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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, SUNDAY, June 14, 2015

PUNCH Why Buhari has yet to choose ministers — Presidency Saraki, APC senators free to defect — PDP Anti-Saraki senators demand Ekweremadu’s resignation Saraki, Dogara are welcome back to PDP — Bode George Military alone can’t end insurgency – Obasanjo Fresh crisis looms in oil industry, PENGASSAN warns Police rescue nine pregnant girls from Enugu baby factory Find killer of corps member, NYSC tells police We’re aware of decline in education — Buhari ASUP urges Buhari to review polytechnic education THIS DAY Tambuwal Issues 5-day Ultimatum to SEPA to Evacuate Refuse in Sokoto Health Unions Demand Investigation of FMC Medical Director NCS Donates Relief Materials to IDPs ‘Nigeria Requires 1.7m Units of Donated Blood per Annum’ Medical Practitioners Jointly Support Ambitious HIV Treatment Target Igbos Have No Regret Voting for PDP, Ekweremadu Insists SGF: APC Leaders Root for Onu Senate Presidency: Seek Reconciliations, Group Urges Saraki Group Congratulates Sarak...

NEWSPAPER REVIEW, SUNDAY, March 29, 2015

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 2015 Presidential/National Assembly polls....Shocking outcome; Car readers fail Jonathan, wife governors, millions of voters; Voting extended to today; Bomb blasts rock Enugu polling boot; PDP chieftain, INEC official 38 others killed in Osun, Lagos, Borno; INEC website hacked, officials, materials arrive polling stations late; APC chieftains attacked, arrested in Ekiti, Sokoto, Lagos; DPO snatches ballot boxes in Niger; Tough time for banks as economic woes deepen; THIS DAY Hitches, Isolated Violence as Nigeria Elects New President Amid Massive Turnout Trending Pattern in Presidential, National Assembly Elections Accept Election Outcome, IBB, Abdulsalami Urge Nigerians Tambuwal: It’s God that Made Election to Hold Tinubu: FG Plans to Discredit Electoral Device Afenifere Spokesman: We’re Vindicated by Accreditation Hitches Mark Worried by Failure of Card Readers A Time to Renew Faith in Nigeria Omeri: Boko Haram War Should be Fought by All Nigeri...

NEWSPAPER REVIEW, FRIDAY, March 27, 2015

NEWSWATCH TIMES Mimiko’s deputy, Olanusi, defects.....with seven commissioners Protests rocks Enugu Assembly over governor’s fresh 11billion naira loan request; Polls: Hoodlums set Kaduna church ablaze; Oshodi-Lagos boils as political hoodlums go on rampage FG re-opens sea borders No governorship election in seven states Students drown, two survive during swimming adventure Cleric sues for peace, warns against bloodshed during polls PUNCH Scary minutes in the hands of thugs I don’t allow distractions at polling booths —Oga Bello Thugs open fire on Governor Amaechi’s convoy Ondo deputy governor defects, Mimiko wishes him well FG floods states with soldiers as IG redeploys DIGs, CPs Robbers attack banks in Ondo, kill manager Police parade suspected kidnappers of woman preacher Co-pilot deliberately crashed Germanwings plane – Report THIS DAY Election 2015: IGP Redeploys Senior Officers Amaechi Shot at During Door-to-Door Campaign Jang: Buhari Lacks the Credentia...

NEWSPAPER REVIEW, MONDAY, March 23, 2015

DAILY TRUST Politicians bent on influencing us—Cleric; Presidential campaign ends Thursday; Ex-President Shagari is alive; Foreign reserves drop by 2.2 billion dollars; Nigeria win 7th U-20 AYC title; Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew dies at 91; 343 days since over 200 school girls were taken from Chibok; DAILY SUN Governor Amaechi’s deputy dumps APC for PDP; Ogbunike Cave set to become tourism destination in South East; You can’t impose leaders on us—Abians tell Governor Orji; BOI’s credit facility hits 780billion naira in 2014; Over 11million Nigerian children suffer stunted growth; 2015 will be belt-tightening year for Nigerians—Olusegun Oshinowo, DG NECA; Local Content: IOC’s demand discounts on existing contracts over crude slide; LEADERSHIP Muhammadu Buhari...Electing the APC candidate president will be a disaster for Nigeria and Africa—Former U.S. Envoy; Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew passes on at 91; Poll: PVC collection hits 81.98 percent—INEC; Ahmadu Ali slams IGP ...

