NEWSPAPERS REVIEW FOR TODAY Mon, 22 May 2017

*#HALAMADRID* MADRID WIN LA LIGA, UCL IN SIGHT.

**NIGERIA

*Kidnappers murder man after collecting ransom

*PDP factions trade insults as Supreme Court hears appeal today

*PDP shuns probe into killing of 50 Rivers residents –NHRC

*Lecturer impregnated me, rejects pregnancy, says nursing student • It wasn’t me, I used condom – Lecturer

*Politicians hire marabouts, pastors to pray for Buhari’s death – Aide

*N100bn needed to reconstruct Apapa road — Fashola

*Write petitions against corrupt judges, CJN tells Nigerians

*UTME: We’ll watch CCTV footages to sanction cheats, says JAMB

*446 cultists arrested, 24 prosecuted in Delta, says CP

*Troops arrest six female Boko Haram terrorists, kill 13

*Fadama project: Umahi pays N110m counterpart fund

*Oil subsidy gulped N9tn in 10 years, says Oando chief

*Ngilari’s release: Sagay demands prosecution of prison officers

*Abaribe tackles Amaechi over S’East exclusion from $5.9bn rail projects

*Man kills seven-year-old son for stealing

*Babalola, Opadokun, Aremu laments Kwara underdevelopment

*FG requires $1.21bn to revive Ajaokuta Steel Complex

*Almajiris represent hunger, not Islam – Sultan

*Olubadan keeps mum over Iyaloja controversy

*Why I created dispute resolution committee – Oba of Benin

*Cameroonian Navy visits Calabar, urges collaboration against maritime crime

*APC tried to frustrate my inauguration as gov –Wike

*El-Rufai orders probe of guns recovered from accident scene

*Tambuwal, Adebutu hail Fayose

*Sanusi advises Ganduje on education, economy

*Court sacks Anambra LG caretakers, orders fresh poll

*Stiffer sanctions needed to cleanse banks

*Woman commits suicide after argument with husband

*Collapsed Lagos building: Death toll now four

*S-East Senators tackle Amaechi over omission of S-East, S-South from rail corridor

*Advocates of military rule’re enemies of God —Okowa

*Nigeria earns $296,143 dividends from Islamic Dev’t Bank

*JNI, CAN join immunisation campaign in Sokoto

*10 banks rake in N138bn from alerts, e-services in 1 yr

*Restore local government democracy now

*TI Report: A New Plan to Starve Nigerian Military of Weapons to Fight Terrorism, Says Group

*Insecurity: Niger Governor Cautions Against Jungle Justice, Anarchy

*Dogara: Appointment of Caretaker Committees for Local Governments is Illegal

*OSOPADEC Vows To Track Fleeing Contractors, Consultants

*AMCON takes over Wokson International over N5bn debt

*CBN’s MPC Outcome: Analysts predict status quo

*SEC moves to ease process of issuing new shares

*Edo govt. lauds Ecobank over support for Okpekpe Road Race

*FirstBank Chairman charges SMEs to patronise CBN FX window

*RRS Rescues Two Teenagers, Reunites Them with Parents

*We Feel Your Pains, Lalong Tells Displaced Victims of Herdsmen Attacks

*Ninety Nigerians Deported From South Africa For Immigration Offences

*Global panic heightens on fresh ebola threat

*Air Peace slashes fares for Nigerian students

*No economy can survive without strong financial sector –Olasanoye, ASSBIFI president

*Ransomware: New bug threatening global cyber security

*Write Petitions Against Corrupt Judges, Cjn Tells Nigerians

*FG requires $1.21bn to revive Ajaokuta Steel Complex

*No APC Member Joined Pdp In Enugu, Says Party Chairman

*Nigeria’s N523bn loss to gas flaring

*EU, US Officials Meet to Discuss Possible Carry-on Laptop Ban

*Osinbajo to explain Executive Orders

*PDP: Anxiety as Supreme Court case begins today

*CBN seeks rates convergence as MPC meets

*BA slashes Abuja-London route fare

**AFRICA

*Egypt refers 48 to trial over ISIS church bombings

*Nigerian troops battle Boko Haram, at least 13 killed

*No money to gamble at Zimbabwe's fading racecourse

*Schoolgirl 'rises, from the dead', police investigating

*SA hunter 'trampled to death by elephants in Zimbabwe'

*Trump announces plans to soon visit Egypt

*Middle class in Africa is a nebulous concept

*Ben Ali nephew apologises to Tunisia for corruption

*Freed Nigerian schoolgirls to meet families after 3 years

*At least 5 000 migrants rescued in 48 hours off Libya

**WORLD

*'Angry' Netanyahu orders ministers to attend Trump reception

*North Korea fires 'unidentified projectile'

*Part of Mount Everest has collapsed, mountaineers confirm

*Sea Lion Snatch Little Girl And Drag Her Into Water

*Mob threatens to behead Russian man over insults

*Trump speech 'navigates him out of minefield'

*Donald Trump urges Muslim nations to 'drive out' extremists

*Donald Trump nominates Callista Gingrich as ambassador to the Vatican

*Mike Pence hit by student walk-out at Notre Dame graduation

*Deadly weekend on Mount Everest as three climbers killed and one missing

*Three years after coup, junta deeply embedded in Thai life

*Chinese paper applauds anti-spy efforts after report CIA sources killed

*Billboard Awards: Drake matches Adele's record after claiming 12 gongs

*Taiwan's same-sex marriage ruling could cement its place as Asia's liberal beacon

*Cathay Pacific cuts nearly 600 jobs

*Jury selection begins in Bill Cosby's assault trial

*Car boot-sale diamond set to fetch £350k

*N.Korea: ‘Successful’ new ballistic missile test confirmed, ready for deployment

*Venezuela: man set on fire during anti-government protests

*Trump Reaches Out to Sunni Nations, at Iran’s Expense

*Syrian rebels leave last Homs district

*‘Do not leave us here to die’: Australian offshore detention at crisis point – groups

**SPORTS

*NPFL: Enyimba, FC Ifeanyiubah, Lobi Stars Win On The Road

*Channels Kids Cup: Ghana, Benin Arrive

*Stars Light Up Zenith Bank Delta Principals’ Cup Final

*Wenger Heads For Europa League, First Time In 19 Yrs

*Opeifa makes a case for handball

*Lalong pledges support for Plateau Utd

*Violence mars Sunshine, Lobi clash

*Inconsistency let Barca down – Luis Enrique

*La Liga win is bigger than World Cup for Zidane

*EPL: Victor Moses, Dele Alli, N’Golo Kante make team of the season

Good morning