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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR TUESDAY 18TH OCTOBER, 2016.



GUARDIAN
* ‘Nigeria’s GDP may hit $1.45 trillion by 2030 on reduced corruption, effective policies’
* Itse Sagay panel re-opens Halliburton case
* Government needs $20b to revive economy, says Dangote
* NUC scraps pre-degrees, diplomas in varsities
* Senate committee urges CBN to prepare details on bailouts, others
* Federal Government, states to review World Bank projects in Nigeria
* Militants accuse military of rights violation in Bakassi
* National Assembly broke, borrows to pay workers

PUNCH
* ATM card suspension: Banks reject naira for visa payment
* Ekwueme laments lack of unity, trust among Igbo
* Nigeria seeks $15bn upfront oil payment from India
* Drama as Fayose forces EFCC to release Fani-Kayode’s wife
* Ogun workers begin strike Thursday over unremitted deductions
* Arrest: Justices Ademola, Dimgba resume sitting
* Death toll in Kaduna herdsmen attack hits 40
* ‘Plateau may grant illegal gun owners pardon’

THISDAY
* Two Judges in EFCC Net over Bribes from Lawyers
* Chibok Girls: Buhari Gives Conditions for Further Talks with Boko Haram
* EFCC Detains Fani-Kayode’s Wife, Baby Inside Bank in Ekiti
* Obanikoro Surrenders to Anti-graft Commission, Detained for Interrogation
* Buhari Flags off N’ Assembly Seminar on Corruption Tuesday
* Economic Diversification Not Achievable without Foreign Exchange, Says Dangote
* Concerns Mount over Delay by Appeal Court to Constitute Panel on Abia North Senatorial Election
* US Expresses Confidence in Nigeria’s Fight against Corruption

VANGUARD
* Godogodo death toll hits 40, as mob hacks 14 herdsmen dead
* Government needs to change its politics – Dangote
* ‘Sting’ judges back; sit over cases against DSS
* Face me like a man, not my wife, Fani-Kayode dares Buhari
* Oshodi-Apapa Still In Grip Of Traffic Chaos: As tankers, trailers return
* Petrol Sells Above N145 Per Litre In 15 States
* ‘We Are in Police Captivity’ Ese Oruru, baby, parents, refuse bin live in one room
* CIA Blames Nigeria’s Woes On Inefficient Administration

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