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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 18TH JANUARY, 2017.



PUNCH
*Troops, Nigerian warship head for Gambia to sack Jammeh
*How Saraki operated, funded undeclared foreign accounts – Banker
*‘No more war over Biafra again’
*Herdsman remanded for destroying farmland
*APC lawmakers stage walkout over Rivers minority leader
*Tragedy as NAF jet bombs Borno IDP camp, kills 100
*Buhari, Ayade meet over Bakassi seaport
*Militants bomb NPDC pipeline 24hrs after Osinbajo’s visit
*Edo, Nigerian Legion unite against insecurity
*Wike queries commissioner, perm sec, others over illegal levies
*Oba of Benin suspends palace chief over alleged misconduct
*20,000 unjustly killed in Kaduna since 1980, says El-Rufai
*Fayose knocks FG for ‘hiding the truth’ about killings
*Reps probe diversion of N500m Chibok school repair fund
*‘Agatu lost 3,920 to herdsmen attacks in four years’

VANGUARD
*Army places N500,000 bounty on insurgents
*Maritime Varsity: FG, Delta govts acquired land from impostors —Olu of Warri
*Obaze completely ignored procedure … – Sources
*UNILAG: 2 female graduates with 5.0 CGPA reveal secret of success
*Fatal error: How over 100 died as Air Force bombs IDP camp
*CBN bars banks from transactions in virtual currencies
*How diet of bread with beans helps to tackle joint pain
*Air strike on Borno displaced camp ‘kills 52’

THE GUARDIAN
*We have developed the right energy mix for Nigeria, says Fashola
*Senate fails to stop Abuja airport’s closure
*Egyptian football star placed on 'terror' list
*Fighter jet kills civilians in Borno anti-terror raid

THE NATION
*Scores die as Air Force jet bombs IDPs camp in error
*EFCC seizes N948m aircraft linked with ex-governor
*We’re still negotiating release of Chibok girls, says minister
*Police close in on Turkish School pupils’ abductors
*Seven arraigned for ‘electoral fraud’ in Ondo
*Jammeh declares 90-day state of emergency
*Uncertainty as Labour sets 56,000 minimum wage target

THE SUN
*Military airstrike kills 52 civilians in Borno
*FG spends $100m to fight Boko Haram –Defence Minister
*Police confirm civil war bomb in Ebonyi
*Illegal levies: Wike queries commissioner,  permanent secretary, director
*Jammeh declares state of emergency
*W’Bank, AfDB withhold Nigeria’s $4bn loan request over non-submission of reform plan
*Benin traditional council suspends Isekhure
*Kanu’s release: Ohanaeze to work with IPOB, MASSOB
*Turkish school: Police seek Air Force’s intervention

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