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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR FRIDAY 5TH MAY, 2017.



PUNCH
*FG has abandoned Rivers – Wike
*Health insurance crisis: HMOs drag NHIS to court
*How N677.6m was diverted from NAF account – EFCC
*We found incriminating items in Kwakwanso brothers’ house – Police
*Killings: CAN president visits Kaduna, donates N8m relief materials
*APC targets N1.2bn monthly from members
*Ex-gov Lamido gets bail, trial resumes July 5
*Nnamdi Kanu visits Enugu
*Three killed in Rivers fresh cult clash
*Kaduna car dealers set Customs vehicle ablaze over import duty
*Cameramen boycott plenary as Senate bars TV stations
*Two Kogi cow thieves to die by hanging
Corps member designs cloth for Lagos at 50

VANGUARD
*Harassment, intimidation of lawmakers: Senate to invoke legislative powers to deal with further acts
*Insecurity making Nigeria unworkable – Cardinal Okogie
*2017 Budget delay: FG to run on 25% of recurrent provisions
*FG, IOCs disagree over $10bn crude overlift
*Reps move to curb scarcity of passport booklets
*False declaration of assets: I’ve no case to answer, Saraki tells CCT
*Car dealers set Customs’ vehicle ablaze in Kaduna
*N3.9b NAF cash theft: Badeh’s counsel absconded to Dubai with title documents —Witness
*30 years after: Awo’s disciples gather in Oyo, Ogun; call for restructuring
*Naira rises to N389/$ as banks buy 29% of CBN’s dollar offer

THISDAY
*Buhari Meets Emefiele, Pleased With Stability in Forex Market
*New Book Justifies Jonathan’s Claim Obama Administration Influenced His Defeat
*Adeosun: FG Will Spend on Infrastructure to Exit Recession
*Three Female Suicide Bombers Killed at Military Outpost
*Shell to Invest $25bn in Nigeria, Others
*FG Appoints Lufthansa, Five Others Advisers on Establishment of National Carrier
*FG Will Continue to Guarantee Freedom of Worship, Says Osinbajo
*Nigerien President Reschedules Visit to Buhari
*Despite Listing on Order Paper, Senate C’ttees Fail to Lay 2017 Budget
*House Urges FG to Urgently Address Passport Scarcity
*Kogi Court Sentences Two Cattle Rustlers to Death by Hanging
*Wike: Why We Are Building Federal Courts in Rivers
*President’s Long Sick Leave Fuels Power Grab Fear
*FG Inaugurates FRC Board, Seeks Improved World Bank Ranking
*CAN Lists Conditions for Peace in Southern Kaduna
*NPS Vaccinates 29,164 Inmates Against Meningitis
*ExxonMobil Suspends Workers over Dec 2016 Violent Protests
*Set up Manufacturing Plants in Nigeria, Adeosun Tells Japanese Investors
*Jubilation in Jigawa as Court Releases Lamido on Bail
*Nigerian Breweries’ MD Set for New Role in Heineken Group
*Supreme Court to Hear PDP Leadership Tussle Suit May 25
*Senate Restricts Cameramen from Covering Proceedings
*CCT Trial: Saraki to Make No-case Submission
*Judge Accepts EFCC’s Apology, Lifts Embargo on Ashinze’s Case
*LASG: We Didn’t Compromise Recruitment into Neighbourhood Safety Corps

THE NATION
*Amaechi: Jonathan govt blew N34b on River Niger
*SEC sacks Ikeja Hotels board
*Five new political parties set for INEC’s registration
*Anti-graft war: EFCC secures 62 convictions in three months
*Expectant mum, kids stranded in U.S. after husband’s sudden death
*PDP leadership crisis: Supreme Court to hear appeal May 25
*Police probe female student’s death
*OGFZA to enforce rules on free zone operations
*How to make Nigerian seaports attain global standards
*Ex-Jigawa Governor Lamido gets bail on self-recognisance
*Ex-Naval chief diverted N677m in tranches, EFCC alleges
*Saraki to file no-case submission as prosecution closes case
*Reps intervene in passport scarcity crisis

GUARDIAN
*Senate defers debate on 2017 budget bill till Tuesday
*Supreme Court to hear PDP leadership tussle suit May 25
*Saraki ready to file no-case-submission as prosecution closes case at tribunal
*Nigeria’s peace depends on Southern Kaduna, says CAN President
*Buhari, Emefiele meet over forex crisis
*‘Refineries to get new investors in September’
*Despite N1.4tr CBN lifeline, prices of goods to remain high
*Reps under fire for rejecting oil firms’ relocation to Niger Delta
*Baxter to lead Bafana against Eagles in Uyo
Moon set for South Korea presidency

DAILY TRUST
*Lagos records, 988 fire incidents, 242 road crashes in 2016
*Keystone Bank re-admitted into forex market
*Osun remains committed to doctors’ welfare – Aregbesola
*Fidelity Bank shareholders receive N4.1bn dividend reward
*Nigeria’s stability tied to peace in Southern Kaduna – CAN President
*Don berates governors’ calls for state police
*FG commences pilot implementation of N5,000 Cash Transfer in Kogi
I met Buhari today – Emefiele
*Aviation experts react to appointment of transaction advisers
*KIA unveils locally assembled 2018 Sportage

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
*Nigerien president’s visit to Buhari put off
*Car dealers allegedly set Customs patrol vehicle ablaze in Kaduna
*Unresolved internal crisis: SEC dissolves Ikeja Hotels board
*Police arrest 13-year-old cultist, 31 others for armed robbery in Bayelsa
*Why we’re building federal courts in Rivers —Wike
*Two idp rice thieves sentenced to jail for two years each
*FG to engage corps members in environmental protection
*60 houses destroyed as windstorm displaces 1800 in Cross River Communities
*2019: Only God and Buhari can decide for me — el-Rufai
*CBN governor meets Buhari in Aso Rock
*CCT: FG closes case as Saraki sets to file no-case submission

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