Ambode, Utomi hail reduction of cost of governance

 His excellency governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode

Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, and renowned political economist, Professor Pat Utomi, have said that the quest to revive the nation’s economy for rapid development may be a mirage if the various levels of government in the country fail to embrace reduction in the cost of governing the country.

The duo who stated this at the weekend while speaking at the Press Week Lecture and Awards ceremony organised by members of the Lagos Governor’s Office Correspondents (LAGOCO) held in Lagos, argued that in the face of global economic slowdown currently taking its toll on world development, it is imperative to ensure that available funds are well utilized.

Ambode at the lecture with the theme: “Reduction In The Cost Of Governance, Socio-political Implications For Nigeria”, said the theme is instructive of the path his administration has travelled in the last five months.

The governor represented by the special adviser on Community and Communications, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan said, “We have reduced the cost of governance and have commenced funding more projects that would enhance the quality of lives and empower our people.
“As members of the noble profession of Journalism responsible for holding the government accountable to the people, I urge you to discharge this very important role with all sense of fairness and responsibility.

Speaking in the same vein, Professor Pat Utomi, a former presidential candidate said it is important to reduce cost of governance because it translates to savings which can be used to create values and wealth.

 Professor Pat Utomi

 Utomi said, “Unfortunately that is not happening, because the money we can use to ensure better education, better healthcare is used more frivolously in the process of government”.
“So the essence of the Leviathan which is government is essentially to harness our various talents, our various resources so that we can create a better life for all.

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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, MONDAY, November 16, 2015

Insecurity in Lagos: Robbers attack police station, sink gunboat

PUNCH
•Saraki: SANs disagree with S’Court on trial stoppage
•SIS: Immigration deploys electronic devices to nab terrorists
•Robbers attack Lagos police station, sink gunboat
•Ambode, Utomi advocate low cost of governance
•LASG seeks increased security at grass roots
•‘Osun won’t scrap any institution’
•PDP, INEC clash over Kogi gov election
•Tinubu, Adebanjo, others eulogise HID in Lagos
•Saraki: SANs disagree with S’Court on trial stoppage
•Pro-Biafra protests threaten 2023 Igbo presidency —APC
•Food scarcity looms in prisons over N6bn debt

VANGUARD
•Motorists groan as fuel crisis lingers nationwide
•Polls: Buhari warns INEC, Police not to repeat past mistakes
•Ambode, Ajimobi lead sympathisers as HID Awolowo begins final journey
•Allocation of key ministerial portfolios to Yoruba extraction, a big
challenge — Osoba
•FG's order threatens Treasury Single Account
•Prison officers brutalize Vanguard reporter in court premises
•Corruption allegation:Lamorde’s probe resumes in Senate tomorrow
•MASSOB blasts Fr. Mbaka over anti-Biafra stance
•Allocation of key ministerial portfolios to Yoruba extraction, a big
challenge — Osoba
‘•WHO’s 2020 health for all, a mirage without change of unhealthy
behaviours — Scientists
•MINISTERS: Holding two portfolios is constitutional – Presidency
•Enyimba deny Sunshine Stars continental football
•Women empowerment: Buhari should learn from Jonathan — Bucknor-Akerele
•Gov Emmanuel tasks ICPC on professional ethics
•Ambode, Ajimobi lead sympathisers as HID Awolowo begins final journey
•N1.04TRN FINE: MTN may not pay today
•Don’t repeat past mistakes at elections, Buhari warns INEC, police
•FG using Remita to defraud Nigeria —Fayose

TRIBUNE
•PDP accuses presidency, INEC, DSS of planning to rig Kogi governorship
election
•I won’t attend FG’s meeting with govs on ‘fraudulent’ TSA —Fayose
•Oyo assembly to investigate LAUTECH CMD’s activities
•Acf youths angry with FG over Dasuki’s ordeal
•Osun won’t scrap any tertiary institution –Dep Gov
•Lagos to complete Okokomaiko-Marina light rail 2016
•Probe corruption, rot in NTI, facilitators urge FG, ICPC
•Melinda Gates, Michelle Obama, Dabiri-Erewa, Ezekwesili listed among most
influential women

THISDAY
•PDP Alleges Plot by APC to Rig Kogi Governorship Election
•Emerhor, APC File Appeal against Tribunal’s Verdict over Okowa’s Election
•You Have Put Your Party to Public Ridicule, PDP Tells Kogi APC
•Ondo APC Leaders, Members Decry Minister’s Attitude
•Lagos APC Disagrees with The Economist’s Opinion on Ambode
•Presidential Ticket: Niger Delta Activist Flays Secondus, Demands Apology
•MAN Tasks FG on Nigerian Industrial Revolution Plan
•Fayemi: Buhari will Tackle Illegal Miners, Diversify Economy
•500 Public Companies Risk SEC’s Sanctions over Non-registration of Securities
•Foreign Investors Reduce Demand for FGN Bonds Auction
•KPMG Tasks Firms on Tax Compliance
•NUPENG Urges FG to Diversify Economy
•NARTO Wants FG to Concession

