NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR MONDAY, 15TH MAY, 2017.

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PUNCH
Freed girls to meet parents Friday, suspected girl bomber recounts ordeal
Ebola: FG steps up passenger screening at airports
Anenih’s son slumps, dies while playing lawn tennis
I’m the leader of Yoruba monarchs, says Olugbo
Lawyers want rogue NSCDC officials charged with robbery, attempted murder
Don’t lose hope in Nigeria, Adeboye urges Christians
Shot judiciary worker: JUSUN accuses army of cover-up
Lagos hairdresser commits suicide over N150,000 loan
Man kills friend who saw him robbing residents
We ‘ll come out of crisis to win 2019 election – PDP scribe
Ogah accepts S’Court verdict, congratulates Ikpeazu
$1.2bn debt: Etisalat loses 2.9 million subscribers
PenCom reviews investment regulations
2017 budget: Analysts fault debt service, N’Assembly allocations

VANGUARD
Oil majors, banks face probe over $62b capital flight
Buhari’s death rumour: Nothing unpleasant has happened to the President – Shehu
Banks never shied away from supporting govt’s economic plans – MD, FirstBank
Anyone with a case of corruption against my govt should blow whistle – Ortom
Buhari’s Top Aide In Trouble Over Attempt To Usurp Osinbajo’s Powers
2019: I will inform the public on second term when I am ready – El Rufai
I DON'T WANT TO BE BIAFRA PRESIDENT— KANU
The Nigerian Economy May 2015-2017: A Catalogue Of Failures
Ogah Accepts Supreme Court Verdict, Congratulates Ikpeazu Peace, Harmony In Abia — IGBE
Club Africain of Tunisia beat Rivers United of Nigeria 3-1

THISDAY
Threat by Released B’Haram Suspect Puts Prisoner Swap Deals in Jeopardy
After the Long Wait for 2017 Budget, What Next?
FG’s Obligations to Road Contracts Valued at N2.6tn
11 Persons Killed by Boko Haram in Maiduguri
I’ve Achieved My Dream by Building American University, Says Atiku
Police Arrest Mother, Five Others for Selling Baby for N850,000
CSO: Allocating 24.73% of Budget to Debt Service is Indicative of Unsustainable Debt Profile
Army Deploys More Soldiers in Warri after Navy Killed Two Youths
Nnamdi Kanu: South-east Politicians Lobbying Me for Support
Herdsmen Menace: Agricultural Union Wants Governors to Emulate Fayose
Court Orders Seizure of N11.2m from Police Fund with CBN

THE NATION
UTME: JAMB arrests cyber cafe operators for selling information to candidates for N10,000
Senate tackles banks over oil firms’ $63b capital flight
How Boko Haram ‘charms teenage suicide bombers’
Anenih’s son dies in Lagos
Court orders CBN to seize N11.2m from police account for judgment debt
Mother of AK47-bearing Chibok schoolgirl: I won’t watch video
Iyaloja sues Olubadan, others for title stripping
Chinese journalists: Nigeria safe, peaceful
‘4.7m Nigerians under threat of Type 2 diabetes’
Mum sells day old baby for N250,000
Macron promises new order in France

THE SUN
Gunmen kill 21, injure 15 in midnight attack in Niger
Pope appoints Nigerian archbishop papal nuncio to Ireland
Culture, leadership and higher education in Nigeria
‘How Boko Haram groomed me to kill’
Adeboye urges Nigerians not to lose faith in God
Ex-PDP BoT chair, Tony Anenih’s son, Eugene, dies
Unpaid debt: Court orders Senator Uba to pay N50m
Buhari’s ill-health, power play stall APC convention
Banks face Senate probe
Anambra: Obiano running state through Institutions
Gambian carrier launches Banjul-Lagos flight
Biafra Day: Don’t kill us, MASSOB begs security agencies in Cross River
Bayelsa commissioners laud Dickson on teachers’ salaries
Buhari’s ill-health, power play stall APC convention
Man City to sell Iheanacho for £20m

GUARDIAN
Arik, Aero may merge as national carrier
Power sector employees, customers collude to steal energy
Fresh concerns over rising cases of drug-resistant TB, Ebola outbreak in Congo DR
Stakeholders worried about N1.8tr debt service in 2017
Fresh $11 million funding underway for participatory slums upgrading scheme
Police arrest pharmacist over alleged kidnapping
Senate probes alleged fraud in $62.909 billion capital flight
Court orders police to pay N11.2million as judgement debt to Peace Corps
Don’t see our critics as enemies, APC tells spokesmen

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