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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 1ST MARCH, 2017.



THE PUNCH
*Reps clash over Buhari’s health status, summon IG, CPs
*Xenophobia: Nigerians storm S’Africa Embassy, demand suspension of Ambassador
*FG won’t ban okada, tricycles –Amaechi
*NAFDAC busts forgery syndicate linked to Indians, Mexicans
*2019: I’ll not contest against Buhari, says Tinubu
*Corruption in civil service, a nation’s greatest tragedy — Osinbajo
*Lagos promises improved security in Epe
*Sponsor bill to regulate okada activities – Ashafa
*CCTV buses will replace danfos, says LASG
*Boundary dispute: Osinbajo meets Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ebonyi governors
*LASIEC warns thugs against poll disruption
*FG to enforce buying of Made-in-Nigeria products
*NLC disagrees with el-Rufai over planned sale of govt houses
*Soludo, Utomi, Igbo leaders demand Nnamdi Kanu’s release
*Xenophobia: Gbajabiamila heads Reps team to S’African parliament
*PDP govs meet Jonathan, seek political solution to crisis
*Igbo’ll never produce Nigeria’s President –MASSOB
*Teach children morals through storytelling, Obasanjo tells parents
*High unemployment rate linked to kidnapping
*Trump vows new merit-based US immigration system
*Fayose slams Obasanjo for criticising his generation
*Dismissed policeman works in Lagos command for eight years

THE SUN
*South Africa deports 97 Nigerians
*N2.8b fraud: I made statement under duress –Ex-NBC director tells court
*Abia police arrest most wanted kidnappers, foil bank robbery
*Akwa Ibom/Cross River: Osinbajo mediates in boundary disputes
*EFCC recovers more vehicles, others from ex-Customs boss, Dikko
*PDP govs meet Jonathan over party crisis
*JAMB bans awaiting results candidates
*I’m not running for presidency, says Tinubu
*Nigeria’s GDP growth rate contracts by -1.3% in Q4, 2016 –NBS

LEADERSHIP
*Corruption Hindering Progress Of Civil Service – Osinbajo
*IOCs Spend $5bn On Indigenous Firms’ Capacity Building
*Onnoghen’s Confirmation Screening Begins Today
*Recession: Economy Shows Signs Of Recovery – NBS
*Niger Agric Extension Workers Get 100 Motorcycles
*Oil And Gas: Nigeria Targets $10bn Investments In 5 Years
*Amina Mohammed Assumes Duty At UN Today
*FG Adopts PPP Model For $20bn Niger Delta Gas Project

VANGUARD
*QUEENS COLLEGE: ‘Since my daughter came home for break, she has been stopping, vomiting’
*‘Igbo leaders are political slaves in Nigeria’
*NJC proposes N5.2bn for retired judicial officers in 2017
*I’ll never contest against Buhari —Tinubu
*Xenophobic attacks: NASS threatens reprisals as S-Africa deports 97 Nigerians
*Release Kanu now, Soludo, Utomi, Igbo leaders tell Buhari
*Xenophobic attack: Gbajabiamila leads delegation to South Africa
*Obasanjo’s statement selfserving, discomfiting, misleading – Fayose

GUARDIAN
*Senate to probe alleged N5.1 trillion subsidy fraud in NNPC
*Anambra guber poll, APC converts and failed ambitions
*Manufacturers deploy resources to farming over raw materials’ scarcity
*Government may begin hamonisation of biometric data bases Q2
*Reps probe debt owed local contractors by FG, seek penalties for crime against humanity
*Obasanjo seeks revival of story telling culture, donates books to Ibogun pupils
*Oil community accuses firm, indigenes of concealing toxic wastes
*Passengers panic as Med-View plane develops fault
*Controversy over N3.2b fraud charge against PenCom director general

DAILY TRUST
*PDP crisis: Jonathan, governors opt for political solution
*Lagos: Group protest xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa
*South Africa deports 97 Nigerians
*Sheriff promises women 30 percent of elective position in PDP
*Amina Mohammed lists priority at UN
*Reps to probe foreign missions over alleged corruption
*Taraba APC rejects LG election results
*NLC, TUC kick against sales of 1,990 quarters by El-Rufai
*Aisha Buhari spends millions on training programme
*Osinbajo: Corruption in civil service will cause national tragedy
*Recession: Nigeria’s economy improved in 2016 – NBS
*Senate: NNPC failed to account for N5.1tr subsidy
*JAMB: No admission for candidates awaiting results
*Soludo visits IPoB leader, says Nigeria more divided now
*FG liability in contributory pension hits N183bn – NLC
*Naira now 425/$ at parallel market

THISDAY
*Nigerian Economy Contracts by 1.5% in 2016, Marginally Beating IMF Forecast
*Senate to Screen Onnoghen Tuesday
*South African Government Deports 97 Nigerians
*Lawmakers Bicker over Buhari’s ‘Sickness’
*CBN Black Market Attack is Just a Stopgap Until Nigeria Floats...
*I Will Not Run against Buhari, Says Tinubu
*As New Devt Bank Takes off, Finance Ministry, CBN Parley on...
*Dangote Ends Nigeria’s Dependence on Imported Cement
*Medview Aborts Flight over Malfunctioning Cooling System

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