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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR THURSDAY 19TH JANUARY, 2017.



THE SUN
*The Gambia: NAF deploys 200 personnel, warplanes to Dakar
*Kure, Tinubu and I killed Obasanjo’s third term ambition –Kalu
*Turkish school: Kidnap  kingpin, General Kakadu, arrested
*Senators furious over situation in IDPs camp
*Rally for Trump: IPOB seeks DSS, police clearance
*Fuel scarcity imminent over marketers’ unpaid N660bn debt
*BREAKING: Jammeh era over-Barrow
*We won’t stop until Niger Delta region is liberated –Adaka Boro Avengers
*Wrong target bombing: Buhari dispatches high- powered team to Maiduguri

THE PUNCH
*Attempts to form mega party will fail –Oni
*Mimiko offers six first class graduates employment
*Don’t cut corners, NIJ tells students
*‘Fleet operators’ vehicles killed 358 in 2016’
*Jammeh: Nigerian, Senegalese troops set to storm Gambia
*Embrace Buhari’s peace moves, Presidency tells N’Delta
*Councillor, others arrested for selling IDPs’ food
*Pipeline fire: Army absolves Delta militants
*Rivers communities protest alleged military land grabbing
*Obiano debunks plan to dump APGA for APC
*‘Churches should be accountable’
*Dariye accuses judge of bias in N1.1bn fraud suit
*Nigerians won’t be safe without strong opposition – PDP
*Two females emerge UNILAG best graduating students
*NJC dismissed bribery petition against Justice Ademola, official tells court

VANGUARD
*CCT adjourns Saraki’s trial to Feb 8
*Fuel scarcity looms as marketers stop importation
*Senate approves MTEF, increases oil price benchmark to $44.5
*No plan to hike fuel price – NNPC
*Recession: Buhari’s economic recovery plan to be launched next month – Osinbajo
*Gambia : Air Force airlifts 200 personnel to force Jammeh out
*Finally, APC set to hold second National Convention in April
*Senate advises military to exercise caution in future operations

THE GUARDIAN
*More forex crisis as Senate okays N305 to $1 for budget
*Real Madrid slumps to another defeat against Celta Vigo
*Experts insist policy option, timing fail Nigeria’s economy
*Learning under spectre of abduction, terrorism
*Alibaba’s Ma wants to avoid U.S.-China trade war at all costs

THE NATION
*Revealed: Air Force jet hit IDPs after foreign alert
*Nigeria deploys 200 Air Force men, jets for action in Gambia
*Death toll now 76, says Red Cross
*Fed Govt to foot medical expenses of injured
*Air chief: strike a tragic mistake
*Police panel arrests 23 INEC officials over Rivers rerun

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