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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 10TH MAY, 2017.



SUN
*Medical vacation: Controversy over Buhari’s letter to NASS
*Senate gets harmonised 2017 budget
*Shot Ughelli police area commander dies
*Tension in N’Delta over revocation of oil blocks allocated to indigenes
*Ikoyigate: NSA, NIA, EFCC, CBN shun reps probe
*Pro Saraki, Dogara protesters storm National Assembly
*Agip to build 15,000 capacity refinery in Port Harcourt
*Rivers rerun: Wike floors police
*Anambra: Golden Tulip berths, takes over Agulu Lake Hotel

PUNCH
*Bishop knocks politicians at Awolowo 30th memorial service
*Court dismisses N190m fraud suit against Oronsaye
*Court sentences 15-year-old killer herdsman to death for murder
*Magu’s visit to Rivers CJ an honest gesture – EFCC
*How we found $9.8m, £74,000 in ex-NNPC boss’ house – Witness
*Enugu Assembly okays life pension for ex-govs, deputies
*$5bn fraud: Senate rejects withdrawal of petition against Chevron
*We’ll rely on third party information on Buhari’s health – Spokesman
*NAPTIP laments dwindling Ejigbo population
*Ifeanyi Ubah sues DSS, seeks release from detention
*LASG plans lay-bys to solve traffic congestion
*Lagos to criminalise power theft
*Govt meets hoteliers, club owners on noise pollution

THISDAY
*N’Assembly Increases 2017 Budget by N143bn, to Pass Spending Bill Thursday
*Nigerians Express Outrage as British Artist, Damien Hirst, Copies Ife Sculpture...
*FG, Agip to Sign Unbelievable $15bn Refinery, Power Project Deal for...
*Swiss Govt Opens Up on Why It Helped in Negotiating Chibok Girls’ Release
*IMF Seeks Strong, Sound Policy Measures to Restart Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa’s Growth
*Ikoyi Billions: House C’ttee Issues 24-hour Ultimatum to NIA DG
*NLNG: Amendment of Act Will Portray Nigeria as Promise Breaker
*Court Clears Oronsaye of Corruption Charges
*PDP Intact, No Decision to Join New Party, Says BoT
*Fuel Subsidy Probe: DSS Video Shows Farouk Lawan Receiving Bribe from Otedola
*Rivers Re-run Election Crisis: Court Declares Police Probe Panel Illegal
*CBN Approves $100m for Sale at SMIS
*Oil Workers Threaten to Shut Down ExxonMobil Operations
*Borno Governor, Chibok Elders Meet 82 Freed Schoolgirls
*Court Orders DSS to Produce Ifeanyi Ubah on Friday

THE NATION
*Osinbajo is Ag. President
*Chibok community to govt: force girls out of terrorists’ den
*National Assembly raises budget by N143b
Falana, AIED review Buhari’s letter
*House passes contentious NLNG Bill
*Alleged N190m fraud: Court discharges Oronsaye
*Imo, Osun, Oyo top JAMB UTME exam applicants
*Politics should be about service, says Ambode
*Man gets death sentence for killing father
*‘N11b fuel theft’: Court orders DSS to produce Ubah
*‘I’ll bring in foreign investors to boost revenue’
*Nigerian Breweries appoints Doyer MD
NI5b trust fund for Ondo

GUARDIAN
*‘Rivers police probe panel is illegal’
Senate receives 2017 budget report
*Reps pass NLNG Bill to end gas flaring, protect environment
*Court orders DSS to produce Ifeanyi Ubah May 12
*Nigeria at the crossroads, say Soludo, Obiozor, others
*Buhari's medical vacation lawful, says Ozekhome
*Senate chides Buhari for calling VP ‘coordinator’
*IMF urges CBN to implement flexible forex regime
*Trump sacks FBI director, sparking firestorm
*Nigeria remains hotspot as pirates kidnap 58 seafarers
*Court orders DSS to produce Ifeanyi Ubah May 12
*Nigeria at the crossroads, say Soludo, Obiozor, others
*Buhari's medical vacation lawful, says Ozekhome
*Senator hopeful of remaining Chibok girls’ release
*Reps summon Oke, Emefiele, Magu, Monguno over Ikoyigate
*JAMB registers 1.7m candidates for UTME
Bayelsa community takes Agip’s ENI to *Italian court, seeks compensation for oil spill
*Okowa kicks off free eye screening in Isoko, declines chieftaincy titles
*Court discharges Steve Oronsaye on alleged N190 million fraud

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