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NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, WEDNESDAY 17th AUGUST, 2016. VANGUARD Flood Alert: Bayelsa steps up drainage clearing CISLAC flays move to regulate CSOs Group alleges N11bn fraud in Kogi, petitions Buhari, EFCC Enugu approves school feeding for pupils in primary 1-3 Fight harmful practices with August Meeting, Ikpeazu’s wife urges women Abandoned N4bn Power Project: EFCC detains former Ebonyi commissioner PUNCH Adamawa doctor arrested for removing patient’s kidney $12m fraud: EFCC probes Elechi, arrests ex-commissioner Okagbare out of 200m final Govt to seize unlicenced taxis in Lagos No TETFUND grants for private varsities, FG insists Edo gov: I’m PDP’s candidate, says Sheriff’s man THISDAY Again, Judges in Show of Shame over PDP Convention IBB at 75, Says ‘I’m Not an Evil Genius’ CBN Reviews Weekly Dollar Sale to BDCs to $50,000 Crude Oil Prices Hit over 5-week Highs, Brent Sells at $48.81 Dope: Nigeria Profits as Russia Loses Beijing Relay Gold THE NATION Confusion over PDP Port Harcourt convention Abused girl gets new family CBN raises BDCs weekly dollar sales to $50,000 Babangida favours part-time legislature Four die in Ogun after drinking ogogoro Govt mulls 900,000b/d oil output to offset budget deficit NIGERIAN PILOT El-Rufai benefitted from pdp loots for 14 years – Sen Sani Nigeria has never been divided as it is today, Obasanjo laments Controversy persists as PDP holds convention, again, Justice Abang rules against event Global panic as smallpox, anthrax resurrects, days after resurgence of polio in Nigeria Robbers attack CBN bullion van, kill 2 policemen IPOB to MEND: You`re speaking for Buhari THE AUTHORITY CBN raises forex for bureau de change to 50,000 dollars Widow battles in-laws over plot to circumcise grand daughter Ex-FIFA president, Joao dies at 100 Herdsmen menace: community blames Obiano, police, laments influx of men and cattle to their farmlands, intruders armed with AK 47 rifles PDP holds make or mar national convention today BLUEPRINT Lawmakers should be on part-time – IBB, Atiku, Niger Gov laud ex-military president at 75 Sheriff wants erring judges sanctioned, FHC Abuja stops PDP convention, Port Harcourt Div gives go-ahead, we`re on standby – INEC Troops rescue 88, kill 3 insurgents in Bama Robbers attack CBN bullion van, kill 2 cops, injure 3 Undertaker jailed for raping, taking woman`s nude pix Ondo APC in crisis, members impeach chair