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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR MONDAY 28TH AUGUST, 2017.



PUNCH
*Don’t use force on agitators, Okupe urges Buhari

*B’Haram leader who took part in Chibok girls kidnap surrenders

*IYC faults Buhari’s handling of IPOB, N’Delta agitators

*Ignore Diezani’s protesters, Sagay tells Buhari

*Buhari not being manipulated, Osinbajo not sidelined –Presidency

*Buhari’s recovery worth celebrating, says Okowa

*Our quit notice to northerners, Yoruba stands – N’Delta militants

*APC seeks legal advice on cars held by ex-Speaker

*Nwoye elected APC gov candidate in Anambra

*Niger gov wants corrupt persons barred from politics

*Northern elders attack Ohanaeze over Kanu …say Igbo group ‘trivialising criminality’

*Ajimobi installs 21 new Ibadan kings in one day

,FG’s poor governance model destroying institutions – Wike

THE NATION
*Boko Haram ‘commander’: I led Chibok schoolgirls kidnap

*Ajimobi warns Olubadan to stay away from politics

*$14.1b forex deals attract investors

*JAMB defends low minimum cut-off marks

*I won’t go on exile, IPOB leader Kanu tells supporters

*Rivers East district has no senator, says Wike

*Amnesty trained 14,366 ex-agitators, says Boroh

*Lagos ready as Africa’s entertainment tourism hub, says Ambode

*Thief to spend 14 days in prison

*Police nab two suspected killers of student

*Teenagers get N150,000 bail

*I want divorce, says housewife

*26-year-old arraigned for ‘stealing’ diesel

THISDAY
*CBN Pumps $9.96bn into FX Market in Six Months, Attains Stability

*Nwabueze’s Group Starts Consultations on Restructuring

*Boko Haram Factions Ready for Talks, Says Ex-commander

*UK’s National Crime Agency Freezes Alison-Madueke’s London Properties

*Stop Military from Monitoring Nigerians on Social Media, SERAP Tells Buhari

*Mayweather Knocks out McGregor, Surpasses Rocky’s Record

*Ohanaeze: AGF Biased, Pandering to Arewa Youths

*Despite Rift over ECOWAS, Nigeria, Morocco Taking Steps to Actualise Coastal Gas Pipeline

GUARDIAN
*Nigeria are African champions, beat Senegal 65-48

*Traditional cannon kills pregnant woman in Delta

*PANDEF fights back, insist they’re Niger Delta’s authentic voice

*Buhari’s aide, Enang, denies reintroduction of decree 4

*Niger Delta groups, MASSOB warn against re-arrest of Kanu

*‘Why Nigeria may phase out diesel, petrol vehicles’

*Varsities’ non-academic unions begin mobilisation for strike

*Police declare lawmaker Deserter

*We’ll petition ICC over demolition of Owerri market, says HURIWA

*Adefarasin tasks Buhari on security, infrastructure, others

*Aregbesola urges sacrifice at Osun State anniversary

*Nigerians abroad seek international support to rejig nation

*Ebonyi denies claims of securing $150m ADB, IDB loan for 2019 elections

*Despite political hurdles, Trump defiant on Mexico wall

VANGUARD
*We’re tired of senseless killings, say Boko Haram leaders

*Olubadan, Ladoja snub crowning of 21 Obas in Ibadan

*Corruption: Police declare Senator Misau wanted for forgery

*MASSOB vows to resist planned re-arrest of Kanu

*Owerri market demolition: No one died, says Okorocha; Lies, my 10-yr-old son is dead – father

*FRC, shareholders bicker over waivers

*South south/South east governors reaffirm faith in Nigeria’s unity

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