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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR TUESDAY 21ST FEBRUARY, 2017.



GUARDIAN
*CBN moves to ease forex scarcity at nation’s airports
*Nomination of lawyers for Supreme Court bench stokes controversy
*Five dead as plane crashes into Melbourne shopping centre
*PenCom seeks N113 billion to pay government retirees
*A boost for Nollywood with 'The Wedding Party' success
*Stakeholders applaud FG on proposed modular refineries in Niger Delta
*Reps give FG six weeks to produce environment-related treaties, agreements for domestication
*Agency seek increased funding for the domestication of GMO

PUNCH
*PDP crisis: Sheriff meets Jonathan, Makarfi appeals judgment
*Money laundering: Go after CBN, NNPC, Senate panel tells EFCC
*Reps squabble over rising ad hoc committees
*Protest as Osun demolishes buildings in Ede
*Osinbajo has credibility, trust him, Jibrin advises Buhari
*Osinbajo meets govs, ministers over rice, wheat production
*Reps query N450bn Amnesty contracts under Jonathan
*FG summons S’African envoy over attacks on Nigerians
*Anambra PDP asks assembly to impeach Obiano
*No provision for VP’s N250m gatehouse in budget–Udoma
*EFCC: Court fixes date for Patience Jonathan’s N2bn suit
*Parents pay salaries of teachers in unity schools
*Under Buhari, naira has become Africa’s worst currency – Ekweremadu

VANGUARD
*Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians: FG warns S-Africa of dire consequences
*Militants kidnap Army Lieutenant in Lagos; soldiers, police invade creeks
*CBN orders major forex market overhaul as Naira depreciates further
*Sheriff is PDP leader — Jonathan
*Xenophobia in South Africa: No country has monopoly of violence, Rep warns

SUN
*Southern Kaduna: 21 feared dead in fresh attacks
*Impeach Obiano now, PDP urges Anambra Assembly
*Abia government hasn’t paid me pension since 2009 –Kalu
*Alleged graft: Ademola kept $171,779 at home for children upkeep –Witness
*Fire outbreak at N’Assembly
*I know those persecuting me, their motives –Nwuche
*Senators give Magu ultimatum to provide details of recovered loot
*FG warns South Africa over attacks on Nigerians
*29 children, 211 others die in military cells in Nigeria – Amnesty

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