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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR TUESDAY 15TH NOVEMBER, 2016.




GUARDIAN
* Cost of funds soars as inflation hits 11-year high
* Fraudsters target 63.7m banks accounts, e-payment channels
* Senate opposes cancellation of power privatisation
* Security agents, Shiites clash in Kano, eight feared killed
* Osinbajo fears extinction of oil, gas exploration
* Navy creates mobile stations to rid Niger Delta of piracy, others

PUNCH
* Foreigner slits woman’s throat on Lagos church premises
* Obasanjo wanted life presidency, not third term, Atiku insists
* Eight Shiites, one policeman die in Kano clash
* Anambra lawmakers demand jeeps to support gov’s re-election
* 2017 budget: Recovered loot to part-fund N2.69tn deficit
* N3.6bn cars: NLC, TUC, others knock Reps

THISDAY
* Babangida Aliyu: Men Also Belong to the Kitchen
* Osinbajo Meets with APC Governors, NA Leadership on FG Appointments
* Dangote Calls for Improved Funding to Fight Malaria
* 31 Killed in Kaduna by Herdsmen after Communities Sign Peace Accord
* Higher Food, Commodity Prices Drive Inflation up to 18.3%
* Former Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki Dies at 93

THE NATION
* Buhari bows to governors on boards appointments
* How $702,000 was paid into Badeh’s account, by witness
* NNPC appoints, redeploys management staff
* It took 10 days to count N1.22b cash Obanikoro brought for Fayose, says witness
* ASUU begins one-week warning strike tomorrow
* Gunmen abduct retired principal, 72, in Bayelsa

THE SUN
* As Osinbajo, SGF, Saraki, Dogara meet… APC govs angry with Buhari
* Rising bread, power, meat prices push inflation to 18.3%
* 33 states can’t pay salaries –BudgIT
* Drama in Anambra as police storm court to arrest suspect
* Forex unavailability may kill Nigeria’s textile industry –NTMA
* NCC urges consumers to use approved devices

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