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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR FRIDAY 23 DECEMBER, 2016.



GUARDIAN
* Telecoms subscribers to get poorer services as vandalism rises
* How recession has exposed weaknesses of central government, by Atiku
* Buhari backs Christmas day curfew on Kaduna communities
* Delta has no case against Ibori, says commissioner
* VC blames poor electricity for stagnation in health sector
* Police arrest two over killing of wine tapper in Delta, rescue abducted Warri monarch

PUNCH
* El-Rufai meets Buhari over Southern Kaduna attacks
* Stop Taraba, Kaduna, Zamfara killings, FG orders IG
* Our govt slow but progressing, says Osinbajo
* Preach tolerance, Ambode tells religious leaders
* 10,000 police recruits begin training Dec. 31
* Police rescue kidnapped traditional ruler in Delta

THISDAY
* Buhari Asks States to Clear Workers’ Outstanding Salaries with Paris Club Debt Refund
* Army Issues Alert on Boko Haram Suspects Fleeing Sambisa Forest
* Obasanjo Advises Ndigbo to Take Their Destiny in Their Hands
* FG, W’Bank to Launch Power Sector Recovery Plan
* Taraba: Protesting Workers Seal State Secretariat over Unpaid Salaries
* No Quick Fix for Economic Challenges, Says Osinbajo

VANGUARD
* Develop your zone, don’t wait for FG, Obasanjo tells S-East govs, Ndigbo
* No country can make progress without pain – Osinbajo
* Politicians flock to London for Ibori
* DSS accuses Wike of planning breakdown of law and order in Abuja
* Army issues alert on escapee Boko Haram terrorists
* There Is Nothing Stopping FG From Initiating Fresh Criminal Charges Against Ibori – Lawyers

THE NATION
* Xmas: Workers battle governors over salaries
* Buhari to governors: pay from N552b debt-service refunds
* Psychiatric hospital, Yaba, records more mental cases
* Governor Wike: it’s false, baseless alarm
* Ogun civil servants to be allocated land for farming
* Lagosians rush to get Lake Rice

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