NEWSPAPER REVIEW, THURSDAY, March 19, 2015

DAILY SUN Hope rises for new states...as FG accepts confab report, to send draft bill to National Assembly; I’ll rescue Chibok school girls—Buhari; ...survey tips him for victory...seek Yoruba forgiveness, advises Fayose; Jonathan effects minor cabinet reshuffle; Kalu bombs Governor Orji...you are incompetent, wicked, treacherous; Ango Abdullahi escapes death; ...Soldiers shoot NEF chief for overtaking convoy; BLUE PRINT CAN doubts INEC’s readiness; Jonathan swears in 8 new ministers; Stealing at NNPC still not addressed—Sanusi; APC Radio: Arrest APC leaders, says PDP; I didn’t borrow to build 3 refineries—Buhari; FEC approves Confab report; Chibok Girls gone 339 days; APC we’ll drag Jonathan to ICC over Lagos attack; Candidate imposition, bane of our nation’s leadership—Imo A.G.; LEADERSHIP Soldiers open fire on Ango Abdullahi; Boko Haram: Every Muslim Leader must speak up now—Emir Sanusi; FAAC: FG, States, share 522.05 billion naira amidst sliding revenue; ...

NEWSPAPER REVIEW, TUESDAY, March 17, 2015

NEW TELEGRAPH AMCON puts Ibru’s debts at 16billion naira; Jega: I’m not quitting;...says he won’t proceed on terminal leave; OPC, PDP supporters ground Lagos with anti-INEC Chair’s protest; Buhari can’t fight corruption, says PDP; Voters should reject ruling party—Tambuwal; Traditional council declares Oba of Bening ‘indisposed’; Jonathan imports $15million worth of card reader jammers—APC; PDP: your allegation wild, baseless; PUNCH I’m not ready to feed Jonathan in prison – Patience; Armed pro-Jonathan groups protest against Jega in Lagos; ICC to probe Patience Jonathan; Jonathan, wife planning to kill me –Father Mbaka; We’ll gladly receive Gbemi Saraki, says APC; Resigning’ll amount to disservice to Nigerians –Jega; Thugs attack Buhari’s wife’s convoy in Ilorin; Boko Haram can’t humiliate Nigerian Army again –Chief of Army Staff; Boko Haram has legitimate grievances, Obasanjo says; Politicians and desperation for power; TRIBUNE Boko Haram’s grievances legiti...

NEWSPAPER REVIEW, FRIDAY, March 13, 2015

NEW TELEGRAPH Mercenaries’ here to fight Boko Haram; We’re not aware, says Defence Headquarters; Foreigners get $400 a day for services; At last, Reps receive Petroleum Industry bill report; Rules for oil, telecom firms’ listing on NSE coming; Mass sack hits construction companies; Tinubu: Presidency plans to kill me; Nigeria Votes 2015: 15 days to go....; Editorial: Dangerous passengers on moving train; NATIONAL MIRROR FG hires mercenaries to fight Boko Haram—Report;...as DHQ declares Adamawa free; Mutiny: Court of Appeal halts execution of convicted soldiers; Government spent 60billion dollars on power in 16years, says Buhari...vows to end corruption; NIMET predicts less rainfall in 2015; PDP launches door-to-door campaign nationwide; Contributory Pension Scheme Fund hits over 4.7trillion naira; Verdict 2015: PDP not afraid of Card Reader; NLC clears 3, 119 delegates to elect new exco; Tax evasion: NASS, ICPC probe Arab Contractors, 114 others; NEWSWATCH Nig...