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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14, 2016 THE SUN * Rivers-rerun: Police performed well – IGP * Ex-soldier, 7 others jailed 104 years for kidnapping Speaker * FG unveils N7.02trn package to end recession * Customs seals up rice warehouses in Lagos, collects N286.623m seized vehicles * Buhari should listen to critics, not loyalists – Uwakwe * Ekweremadu wants single term for office holders * 3m Nigerians panic as MMM suspends payments. DAILY TRUST * FG: N565bn recovered loot forms part of 2017 budget * NNPC still diverting oil proceeds — Saraki * Senate okays data price hike * Rivers: Police investigate death of DSP, others * Official, 3 others arrested over theft of IDP food * EFCC to appeal against order to defreeze Fayose’s accounts * Uyo disaster: CAN commiserates with Akwa Ibom people. PEOPLE’S DAILY Ayine emerges AGF nominee, to Senate AU leaders in Gambia to chart peaceful transition Senate orders NNPC, NPDC probed over unremitted $3.34BN N’East Devt Commission: senate backslides excludes Kano, Plateau NEW TELEGRAPH Panic as MMM freezes 3.3m Nigerians’ accounts Rivers rerun: PDP demands military, DSS, POLICE’S probe Senate wont rubber stamp 2017 budget – Saraki Biafra: my testimony will break up Nigeria – kanu Judge upbraids EFCC over Kalu’s trial THE AUTHORITY Protest as court allows shielding witness in KANU’s trial FG to issue new oil licences to fund 2017 budget MMM shocks Nigerian subscribers, goes on one month break Amaechi, Adeosun shun Reps over N1trn failed rail contracts THE BLUEPRINT Over 3m Nigerians lose billions to MMM NASS probe NNPC, Malabu over oil deals Another LT.-Col killed by Boko Haram insurgents Xmas: Okorocha doles out N20m, doubles salaries to civil servants NIGERIAN PILOT Panic as MMM freezes members’ accounts… EFCC – "we warned you" Senate accuses NNPC of failing to remit $3.487BN President nominates Ayine as Auditor-General Rivers re-run: Amaechi ordered my arrest– Commissioner Buhari revises 2017-2019 MTEF Military takes over Gambian Electoral Commission NATION Patience Jonathan faces fresh hurdles over $15.5m Justice Ademola, wife deny corruption charges How Fed Govt’ll raise N10tr in 2017 Jammeh receptive to quit advice, says Buhari Panic as MMM stops payment Fed Govt loses $1b yearly to gas flaring Reps disagree over Medium Term Expenditure Framework Anti-graft agency quizzes OAU VC over N1.4b Uyo: Roof supplier, site engineer trade blames THISDAY NBS: 68.5% of Households Own Their Houses Buhari, ECOWAS Leaders Meet Jammeh, Insist He Must Step down Justice Ademola, Wife Arraigned, Get N100m Bail on Self-Recognition Six Months after, Buhari Appoints New Auditor-General NHRC Asks FG to Prosecute Electoral Offenders in Rivers EFCC Withdraws Charges against Former FCT Minister VANGUARD 20 arrested over killing of policemen, missing NYSC members in Rivers re-run ‘Over 101,500 Nigerians murdered since 1999— Report Buhari forwards Ayine to Senate for confirmation as AuGF Ondo confirms receipt of N6.5bn Paris Club refund Rivers Rerun: A bloody recap Senators protest removal of Kano, Plateau from devt commission Edo poll: Tribunal dismisses YDP’s petition Biafra: By the time I finish testifying there will be no Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu tells Judge Alleged N1trn failed rail contracts: Amaechi, Adeosun, Waziri, others shun Reps c’ttee 2016: Lagos records 246 murders, 51 kidnap cases in one year Pay us our pensions, gratuities, Delta pensioners beg Okowa Ogbe-Ijoh didn’t invade Aladja, kill Urhobo indigene—Youth leader LEADERSHIP JAMB Exam Centres To Have CCTV Cameras – Oloyede ‘North Central Unity Bridge Not A Political Party’ Commission Embarks On Training To Trace Nomadic Students IGP Sets Up C’ttee To Tackle Cattle Rustling CSOs Allege Persecution Of Patience Jonathan By FG Blame Onu Not Presidency For Marginalisation, Okorocha Tells Ebonyi APC Reconsider Sale Of Power Coys, Reps Tell FG ‘2019: Atiku Committed To APC‘ PUNCH N1tn Abuja land scam: EFCC seizes 12 properties from ex-minister, Mohammed,... Senate probes $5.4bn NNPC, NPDC unremitted revenue FG uncovers N2.2tn unrecorded debts after audit Senate set to create special fund for constituency projects Court orders EFCC to unfreeze Fayose’s accounts Don’t worship in uncompleted buildings, CAN tells churches ‘Tinubu will only leave APC if…’ Terrorists disguise as labourers to attack Madagali, Maiduguri –DHQ HMCAN to write N’Assembly on health insurance[truncated by WhatsApp]