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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 16TH NOVEMBER, 2016.



PUNCH
* Five deputy govs reject Ayodele’s prophecy
* Ambassadorial posts: APC keeps mum as Senate rejects Buhari’s 46 nominees
* Atiku is being haunted by his corrupt demons –El-Rufai
* Lagos to get oil derivation fund from Dec
* Ogun man arrested for killing stepdaughter for rituals
* Sambo Dasuki rejected FG’s offer to attend dad’s burial – Danbazau
* Senate urges FG to declare security emergency in Kaduna
* Protesters shut N’Assembly

THISDAY
* Dasuki Declines Govt’s Offer of Temporary Release to Bury His Dad
* Another Commanding Officer, Eight Soldiers Killed in Boko Haram Ambush
* Senate Returns List of Non-career Ambassadorial Nominees, Clears Career Diplomats
* FG, N’Delta Parley in Disarray as ‘Avengers’ Bomb Agip, Oando, Shell Trunklines
* FG Declares ASUU Strike Unconstitutional
* IG Justifies Killings of Shiite Followers
* House Moves to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism Laws
* JAMB Finally Approves Reduction of Cut-off Points with Caveat

THE SUN
* Militants bomb Oando, Shell, Agip Oil trunk lines in Bayelsa
* Atiku plots to destabilise Buhari’s govt –el-Rufai
* 22,430 militants, cultists surrender arms in Rivers
* Kano killings: Why police stopped Shiites’ protest – IGP Idris
* FG approves N30bn intervention fund for solid minerals –Minister
* Anambra: steer clear of our land, communities warn herdsmen
* 700 companies apply for EFCC contracts
* Igbo leaders seek audience with Trump

VANGUARD
* You’ve no power to stop trial of arrested judges, Buhari tells court
* Obasanjo takes delivery of made-in-Aba shoes, says they are good
* Fani- Kayode accuses EFCC, media of blackout
* Wike to empower 22,430 repentant cultists, disband vigilante groups
* Avengers blow up Nembe trunk line, disrupt supply of 300,000bpd to Bonny Export Terminal
* How Corrupt Assistant Police Commissioner Was Allegedly Caught With N2.7m Bribe
* Kidnapping: Lagos Embarks On Aggressive Riverine Policing
* JTF Foils Attempt To Vandalise Oil Facilities In Bayelsa

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