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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2016.



PUNCH
* 12,179 northern schools get $100m bailout
* Nasarawa loses N600m to workers’ strike
* Protests rock Kwara over unpaid LG workers salaries
* Ugwuanyi appoints ex-General to tackle herdsmen
* Sea pirates kidnap, kill four policemen in Rivers
* Militants hide under regional agitation to commit crimes – DHQ
* Nigeria losing one million barrels of oil daily – Osinbajo
*  Unemployment high because youths run from challenges–NDE

THISDAY
* Michael, Patriarch of Ibru Dynasty, Passes On at 85
* Buhari Relives 33-year-old Coup Statement, Tells Nigerians to Salvage the Country
* Nigeria’s Exports Grow By 63% to N1.873trn in Q2
* Eid-el-Kabir: 22 Christian Groups Confront FG, Say Sultan Can’t Declare Public Holiday
* FG Unveils Residence Permit Trackers for Expatriates, Foreigners
* Insecurity: FG Set to Overhaul, Restructure Nigerian Armed Forces
* Military Recovers Corpses of Drowned Soldiers, One still Missing
* Former Senate President Urges FG to Ignore US Congressman

THE SUN
* Hunger in Nigeria to last a while, says Ogbeh
* Mudslide wreaks havoc in Lagos
* Military reads riot act to militants
* Nigeria to be out of economic problem soon –Buhari
* Chibok: Drama as BBOG, pro-Buhari group clash
* Edo Guber Watch: IGP deploys 25,000, police personnel, anti-bomb squad, others
* ASUU kicks against 2nd bailout to states
* CBN kicks off campaign against naira abuse in Kebbi

DAILY TRUST
* Nigeria’s merchandise trade grows by 49 % in 2nd Quarter – NBS
* Radio Kano suspends staff over Kwankwaso’s song
* US climate change envoy visits Nigeria
* ASUU urges FG to shun external interference
* N/Delta militant groups spurring crime surge – DHQ
* New gas plan, oil sector roadmap underway – Kachikwu
* Why we insist on TSA – Buhari
* NAA calls for review of NITEL/MTEL privatisation process

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