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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 15TH MARCH, 2017.



THE PUNCH
*EFCC arrests Jonathan’s godson over N2bn payment
*Duties on old vehicles: Customs CG makes a *U-turn, to honour Senate summons
*EFCC impounds N49m at Kaduna airport
*Don’t repeat 2015 mistake, VON DG advises Ohanaeze Ndigbo
*Police call second witness in ex-Punch official’s case
*Seized N3bn: EFCC arraigns ex-NNPC boss Yakubu Thursday
*Ortom vows to evacuate herdsmen from Benue
*Buhari, Saraki, Dogara meet on N’Delta, Eurobond, others
*Kwankwaso seeks prosecution of perpetrators of Ife clash
*Tears, tight security as Ogbemudia’s remains arrive Benin
*Assembly crisis: Police stop Ondo lawmakers from sitting
*Propaganda won’t solve PDP’s crisis – Dickson
*Reps ask Buhari to disarm herdsmen in Benue, others

THISDAY
*Presidency Moves to Avert Face-off Between Senate and Customs CG
*Inflation Rate Falls for First Time in 15 Months to 17.78%
*NDDC Boss Orders Immediate Payment of Commission’s Scholarships
*Scotland Shows Nigeria Runway Can be Fixed without Shutting Airport
*Saraki, Dogara Visit Buhari, Say He’s Doing Well
*Ortom Orders Fulani Herdsmen Out of Benue Communities
*Okowa, Obaseki, Others Receive Ogbemudia’s Remains in Benin
*FG Charges Seven Boko Haram Leaders with Murder, Kidnapping
*Finally, Senate Sets Date to Screen Magu
*Indicted INEC Staff Oppose Trial in Abuja, Prefer Rivers State
*Voter Registration, PVC Distribution Begins in April for 2019 Polls
*Udoma Solicits N’Assembly Support for Economic Recovery Plan
*$15.8bn from NNPC Not in Govt Coffers, Says NEITI
*Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama
*Xenophobic Attacks: Nigeria Chose the Path of Diplomacy, Says Onyeama
*Oil Prices Fall to Three Months Low as OPEC Reports Rise...

GUARDIAN
*Inflation drops to 17.8% on falling food prices, others
*Thousands of Nigerians seek asylum in Europe
*‘OPEC agreement already yielding results in Nigeria’
*Trump gives CIA power to conduct drone strikes
*Government denies forcing Pinnick to vote for Hayatou
*Boko Haram beheads alleged government spy, executes two in video
*Why we visited Buharui - Saraki, Dogara
*Customs boss visits Saraki, hints of legal action over uniform
*Power generation faces collapse over ‘rejected’ energy, huge indebtedness
*Prosecution of ex-minister, senior advocate adjourned to March 23
*INEC officials oppose trial in Abuja court over alleged N360 million bribe 

VANGUARD
*Customs C-G, Senate face-off: Buhari intervenes
*Rivers re-run: You can’t try us in Abuja, 23 INEC officials tell FG
*Inflation drops to 17.78% as cooking gas price soars while kerosene price drops
*Naira depreciates to N458/$ in parallel market as CBN to inject $195m
*$1.1 bn Malabu deal, peak of graft – OBASANJO
*El-Rufai training militia, he’s after me, Apostle Suleman cries out
*Buhari okays N4,500 subsidy for N-Power graduates to buy tablets
*Breaking: EFCC intercepts N49m at Kaduna Airport

THE NATION
*Obasanjo kicks as details of $1.09b oil deal emerge
*EFCC seizes N49m cash at Kaduna airport
*Foreign missions to monitor Magu’s screening by Senate
*Customs to review duty payment enforcement
*‘Part of Diezani’s $115m came from CBN in bullion van’

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