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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 12TH OCTOBER, 2016.



GUARDIAN
* 11 economic recession bills will be passed by end of 2016, says Saraki
* Government to save N80b from probe of armed forces’ wage bill
* Government moves to re-design Lagos-Ibadan expressway to control flooding
* Attorney-General says no one would be spared in fight against graft
* President Buhari surrounded by ‘strangers,’ says wife
* NDDC: Senate confirms Ndoma-Egba, rejects 3 members

PUNCH
* Arms scam: FG converts Badeh’s N1.1bn mansion to office
* FG begins school feeding programme this month –Osinbajo
* Tribunal grants Ize-Iyamu’s request to inspect electoral materials
* Unpaid stipends: Ex-militants protest in Yenagoa, JTF injures one
* Defamation: Odili sues Peterside, claims N6bn damages
* Judges’ arrest: NJC meeting inconclusive, to take position Wednesday

TRIBUNE
* IMF forecasts further economic decline for Nigeria, others
* 14 years after Bakassi ceding, we still do not have a home, says Ita Giwa
* Arrest of Judges not unconstitutional — Buhari’s aide
* Falana blames NJC, NBA for rot in judiciary
* NYSC denies 25% reduction in corps members’ allowance
* Future road projects in Nigeria must be dualised —Fashola

THE SUN
* I was neither arrested nor detained by EFCC, says Ogah
* Church members stone man, 60, to death
* Dogara tasks executive on need to cut cost of governance
* ARREST OF JUDGES: Senate, House of Reps to probe DSS’ raids
* Kidnapped Lagos teachers, students regain freedom
* US sex scandal: Reps clear 3 members of misconduct

DAILY TRUST
* FG set to employ 200,000 graduate teachers
* A grammarian calls for ban of the expression "Wailing Wailers"
* US aids Nigeria’s anti-poverty fight with $92.7m
* Judges aren’t above law, Malami says
* Nigeria to raise $3.3 billion mortgage fund – Osinbajo

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