POLITICS:-NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

THE AUTHORITY

•200 naira per dollar proposal: Ifeanyi Ubh stakes 500billion naira assets
...Ubah's magic working already as dollar dips to 305naira after his challenge

•We're stronger under FG's persecution—IPOB
•Buhari's budget, a debt trap—ASUU

SOURCE:-Oluniyi Hisamotu | Topup9ja Staff


•Diezani refuses report on $24billion crude oil swap deal

•FG, states, LGs share 370billion naira for January

•PDP pegs Sheriff's tenure to 3 months

•2 soldiers, 5 ex-militants killed as Rivers boils

•Buhari names Waziri Adio NEITI boss



NEW TELEGRAPH

•Manhunt for ex-militant leader: Pregnant woman, nine others die in Ogoniland
...soldiers opened fire on civilians—LG chair....doctors battle to save baby

•Police nab 13 ISIS recruits in Kano....Picture shows suspects....

•IMF to Nigeria: Let naira find its level....currency firms further to
330naira per dollar

•New devices sieves malaria from blood—Study

•PDP gives Sheriff three-month lifeline

•200 thousand jobs lost to oil price rout—U.S. Bureau

•Village head defiles, infects minor with HIV

•FG, States, LGs share 370.4billion naira for January



DAILY SUN

•Crude oil swap: My story—Diezani

•Buhari: No to Islamic group's membership
...we can support but not join, says President

•Kano government stops 13 from joining ISIS

•PDP: Sheriff to quit by May

•Shooting continues in Rivers, pregnant woman, 4 others killed

•Abia north rerun: Why igbo need Kalu, by Iheke

•Protesters storm National Assembly for Marafa
...Saraki hastens committees to submit budget reports



NATION

•EFCC: N676m Immigration jobs cash blown on houses

•Ex-ministers kick as PDP gives Sheriff three months

•Halliburton: Top lawyer Obla grilled

•CJN, 600 judges yet to get Jan. salary

•Protesters ask Saraki to quit

•JAMB gives candidates 48 hours to complete late registration

•Nigeria, Saudi Arabia in move to 'stabilise' oil market

•Federal allocation drops by N17.38b

•Fed Govt, IMF differ on foreign exchange mgt

•DStv adds EPL, La Liga, Euro 2016 to Compact Bouquet



LEADERSHIP

•Project report:Ilorin Aviation College Commences Training In Chopper Operation

•Return Of Foreign Investors, Dependent On Naira Devaluation – Balogun

•Gov Ahmed Advocates Use Of Indigenous Languages For Teaching

•Etsu Bassa Nge Seeks Construction Of Lokoja-Shintaku Bridge

•Why Life Expectancy Of Benue People Is Below 50 Years – Ortom

•LG Boss Targets Youth Empowerment

•Church Trains 5000 Teachers In Benue

•Gov Okorocha Pledges Support For COSON

•Army/Shi'ite Clash: We've Received Over 100 Memoranda – Judicial Panel

•Arms Deal: EFCC May Use Jonathan's Former ADC As Prosecution Witness

•Obasanjo Faults Uganda's Election As Museveni Wins 5th Term



GUARDIAN

•EFCC sends INTERPOL after 'fleeing' suspects

•Oil firms to slash spending by 17% this year

•Red meat linked to acute heart failure

•Reps wade into Kogi Assembly crisis

•How breweries, cosmetics, food firms defy recession

•Lawyers scramble to prosecute EFCC cases

•Moral burden of budget deficit financing through borrowing

•Senate begins collation of 2016 budget

•Coffee counteracts risk of liver damage caused by drinking excessive
alcohol by 65%

•JAMB gives would-be candidates 48hrs to complete registration

•Multichoice cuts prices

•Central banking and development interventions



PUNCH

•We have no rift with Fayose over Aluko – Ekiti obas

•FG to stop amnesty programme in 2018

•Labour directs Osun workers to ignore BVN circular

•WASSCE: Danger in the S'West

•$2bn deal: Clear your name, Atiku tells Adoke

•Marafa kicks as Senate committee submits report

•Ex-PDP BoT chair in fresh N300m arms scam

•Moro faces N676m money laundering, fraud charges

•Jonathan not needed to prove case against Metuh –EFCC

•75-year-old pensioner slumps, dies during screening in Edo

•Buhari, Saudi King move to ensure oil price increase



VANGUARD

•Protesters storm Senate, turn heat on Saraki

•Rickey Tarfa denies credited account belongs to a Judge

•PDP: Sheriff remains party chair

•IMF backs Buhari govt's efforts at promoting targeted infrastructure
in power, others

•$2.1bn arms probe: How Bello, Yuguda diverted N1.5bn, EFCC tells court

•South-East students burdened with fees, levies

•CAN election not do-or-die affair —Dogara

•Sack of 13 Federal University VCs

•Reps wade into Kogi Assembly crisis, send 10-man delegation

•APGA to Okorocha: Apologise for botched re-run polls

•There's threat to peace in my community— Abia monarch

•Soldiers arrest DPO, others for allegedly molesting Army Captain

•N-Delta Affairs Ministry urged to implement.



This Newspaper Review was compiled by BEH