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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR THURSDAY 9TH MARCH, 2017.



BUSINESS DAY
*Just In: ISIS’s chief Baghdadi on the run
*Insurers embark on reconciliation of asset titles ahead of NAICOM verification
*Nigeria to lose $25bn investment with proposed amendment of NLNG Act
*Crude oil output recovery by Nigeria, Libya threatens OPEC deal
*CBN urged to step up intervention as naira weakens to N465/1$

THE PUNCH
*I was handcuffed, locked in a cell for four days at LAX Airport – Victim
*2019: 25 political parties demand scrapping of SIECs
*FG okays $470m water project for FCT
*Ojukwu would’ve fought for Kanu’s release –MASSOB
*Wike promises investors land, tax relief
*Osinbajo visits Sokoto Thursday
*Italy deports 37 Nigerians
*Osinbajo, a running mate turned friend – Buhari
*Nigeria loses $1.5bn yearly to maternal deaths – UNFPA
*FG congratulates women, promises protection against violence
*Scholarship scam: Kano anti-graft commission detains Kwankwaso’s commissioner
*Xenophobic attacks: Senate, House fight over S’African trip
*My dad died a day to his 89th birthday – Son

THE GUARDIAN
*Makarfi denies pact with Sheriff, both disagree over Dickson panel report
*I left N20 billion in Ondo State coffers, says Olusegun Mimiko
*‘Nigeria not affected by United States’ new immigration policy’
*Foreign airlines reconsider boycott of Kaduna airport
*Osinbajo assures Nigerian women of better protection
*Reps probe Osinbajo, Adeosun, Udoma over intervention schemes
*Nigeria reasserts itself as Africa’s top oil producer
*Osinbajo opens Lagos-Kano rail project, to create 500,000 jobs
*FG unveils economic recovery plan, foresees strong growth
*Smuggling, import decline threaten customs’ N1.1 trillion revenue target
*Barca hit PSG for six in historic late fightback
*Army probes Amnesty’s report on killing of IPOB members, others
*Trump seeks to rally support for health reform as doubts grow
*Government spends N2.4tr on fuels, lubricants import

VANGUARD
*10 feared dead in Ile-Ife as Yoruba, Hausa clash
*Naira depreciates to N465/$ in parallel market
*Xenophobic attacks: Senate cancels trip to S-Africa
*PDP senators to meet with govs, Makarfi, Modu Sheriff, others
*Assassins invaded my house – Metuh
* Fayose, Fayemi, Afenifere, monarchs, others mourn Gen. Adebayo
*You can’t divide Nigeria in my time, Buratai tells Biafran agitators

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