THE NATION
•Buhari warns INEC as PDP alleges plot to rig
•$5.2b fine: Govt may allow staggered payment by MTN
•N7.62b taken as fees for TSA, says SystemSpecs
•ISIS strikes: Military, security agencies on red alert
•Africa set to take its share of global cement market
•Atlantic back on track with repayment plan
•Why Dasuki can’t leave for UK yet, by Fed Govt
•Fayemi: hard times await illegal miners
‘•Inflation rate marginally lower in October’
•Insurance chiefs want bill, others addressed by finance minister
•NIS to deploy officers to MM2 for regional flights
•Jonathan lost because he didn’t fire Jega, says Okupe
•Tinubu, Benson urge citizens to live healthy life
•Saraki: we‘ll make National Assembly’s 2016 budget public
•How to bridge skilled IT gap, by NCS
•HID Awolowo’s funeral rites begin
•One killed as gunmen abduct Ijaw musician
•CBN orders banks to build buffers against bad loans
•APC, Emerhor appeal Delta tribunal’s verdict

GUARDIAN
•MASSOB tackles Mbaka as APC urges calm
•Currency depreciation, inflation push Nigeria’s debt stock above N12 trillion
•War of attrition in Anambra over cash, assets handover
•Tension in Lagos community over destruction of houses, quit orders
•Discos set agenda for Fashola
•PDP alleges plot by APC to rig Kogi governorship polls
•Troops move to destroy terrorists’ dens in Borno, Yobe forests
•$5.2b fine: MTN may get staggered payment option
•Inside Aso Villa: How Buhari shaped his surprise cabinet
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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, SUNDAY, November 15, 2015

PUNCH
~Paris bloodbath: Nigeria tightens security at airports
~Fuel scarcity bites harder, petrol now N400 per litre
~Pro-Biafra protests, waste of time — Mbaka
~Fashola, Amaechi others to earn N485m yearly
~PDP woos Saraki, Kwankwaso for 2019
~Photos of frail-looking Diezani go viral
~Don’t accept bribe, Are, Ajimobi advise Shittu
~Oshiomhole biggest thief in Benin City, says Igbinedion
~Rivers APC accuses Wike of plans to take N10bn loan
~Military has reduced Boko Haram — Atiku

NATION
~Diezani: Jonathan wasn’t my lover
~EFCC probes casino owners, hoteliers, estate owners, others
~TERROR ATTACKS: France declares state of emergency
~ANAMBRA: OBIANO, OBI AT WAR OVER N75 BILLION
~PDP in secret talks with ex-govs, defectors to APC
~BIAFRA: The facts, fiction and driving forces
~Charles Okah’s daughter gets wedding blessing in prison
~Petroleum mode and pork barrel governance (1)
~Buhari’s round pegs
While I was away …
~Kogi will seal its fate on Saturday one way or the other 12:04 am
~Beatification of Goodluck Jonathan

THIS DAY
~With 24hrs to Deadline, No Reprieve for MTN
~Global Outrage Trails Paris Terror Attack
~Seeking to Meet Deadline, Military Pushes into Sambisa
~IMF Investment Head Quits to Join Nigerian Asset Fund
~AGF Petitioned over Bribery Allegation against CCT Chairman
~Obasanjo: Helmut Personally Fought to Save Me from Abacha
~Intervene in Health Sector, Saraki Urges W’Bank Group
~On Campaign Trail of Seriake Dickson
Ruling Party Expansionism and Dangers Ahead
~November 3 Judgement: A Special Birthday Gift to Orji
~The Economy in the Changing Political Seasons

VANGUARD
~Seven IS jihadists in four hours of terror in Paris
~Biafra, Afenifere are no threat to unity of Nigeria — Igwe Alex Nwokedi
~Diezani: Life as a cancer patient
~N10 million bribery scandal: Presidency in dilemma over CCT Chair?
~Rev Fr. Mbaka says pro Biafra protests 'evil'
~INEC Board of Six: Buhari and the wrong signal!
~Biafra, Afenifere are no threat to unity of Nigeria — Igwe Alex Nwokedi
~With two university degrees, I sold suya on the street of Jos —Mike Omeri, NOA boss
~PDP is not dying and certainly will not die
~N10 million bribery scandal: Presidency in dilemma over CCT Chair?
~Six Days to Kogi Poll: Two-horse race too close to call
~Herdsmen and massob: Need for caution (2)

