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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR MONDAY 22ND AUGUST, 2016.


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 launches major war against senators, Reps

THISDAY
* CBN, NBET Negotiate Fresh N180bn Fiscal Stimulus for Power Sector
* Salary: NLC to Apply `No Pay, No Work’ Rule
* NBA: Buhari Should Fight Corruption Within the Law
* FG Warns States against Misappropriation of $1.5m Grant for SOML
* FG, CBN, States, Others Sued for Sponsoring Pilgrimage
* Air Force: Time for Boko Haram Insurgents to Escape is Almost Over
* Development Partners, Private Sector Commit $1.7bn for Food Security
* Mayowa Ahmed, Cancer Patient, Dies

THE NATION
* Buhari seeks emergency powers to tackle economy
* Air chief: we’ve not given up on Chibok girls
* Avengers: MEND urges Fed Govt to ignore Clark, Okowa, others
* Adeojo quits politics over PDP’s unresolved crisis
* Police recruitment: Aptitude test begins today
* 2012 flood: Displaced villagers still live in public buildings in Edo
* Better days ahead, Catholic bishop tells Nigerians
* Man kills wife, three others in Sokoto

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