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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 19TH OCTOBER, 2016.



GUARDIAN
* Judge links travail to alleged bribery attempt by Amaechi
* Emirates, Kenya Airways suspend Abuja operations indefinitely
* Recession to worsen Nigeria’s rising debt burden
* Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly insists on restructuring
* Buhari hinges success of anti-graft war on citizens’ commitment
* Manufacturers allege sharp practices in forex allocation by banks

PUNCH
* Budget padding: Ministry officials grilled, Dogara, others to be invited
* Senator, Rep berate FG over southern Kaduna killings
* Court sacks two Enugu Reps, asks legislators to refund earnings
* Lagos warns perpetrators of domestic crime
* Akpobolokemi, ex-army general diverted N1.8bn NIMASA funds – Witness
* Stop blaming Buhari for herdsmen, farmers’ clashes, says Obasanjo

THISDAY
* Ken Saro-Wiwa’s Son Dies, Wike Expresses Shock
* FG Assures China on Counterpart Funding for Bilateral Agreements
* House to Investigate Alleged Abduction, Marriage of 14-year-old in Katsina
* In Major Pushback, Justice Okoro Alleges Amaechi, Umana Tried to Bribe Him
* Sokoto Becomes First State to Initiate Bill for Right to Education
* FG: Airport Concessions Necessary ahead of 60m Passenger Target

THE NATION
* Obanikoro: I gave Fayose $5.37m cash for Ekiti poll
* CBN orders banks to stop dollar loans
* Amaechi asked me to fix Akwa Ibom, says Justice Okoro
* Alleged corruption: Judge confronts Dasuki in court
* ‘100 Chibok schoolgirls not ready to leave Boko Haram captors’ - community leader
* Dele Giwa’s assassination: The verdict of history

THE SUN
* NASS can’t impose grazing law on states –Obasanjo
* There’s confusion in Aso Rock –Bishop Chukwuma
* Police rescue 12 kidnapped victims in Kano
* Census: Senate mounts pressure on Buhari to issue proclamation
* Food security: Reps urge FG to develop sustainable policy
* Imo State is in trouble –Captain Ihenacho, ex-Minister

VANGUARD
* OCT 29 MEETING: Tell Buhari to be sincere on his agenda, N-Deltans tell leaders
* Justice Okoro opens can of worms; says, foreign currency in my home estacode
*I’m a frustrated wife, says Woman who paid assassins N500,000 to kill husband
* Poor agric budgetary allocations worry economists
* Wares Seized From Street Traders’ll Go To Prisons Inmates — OKOROCHA
* Senate In Process Of Tightening Loopholes, Lacuna In Anti-Corruption Laws – Gemade

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