News review today.

Newspaper headlines for Thursday 13th October, 2016 by Francis Udoka Ndimkoha GUARDIAN * New tax laws to tackle recession underway * Arrest usurped powers of NJC, says Afe Babalola * New criminal justice law confers no immunity on anyone, says Lai Mohammed * Doctors demand probe of dearth of facilities at UNIPORT teaching hospital * Orubebe asks court to set aside CCT judgment * ‘How to make Nigerian goods globally competitive’ - Nigeria Economic Summit * EFCC declares Goodie Minabo Ibru wanted * Government to release comprehensive roadmap document THISDAY DSS Gets More Damaging Petitions Against Embattled Judges 16 Killed in Shiite, Mob Clashes, Suicide Blast in Northern Nigeria Ibrahim Wins NLNG $100,000 Literature Prize Buhari to Leave for Germany on State Visit Thursday EFCC Declares Goodie Ibru Wanted for Alleged Capital Market Fraud * 16 Killed in Shiite, Mob Clashes, Suicide Blast in Northern Nigeria * House C’ttee Opposes Airport Concession as FAAN Sacks Directors, Others * Senate Bills Make Presidential, Governorship Debate Mandatory, Restructure Polytechnic Education * FG to Create 490,000 Jobs through Smart Farmer Scheme * Judges’ Arrest: Buhari’s Govt Eroding Judiciary Independence, Say Fayose, Babalola * Family Accuses Emir of Katsina of Abducting, Forcefully Marrying a Christian Minor * Ijaw Militants behind Lagos School Kidnap, Says LASG NATION How kidnapped Lagos teachers, pupils were released Two more judges held as DSS freezes accounts CBN stops banks from sacking workers Nothing wrong with manner of judges’ arrests, says Govt Afe Babalola faults DSS’ action Lagos to ensure 24-hour security NJC to make position on judges’ arrest public today Alleged N23.29b poll cash: Indicted RECs end tenure at INEC Oyo Govt approves N800m for pensioners * EFCC declares Goodie Ibru wanted for alleged capital market fraud * Lawyers avoid some courts due to corrupt judges, says SAN * NIPOST decries huge debt by customers, tenants * PDP senator’s, Rep’s supporters quarrel over Owerri market refuse * Ijaw community gives Chevron 14 days to begin clean-up * Graduates to govt: NYSC no longer relevant PUNCH Attah advises FG on investment drive It’s usual to step on toes in graft war –FG Ogun land grabbers risk 25 years jail or death Declare state of emergency on kidnapping, Reps tell FG Group urges support for cancer patients Bisi Akande blames recession on military rule PUNCH * FG fires 20 FAAN directors, managers * Recession: W’Bank anchors Nigeria’s recovery on expansionary budget * Unpaid salaries: Guards deny C’River workers access to office * Tension as Enugu recruits 25,000 neighbourhood watch members * Orubebe appeals against CCT conviction, land forfeiture * 12 die as Shi’ite, youths clash in Katsina, Kaduna states * Patience won’t go scot-free if found guilty –EFCC VANGUARD 100 LGAs affected by flood’ Sanitise King’s Square, Edo Assembly urges ministries, Police Bayelsa assures on prompt payment of teachers’ salaries If I were Buhari I will be suspicious of anyone who advises me to ignore Biafra – Soludo Rohr on break, returns first week of Nov for Algeria Anxiety in FAAN as FG allegedly sacks, demotes 22 directors, GMs Judges crackdown: DSS acted within provisions of law, but… – Ogunye I’m hale and hearty, says Okowa Bauchi govt rescues 450 teenage girls from traffickers Recession forced some foreign airlines to leave Nigeria, says NCAA boss DSS invasion of Judiciary sacrilegious—Onuesoke LEADERSHIP The Agony Of A Nigerian Teacher Shi’ite Protests Claim 16 In Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Kano EFCC Recovers N1bn, Secures 26 Convictions In 10 Months PMB Nominates Environment Minister To AU Committee Judiciary Probe Widens As DSS Receives More Petitions All Deposit Banks Well Capitalised, CBN Assures NNPC Saves $336m With Direct Purchase In 4 Months Gov Udom Decries Outrageous Tariff on Imported Seedlings Judges’ Arrest: Fayose, Babalola Condemn DSS’ Action NIGERIAN PILOT NAF kills scores of Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa forest Senate confirms Ndoma-Egba as NDDC chairman Arrest of Judges: No body is above the law – AGF Akpabio: Everybody thinks all former governors are thieves Ex-Gov Odili slams N6bn libel suit against Peterside Kano bans religious processions Serious stealing going on in your govt, Suswam tells Ortom EFCC arraigns APC chieftain for N36m fraud DSS, Judges And the Conscience of a Nation Senate will pass 11 Bills that will end recession – Saraki Good morning. It's Thursday. Have a great day.