Borno highway * N’Delta monarchs meet FG, give terms for peace * Four W’Bank consultants die in boat accident in Ekiti * Budget padding: Judge returns Jibrin’s case file to CJ * Zamfara killings: Minister orders arrest of perpetrators * Nigeria has what it takes to be great –Osinbajo * Respond positively to N’Delta militants, Soyinka tells FG THISDAY * Niger Delta Crisis: Soyinka Tells Buhari to Engage...

PUNCH * FEC begins 2017 budget preparation, approves MTEF * CBN to stop dud cheque issuers from operating current account * Herdsman kills mother, brother’s wife in Kwara * Sheriff created Boko Haram, says Borno AG * EFCC grills ex-Bauchi LG bosses over N85.75m poll fraud * Lagos cult leader, Small Jpron, arrested for five murders * NSCDC wants arms to fight oil vandals * N3bn high performance fund misused — Dalung * Retrace your steps, Sanusi warns Buhari THISDAY * Blasphemy: Yari Explains How Eight People Were Killed in Zamfara * N’Delta Militants: Okah Brothers Controlling MEND from Prison * Baru: NNPC Recorded 1,447 Pipeline Breaks in Five Months * Justice Minister Cautions Judiciary against Conflicting Orders on Same Issues * FG Orders Fresh Screening for Aggrieved Immigration ‘Recruits’ * INEC Tackles Ex-NBA Boss over Criticism on Inconclusive Elections * ANED: 11 Discos Lose N1bn Monthly on Account of TCN’s Ineptitude * Christian Leaders: Nigeria Fatally Be...

GUARDIAN * CBN sanctions nine banks over $2.334 billion NNPC funds * Borno government calls for arrest of Ali Sheriff over Boko Haram * MEND working against Niger Delta’s interest, says group * Soldiers kill two over alleged murder of colleagues * Kogi, Anambra, Benue, Bayelsa NLC chapters condemn killing of Nasarawa workers * National Assembly slashes CBN’s budget by 50 per cent PUNCH * Minimum wage can’t buy a bag of rice – Anambra NLC * 272 firms shut down in one year – MAN * 66-year-old company driver commits suicide over unpaid salaries * ‘Probe Obasanjo or forget anti-corruption war’ - Senator Joseph Waku * Jonathan’s campaign funds: EFCC to charge Falae with money laundering * Libya repatriates 241 Nigerians to Lagos THISDAY * TSA: Nine Banks Barred from Forex Market, CEOs Appeal * Over N700bn Budgeted for N’Delta in Six Years Yields Only 8% Impact on Region * Buhari: We Won’t Use Force Against N’Delta Militants, Unless… * Economic Team Yet to Advise Presi...

PUNCH * Wife of Ogun council chairmanship candidate abducted * Man who named dog Buhari sent to prison * Fulani herdsmen kill RCCG pastor, two others in Kaduna * Restructuring can’t solve Nigeria’s problems says, Ganduje * Dialogue: New militant group rejects Clark, backs Diete-Spiff * Budget padding: ‘Dogara, Jibrin, others guilty’ * Prophet chains 28 ‘sick’ persons in Lagos apartment THISDAY * DSS Nabs Alleged Mastermind of Yobe Secondary School Killings * MEND Accepts NDA’s Ceasefire, Kicks against Clark’s Involvement in Peace Negotiations * CCT Fixes New Dates for Saraki, Orubebe’s Trials * BBOG Asks Buhari to Negotiate with Boko Haram for Release of Chibok Girls * Senators Reject Buhari’s Emergency Powers Bill, Say It’ll Turn Him into a Tyrant * 100 INEC Staff under EFCC Probe, Says Yakubu * FG Insists All Teachers Must Pass Professional Qualifying Examinations THE SUN * Lassa fever: 32 quarantined in Delta after doctor’s death * Corruption, security top Ke...

GUARDIAN * ‘Boko Haram killed 23,000, displaced 2.2 million’ * Cross River signs pact on 26 megawatts gas power turbine with Dubai firm * More militant groups declare ceasefire in Niger Delta * ‘INEC taken to court 680 times over 2015 polls’ * PDP ex-scribe asks Buhari, CJN to save judiciary from ‘embarrassment’, ‘ avoidable crisis’ * Don’t succumb to forces seeking disintegration, NLC tells Nigerians * SERAP seeks re-opening of allegedly missing $12.4b oil windfall * 10 ‘big boys’ hold economy to ransom, owe AMCON N1tr PUNCH * NLC rejects Okorocha’s two-day farming policy for workers * Avengers: ‘N’Delta politicians in Buhari’s cabinet blackmailing Jonathan’ * House of Reps, most corrupt arm of government – Jibrin * IBB must face probe over $12.4bn oil windfall, says SERAP * Don’t fight corruption with corruption, NBA tells Buhari * Cancer patient, Mayowa, dies in S’African hospital * We aren’t sure Chibok girls are in Sambisa Forest –Air chief * Corruption: FG la...

