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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR FRIDAY 14TH OCTOBER, 2016.



GUARDIAN
* Controversy as Boko Haram frees 21 Chibok school girls
* Representatives query lopsidedness in Buhari’s appointments
* Buhari stops police recruitment over Senate, PSC clash
* NNPC to resume oil exploration in Bauchi, Gombe
* Senate summons Emefiele, 13 others over $13.9bn capital flight
* Legislators plan prayer session for ‘change’ campaign

PUNCH
* Tears as freed 21 Chibok girls meet VP Osinbajo
* Navy impounds 120,000 litres of stolen crude oil
* License illegal refineries, Rep tells FG
* Police arraign 26 Shiite members for public disturbance
* Senate okays extension of UTME result for three years
* Emir’s marriage to 14-year-old irreversible – Katsina Emirate Council

THISDAY
* NJC: No Judge Can be Invited by DSS Without Due Process
* Senate Outlaws Post-UTME, Validates Admissions for Three Years
* In a Cash-for-Girls Deal, Govt Celebrates Return of 21 Chibok Girls
* Fayose: Boko Haram’s Release of  Chibok Girls Diversionary
* Boko Haram: France Collaborated with Nigeria to Ensure Regional Stability, Says Envoy
*  FG to Introduce Financial Rewards for Innovative MDAs, Staff

THE NATION
* Gordon Brown to Nigeria: don’t give up until others are rescued
* Privacy of girls should be priority, says Amnesty
* DSS lied on two Supreme Court Justices, says NBA
* Ex-militants sues Fed Govt, others over amnesty stipends
* Four ‘killed’, three injured as Customs chases smugglers
* Buhari vows to continue to secure Nigerians

THE SUN
* Tension in Bayelsa as fishing trawlers crush 3 to death
* How we robbed, raped 65-year-old woman to death, by suspect
* Recession: Buhari needs more experts –Kalu
* Arrested judges: No consensus in NJC
* Corruption: Security to quiz 30 more judges
* Anti-grazing law: Drama as Fayose supervises arrest of cows

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