NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY 10th AUGUST, 2016 THE SUN * Anambra: 20 women traders injured as 5,000 protest over ejection * CBN okays write off of banks’ bad loans * Why we’re borrowing to build infrastructure – Adeosun * Buhari signed unpadded budget –FG * Alleged $25,000 bribe-for- signature: Reps probe Dogara * Review anti-people policies, Sultan tells FG * Again, gunmen kidnap UNIPORT lecturer * AGF directs EFCC, ICPC, DSS, Police on cases involving Saraki, Ekweremadu, others VANGUARD ECCIMA slams FG over alleged marginalisation of Ndigbo Female traders continue protest in Onitsha over closure of market Edo govt faults US Consulate on travel ban N-Delta group condemns Northern youth’s threat over Buhari African Cassava Agronomy Initiative cement ties with partners KALU VS OHUABUNWA: Tribunal winds up, reserves judgment sine dire GUARDIAN * World Bank to delay details on Abacha’s loot spending * Dream Team gets upfront payment of allowance * How high political risks affect businesses, loans * Pray for economic recovery, Ajimobi urges hajj pilgrims * No plan to increase fuel prices, NNPC boss says * Why fuel scarcity persists in airports nationwide, by marketers * ‘Over 51% of Nigerian homes cannot meet daily basic needs’ * Oil market moving towards rebalancing, says OPEC PUNCH Varsity dons seek better welfare for minor offenders AGF orders compilation of high profile cases NOUN suspends Law programme Minister, perm sec differ on unity schools’ fee hike Buhari, A’Ibom gov meet over violence in N’Delta Nigeria needs change agents, says Buhari THISDAY Presidential Adviser: Budget ‘Padding’ Not in Legislative Lexicon CBN Grants Forbearance to Banks to Write-off 2016 NPLs News Blogger, Sidiq Usman, Regains Freedom, Nigerians Outraged over His Arrest Julius Berger: Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Gridlock Will Not End Till Nov PDP Chairmanship: Govs, Others Torn Between Agbaje and George THE NATION Budget padding: EFCC writes Clerk, Perm Sec Banks’ rules stop BDCs from accessing forex Troops swoop on creeks for soldiers’ killers Lagos to seize properties used by kidnappers Budget 2016 review likely, says Udoma Unity Schools fees hike: Minister, Perm Sec disagree NIGERIAN TRIBUNE Commuters groan as BRT drivers protest salary delay in Lagos FG bans pta development levies, realigns fees in unity schools Lorry crushes female student to death in Niger Drama as OGSIEC screens councillorship candidates UNIPORT lecturer kidnapped Edo, Ondo guber race: INEC to publish official register of voters, list of nominated candidates NIGERIAN PILOT Reps, NNPC, DPR begin verification of oil blocs owners, no fuel price increment now Abia gov logjam: Appeal court reserves judgment, judge misdirected himself in law ― Ikpeazu Aftermath of killings of soldiers: tension in Bayelsa, more residents flee, state govt sends emissaries to military authorities Economic downturn: borrowing a viable option ― Adeosun; as FG moves to restructure bank of agriculture Mass failure in WAEC: Aregbesola gets knocks from Osun PDP American firm presents project software to Nigerian business owners Good morning. It's Mid-week. Have Yourself a wonderful day.