PLAYHOUSE NEWSPAPER REVIEW: THURSDAY 17TH AUGUST 2017

HAVE YOUR SAY!

1.      PUNCH
Anambra lawmaker dies after primary election
ASUU strike: We failed to fulfil agreement, FG admits

Attack: #ResumeOrResign group suspends protest in Abuja, moves to Lagos
Gunmen attack EFCC office, deliver threat letter
Otti attacks Ikpeazu over Abia $200m foreign loan

Govt officials received N400bn bribes in one year – NBS 
N400bn bribes in one year – NBS
Suicide bombers kill 17, injure 82 in Borno attack
FG to diversify economy with $41bn railway investment
TSA: Govt saves N108bn from bank charges
Here’s what eating late at night does to you
‘High duty taking medicine away from reach of poor’
No audit report on N4.2tn TSA two years after –AGF
Court rules against police in Evans’ case
2019: INEC swears in nine more RECs

DSS operatives abduct pastor, rob siblings of phones, money
Police exhume human parts in church, nab prophet •I only buried a pig – prophet

Four-year-old pupil killed in Lagos shrine, parents, others arrested

Use seers to find Ozubulu killers, Bishop tells monarchs
PDP to raise caretaker committees for Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun
NPC seeks donor support for 2018 biometric-based census
Oyo releases N13bn for workers’ salaries
Lassa fever: LUTH discharges two doctors
Osinbajo says hate speech is cancer

2.      THE NATION
Tighter security for Magu after gun attack on EFCC
Security beefed up for Magu, mother, family
NNPC saves $3b yearly from production cost cut
Evans knows fate August 29
Oyo council workers, pensioners get salary arrears
Fed Govt gives varsities nod to conduct post-UTME
‘Judiciary not cooperating with Buhari in anti-corruption war’
We’re not corrupt, say Police
Panel to review govt’s deal with ASUP, COEASU
Protesters move sit-outs to Lagos, London
Tension in Anambra as Kanu visits Ekwulobia
Police exhume ‘human parts’ at church
Gani Adams to Fed Govt: fix Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

3.      GUARDIAN
TSA saved government N56.4b overdraft charges in one year, says AGF
Release El-zakzaky now or kill us all, protesting Shiites tell government
Nigeria police, judges highest bribe-takers, says UN agency
Government failed ASUU, minister admits
LUTH discharges three patients admitted for Lassa fever
Ajimobi moves to decongest prisons, courts
Osinbajo assigns portfolios to ministers, swears in 15 perm secs
Court hears Evan’s N300m suit against police
International Criminal Court to probe herdsmen attacks in Nigeria
My attackers were sponsored, says Charly Boy
Group seeks sustainable solution to sabotage of power infrastructure
Nigerian bags Mandela fellowship in U.S.

4.      THISDAY
Nnewi: Small Town of Super Rich Nigerians
Osinbajo Pledges FG’s Partnership with IPI on 2018 World Congress in Nigeria
Police Confirm 16 Killed, 82 Injured in Borno Market Attack
Trump Sacks Nigeria’s Ogunlesi, Other Corporate Advisers
NBS: Roughly N400bn in Bribes Given to Public Officials Annually
Again, Shettima Meets Northern Elders, Arewa Coalition on Withdrawal of Quit Notice to Igbos
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu
In a First, FG Accepts Blame for ASUU Strike
Finally, Osinbajo Assigns Portfolios to New Ministers, Swears in Perm Secs

5.      VANGUARD
Charly Boy group suspends protest indefinitely
Presidency criticises Resume or Resign group
One feared dead as Police, IPOB clash in Anambra
Public officials took N400bn bribe in 1 year – NBS
Naira appreciates to N359.7/$ as External reserve hits $31.35bn
Breaking: Trump sacks Nigeria’s Ogunlesi as adviser
Photos: Protest match to pass vote of confidence on President Buhari
N11trn power corruption: Agagu, Imoke, Nebo have cases to answer – Report
I supply prophet with children for rituals – Kidnapper
Eagles need prayers against Cameroon
Otti kicks against $200m loan to Abia govt
Body of missing toddler found in Lagos shrine
Senate probes Total E & P over 42km gas pipeline project in Rivers
Avoid hate speech, Bolanle Ambode tell Corp members
Charly Boy group suspends protest indefinitely

6.      THE SUN
Boko Haram kills 42 Kebbi farmers, says Gov Bagudu
Anti-Buhari protesters give 21-day ultimatum
Ozubulu: Bishop, attack target, speaks
500 PDP ex-councillors endorse Wike for second term
Gunmen attack EFCC office in Abuja
2019: Ekweremadu, Kalu, Okorocha, Obi tipped for presidency
We’ve failed ASUU, FG confesses
Our problem with IVF, by clerics
Panic as another global stock market crash looms
Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier : No automatic shirts for CHAN Eagles –Pinnick

7.      DAILY TRUST
Police officers, judges most corrupt in Nigeria – NBS
Igbo quit notice: Shettima meets northern elders
We’ve not fulfilled our bargain with ASUU – FG
Hajj 2017: NAHCON airlifts 38,161 pilgrims
Osinbajo inaugurates 15 permsecs
Gunmen attack EFCC office
INEC swears-in nine RECs
INEC Registers over 2m new voters
Buhari group cautions PDP
Arewa group decries destabilisation plot
Fish sellers, boat operators protest waterfront taxes
Police foil bank robbery in Kano, arrest 2 suspects
Ooni of Ife denies clash with wife Olori Wuraola
1 dies as IPOB clashes with police, army
Reps probe NPA over N5.1bn contract
IMN protests continued detention of Zakzaky in Kaduna

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