Newspaper Review August 17, 2015

How was your weekend, hope it was good like mine. In today's newspaper review, Benin Republic To Construct Railway Line, Road To Nigeria, My $1bn China-Exim Bank story, by Okonjo-Iweala, Jonathan’s govt must account for N13.9 trn – APC, NASS Tribunal: Anxiety mounts in Enugu, as trial on Nnamani’s petition begins today, Buhari Moves To Recover Govt Property From Jonathan’s Aides, Sacked Officials, Why Jonathan Couldn’t Stop Boko Haram – IBB, I’m Ready For Probe – Suswam, Gunmen kill Catholic priest in Imo, Jonathan, wife storm Kenya games reserves,  Army begins review of dismissed soliders’ cases, YABATECH expels 73 for forgery,  Okonjo-Iweala Denies Alleged Diversion of China Exim-Bank Loan, Financial Crunch: 11 States Heavily Indebted to NECO, Borno State Initiates Plan to Reopen Public Schools, Igbo Leaders of Thought Ask Buhari to Begin Probe from 1999, Buhari seeks ‘fearless’ judges to try looters, US sending arms to Nigeria – Report, Probe Fashola now, PDP tells Ambode.

                                           Vanguard

• Corrupt practices: Igbo leaders’ position on probe of past govts (2)

• My $1bn China-Exim Bank story, by Okonjo-Iweala

• How I escaped Orkar’s coup – Ibrahim Babangida

• Zenith Bank posts N72bn half-year gross profits

• Resident doctors at LUTH suspend strike

• Jonathan’s govt must account for N13.9 trn – APC

• Oliseh gets busy as Eagles camp comes alive

• 2 lawmakers fingered in N184bn NDDC contract scam

• NASS Tribunal: Anxiety mounts in Enugu, as trial on Nnamani’s petition begins today

• Treasury Single Account: Bank deposits loss may hit N2trn

                                                 Daily Independent

• NUPENGASSAN Flays Gale Of Sacks At NNPC

• Bristow Helicopters: AIB Impounds Conversation Tape

• Buhari Moves To Recover Govt Property From Jonathan’s Aides, Sacked Officials

• Jonathan’s kinsmen Jittery Over Planned Diversion Of Gas Project

• Why Jonathan Couldn’t Stop Boko Haram – IBB

• I’m Ready For Probe – Suswam

• JAC, BSU Chapter, Suspends Five Month Old Strike

• How APGA Will Capture Six States In Next Election – Oye

                                         National Mirror

• PDP decries Buhari, APC’s violation of constitutional provisions

• PDP and the burden of responsible opposition

• Bristow crash: AIB seizes tape, documents from NCAA, airline

• Appeal Court orders retrial of Ondo APC petitions

• Gunmen kill Catholic priest in Imo

• Ebonyi workers advised to drop salary increase demand

• Navy destroys 78 illegal refineries in Rivers

• Ebonyi govt decries diversion of kerosene, petrol by dealers

                                                      The Nation

• N7bn gone as VP’s new residence is abandoned 

• APC to govt: looters should face justice

• Jonathan, wife storm Kenya games reserves

• Ambode approves treasury single account for Lagos’ transactions

• NNPC to review JVs, production sharing contracts

• Oyo governorship poll: Lawyers fault exhibits tendered by Ladoja  

• Ekiti PDP crisis: Faction threatens Fayose-backed men over ‘contempt’

• Air Force pounds Boko Haram’s bunkers

• IBB: Buhari ’ll get Nigeria out of economic doldrums

•  Army begins review of dismissed soliders’ cases 

• Osinbajo off to Ethiopia 

• Naval chief seeks prayers to end insurgency 

• YABATECH expels 73 for forgery 

• NAICOM insists on deadline for oustanding insurance claims

• $600m China Exim-Bank rail loan not diverted, says Okonjo-Iweala

• PDP lawmaker backs anti-graft campaign

                                                         ThisDay

• MDAs Struggle to Comply with Directive on Treasury Single Account

• APC Lists Cases of Alleged Looting of Public Funds

• Okonjo-Iweala Denies Alleged Diversion of China Exim-Bank Loan

• Buhari, Atiku, Ahmed, Others Eulogise Zannah as Body is Interred

• IBB Backs Buhari’s War against Corruption

• Fashola’s N78.3m Website: Groups Urge Rights Activists to Tread Softly

• Financial Crunch: 11 States Heavily Indebted to NECO

• Osinbajo Heads to Ethiopia for South Sudan Mediation Summit

• Borno State Initiates Plan to Reopen Public Schools

• Igbo Leaders of Thought Ask Buhari to Begin Probe from 1999

• Babangida: War against Corruption on the Right Track

• Accelerate the Prosecution of Kalu, Group Urges EFCC

• NEMA: More Fake IDPs Troop to Camps, as NHRC Expresses Concern

• Fayose to Buhari: Abdusalam’s Peace Committee’s Visit Warning Against Dictatorship

• ‘Doctors’ Strike: Wages Commission, Poor Budgetary Provision Stall CONMESS’

• Senate will Reconvene if Buhari Sends Ministerial List, Says Ekweremadu

• Bayelsa Guber: Sylva, Alaibe under Pressure to Join Race

• I Would Like to Come Back as a Teacher

•  From Banking Hall to the Pulpit: 43 Years of Grace, Abundance

                                               Punch

• Buhari seeks ‘fearless’ judges to try looters

• No one can intimidate me, Fayose tells Buhari

• APC says Jonathan’s govt looted N11tn, PDP kicks

• US sending arms to Nigeria – Report

• Buhari to recover govt houses from Jonathan’s men

• Buhari to recover govt houses from Jonathan’s men

• Probe Fashola now, PDP tells Ambode

•  I’m still Boko Haram leader, says Shekau

• B’Haram: Army begins review of disciplinary cases today

• Reps’ crisis over ‘juicy’ committees worsens

• Ambode orders single account for LASG

• SERAP drags Amosun to UN over sacked workers

• Ogun warns motorists against illegal parking

• Olusola Oke’s supporters dump PDP for APC

                                                       Leadership

• Abolition Of Joint State, LG Account Good For Katsina – Masari

• Benin Republic To Construct Railway Line, Road To Nigeria

• We’ll Soon Introduce Health Insurance In Sokoto – Tambuwal

• I Joined Military By Providence – CNS

• PMB Won’t Ask Journalists To ‘Kill’ Stories – Presidency

• Staff Training Contract: Police Commission Did Not Follow Due Process – BPP

•  APC Releases Details Of Looted Funds, Insists Looters Must Face Justice

•  Edo LG Boss Faces Impeachment Over IGR Fraud