National Newspaper Headlines Punch • Diezani’s jet scandal: Reps panel under pressure, uncovers third aircraft. • FG seeks Abacha $550m loot from US. • Immigration stampede: FG sets up fresh recruitment committee. • Sultan to Jonathan: Confab composition unfair to Muslims. • Court declares new number plates illegal. • Defection: PDP opposes Saraki, others’ request for adjournment. • Salvador knocks Bakare, Falana for rejecting confab allowance. • Taraba: Late ex-SSG’s family rejects state burial. • PPA blasts Jonathan for immigration tragedy. • Fire: ‘No serious damage to CBN office’. • I’ll spend one term if elected Ekiti gov – Bamidele. • Soldiers destroy B’Haram explosive-laden cars. • Massacre: Tiv threaten reprisal. • 2015: Group urges Jonathan to sack Wike. • Amuneke begins screening for Eaglets. • Messi would make Bayern unbeatable — Maradona. • Manu names Iheanacho, Success for Flying Eagles. • No superstar in Eagles, says Keshi. • Community battles agents over property demolition. • NDLEA arrests two with cocaine, diazepam injections. Vanguard • How Jonathan stopped NNPC from buying new aircraft. • Ill review Sanusis N266bn deficit, says — Emefiele. • I ll have a home in Cameroon if... - Lamido Adamawa. • Court rules FRSCs new number plates illegal. • Why FG partners US govt to repatriate Abacha loot — AGF. • National Confab list: Ndigbo youths flay elders on exclusion. • Tough On Thugs. • Police stop demolition of Ibadan horror house. • Lagos expects 263 days of heavy rainfall this year. • Fayose is PDP’s candidate for Ekiti election, party insists. • Nasarawa Assembly calls for Attorney-Gen’s sack for scaling fence. • Food crisis hits confab. • JTF officer accused of raping 4-year-old girl in Plateau. • Fayose lashes Fayemi for linking Jonathan to PDP primaries. • The NIS debacle: Harvesting the dead. • Defection: APC lawmakers ask court to suspend judgment sine die. Nigerian Tribune • NIS tragedy: APC, PDP reps clash over Jonathan’s directive. • EFCC to quiz Code of Conduct tribunal chair today over N10m bribery saga. • Adebanwi’s new book focuses on Awo’s politics. • My emergence as Ekiti PDPs candidate, a party affair--Fayose. ...•As NWC endorses result. • Financial reporting council hearing: Akingbola says ‘matter is subjudice’. • 2015: NGE president admonishes media on watchdog role. • Climate change, bane of agriculture globally —LAUTECH VC. • Abacha estate: ‘Nigeria welcomes forfeiture proceedings’. • Osun gov: Oke begs Olasunkanmi, Omisore, Adeleke to step down •As Omisore, Adeleke promise to win back Osun for PDP. • OSRC crisis worsen as workers lock out DG. • FEC moves to open up postal services for private operator. Daily Independent • Confab deadlocked over voting pattern for 3rd day. • Court declares new number plate illegal. • Why Nigeria got poor leadership in 1999 – Tanko. • FRC shifts Intercontinenta l Bank acquisition probe till next week. • Keshi hinges future on Eagles’ W’Cup performance. • Jonathan off to Cote d’Ivoire for ECOWAS Summit. • Abacha Loot: FG hails forfeiture proceedings initiated by US Govt. • Senate confirms Emefiele CBN Gov, Bulkachuwa PAC. • Vandalised pipeline spills crude oil in Bayelsa. • Doctors accuse FG of failure to honour pact. • Confab deadlocked over voting pattern for 3rd day. • Police arrest seven over certificate forgery. • Rivers guber: Group calls for Wike’s sack. • Lagos to experience 263 days of rains – Bello. • You can’t stop arrest, court tells subsidy fraud suspect. The Nation Newspaper • Conference runs into crisis as North threatens walkout. • Sultan leads protest team to Jonathan. • Police stop Ibadan forest demolition. • Court declares imposition of new number plate illegal. • Senate okays Emefiele as CBN governor. • Govt to repatriate $550m Abacha loot, says Justice Minister. • I won’t seek second term, if elected, says Bamidele. • PDP upholds Fayose’s candidacy. • Ibadan kidnap victims respond to treatment. • Man burnt to death in Ibadan. • Policeman defiles four-year-old. • One-month old baby burnt to death. • No surrender, striking LASUTH workers vow. • Group to Fed Govt: don’t increase fuel price. ...and in Sports • ITTF World Tour in Germany: Segun Toriola, Quadri, Ajetunmobi in good start. • ‘Now or never against Spain’. • Nigeria set to break quarter-final jinx. • Warri Wolves depart for Tunisia today.
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