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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 30TH NOVEMBER, 2016.



PUNCH
* Reps want fuel sold at N70 per litre
* N4.7bn: Obanikoro returns N134m to EFCC ….says I’ll repay N450m in 2017
* Millionaire’s detention ignites jailbreak fear in Anambra
* Senate okays Buhari’s N180bn virement request, adds N33bn
* I approved DSS raids, arrest of judges – AGF
* Robbers planned to attack airline cash office, not plane –Police
* Senate probes CBN, FIRS, Customs, others over revenue leakages
* Rivers rerun: Stop blackmailing stakeholders, APC tells Wike

THISDAY
* AGF: I Authorised DSS Raid on Judges, NJC Refused to Co-operate
* PDP Crisis: Makarfi, Sheriff Factions Threaten Each Other with Jail Terms
* Osinbajo: Nigeria to Make FX More Flexible, Conclude Eurobond End of Q1
* Ondo Govt Denies Collecting N82bn from FG, Warns APC against Official Lies
* Failure to Resettle IDPs will Result in Social Crisis, Buhari Warns
* CBN: Nigeria Imports Rice Produced Nine Years Ago
* Navy Intensifies Clampdown on Crude Oil Thieves in Niger Delta
* CBN: No Magic Wand to Fix FX Volatility Except Exports

THE NATION
* Makarfi, Sheriff issue jail threats against each other
* House may probe N100m healthcare under Obasanjo
* Fed Govt to revisit Halliburton, other corruption cases
* Drop in revenue threatens planned share of N5.7tr from FAAC
* Kerosene subsidy took $1b, says Osinbajo
* Troops advancing into Sambisa, says Buratai
* EFCC gets video of how N2.7b Amnesty cash was diverted
* Religious Bill: Pentecostal churches drag Kaduna government to court

THE SUN
* Fear grips Abia LG staff over verification of certificates
* Nigerians protest hike in data tariff by NCC
* Buhari’s virement unconstitutional –Ekweremadu
* Drama in Ekiti as task force, Iyaloja force traders to slash food price
* Diesel adulteration: Court sentences 16 to life imprisonment
* 2.2m northern children suffer malnutrition
* Alleged corruption: Indicted leaders richer than Nigeria –PACAC
* Niger Delta: Insiders blowing up pipelines –Buhari

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