Tuesday 16 May 2017

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DAILY TRUST
Budget faces fresh hurdle at N/Assembly
FAAN reactivates Ebola screening points at airports
‘93 Days’ gets highest nominations in 2017 AMAA list
Nollywood movies top 2017 AMAA nomination list
No money is stolen from Paris-London Club refunds – NGF
Osun Assembly clears Aregbesola’s commissioner-designates
Osinbajo meets Transport minister, service chiefs over maritime security
Scrabble: Nigeria will retain position as World’s No. 1
Armed herdsmen kill 20 farmers in Niger mosque – Police

Equities lose N235bn to profit-taking
Lafarge to raise N140billion additional capital, merges with UNICEM
Osinbajo reviews 2017 budget
Prosecutors ponder CCT’s temporary forfeiture provision
Legality of deploying soldiers for civil duties
Social media as an educational and enlightenment platform
Principles behind ‘no case submission’– Court
UN appoints Ladan member of comtt. on environmental crimes
Yari: I’ve no hotel in Lagos
I prefer Wada to Bello — Melaye
Democratic party seeks nullification of 2015 election over campaign funds

THISDAY
FG Brainstorms on Modalities for Funding 2017 Budget
Oil Rises Above $52 as Saudis, Russians Back Longer Supply Cut
FAAN Commences Screening of Inbound Int’l Flights Following Ebola Outbreak in DRC
Violence Engulfs JAMB Centre as Candidates Block Abuja-Lokoja Expressway
Adeleke’s Death: Osun Deputy Gov, Others Appear Before Coroner’s Panel
Stock Market Surges 12% in Three Weeks on Rising Investor Confidence in FX Window
Justice Ademola Asks NJC to Allow Him to Resume Sitting
FG: Four Chibok Girls’ Babies in Our Custody
FG Brainstorms on Modalities for Funding 2017 Budget
Ebola Outbreak: Adewole Visits Abuja Airport, Calls for Calm
Naira Gains as CBN Floods Market with $457.3m
Court Transfers Alleged Bribery Suit against INEC Officials to Port Harcourt
Bala-Usman Pleads with Clearing Agents as Low Compliance Mars Strike
Lagos Inaugurates State Oil Company
Violence Engulfs JAMB Centre as Candidates Block Abuja-Lokoja Expressway
Financial Times Ranks LBS as Top Global Business School
Oando Clarifies Role in Rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refinery
EFCC Re-arraigns Fani-Kayode, Nenadi Usman
NNPC: Oil Exploration to Begin in Lake Chad Basin in Six Months

THE NATION
Governors angry as $3.45b Paris Club refund is stuck
Sagay kicks as Saraki, Dogara fault Buhari’s anti-graft battle
CBN’s $4b intervention narrows official, black market gap
Federal Character Commission queries DSS over ‘lopsided recruitment’
Gunmen abduct Ondo Permanent Secretary
Osun deputy governor at Adeleke’s inquest
NPA to fix Apapa roads with N4b as agents, others begin strike
Lagos disburses N11.75b to retirees
Sagay to lawmakers: you are enemies of anti-graft war
Minister: it’s sad children can’t write, read in mother tongue
EFCC seeks permanent forfeiture of Patience’s Jonathan’s $5.7m
Fayose removes PDP logo from campaign office, billboards
Diezani bribe: EFCC seeks to transfer case to new judge
Governors angry as $3.45b Paris Club refund is stuck
Fake UTME questions out for N200,000, JAMB warns

PUNCH
A’Court orders CBN to account for assets recovered from Cecilia Ibru
Patience Jonathan appeals forfeiture order on $5.9m
Alleged Wike’s bribe: FCT judge transfers INEC officers’ trial to P’Harcourt
Sagay, SERAP, CACOL berate Saraki for attacking EFCC, ICPC
Monarchs’ superiority: Obas council gives Olugbo four days to withdraw statement
Adeleke was given overdose of banned injection – LAUTECH CMD
15 persons die, FRSC uncovers five guns in Kaduna crashed vehicle
Police arrest syndicate repackaging expired cement
N4.9bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Fani-Kayode, others before new judge
Police arrest eight herdsmen for Benue killings
Gunmen kidnap Ondo perm sec, demand N70m ransom
Ekweremadu prays for Buhari, Presidency denies death rumour
IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, hails Punch

LEADERSHIP
Why Nigerians Rate The Army Best Defence Agency
Re-Day Dogara Returned From ‘Exile’ with Bounties
Rivers Govt Seals-off Health Centre Over Missing Baby
Multiplier Effects Of CBN’s Foreign Exchange Intervention
MFBs Seek FG, CBN Technical Support For BVN Registration
N76bn GE Oil/Gas Multimodal Facility To Generate 4,300 Jobs
Effects Of Uncontrolled Rosewood Exploitation In Nigeria
Lagos Pensioners Get N11bn In 1 Year

THE GUARDIAN
Doctors move to avert spread of fresh Ebola outbreak
Reps summon Adeosun over alleged oil, gas infractions
Capital market experts caution on equities investment
Trump accused of divulging top secret intelligence to Russians
Senate warns Kachikwu over claims on PIB
President Buhari’s indefinite medical trip wrong, says poll
Lagos State laments impact of forex fluctuation on ongoing projects
Court adjourns Patience Jonathan’s funds forfeiture suit to May 22
Sierra Leonian donates to IDPs in Abuja
440,000 candidates write JAMB exams on day two
ERA urges Niger Delta governors to establish labs for oil spills management
Court transfers alleged bribery case involving 23 INEC officials to Port Harcourt
HYPREP approves one-year plan for Ogoni clean-up
Clearing agents shun Nigerian ports, borders over infrastructure decay
Suspects in assassination attempt on Melaye get bail
South Africa court hears case on Zuma confidence vote
Zambian opposition leader in custody for another week
Gunfire heard in two Ivory Coast cities in grip of mutiny

VANGUARD
Budget 2017: FG, OPEC differ on oil output
Niger Again: 5 die in herdsmen, villagers’ clash
N13bn Ikoyi cash: EFCC takes over NIA’s bank accounts
House c’ttee gives Kemi Adeosu 24 hrs to face panel
Leaders Nigeria needs, by CAN President
Naira stable at N385/$ as CBN injects $453.3m
‘Isiaka Adeleke may have died of over-dose of drugs’

THE SUN
Saraki, Dogara fault anti-corruption war
NASS undermines anti-graft war –Sagay
APC can’t fix Nigeria’s problem in 8 years -Oyegun
Water scarcity hits Calabar
Bayelsa native bags Lincoln University First Class
LAUTECH students on rampage
Ikpeazu, Ogbulafor, other Abia politicians may join APC
Kalu tasks Ikpeazu on good governance
Maritime surveillance: Osinbajo doing well –Defence minister
N’Assembly yet to transmit 2017 budget to Presidency
NNPC to resume oil exploration in Chad basin
Late passage of budget, threat to FG’s economy recovery plan –OPS, experts
PIB: Senate tackles Kachikwu
Freight forwarders, truckers differ on service withdrawal

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