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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR MONDAY 20TH MARCH, 2017.



PUNCH
*EFCC hands over Amosu’s $2.15m hospital to Air Force
*FG rules out ethnic factor in Ife clash
*Suicide bombers kill mother, two children in Borno
*Again, Reps summon perm sec over tenure elongation
*PDP: Sheriff moves to stop Makarfi’s appeal at S’Court
*Why elite criticise Buhari for poor performance — Presidency
*LASG, ATWAP hunt producers of bad water
*Leave LGs alone, PDP tells Akeredolu
*FG encouraging corruption in universities — SSANU
*We want Buhari to succeed – PFN
*‘Division in Rivers APC forced me to leave’
*Lawyer sustains spinal cord injury after soldiers’ assault
*Xenophobic: Editors condemn attack on Nigerians

THISDAY
*Bankers Join Whistleblowing Bandwagon, Expose Illicit Transactions of Public Officers
*Adeosun, Emefiele Confirm Meeting, Seek to Align Monetary and Fiscal Policies
*NNPC Stockpiles Petrol as CBN Sells FX to Marketers for Diesel,...
*Governors Deny Alleged Diversion of Paris-London Club Refunds
*Africa Trade Meeting Has No Africans After US Visa Denials
*Medical Doctor Jumps into Lagos Lagoon
*Keshi: South Africa’s Political Elite Fuelling Xenophobia Attacks against Nigerians, Others
*EKEDEC Apologises for Prolonged Power Outage in Lagos
*World Bank Announces Record $57bn for Sub-Saharan Africa
*Court Restrains Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals

THE NATION
*36 states, FCT demand $6.9b Paris Club refund
*Governors: we didn’t divert Paris Club refund
*Emefiele: monetary, fiscal authorities should align
*Doctor jumps into Lagos lagoon
*Fed Govt ‘ll protect, reward whistleblowers, says minister
*Sheriff won’t contest at PDP convention, says Dickson
*Naira to appreciate further as CBN boosts forex sale

VANGUARD
*Paris-London Clubs loan refund: Our story, by NGF
*2017 Budget suffers major setback
*FG okays new package for Niger-Delta
*Fiscal, monetary authorities move to bridge policy gap
*An Alfa buys three year-old boy at N500, kills him for ritual
*Shekau in new video, threatens Cameroon, Nigeria, Mali, others over Sharia
*Nnamdi Kanu distances self from US launch of Radio Biafra
*We failed to learn from Biafran war — Ekweremadu

GUARDIAN
*Foreign investors’ acquisition of local firms over forex looms
*Rangers, Rivers United crash out of CAF Champions League
*Niger Delta stakeholders strategise ahead of formalising modular refineries
*FBI director to testify on Russia ties, alleged wiretap
*Lenders tighten credit rules, decline customers’ loan requests
*Why tackling recession requires unusual approach, by FG
*New housing units will be allocated without bias, says Fashola
*Mining sector can get Nigeria out of recession, says Fayemi
*Lagos task force arrests 43 suspected bunkerers with fake diesel
*Buhari can re-nominate Magu for confirmation as EFCC boss, says Ndume
*Governors deny alleged role in N19b loan refunds’ fraud
*Experts caution developers against sharp practices to check building collapse
*Ooni of Ife to address British House of Commons on Tuesday
*Funds stall desertification control projects in three states
*Foreign investors’ acquisition of local firms over forex looms
*Agbami group tasks government, private sector on science education
*Niger Delta stakeholders strategise ahead of formalising modular refineries
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
*Family petitions IG over son’s death in police custody
*Mother, 2 children, 4 others killed in Maiduguri suicide bomb attack
*Cross River Chief Judge, Ikpi-Itam dies at 63
*PDP govs break apart
*Revealed: Real forces that stopped Magu

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