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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR MONDAY 17TH OCTOBER, 2016.



GUARDIAN
* Power sector loses N549b yearly to gas constraints
* Lawyer files N50b suit against Buhari, DSS, others over judges’ arrest
* Registrar enjoins National Assembly to suspend review of JAMB’s Act
* Nigeria, 196 others agree to ban refrigerants
* National Assembly seeks law to implement 2016 budget till May next year
* Government restates pledge to provide potable water

PUNCH
* Dollar scarcity: Banks suspend ATM card usage abroad
* JAMB scraps use of scratch cards
* My wife’s duty is to look after me, Buhari insists
* Curfew imposed on southern Kaduna as herdsmen kill 20
* Chibok girls recount ordeal as they reunite with parents
* Buhari has received N’Assembly’s summons on recession — Presidency

THISDAY
* CBN Includes Airlines in Interbank Foreign Exchange Market
* Judges’ Arrest: Report from Presidency Says DSS Acted in Accordance with Law
* Herdsmen Attack Military Outpost, Kill 20 in Kaduna
* N’Assembly Bows to Pressure, Begins Move to Make Earnings Public
* Sultan Makes Strong Case for Minorities in Nigeria
* Task Force Uncovers Oil Bunkers, Destroys Two Million Litres of Diesel

THE NATION
* Chibok girls: we stayed without food for 40 days
* Buhari’s, wife’s comments taken out of context, says Okorocha
* Judges’ arrest: Buhari, DSS, AGF sued for N50b
* Bayelsa recorded 1,000 oil spills in 2014, says govt
* Kenya overturns Nigeria’s 25 years lead in stock trading
* Hike in cement price: bricklayers set Oct 19 for protest

THE SUN
* Kalu raises the alarm over plot to transfer EFCC case to Lagos
* Adebanjo: Judges behave like ‘one-chance robbers’
* Non-oil exports shrink to $1.63bn
* Workers decry casualisation, poor conditions
* Akwa Ibom gov sacks cabinet
* BBC interview: Buhari insists Aisha belongs in the kitchen

VANGUARD
* Listen to your wife, Reps tell Buhari
* Stakeholders Task FG To Inject Money Into Economy To Reduce Interest Rate
* Lagos Crucial To Nation’s Recovery From Recession — Utomi
* UNILAG expels 125, rusticates 198 students
* Buhari/wife interview: Joke taken too far – Okorocha
* Buhari ready for talks, invites N-Delta leaders for meeting

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