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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR FRIDAY 30TH, SEPTEMBER 2016.



GUARDIAN
* PDP protests as INEC declares APC winner of Edo election
* National Assembly demands ministry handles recruitment of 500,000 teachers
* Militants bomb another pipeline in Delta
* Federal Government fails to produce Dasuki at resumed trial
* Reps probe 16 oil marketers over alleged N500b debt
* Crude oil prices rise as OPEC plans output cut
* Senate panel cautions government against communications tax
* Federal Government reiterates need to set up grazing reserves

PUNCH
* Ignoring calls for restructuring dangerous, Soludo tells Buhari
* Recession: Ohanaeze opposes sale of national assets
* Budget padding: Police invade Jibrin’s office, cart away documents
* CCB to probe Amaechi, Ngige, Fashola, AGF, others’ assets
* Wike accuses Abe of embezzling N4bn road funds
* Gunmen kidnap two Rivers nurses, demand N5m
* Lawyers hiding under human rights to shield looters –NHRC
* Protests as INEC declares Obaseki winner

THISDAY
* W’Bank: Tight Monetary Policy Will Help Stabilise Naira, Attract Foreign Investors
* After Outcry, FG Orders Reintroduction of History in Schools
* UNICEF: 400,000 Children Under-five Threatened by Severe Malnutrition in N’East
* Modified Gender Equality Bill Passes Second Reading in Senate
* House to Investigate N500bn Debt Owed PPMC by Marketers
* Ohaneze Raises the Alarm over Fresh Herdsmen Attacks in S’East, Seeks FG’s Intervention
* Nigeria at 56: FG Declares Monday Public Holiday
* Jubilation, Protest as Obaseki is Declared Governor-elect

THE NATION
* INEC declares Obaseki winner of Edo governorship election
* Verification uncovers 10,000 dormant teachers in Oyo
* INEC: refusal of party agents to sign result sheet does not invalidate poll
* Fed Govt to develop bio-fuel
* Budget padding: Suspended Jibrin’s office sealed
* Senator to Fed Govt: transmit 2017 budget estimates now
* Nigeria’ll rise again, says ex-Deputy Governor Lawani
* Insurgents with 200 cows held

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