PLAYHOUSE NEWSPAPER REVIEW: FRIDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2017

1.     THE SUN

·        Nigerians threaten South African firms

·        Osinbajo, National Assembly reach

truce on 2017 budget

·        Shake-up at NDDC, 11 directors redeployed

·        Ondo: Akeredolu takes oath of office as Mimiko bows out

·        Cameroun expels 517 Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram

·        Acting President inspects toilet, conveyor belt at Lagos airport

·        Sheriff, Makarfi split PDP Reps caucus

·        Anambra can revive Nigeria’s economy –APC guber aspirant

2.     THE PUNCH

·        NNPC renegotiates offshore rig-rate, reduces cost by 72%

·        Create coherent, credible economic policies, IMF tells Nigeria

·        CBN reintroduces charges on cash deposits, withdrawals

·        Rivers: 25 INEC officials to face trial over N111m bribe

·        Lassa fever kills soldier’s wife

·        Eject prostitutes from Abuja streets, Senate tells police

·        PDP condemns arrest of gov aspirant

·        Send your children to school, Oluwo tells herdsmen

·        Governing Ondo won’t be rosy, says Akeredolu

·        Xenophobic attacks: Protesters invade MTN office in Abuja

·        We won’t be part of Sheriff’s convention –PDP govs

·        $17bn stolen oil: Reps summon Emefiele

·        England legend Lineker criticises Musa

·        Police promote 11 DCPs to CPs, 3,214 others

3.     DAILY TRUST

·        FG declares 2017 budget ‘padding-free’

·        Reps threaten Emefiele with arrest over N6trn oil proceeds

·        Rivers rerun: 25 indicted INEC staff to face prosecution

·        Bank directors, staff responsible for 40% bad loans – NDIC

·        Why we dedicated 2017 to telecom consumers – NCC

·        Onnoghen: Buhari a listening president – Fayose

·        Sheriff takes charge at PDP secretariat

·        PDP govs urged to support Sheriff

·        Xenophobia: NANS storms South African embassy, burns national flag

4.     LEADERSHIP

·        Senate Orders Banks, Others To Keep Abuja Clean

·        You Laid A Sound Foundation, Gowon Told Awolowo In 1971 Letter

·        Anti-graft War: US Policy Expert Advises On How To Check Movement Of Money

·        PDP: Sheriff Takes Over Wadata House

·        Paris Club Refund: Governors, EFCC And The Burden Of Proof

·        Uncertainties As Debts Owed GenCos Hit N500bn Amidst Gas Crunch

5.     VANGUARD

·        Bank directors liable for 40% of N1.85 trn bad loans – NDIC boss

·        Protesting youths storm South African firms in Abuja

·        Don’t abandon Buhari, CAN begs Christians

·        CBN reintroduces cashless charges on bank deposits

·        Chinese govt demands dry yam from Nigeria

·        N5bn debt: Pay up or lose operating licence, NBC warns broadcast stations

·        Alleged N400m fraud: Court rejects Metuh’s bid to call Dasuki as witness

6.     THE AUTHORITY

·        Budget Deficit: Osinbajo seeks NASS' nod for $500m Eurobond

·        FAO scales up assistance to IDPs in North East

·        Veto to Four Bills: Osinbajo, Senate set for showdown

·        I'll quit after PDP National Convention – Sheriff

·        N50bn Land Dispute: FG accuses Anambra govt of breaching S/Court order

·        Buhari's lawyer admits giving Justice Ademola N500,000 as wedding gift

·        Widen your anti-corruption dragnet, disarm herdsmen, Okoh tells Buhari