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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR THURSDAY 2ND FEBRUARY, 2017.



BUSINESSDAY
*Investors shun Nigeria’s assets on foreign exchange risks
*FAO launches tool box to improve food safety February 1st, 2017
*TCN floats $200mn funding scheme to rehabilitate existing transmission lines
*Reps give SEC 7 days to correct employment irregularities
*FRSC begins nationwide full enforcement of Speed Limiting Device

THE NATION
*Buhari’s power sector revival pill sparks crisis
*Fed Govt sets up panel to bring down food prices
*Forex trading: CBN to suspend defaulting banks for eight weeks
*Magu: Senate and the element of fair hearing
*Ambode signs Anti-Kidnapping Laws
Six remanded for commandant’s ‘murder’
*Magu: Legal battle begins over confirmation

THISDAY
*FG Approves New Tax Policy, to Raise VAT on Luxury Goods
*TCN Gets Go Ahead on New Project Financing Model, Seeks Private Funding
*UK Deports 41 Nigerians for Immigration Offences
*Foreign Capital Importation Dropped to Nine-year Low in 2016
*Nigerian Woman Racks up £500,000 NHS Bill after Giving Birth to Quadruplets in London Hospital
*N420bn Illegal Crude, Diesel Seized by Nigerian Navy in 2016
*Andy Uba Dumps PDP, Defects to APC
*Protesters, Thugs Stop Mimiko from Presenting 2017 Budget to Ondo Assembly

DAILY TRUST
*FG cedes TCN mgt to ADB
*Ex-FCT minister’s son remanded in prison
*FG sets up task force over rising cost of food items
*Reprisal killings frustrating S/Kaduna peace efforts — DSS
*6 B/Haram insurgents, 3 soldiers killed in Northeast — Army
*Osinbajo inaugurates population commissioners
*Nigeria against mass withdrawal from ICC
*Navy confiscates N420bn crude, diesel
*Delta CJ urges govs to sign death warrants
*Army kills 6 Boko Haram terrorists, lost 3 soldiers, 5 wounded

THE GUARDIAN
*Stockbroker’s N10 billion scandal rocks stock market
*British government deports 41 Nigerians, others over immigration issues
*Foreign reserves hit $28b, CBN warns banks over failed settlements
*Gabon 2017: El Hadary takes Egypt into Cup of Nations final
*Rex Tillerson confirmed as US secretary of state

THE PUNCH
*Arms cash: Obanikoro returns N30m, to pay N417m more
*FG’s request for Dasuki secret trial undemocratic – Fayose
*Ambode endorses death penalty for kidnappers
*Worst leadership is in the church, says Adeboye
*Lagos Assembly cuts short break
*Hijab: Muslim women lament harassment
*Okorocha is motor park governor, says Obiano
*Ex-militants give condition for N’Delta development
*Wike, Peterside express shock over Rivers CP’s death
*Nnamani can’t be S’East APC leader —Muoghalu

VANGUARD
*Obiano vs Okorocha: Okorocha should keep quiet when serious govs are talking — Obiano
*RECESSION: Foreign investment inflow down by $4.5bn in 2016
*41 Nigerians sent home by UK arrive Lagos airport
*Power supply improves slightly to 3,528 MW
*Stockbroker in N4.8bn share scam, remanded in Ikoyi prison
*Onnoghen: Presidency warns against blackmail, says Buhari has done nothing wrong

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