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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 14TH DECEMBER, 2016.



LEADERSHIP
* Reconsider Sale Of Power Coys, Reps Tell FG
* CSOs Allege Persecution Of Patience Jonathan By FG
* PMB Determined To Pull Nigeria Out Of Recession In 2017 – SGF
* Senate Drops Kano, Plateau From North East Devt Commission
* $1.092 Malabu Deal: No Evidence To Nail Diezani, Adoke, Aganga, Says Malami
* Security Forces Lay Siege To Election Commission As Heads Of State Visit The Gambia
* 2017 Budget Funding: FG Targets N10trn Earnings From Oil Licences, Taxes, Others

PUNCH
* N1.4bn fraud: EFCC quizzes OAU VC, students, lecturers kick
* Fayose orders Ekiti varsity to sack 400 workers
* N1tn Abuja land scam: EFCC seizes 12 properties from ex-minister, Mohammed, son
* Two killed, 15 vehicles burnt in Rivers tanker fire
* Court orders EFCC to unfreeze Fayose’s accounts
* Disown results of violent elections, Olurode urges INEC
* Panic as MMM freezes three million Nigerians’ accounts

THISDAY
* NHRC Asks FG to Prosecute Electoral Offenders in Rivers
* NBS: 68.5% of Households Own Their Houses
* Ndume: Senate will Not Rubber Stamp MTEF, External Borrowing Plan
* 9,700 Nigerians Killed Extra-judicially under Buhari, Says Rights Group
* INEC’s Independence Dangerously Drifting Away, Ekweremadu Warns
* Conflicting Figures as Emmanuel Says 23 Died in Uyo Church Building Collapse
* Tourism Can Promote Economic Diversification in Recession, Says Expert

THE SUN
* Rivers-rerun: Police performed well – IGP
* Ex-soldier, 7 others jailed 104 years for kidnapping Speaker
* FG unveils N7.02trn package to end recession
* Customs seals up rice warehouses in Lagos, collects N286.623m seized vehicles
* Buhari should listen to critics, not loyalists – Uwakwe
* Ekweremadu wants single term for office holders
* 3m Nigerians panic as MMM suspends payments

DAILY TRUST
* FG: N565bn recovered loot forms part of 2017 budget
* NNPC still diverting oil proceeds — Saraki
* Senate okays data price hike
* Rivers: Police investigate death of DSP, others
* Official, 3 others arrested over theft of IDP food
* EFCC to appeal against order to defreeze Fayose’s accounts
* Uyo disaster: CAN commiserates with Akwa Ibom people

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