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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Monday, August 2, 2016


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 Jeopardy for Nigeria, Militants Bomb More Pipelines, Oil Prices Tumble
* Kaduna Judicial Panel Recommends Prosecution of Soldiers, El-Zakzaky
* Nigeria’s Barkindo Assumes Office as OPEC Secretary General
* Okorocha Introduces Three-day Work Week to Reduce Wage Bill
* Presidency Refutes Claim of Diversion of UK Aid for War Against Terror
* Three Ex-militants Bag First Class Degrees in UK Universities

THE SUN
* How economists, greedy elite killed our economy –Ogbe
* FG extends jobs, training applications by one month
* We’re marginalised, Igbo leaders tell Buhari
* Budget padding: Jibrin storms EFCC, ICPC, DSS, Police
* FG seeks China’s support on infrastructure funding
* Don’t shut plants, FG begs local manufacturers
* Oil price slides to $42.04

DAILY TRUST
* ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’ not against N/Delta militants – DHQ
* No bias in appointments – Presidency
* More change elements at hand — Lai Mohammed
* Taraba seizes materials for IDPs – Minister
* Budget padding: Jibrin wants Dogara, others jailed
* Plateau, UK coy sign N230 million deal on Jos Main market
* JNI, CAN move to strengthen religious tolerance

VANGUARD
* Forgive, stop going back to how you were overthrown, Owie tells Buhari
* Rotational Presidency’ll quell agitations in S-East —NGIGE
* Nigeria-Cameroon border: We’ll abide by ICJ ruling —Buhari
* Militancy: Our revenue has dropped below 20% – Okowa
* AREPO: FG plans death sentence for vandals
* Land-Grabbers Beat Prayer Warriors Comatose For Invoking God’s Wrath On Them
* Deregulation: Petrol Price Falls As Kerosene’s Rises

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