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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR THURSDAY 29TH, SEPTEMBER 2016



GUARDIAN
* Massive turnout of voters as Edo elects new governor
* Atiku backs Tinubu over alleged Odigie-Oyegun’s misdeeds
* Ballot box snatching, gunshots rock election
* ‘100 public institutions breach freedom of information law’
* ‘Nigeria loses $200b to non-passage of PIB’ - NEITI
* Senate decries abuse of joint state, council account
* Herdsmen abduct Catholic priest, demand N2.5 million ransom
* INEC denies allegation of ballot box snatching, gunshots

PUNCH
* Tight security as INEC awaits results from LGAs
* Jibrin heads for court over 180-day suspension
* FEC, not govs will decide on sale of assets –FG
* Ownership crisis: ASUU directs LAUTECH lecturers to leave campus
* Ex-militants set Imo hospital, seven vehicles, others ablaze
* Reps propose 10-year imprisonment for baby factory owners
* Embrace local content to beat recession –Are
* I saw ballot papers in police van – Soldier

THISDAY
* FG Says No Decision Yet on Sale of National Assets
* OPEC Reaches Deal to Cut Oil Output, Prices Rally
* Lai Mohammed Slams Economist Magazine over ‘Change Begins with Me’ Campaign
* House Suspends Abdulmumin, Bars Him from Position of Responsibility
* MSF Warns against Humanitarian Condition of North-east
* Nigeria’s Electricity Market Returns Exceed Its Challenges, Fashola Insists
* Crackdown on Journalists, Assault on Protests Shrinking Civic Space, Says AI
* Frequency of Domestic Violence in Nigeria Alarming, Medical Women, Others Lament

THE NATION
* Edo election: Collation of results begins today, says REC
* We’re already walking out of recession, says finance minister
* Justice minister stalls Saraki, Ekweremadu’s forgery trial
* Ballot box, card reader snatched in Edo North
* Witness: I didn’t confirm source of Jonathan’s aide’s funds
* Stakeholders hail Lagos Assembly for bill on cancer institute
* FG plans intervention fund for mining
* Budget padding: Jibrin suspended for 180 legislative days

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