LEADERSHIP
~Stanbic IBTC Bank Clinches Best Cash Management Award At Asian Banker Awards 2015
~APC Will Deliver On Change Agenda – Dogara
~Oil Price: Economic Gloom To Persist – World Energy Report
~Stealthy Magu: New EFCC Boss’ Other Side
~4 Arrested In Bauchi For Burying 25-year-old Abortion Victim
~ISIS Mentions Nigeria In Paris Attacks
~Kogi Guber And Politics Of Bailout
~3 Boko Haram Kingpins Now In Custody – Army
~Siasia Calls Up Nwakali, Osimhen, Others

GUARDIAN
~OGONI CLEANUP: Kegbara Dere Still Groans Under Pollution
~BIAFRA: In The Throes Of Dreams, Daredevilry And Deaths
~Buhari’s Ministers: Saints, Sinners And Noise-makers
~Embrace Healthy Living, Cleric Urges Churches
~BAYELSA: How Dickson Targets Grassroots For His Re-election
~The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit (I)
~Temitope: Another Corps Member Cut Down In Her Prime
~PDP Rebranding: Doubtful Contrition Amid Daunting Challenges
~DISCOs: Stalled In The Installation Of Prepaid Metres
~Confluence State: Divided Between Change And Retention
~Paris Attack May Redefine War On Terror
~Still On MTN, NCC Face-off
~2016 Budget Faces Threat, As Crude Slumps Steadily
~We’ll Stop Eagles, Swazi Coach, Bulunga Boast
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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, SATURDAY, November 14, 2015

PUNCH

•Mandela’s widow meets Chibok girls’ parents in Lagos
•Buhari’s certificate: Defence minister flays Minimah over scandal
•Some ministers are round pegs in square holes, says Afenifere
•Ogun poll: Isiaka drags Amosun to appeal court
•Fuel queues worsen despite 1.4 billion litres supply
•INEC personnel working for Bayelsa PDP – Sylva
•Private tank farms owners responsible for fuel crisis –IPMAN
•Exposed! Power play behind Buhari’s super ministers’ appointments
•Court summons AGF over siege on Dasuki’s home
•Buhari sets target for ministers
FG spends N5.8bn on presidential jets in six months

THIS DAY
•Court Orders DSS to Vacate Dasuki's House, Summons AGF
•Buhari Honours Military Personnel for Gallantry against Insurgency
•Chibok Parents Lament Neglect at Meeting with Mandela’s Widow
•Oshiomhole: Why I Did Not Build Industries in Edo
•5m Nigerians Diabetic
•Korea Collaborates with Rivers State
Kogi Pays N15m WAEC Fees
•Governorship Election: IG to Deploy SARS Operatives to Kogi, Bayelsa
•Ministerial Screening: Ekweremadu’s Exemplary Leadership
•NESREA to Begin Enforcement of EPR Policy, Commends Nigerian Beverage Alliance
•Ogundokun Calls Soyinka Un-relentless Liar, Challenges Him to Debate
•APC and Its Strategies for Kogi 2015

NATION
•PDP needs wisdom, not public contrition
•Lagos mudslide tragedy: ‘We lost our siblings to greed’ — Brother of the deceased
•Assets declaration: Suswan, Imoke, four other ex-govs to face trial
•Fear heightens in South-East as Biafra agitators step up protests, recruitment
•Ex-PDP governorship candidate Pwajok buried amid tears, eulogies
•Atone for your mistakes, return looted funds, APC tells PDP
•Court awards N500m to Sunny Ade over copyright
•DPR threatens errant marketers with N2m fine, revocation of licences
•Oil spill contracts: NOSDRA to stop unaccredited consultants
•NNPC moves to arrest artificial fuel scarcity
•11 killed as soldiers smash Boko Haram attacks in Borno
•Foreign affairs minister pledges to increase FDI, promote Nigerian products abroad
•Buhari to IDPs: you ‘ll be back home soon
•Crowd at Olokun Festival boosts Badagry’s economic activities
•Lagos book festival begins
•Tribunal: Taraba group asks Appeal Court to reverse judgment

