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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR THURSDAY 12TH OCTOBER, 2016.



GUARDIAN
* New tax laws to tackle recession underway
* Arrest usurped powers of NJC, says Afe Babalola
* New criminal justice law confers no immunity on anyone, says Lai Mohammed
* Doctors demand probe of dearth of facilities at UNIPORT teaching hospital
* Orubebe asks court to set aside CCT judgment
* ‘How to make Nigerian goods globally competitive’ - Nigeria Economic Summit
* EFCC declares Goodie Minabo Ibru wanted
* Government to release comprehensive roadmap document

PUNCH
* FG fires 20 FAAN directors, managers
* Recession: W’Bank anchors Nigeria’s recovery on expansionary budget
* Unpaid salaries: Guards deny C’River workers access to office
* Tension as Enugu recruits 25,000 neighbourhood watch members
* Orubebe appeals against CCT conviction, land forfeiture
* 12 die as Shi’ite, youths clash in Katsina, Kaduna states
* Declare state of emergency on kidnapping, Reps tell FG
* Patience won’t go scot-free if found guilty –EFCC

THISDAY
* 16 Killed in Shiite, Mob Clashes, Suicide Blast in Northern Nigeria
* DSS Gets More Damaging Petitions Against Embattled Judges
* House C’ttee Opposes Airport Concession as FAAN Sacks Directors, Others
* Senate Bills Make Presidential, Governorship Debate Mandatory, Restructure Polytechnic Education
* FG to Create 490,000 Jobs through Smart Farmer Scheme
* Judges’ Arrest: Buhari’s Govt Eroding Judiciary Independence, Say Fayose, Babalola
* Family Accuses Emir of Katsina of Abducting, Forcefully Marrying a Christian Minor
* Ijaw Militants behind Lagos School Kidnap, Says LASG

THE NATION
* Two more judges held as DSS freezes accounts
* CBN stops banks from sacking workers
* EFCC declares Goodie Ibru wanted for alleged capital market fraud
* Lawyers avoid some courts due to corrupt judges, says SAN
* NIPOST decries huge debt by customers, tenants
* PDP senator’s, Rep’s supporters quarrel over Owerri market refuse
* Ijaw community gives Chevron 14 days to begin clean-up
* Graduates to govt: NYSC no longer relevant

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