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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 8TH FEBRUARY, 2017.


BUSINESS DAY
*Stakeholders challenge Acting President on urgent economic issues
*BPE spent $4bn power sector assets sales proceeds on salaries, pensions - Saraki
*FG Sees it's Growth Recovery Plan spiking GDP growth rate by 7%
*Why the police shut Ondo Assembly
*NIMASA to decide on abandoned floating dock in Sapele Port
*Nigeria’s revenue slumps most among emerging country peers

THE NATION
*Wike, police clash over alleged N111.3m bribe
*No need for emergency sitting over Buhari’s letter, says Senate
*Six Lagos Assembly PDP lawmakers set for APC
*‘Boko Haram gave me N200 to detonate explosive’
*Recession over soon, says Ag. President Osinbajo
*Mimiko ‘has no plan to leave before February 24’
*AMCON: Killer or restorer of businesses?

THISDAY
*Osinbajo Sends Onnoghen’s Name to Senate for Confirmation as CJN
*Power Sector Investors Demand Settlement of N50bn Debt, Call for Tariff...
*Nigeria is Repeating the Same Old Mistake by Shrouding the President’s...
*Scientists Prove New Approach to Polio Vaccine Works
*Etete: Government Did Not Invest a Dime in Malabu Oil
*Kachikwu: Petrol Pricing Template Not Inflated, Explains Sales of Forex by IOCs
*Osinbajo: We are Committed to Fixing the Economy, Engaging the People
*Senate Confirms Being in Receipt of Buhari’s Vacation Letter
*FG to Provide Incentives to Investors in Critical Sectors
*CBN: Nigeria Planning $50bn Funding for Domestic Biofuel Industry
*Rivers Rerun: Police Investigation Panel Recovers N111m from INEC Officials
*Recession Forces Imo to Stop Free Education for Non-indigenes
*Court Orders Freezing of Mike Ozekhome’s Account
*CAN Berates Lai Mohammed for Accusing Christian Leaders of Incitement
*Shema Sheds Tears after EFCC Re-arrest
*FG Withdraws Corruption Charges against Supreme Court Chief Registrar, Two Others
*Senate C’ttee Queries Nigeria Immigration over Fraudulent Spending of N62m
*Buratai: Army to Recruit Eligible IDPs
Fashola Swears in NERC Commissioners
*Suicide Bombers Intercepted at NNPC Mega Station in Maiduguri
*Ex-House Member, Duru, Charged to Court over N16.1m Fraud

THE GUARDIAN
*Senate, lawyers split over vacuum in presidency
*Trump administration defends travel ban in court
*CBN explains forex shortage for oil marketers
*With two books, Frank Aig-Imoukhuede lifts Nigerian festivals
*Suarez sent-off as Barca oust Atletico to reach final
*Reps’ panel queries Anyim over role in Centenary City project
*Boko Haram gave me N200 to detonate explosive, says suicide bomber
*Ekiti Assembly issues warrant of arrest on Fayemi over alleged N40b fraud
*Investigative panel recovers N111m from 23 INEC officials
*Dogara decries epileptic electricity supply after sector gulped N2.74tr
*Teachers protest against alleged DSS attack on FGGC in Calabar

DAILY TRUST
*Rivers rerun: Police recover N111m from 23 INEC officials
*Alleged fraud: Ex-lawmaker gets bail
*Ambassadorial nominees advocate foreign policy review
*Killings: CAN accuses minister of cover up
*Baro River Port to be commissioned 2018 - Amaechi
*N75m in my account is professional fees - Ozekhome
*N190m fraud: Oronsaye to make submission March 1st
*Stakeholders seek better funding for health
*Food safety key to economic revival – Ministers
*EFCC whisks Shema away as court adjourns to Feb 21

VANGUARD
*We’ll no longer import fuel by 2019 – Kachikwu
*Re-run elections: Rivers govt bribed 23 polls officials with N360m – Police
*Sanusi’s statement on converting mosques to schools is mischievous — Junaid
*Corruption deprives Nigeria $500bn revenue – PwC
*Enough of these lies by Lai Mohammed – CAN
*SNG gives Presidency 74-hr ultimatum to disclose Buhari’s health status
*Frozen account: Ozekhome kicks, says Fayose paid me N75m as legal fees
*‘Buhari not sick, only exhausted by problems affecting Nigerians’

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