PUNCH * Post-UTME scrapping, a disaster –Obaji * Enemies jealous of my rising profile –Jonathan * Arms deal: Six firms to pay N2.4bn tax, 20 face probe * Declare republic, face treason, police tell Avengers * Jailbreak averted in Abakaliki prison * Four schoolgirls impregnated by their fathers in our custody — LASG * AIG orders mental tests on Lagos policemen THISDAY * Controversial Abuja Judge, Abang, Turned the Law on Its Head, Says A’Court * Manufacturers Groan as Capacity Utilisation Falls Below 20% * Lagos Ranked World’s Third Worst City to Live in * 14 Persons Feared Dead in Ebonyi Foiled Jailbreak * John Kerry to Visit Nigeria, Meet Buhari * NNPC Partners IPMAN to Ease Pressure of Yuletide Petrol Distribution * FG Unveils New National Policy on Labour Migration THE NATION * Appeal Court reverses Ikpeazu’s sack * Southwest APC insists on true federalism * Kwara loses N400m to illegal recruitment * Sheriff rejects another judgment sacking him as PDP chair...

GUARDIAN * Sheriff kicks as Makarfi’s tenure is extended * Igbo move to boost southeast economy * Governor Lalong begins probe of predecessor, Jang * Federal government moves to rehabilitate grazing reserve centres nationwide * Niger Delta Avengers agrees to dialogue with government * Disquiet over government’s new communication tax bill * Dickson moves to bar Sylva from contesting again as Bayelsa governor * Buratai, others seek media, security agencies synergy PUNCH * PDP convention drama: Wike, others shift poll, extend Makarfi’s term * Avengers split over planned dialogue with FG * A’court delivers judgment on Abia gov tussle today * Drug scarcity hits Aso Rock clinic despite N3.87bn budget * ‘28 states yet to access N64.8bn UBEC funds’ - Ministry of Education * Scores die, many missing in Nasarawa flooding * I’m probing Jang to give people better life — Lalong * El-Rufai calls for arrest of killer herdsmen THISDAY * FG Approves Four Oil Wells, 13% Derivati...

PUNCH * My message not for everybody — Adeboye * Budget padding: DSS still at Appropriation Office 18 days after * No TETFUND grants for private varsities, FG insists * El-Zakzaky: Buhari studying probe panel’s report – Presidency * Benue council seeks help for herdsmen attack victims * PDP convention: We don’t know which judge to obey, says INEC * N’Delta crisis: Govs, monarchs meet on Friday THISDAY * Again, Judges in Show of Shame over PDP Convention * IBB at 75, Says ‘I’m Not an Evil Genius’ * Buhari Directs NNPC to Search for Oil in Benue Trough * FG Seeks $7bn to Kick-start Mines, Steel Industry * 8,000 Boko Haram Members Voluntarily Surrendered, Says Military * Air Force Says Latest Video by Boko Haram on Chibok Girls is Mischievous * Insecurity: Wike Urges Hotel Operators to Cooperate with Security Agencies TRIBUNE * PDP convention: anxiety over deft moves for anointed chairmanship candidate * NASS members should work part-time —ibb •says trekking to enu...

GUARDIAN * Senate plans to summon minister over exit of foreign airlines * Jonathan’s kinsmen warn militants against campaign of calumny * Experts, others to feature at Delta’s economic investment forum * FBI to aid Nigeria’s fight against terrorism * Reps’ committee probes alleged Enugu massacare * Herdsmen invade Kaduna community, kill six * ‘How residents deserted Enugu community over herdsmen attacks’ * ASUU warns govt on looming crisis over 2009 agreement PUNCH * Teachers, LG workers protest unpaid salaries in Bayelsa * Budget padding, part of legislative functions – Kwara Speaker * Benue lawmakers refund N750m car loan to EFCC * N23bn Diezani bribe: EFCC declares billionaire businessman wanted * Jibrin won’t escape punishment, says chief whip * Jailbreaks: FG dismisses 23 prisons officials, suspends 11 * Jubilation as Edo council pays seven months’ salary arrears * El-Rufai was part of Nigeria’s problem – Shehu Sani THISDAY * Two Soldiers Arrested for Bru...

VANGUARD *FG, partners target 5m children for polio immunisation *Ohakim withdraws from partisan politics *S-East PDP passes vote of confidence on govs, Ekweremadu *CRIME WAVE: Kogi Gov donates 200 patrol vehicles to Police *Video: Boko Haram releases new footage of Chibok Girls *Usain Bolt wins, sets another record GUARDIAN *Government threatens to revoke licences of private varsities over post – UTME *Governor Fayose flays high cost of foodstuff *All legal impediments to PDP convention cleared’ *Come fight us in creeks, Avengers dares military *Kumuyi, A’Ibom gov, urge support for ‘change’, diversification of economy PUNCH *LASG shuts ponmo factory *My support for Buhari personal, Tinubu tells Abayomi *Parents demand swap of Chibok girls for Boko Haram detainees *Omisore is Dogara’s godfather – Jibrin *Bayelsa monarch decries military invasion of community *Group seeks support for anti-corruption war THISDAY *CBN Conducts Special Examination on Banks *Bil...

