PLAYHOUSE NEWSPAPER REVIEW: FRIDAY 5TH MAY 2017

1.      PUNCH

·         FG has abandoned Rivers – Wike

·         Health insurance crisis: HMOs drag NHIS to court

·         How N677.6m was diverted from NAF account – EFCC

·         We found incriminating items in Kwakwanso brothers’ house – Police

·         Killings: CAN president visits Kaduna, donates N8m relief materials

·         APC targets N1.2bn monthly from members

·         Ex-gov Lamido gets bail, trial resumes July 5

·         Nnamdi Kanu visits Enugu

·         Three killed in Rivers fresh cult clash

·         Kaduna car dealers set Customs vehicle ablaze over import duty

·         Cameramen boycott plenary as Senate bars TV stations

·         Two Kogi cow thieves to die by hanging

·         Corps member designs cloth for Lagos at 50

·         Make your health status public, douse tension, NMA tells President

·         N200bn unpaid salaries: Federal civil servants threaten indefinite strike

·         UTME: JAMB rakes in N8.5bn from form sale

·         DSS arrests kidnapping syndicate in Sokoto

·         FG’ll employ 47,000 workers to fix roads – Fashola

·         10-year-old nabbed for vandalising Bauchi lawmaker’s house

·         Buhari: The politics of infirmity

·         Nigerians ask Kate Henshaw, friends to fund sick boy’s treatment

·         25 injured as Muslims, masqueraders clash in Oyo

·         Japanese firms plan $30bn investments in Nigeria, others

·         Alleged incitement: Former Jigawa gov Lamido gets bail

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2.      THISDAY

·         Buhari Meets Emefiele, Pleased With Stability in Forex Market

·         New Book Justifies Jonathan’s Claim Obama Administration Influenced His Defeat

·         Adeosun: FG Will Spend on Infrastructure to Exit Recession

·         Three Female Suicide Bombers Killed at Military Outpost

·         Shell to Invest $25bn in Nigeria, Others

·         FG Appoints Lufthansa, Five Others Advisers on Establishment of National Carrier

·         FG Will Continue to Guarantee Freedom of Worship, Says Osinbajo

·         Nigerian President Reschedules Visit to Buhari

·         Despite Listing on Order Paper, Senate C’ttees Fail to Lay 2017 Budget

·         House Urges FG to Urgently Address Passport Scarcity

·         Kogi Court Sentences Two Cattle Rustlers to Death by Hanging

·         Wike: Why We Are Building Federal Courts in Rivers

·         President’s Long Sick Leave Fuels Power Grab Fear

·         G Inaugurates FRC Board, Seeks Improved World Bank Ranking

·         CAN Lists Conditions for Peace in Southern Kaduna

·         NPS Vaccinates 29,164 Inmates Against Meningitis

·         ExxonMobil Suspends Workers over Dec 2016 Violent Protests

·         Set up Manufacturing Plants in Nigeria, Adeosun Tells Japanese Investors

·         Jubilation in Jigawa as Court Releases Lamido on Bail

·         Nigerian Breweries’ MD Set for New Role in Heineken Group

·         Supreme Court to Hear PDP Leadership Tussle Suit May 25

·         Senate Restricts Cameramen from Covering Proceedings

·         CCT Trial: Saraki to Make No-case Submission

·         Judge Accepts EFCC’s Apology, Lifts Embargo on Ashinze’s Case

·         LASG: We Didn’t Compromise Recruitment into Neighbourhood Safety Corps

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3.      THE NATION

·         Amaechi: Jonathan govt blew N34b on River Niger

·         SEC sacks Ikeja Hotels board

·         Five new political parties set for INEC’s registration

·         Anti-graft war: EFCC secures 62 convictions in three months

·         Expectant mum, kids stranded in U.S. after husband’s sudden death

·         PDP leadership crisis: Supreme Court to hear appeal May 25

·         Police probe female student’s death

·         OGFZA to enforce rules on free zone operations

·         How to make Nigerian seaports attain global standards

·         Ex-Jigawa Governor Lamido gets bail on self-recognisance

·         Ex-Naval chief diverted N677m in tranches, EFCC alleges

·         Saraki to file no-case submission as prosecution closes case

·         Reps intervene in passport scarcity crisis

·         Osinbajo urges Christians to persevere in faith

·         FIFA ranking: Nigeria static at 40^th

·         Iwobi could lose Eagles’ spot to Success

·         Sheikh Jafar’s murder: Shekarau petitions IG over Goje’s document

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4.      GUARDIAN

·         Senate defers debate on 2017 budget bill till Tuesday

·         Supreme Court to hear PDP leadership tussle suit May 25

·         Saraki ready to file no-case-submission as prosecution closes case at tribunal

