NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Wednesday, June 22, 2016

PEOPLE’S DAILY
FG sack striking doctors.
Forgery: Saraki, Ekweremadu get court order to appeal Monday.
Be mindful of heavy flooding, FG warns.
5 day old baby dies in Ramadan food stampede.

Ibrahim IDRIS replaces Arase as police IG.

THE AUTHORITY
Alleged forgery: Court summons Saraki, Ekweremadu, others.
Militant group emerges in Imo, threatens to blow up shell pipelines.
Buhari appoints Idris as Acting IGP.
ASPAMDA has not adopted new constitution says board chairman.
Yobo to play in Nigerian league.

BLUEPRINT
Amidst power play: IDRIS succeeds Arase.
Alleged forgery: senate carpets Buhari.
FG orders sack of striking doctors.
Shettima: why I never owe salaries despite insurgency.
River Niger: 100,000 at risk as flooding looms.

NATION
EFCC traces N4.7b arms cash to Fayose, Obanikoro
Senators invite Attorney-Gen. over Saraki, Ekweremadu case
Fed Govt sacks striking resident doctors
Buhari appoints Kpotum Idris as Acting IGP
Mimiko fails to persuade striking workers to return
House begins probe of Reps’ ‘sex misconduct’ in U.S.
Poor Aregbesola!
Arase out, Idris in as Police chief
Avengers and their demands

NIGERIAN PILOT
Alleged false assets declaration: Saraki doubts justice from CCT Chair
Imminent flooding of River Niger: FG orders immediate relocation
Sex scandal: We’ll implement c’ttees report – Speaker
Sokoto targets generation of 100mw of power from solar
Smile telecoms lauds NCC for wining African regulator award
Fayose, Labour meeting ends in deadlock
Sheriff declares Edo primary illegal

VANGUARD
Facing up to an incompetent political class
SEX SCANDAL: We want public investigative hearing —3 lawmakers demand Fayose’s account: Call EFCC to order, PDP govs tell Buhari
Nobody in Nigeria can seize my property — JIMOH IBRAHIM
Police arrest suspected burglars of Saraki’s residence
Use stolen funds for free tuition education to varsity level, German Consul-General tells FG
FG sacks striking resident doctors
Imo govt dribbles pensioners again
Labour rejects abolition of tenure for perm secs, directors
Bauchi teachers besiege SUBEB over unpaid 8 months salaries

LEADERSHIP
PDP Crises: Youths Seek G9 Intervention
Nigeria Has High Malnutrition Rate’
New Treatment For Drug Addiction, Stroke Rehabilitation Arrives Nigeria Soon
Kogi Assembly: Reps Raise The Alarm Over Alleged Plan To Undermine NASS
Kenaf Farming Will Reduce Unemployment, Fight Poverty – Minister
Ramadan: Aisha Buhari Distributes Assorted Items To Widows, Destitute, Others In Kebbi

PUNCH
Nigeria should be restructured along economic lines –Ahmed
NUPENG ends strike, motorists recount ordeal
Doctors’ strike claims fire victim at UBTH
N4.7bn arms funds traced to Obanikoro, Fayose —EFCC
Man loses parents, sisters to B’Haram, becomes a drug addict
Bailiffs paste Saraki, deputy’s summons to N’Assembly board
False parents of abducted IDP girl arrested by military

THE DREAM DAILY
Buhari: is he here for all of us or some of us?
Editorial: Nigeria, perestroika, new vision, new nation.
Labour condemns mass retrenchment in banks, may picket financial institutions.
Cash crunch: Niger won’t borrow to run government, says Governor Sani BELLO.
We won’t leave Niger state, says Igbo community.
First legislative year: Adamawa assembly scores self-high.

DAILY SUN
Insecurity: Army Chief pledges to deploy special force to Kogi
Okowa, Dickson salute Tobi’s contributions to law
PDP senators withdraw support for Buhari’s govt
OPEC scribe-designate okays dialogue with militants
Forgery: Senate fights back, summons AGF
Jefferson: Fayose’s allegations laughable –Presidency
FG sacks striking resident doctors
Pension scam: Court approves foreign medical trip for ex-Head of Service