LEADERSHIP
•Ogbeh, Dambazzau, Fashola, Others Hit The Ground Running
•NDLEA Uncovers Drug Cartel At Enugu Airport
•Count Me Out Of Soft Landing For Saraki – Belgore
•N.5bn Official Cars: Suswam, PDP Diverting Attention From Looting Case – Ortom
•Court Summons AGF Over Dasuki
Tourism: Another Neglected Sector In
•Nigeria,Some National Monuments Lay In Ruins
•Assembly Tribunal: Appeal Court Upholds APC’s Election In Kaduna
•Customs Boss Raises The Alarm Over Katsina Borders
•Army Kills 7 Boko Haram Members In Gwoza
•We Can Provide 800, 000 Jobs For Youths – Peace Corps
•Anambra State Commissioner For Education Lauds UNN VC

VANGUARD
•Siege to Dasuki’s home an act of lawlessness - Court
•Amaechi plans for rail transport, Kachikwu out for leakages
•We’re unsure if Nnamdi Kanu is alive – Parents
•How doctor’s negligence made me impotent
•Urhobo denounces inclusion in map of Biafra
•Okorocha turning Imo into a Banana State, group laments
•Bayelsa poll: Southern Ijaw communities defy downpour to receive Dickson
•Protest in Abeokuta over alleged exclusion from JAMB online registration
•Ugwuanyi flags-off construction of five additional roads in Enugu
•Oshiomhole, Igbinedion in verbal war
Filmmakers gather for BoI’s NollyFund
•Apprehension grips aviation, transport workers over merger of ministries
•AFRIFF 2015: Movie stars take over Lagos
•AMUNEKE: Before and after Chile
Eaglets: After the triumph, what next?
•Top Nigerian DJs hail Supa Rymez on ‘One Parole’
•panic buying, fuel not scarce, NNPC insists
•Pro-Biafra protests may destabilize Nigeria, Defence Minister warns

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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, FRIDAY, November 13, 2015

VANGUARD
•Nigeria sliding into dictatorship, PDP raises alarm
•Buhari to Perm Secs: My govt won't condone corruption, incompetence
•Threat to life: Court hears Dasuki’s suit against FG today
•Why campaign against Eze Ndigbo title should be ignored — Anozie
•Crude oil swap: NNPC, crude oil dept, PPMC frustrating our investigations
—Reps
•Federal cabinet: Nigeria in good hands - Tinubu
•12 years of PDP cannot match what I did in 4 years — Audu
•Abuja mass rail transit gulps N162bn — COREN
•Ambode, Tinubu commission Mile 12-Ikorodu BRT Extension
•Terror attack imminent in S-West — NOA
•I’m not interested in Gbajabiamila’s position —Chief Whip
•Navy hands over 2 robbery suspects to police in Warri
•Man jailed 6 months for mysteriously escaping from detention
•Don’t abandon national automotive policy, NECA begs FG
•Lamorde still Police Commissioner, to be posted soon — Okiro
•Even the land of Bayelsa has rejected Sylva — Agbedi
•We must stop corruption, wrangling in sports – Dalung
•Why Bayelsans’ll ditch Dickson — Nathan Egba
•Threat to life: Court hears Dasuki’s suit against FG today

THISDAY
•TSA Transfers: Central Bank Recovers N8.6bn from Owner of Remita, SystemSpecs
•S'Court Stays Proceedings on Saraki's CCT Trial
•NAFDAC Fines Guinness N1bn, FRC Replies CBN
•Dasuki's Suit Against FG for Hearing Today
•PDP Tackles APC Over Campaign Promises
•Ekiti Assembly Confers Nigeria’s Opposition Leader’s Title on Fayose
•Critical Sectors: Senate to Review FG's TSA Policy
•NOA Alerts Public Institutions of Boko Haram Threat in S’West
•Nigeria Military Intensifies Onslaught Against Boko Harm, Clears More
Terrorist Camps
•Police Deny Killing of MASSOB, IPOB Members
•FRSC Goes After Alcoholic Beverages Sellers at Motor Parks
•Quibato: Angola Attracts $16bn Petroleum Investment in 2014
•Buhari: Why I Did not Select Perm Secs through Examination
•Dethronement: Court Orders Retrial of Case Against Monarch
•Lagos Police to Deploy Helicopter, 100 Patrol Vehicles, 20 Bikes for Yuletide
•Our People are Not Biafrans, Rivers Elders Insist
•Threat to Life: Dasuki's Suit Against FG for Hearing Friday
•Internal Security: Army Reads Riot Act to Compromising Officers
•CCT: Supreme Court Orders Stay of Proceedings on Saraki's Case

