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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR THURSDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2016.



GUARDIAN
* PDP asks President Buhari to quit over poor performance
* Schools in the throes of recession
* Government reviews 2017 fiscal plan to check recession
* Forex scarcity stifling insurance operations, NIA, CIIN lament
* Catholic clerics task government over alleged mishandling of recession, others
* Senate panel seeks electoral reforms to end inconclusive polls
* African financial institutions to adopt Nigeria’s agric credit scheme
* Navy arrests Bakassi group’s alleged kingpin

PUNCH
* EFCC declares ex-governor of Katsina State, wanted for alleged N76bn fraud
* Repentant militants surrender arms to Okorocha
* Jilted 19-year-old student commits suicide
* Patients groan as teaching hospitals’ cancer machines break down
* Oshiomhole panicking over Edo gov poll – Wike
* Amosun, Dickson want Ojude Oba listed as global festival
* Pay workers promptly, Katsina monarch tells govs
* Fayose disagrees with Tambuwal, Mimiko on restructuring

THISDAY
* Economy: Catholic Bishops Want Buhari to Take Responsibility
* Foreign Loans: Prioritise Manufacturing, Society of Engineers Urges FG
* Ecstasy in Ibadan as Institute Exhibits Diesel, Kerosene Produced from Plastics
* Two Years After, Amaechi, Ambode Reflect on Ebola, Call for Strong Surveillance System
* SERAP Urges FG to Prosecute Patience Jonathan Now over $15m Unexplained Wealth
* BPE Boss Wants Gencos, Discos to ‘Think Outside the Box’ to Improve Electricity
* Gunmen Attack NTA Onitsha, Set Building Ablaze
* Nigeria’s Josephine Orji Shatters World Record at Rio Paralympics

THE NATION
* Economy: Sanusi, Kukah give Buhari wake-up call
* Ex-minister,  Dan Etete, set for grilling over $1.092b Malabu Oil deal cash
* Improve on service delivery, BPE urges DisCos
* Outrage in Ekiti over masqueraders’ attack on church, others
* BBOG seeks disciplinary action against IGP
* World Bank official urges Fed Govt to create environment conducive for housing investment
* Rivers Assembly amends local govt law
* Coal to contribute 30% of electricity, says Fayemi

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