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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR THURSDAY 16TH MARCH, 2017.



DAILY TRUST
*Magu Saga: It is a national disgrace – Ezekwesili
*What Magu’s second rejection means, by lawyers
*Hameed Ali must appear today – Senate
*Buhari presides over FEC meeting after vacation
*After Senate’s second rejection...Anti-corruption war continues, Magu says
*Buhari presides over FEC meeting after vacation

GUARDIAN
*Government reverses self, okays helicopter services at Abuja airport
*Court to rule on Justice Ademola’s no-case-submission April 5
*FG sues boss of Peace Corps over alleged N1.4b fraud
*Defence to strengthen protection of classified documents
*Investigator insists Lawan demanded $3 million bribe from Femi Otedola
*Laboratory test dismisses alleged toxic waste at Koko
*Senate awaits new nominee after rejecting Magu again
*Judge freezes Trump's revamped travel ban
*Monaco stun City to reach Champions League quarters
*Minister urges banks to increase agric funding

THE PUNCH
*UPDATED: Judge blocks new Trump travel ban
*We’ve no case to answer, Justice Ademola, wife tell court
*FG makes a U-turn, allows helicopters into Abuja airport
*Presidency keeps mum as Senate blocks Magu again
*PDP: Makarfi’s panel recommends expulsion of Sheriff, others
*Edo tribunal fixes April 3 for parties’ final addresses
*Four female bombers, two victims die in Borno
*Ribadu blames Nigeria’s woes on leadership failure
*UN, Nigeria, Cameroon sign agreement on 65,000 IDPs
*Fish out treasury looters, Obasanjo tells African leaders
*Army destroys ex-militants’ arms
*Afenifere kicks as police arrest Ife monarch, 14 indigenes
*2019: Northern Christians allege plot to silence Apostle Suleman

VANGUARD
*Senate rejection means Magu immediately ceases to act as EFCC Chairman – Ozekhome.
*FG slams 90-count charge against Peace Corps commandant
*Senate threatens arrest as Customs C-G fails to appear
*PDP crisis: Again, Makarfi, Sheriff in war of words
*Illicit transfers: Minister dares NASS, redeploys Unity College principals to Abuja
*Why I’ve no case to answer, Justice Ademola tells court
*V-A-M-P-I-R-E: The untold story of his end
*EFCC confirmation screening: How DSS helped Senate stop Magu
*Fayose paid N75m into Ozekhome’s account from N1.2bn Dasuki’s funds – EFCC
*Senate rejection means Magu immediately ceases to act as EFCC Chairman – Ozekhome.

THISDAY
*Again, Senate Rejects Magu, Says He Should Cease to Act as...
*Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen
Disquiet Among Judges over Proposed Appointment of Lawyers to S’Court
*As Oil Rebounds, Kachikwu Says Fluctuating Prices Pose No Immediate Threat
*Tompolo’s Monarch Urges FG to Urgently Implement Demands of the Niger...
*Customs Boss, Hameed Ali, Shuns Senate, Risks Arrest
*Six Persons Die in Suicide Attacks in Maiduguri
*Secession Won’t Guarantee Our Peace, *Ribadu Tells Ndigbo, Other Secessionist Groups
*Lagos IGR Rose by N33bn, Says NEITI
*NBC Allays Concerns over Benzoic Acid in Soft Drinks
*Afenifere Alleges Sectional Arrests in Aftermath of Yoruba-Hausa Clash in Ife

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