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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 21ST DECEMBER, 2016.



GUARDIAN
* Airfares rise by 100 per cent as workers shut Arik
* Senate overrules Ndume, insists on Magu’s rejection
* Fmr D.G. of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Amos Adamu faces another ban over alleged corruption
* NNPC to commence full repair of refineries next year
* We must confront internal migration frictions, says Buhari
* Senate set for showdown with Presidency over National Health Act
* Nigeria, Russia okay pact to build nuclear plants in Kogi, Akwa Ibom
* FG approves 13% derivation revenue for solid mineral states
* Government shops for N1.8 trillion to complete Niger Delta projects

PUNCH
* Dalung blames zero budgeting for sports woes
* Kidnapped two-year-old daughter of slain woman regains freedom
* 140 Nigerians deported from Libya regret sojourn
* Mischievous elements shot video of soldiers begging for water – Army
* FRSC sounds tough as officials threaten to take bribes
* Imo pensioners protest unpaid pensions, shut down Owerri
* Soldiers fighting B’Haram protest ill-treatment in camp
* Customs intercept 102 bags of plastic rice

THISDAY
* NEITI: Only Three States Can Fund their Budgets
* Militants Ceasefire: Bayelsa Records N3.5bn Surplus after Deductions for November
* N’Delta Ministry Has Liabilities of N34bn, Says N1tn Needed for Uncompleted Projects
* Nigeria’s Democracy Second to US, Says INEC
* NLC Threatens Strike If N56,000 Minimum Wage is Not Implemented
* Obasanjo, Ekwueme, Governors, Others Expected for South-east Economic and Security Summit
* Nigerian Army to Set up Cattle Ranches Nationwide
* Protesters Storm Abuja over Killings of Security Officers during Rivers Rerun Polls

THE SUN
* FG admits Nigerians angry, hungry
* Wike directs payment of December salaries
* Rivers rerun:We beheaded DSP, driver, buried them in shallow graves –Suspect
* N1trn needed to complete projects in Niger Delta –FG
* Customs subjecting Igbo travellers to hardship –Obi
* APC’s plot to take over Rivers would fail –Wike
* MAN averts sack of 3,000 workers
* Lassa fever kills 2 in Abeokuta

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