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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR THURSDAY 29TH DECEMBER, 2016.



THIS DAY
*Investors Meet in January on Brass LNG, Uncertainty Looms over OKLNG
*Dangote Lost $4.9 Billion in 2016
*Police Foil Plan to Bomb Third Mainland Bridge, Arrest Mastermind
*NHRC Asks Security Agencies to Stop Herdsmen from Killing Innocent People
*Timi Frank: Oyegun’s Comment on Mega Party Reckless
*Boko Haram: Group Urges Nigerians to be *Vigilant to Prevent Terrorists from regrouping
*NLC: Cut Lawmakers’ Emoluments for New Minimum Wage
*Cleric Remanded for Allegedly Raping Girl, 5, in Ekiti
*Catholic Priest Leads Protest against Electricity Black out in Sapele

PUNCH
*FG to spend N1.9bn on sewage, fumigation in 2017
*Train cuts trailer carrying soldiers into two in Kaduna
*Passengers disrupt Arik’s services at Lagos airport
*Many blind candidates collude to cheat at exams, says WAEC
*Train cuts trailer carrying soldiers into two in Kaduna
*Nurse pulls off baby’s hand during delivery
*187 died in 289 road crashes in nine days – FRSC
*Customs seize N250m smuggled cannabis from Ghana
*Sambisa: Army arrests 1,240 B’Haram suspects, recovers Shekau’s Qur’an

VANGUARD
 *Edo executes 3, as Aregbesola grants amnesty to 4 death-row inmates
*FG warns hospitals against detaining patients over bills
*$1.1bn Malabu deal: World anti-graft watchdog writes FG
*I “ll do my best to bring lasting peace to Guinea-Bissau, says Buhari
*Why Jonathan could've annulled 2015 election- Don
*1,237 Nigerians stopped from entering Germany this year
*Wike budgets N470bn for 2017 fiscal year
*No provision for new minimum wage in 2017 budget, as NLC, NUTGTWN react

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