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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR MONDAY 31ST, 2016.



THIS DAY
*Jonthan: We Had No Political Prisoners in My Government
*CBN to Sell $500m FX Forwards to Meet Manufacturers’ Pent-up Demand
*CBN Goes Tough on e-Banking Fraud, to Blacklist Customers
*Militants Claim Responsibility for Bombing on NPDC Trunkline
*Kogi Police Hunt for Killers of Chairman of Cattle Association
*Security Forces Set to Take on Militants Returning to Lagos, Ogun creeks
*Buhari Condemns Missile Attack on Makkah
*Absence of Auditor-General Threatens FG’s $29bn External Borrowing Plan
*Suicide Attempt at IDP Camp Foiled as Sniper Kills Bomber

GUARDIAN
*PDP chieftain warns against external influence in crisis
*Division rocks Niger Delta ethnic groups over planned dialogue
*NBA, CJN strike understanding on arrested judges
*Agric, others suffer setback as lending rates favour governments
*Absence of auditor-general may stall government’s bid to borrow $29.96b
*Saraki lauds army over purchase of made-in-Nigeria shoes
*U.S. consulate presents grants to Nigerians
*Nigerians in diaspora remit N23.5tr to economy in five years

PUNCH
*Fresh executive, N’Assembly’s clash looms over $30bn loan
*Group wants youths barred from pageants
*Recession: Ford stops exportation of 500 vehicles to Nigeria
*Buhari never asked any judge to pervert poll judgment – Presidency
*Boko Haram recruiting youths to supply fuel in Borno – NSCDC
*No nepotism, detention of critics under me – Jonathan
*I rent houses for police, says Imo traditional ruler
*Spill: Delta Communities threaten to shut Escravos-Warri Line
*Assault victim begs Edo monarch for forgiveness

VANGUARD
*World Bank, IMF put pressure on Buhari to come up with economic blueprint
*Igbo made the “biggest sacrifice,contribution to building of modern Nigeria”
*N-Delta leaders reject FG’s $10bn devt package
*National Housing: 8 States, FCT ignore FG’s land request
*Withhold assent to amended CCB/CCT Act, CNPP, TUC urge Buhari
*Nigeria does not belong to Christian, - Bishop Kukah
*Woman held in Ebonyi Prisons over N400 cocoyam regains freedom

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