VANGUARD *Olympic Football Q-Finals: Denmark out to capitalize on disarray in Eagles camp *I can’t remember last time I had s3x— Neyoswaggz *Table Tennis: Quadri’s conqueror conquers all in Rio *when a woman gives you condom, please don’t use it, Sean Tizzle warns *NFF, Sports Minister wade into U-23 issues *Coach Siasia backs quarter-final boycott over allowances GUARDIAN *Budget Padding: Jibrin may face arrest, as EFCC brings up money laundering charges *George meets northern leaders over chairmanship bid *PDP reconciliation: I won’t compromise integrity, political interests, says Sheriff *Arrested Boko Haram member leads troops to buried mines, IEDs *NDLEA discovers cocaine inside shoes, arrests 3 suspects PUNCH *Diamond Bank promotes entrepreneurship among youths *Four brothers bag 26 months for forging Registrar’s signature, stamp *No fraud case against #SaveMayowa, say police *NDLEA discovers cocaine hidden in shoes *Nsukka jailbreak: Fear ...

GUARDIAN * President wants rich nations to save receding Lake Chad * Prioritise Niger Delta’s development to check vandalism, don tells government, oil firms * Recovery of N30b debt may ground domestic airlines * UNESCO plans to expand chair programme in Nigeria * Enugu prison yet to confirm number of escapees * NERC fines IBEDC N21m for poor consumer handling * Ambode commissions first state-owned helipad for medical emergencies PUNCH * Nigeria is now a poor country, says Buhari * Budget padding: EFCC, ICPC can’t probe Reps –Dogara * FG to release N100bn for capital projects * Rivers police arrest 18 kidnappers, rescue seven * I discussed national matters with Buhari, says Soyinka * Ambode promises 24-hour emergency services * 13-year-old sets new record in Maths competition THISDAY * Court Bars Police, DSS, INEC from Interfering with PDP Convention * Budget Feud: I Have Immunity against Police Interrogation, Says Dogara * Ugborodo Crisis: Protesters Continue S...

PUNCH * Budget padding: Dogara shuns police invitation * UNIOSUN lecturer in sex scandal video * Pandemonium as police kill protesting youths in Kogi * Buhari appoints economic adviser, four others * FG may force CBN to reduce lending rate –El-Rufai * FRSC begins speed limiter enforcement Oct. 1 * Army court-martials 20 soldiers for murder, arms sale * Bayelsa poll: AI receives report, vows to probe killings * 25 escape in Enugu jailbreak, police begin manhunt THISDAY * Supremacy Battle Between Presidency, N’Assembly Stalls Legislation on PIB * S’Africa Overtakes Nigeria as Africa’s Biggest Economy * Four Officers, 16 Soldiers Court Martialled in Maiduguri for Gunrunning, Murder * Nigeria May Ease Visa Requirement for Africans from 2017 * Fashola: Merger of Three Ministries Was a Cost Saving Measure * New Militant Group Breaches NPDC/Shoreline Trunk Line in Delta * Ekiti Assembly Moves to Criminalise Free Grazing * Oshiomhole, Ex-PDP Govs Clash over Economy, Naira...

GUARDIAN * World Bank to delay details on Abacha’s loot spending * Dream Team gets upfront payment of allowance * How high political risks affect businesses, loans * Pray for economic recovery, Ajimobi urges hajj pilgrims * No plan to increase fuel prices, NNPC boss says * Why fuel scarcity persists in airports nationwide, by marketers * ‘Over 51% of Nigerian homes cannot meet daily basic needs’ * Oil market moving towards rebalancing, says OPEC PUNCH * Town hall drama: Nigerians tackle Buhari’s ministers * Petrol should sell for N151.87/litre, marketers insist * Presidency backs Dogara, says budget not padded * Flooding looms as Rivers Niger, Benue, Kainji overflow banks * AGF orders compilation of high profile cases * Workers flee as gunmen abduct another UNIPORT lecturer * Nigeria needs change agents, says Buhari * Town hall drama: Nigerians tackle Buhari’s ministers THISDAY * Presidential Adviser: Budget ‘Padding’ Not in Legislative Lexicon * News Blogger,...

GUARDIAN * Nigeria loses N2.56 trillion to eight-year oil pricing dispute * Office of Attorney General and Minister of Justice: Better together or not? * Nigerians walk through needle’s eye to get to Rio * Breastfeeding could save 820,000 under-five children, says UNICEF * Cross River ex-governor, APC laud Ndoma-Egba’s nomination for NDDC top job * Doctors to begin strike in teaching hospitals, others * Football legend, Pelé, visits Nigeria for youth empowerment PUNCH * Militants flee Ogun, regroup in Ondo •NSCDC arrests 21 * $60m scam: INTERPOL, EFCC arrest Nigerian fraudster in P’Harcourt * Appointments: Ngige booed for defending Buhari in Enugu * Military storms Bayelsa, Delta to stop N’Delta republic declaration * Tension in House of Reps over plot to remove Dogara * Buhari fires JAMB Registrar, 16 other chief executives * Naira drops to 382 as dollar scarcity bites harder THISDAY * Confidence Inching Back to Nigerian Market, Forex Liquidity Improves * Double...