·         Nigeria’s peace depends on Southern Kaduna, says CAN President

·         Buhari, Emefiele meet over forex crisis

·         Shiites group denies being security threat to Nigeria

·         Again, FRSC warns female officers against violating dress code

·         ‘Refineries to get new investors in September’ 

·         Waxing Moon set for South Korea presidency

·         Overblowing Mikel, others’ injuries can affect Super Eagles, says Agu

·         Despite N1.4tr CBN lifeline, prices of goods to remain high 

·         Reps under fire for rejecting oil firms’ relocation to Niger Delta

·         Baxter to lead Bafana against Eagles in Uyo

·         Moon set for South Korea presidency

·         Seven years after Umaru Yar’Adua, another call for constitutionalism

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5.      THE SUN

·         Senate vows to resist harassment, intimidation

·         N22.8bn fraud: N677.6m diverted from NAF’s account – EFCC

·         FG has abandoned Rivers –Wike

·         Buhari’ll fix economy — Oyegun

·         Biafra: Kanu arrives, prays as Jew at Enugu cenotaph hilltop

·         PDP crisis: CJN raises fresh panel for Makarfi’s suit

·         Illegal possession of firearms allegation against Nwuche false –Aide

·         Anambra: Obiano makes loud statement with agriculture

·         Senators defer consideration, passage of 2017 budget

·         Governors to Dogara: Account for N1tr House budget

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6.      VANGUARD

·         Harassment, intimidation of lawmakers:Senate to invoke legislative powers to deal with further acts

·         Insecurity making Nigeria unworkable – Cardinal Okogie

·         2017 Budget delay: FG to run on 25% of recurrent provisions

·         FG, IOCs disagree over $10bn crude overlift

·         Reps move to curb scarcity of passport booklets

·         False declaration of assets: I’ve no case to answer, Saraki tells CCT 

·         Car dealers set Customs’ vehicle ablaze in Kaduna

·         N3.9b NAF cash theft: Badeh’s counsel absconded to Dubai with title documents —Witness

·         30 years after: Awo’s disciples gather in Oyo, Ogun; call for restructuring

·         Naira rises to N389/$ as banks buy 29% of CBN’s dollar offer

·         Enemies’ve Planted Thorns In Our Party — Adeyeye, Makarfi PDP

·         APGA Faults INEC Registration Designation Centres

·         Jubilant Trump vows to ‘finish off’ Obamacare

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7.      DAILY TRUST

·         Lagos records, 988 fire incidents, 242 road crashes in 2016

·         Keystone Bank re-admitted into forex market

·         Osun remains committed to doctors’ welfare – Aregbesola

·         Fidelity Bank shareholders receive N4.1bn dividend reward

·         Nigeria’s stability tied to peace in Southern Kaduna – CAN President

·         Don berates governors’ calls for state police

·         FG commences pilot implementation of N5,000 Cash Transfer in Kogi

·         I met Buhari today – Emefiele

·         Aviation experts react to appointment of transaction advisers

·         KIA unveils locally assembled 2018 Sportage

8.      NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

·         Nigerien president’s visit to Buhari put off 

·         Car dealers allegedly set Customs patrol vehicle ablaze in Kaduna

·         Unresolved internal crisis: SEC dissolves Ikeja Hotels board

·         Police arrest 13-year-old cultist, 31 others for armed robbery in Bayelsa

·         Why we’re building federal courts in Rivers —Wike 

·         Two idp rice thieves sentenced to jail for two years each

·         FG to engage corps members in environmental protection

·         60 houses destroyed as windstorm displaces 1800 in Cross River Communities 

·         2019: Only God and Buhari can decide for me — el-Rufai

·         CBN governor meets Buhari in Aso Rock

·         CCT: FG closes case as Saraki sets to file no-case submission

·         Buhari should hand over to Osinbajo, go for proper medical attention ―Kokori, Ofa

·         Okun monarchs seek resolution of crisis over Melaye’s assassination 

·         Court slates June 12 to continue trial of Dasuki’s aide

·         Shell to invest $25 billion in Nigeria, other countries

·         Nigerian Breweries shareholders approve N28bn dividend, applaud performance

  

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