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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR FRIDAY 24TH FEBRUARY, 2017.



THE SUN
*Nigerians threaten South African firms
*Osinbajo, National Assembly reach truce on 2017 budget
*Shake-up at NDDC, 11 directors redeployed
*Ondo: Akeredolu takes oath of office as Mimiko bows out
*Cameroun expels 517 Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram
*Acting President inspects toilet, conveyor belt at Lagos airport
*Sheriff, Makarfi split PDP Reps caucus
*Anambra can revive Nigeria’s economy –APC guber aspirant

THE PUNCH
*NNPC renegotiates offshore rig-rate, reduces cost by 72%
*Create coherent, credible economic policies, IMF tells Nigeria
*CBN reintroduces charges on cash deposits, withdrawals
*Rivers: 25 INEC officials to face trial over N111m bribe
*Lassa fever kills soldier’s wife
*Eject prostitutes from Abuja streets, Senate tells police
*PDP condemns arrest of gov aspirant
*Send your children to school, Oluwo tells herdsmen
*Governing Ondo won’t be rosy, says Akeredolu
*Xenophobic attacks: Protesters invade MTN office in Abuja
*We won’t be part of Sheriff’s convention –PDP govs
*$17bn stolen oil: Reps summon Emefiele
*Police promote 11 DCPs to CPs, 3,214 others

LEADERSHIP
*Senate Orders Banks, Others To Keep Abuja Clean
*You Laid A Sound Foundation, Gowon Told Awolowo In 1971 Letter
*Anti-graft War: US Policy Expert Advises On How To Check Movement Of Money
*PDP: Sheriff Takes Over Wadata House
*Paris Club Refund: Governors, EFCC And The Burden Of Proof
*Uncertainties As Debts Owed GenCos Hit N500bn Amidst Gas Crunch

VANGUARD
*Bank directors liable for 40% of N1.85 trn bad loans – NDIC boss
*Protesting youths storm South African firms in Abuja
*Don’t abandon Buhari, CAN begs Christians
*CBN reintroduces cashless charges on bank deposits
*Chinese govt demands dry yam from Nigeria
*N5bn debt: Pay up or lose operating licence, NBC warns broadcast stations
*Alleged N400m fraud: Court rejects Metuh’s bid to call Dasuki as witness

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