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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR TUESDAY 22ND NOVEMBER, 2016.



GUARDIAN
* Economy risks depression as negative growth lingers
* Budget squabbles as agencies contradict Buhari on N180b fund
* CBN cannot meet forex needs as monthly demand hits $4.8b
* South West governors meet, stress unity, ways out of recession
* Army releases new list of wanted Boko Haram members
* Government to abolish blanket cut-off marks for varsities, polytechnics next year
* Delta community cries out over spill, alleges huge loss
* Pope gives priests permanent right to pardon abortion

PUNCH
* Army releases fresh pictures of 55 wanted B’Haram suspects
* Judge refuses to order Justice Ajumogobia’s release
* Bandits killed 155 in Zamfara in 30 days –Yari
* Ebonyi bans sale of foreign rice in markets
* Senate, ASUU eight-hour meeting deadlocked
* Manufacturers, LCCI, others groan as recession deepens
* Dialogue: Diete-Spiff, IYC leader disagree on FG’s sincerity
* Driver stabs in-law for raping two-year-old daughter

THISDAY
* Recession Worsens on N’Delta Crisis, Despite Agric Rebound
* Ondo Poll: PDP, 20 Parties Insist on Postponement, INEC Refuses
* Akpabio: Wike is Nigeria’s Shining Light of Infrastructure Development
* Ngige: FG is Targeting 50% Population under Social Security Scheme
* Justice Onnoghen Asks Judges to Align with Buhari’s Anti-Corruption Crusade
* S’west Governors: Politics, External Influence will Not Divide Us
* Senate Vows to Reject Proposal to Punish People for Holding FX
* S’Court to Determine if State AG Can Nominate Lawyer from His Chambers to Defend Accused

VANGUARD
* Alleged $1.6bn Oil Scam: EFCC re-arraigns Diezani’s ally, Omokore, 3 others
* Budget 2016: FG spends N3.577tr in 9 months— Udoma
* 200k Jobs: FG vows to capture 50% of Nigerians under social security net
* Justice Ngwuta hid N27m inside bathroom, Hummer SUV, 2 other cars – FG
* 2 die, one arrested, 10 rescued from kidnappers den
* Ikpeazu Frowns At Use Of Transition C’ttee To Run LGs
* Solar street lighting market to hit $15bn by 2024 – Survey
* Universal Children’s Day: UNICEF Seeks Protection Of Rights Of Every Child

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