PUNCH
•Electricity consumers’ complaints highest at Ikeja Disco – NERC
•Udoma begins work on 2016 budget
•We are not sponsoring pilgrims – LASG
•Ambode pledges support for sickle-cell patients
•CP nabs motorists for preventing traffic robbers’ arrest
•We’ll defend our votes, Kogi PDP vows
•Begin to pack your belongings, Sylva tells Dickson
•The poor won’t pay Land Use Charge – Oshiomhole
•Revamp P’Harcourt, Abuja, Lagos airports, APC tells Amaechi
•Police arraign eight suspected pro-Biafra supporters
•Ministers’ inauguration fails to lift NSE
•UNIJOS begs lecturers to suspend strike
•Population: Nigeria’ll outgrow US in 2050, says UN
•Halt MASSOB protests, IG tells Ohanaeze
•ICPC discovers N292m in retired perm sec’s account
•I use explosives to catch fish – Suspected robber
•Buhari denied us ‘juicy’ ministries –Igbo groups
•N18.7bn Benue teachers’ salaries paid into unknown account
•Baby stolen in Imo sold for N1m in Lagos
•Electricity consumers’ complaints highest at Ikeja Disco – NERC
•Udoma begins work on 2016 budget
•We are not sponsoring pilgrims – LASG
•CP nabs motorists for preventing traffic robbers’ arrest

THE NATION
•Tinubu: Nigeria is in good hands with Buhari’s cabinet
•Rivers elders reject Biafra
•Guinness’ share price firm despite N1b fine
•Problems Fashola, Amaechi, Kachikwu have to tackle
•Supreme Court directs CCT to suspend Saraki’s trial
•PDP vows to resist APC’s ‘impunity’
•I couldn’t resist TASUED degree, says Obasanjo
•Buhari warns perm secs against sabotage, corruption
•Court bars banks from ‘instigating’ Kashamu’s arrest
•Lawyer kicks as NJC dismisses petition against Ondo CJ
•TSA: NLC urges better revenue collection
•House names Fayose ‘opposition leader’
•How N5b landed property was converted, by witness
•Military panel summons commanders
•Ex-FUTA VC’s murder case adjourned
•Memories of FCT Minister Bello as Corper

TRIBUNE
•Power reform: BPE staff on board of GENCOs, DISCOs compromised process
—Senate
•Alleged money laundering: We received over 5 petitions against Ohakim
—Witness
•How I decimated Edo political godfathers —Oshiomhole
•Discharge your duties with fear of God, IGP, Adeboye charge police officers
•Fashola made me a proud grandfather —Tinubu
•Nigerians set agenda for Communication minister
•Reps threaten NNPC, PPMC over crude oil swap probe
•Again, FRSC shifts enforcement of installation of speed limiting device to
April 2016
•438 new BRT buses added as Lagos extends Mile-12/Ikorodu lane
•8-day-old baby sold for N.92m in Lagos
•Labour asks FG to probe alleged fraud in Treasury Single Account
•4 members of bank robbery gang arrested with explosives in Ogun
•Army panel on Ekiti, Osun, Rivers elections yet to get any memorandum
•Absence of police witness stalls proceedings on murder of ex-vice chancellor
•Trial of ex-governor of Taraba resumes as EFCC denies obtaining his
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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, THURSDAY, November 12, 2015

VANGUARD
~Voting for Audu poses great risk to unity of Kogi —Wada
~Moving Borno’s IDPs from schools
~Court to rule on Kashamu’s fundamental human rights suit Nov 18
~Technical education: We got it wrong because of emphasis on grammar/white
collar
jobs —Rev. Ugorji
~Woman’s death in India: Family alleges foul play, petitions envoy
~Sergeant allegedly rapes neighbour’s 9-yr-old daughter
~Oliseh rejects Code of Conduct for Eagles
~Compulsory laptop fee for freshers: UNN VC meets SUG
~Increase vocational content in basic curricula, Pearson tells FG
~Students, varsities hostel and shylock landlords
~Public Lecture: Teachers tasked on technology in teaching
~Lawan, Akume, others boycott Senate plenary, as Ekweremadu presides
~Don’t mislead us, Minister warns staff of N-Delta Ministry
~Police arrest Fulani men for robbery in Ibadan

THISDAY
~In a Deft Move, Buhari Gives Key Portfolios to Southern Nigeria
~Senate Uncovers Rot in TSA Remittances, Begins Probe
~House: There Shall Be No Review of Committees
~Magu Assumes Office as EFCC Boss
~IG: Insurgency Has Claimed 90,000 Police Officers in Four Years
~Change Comes with Pains and Sacrifice, Says Tinubu
~Economy in Bad Shape, Oil Price will Not Rebound Till 2019, Says Rivers TUC
~Wada Flays Buhari over Anti-graft War
~Fraud: Why EFCC Won’t Prosecute the CCT Chairman
~Only Half of Electricity Generated Gets to Consumers
~Court Adjourns KPMG’s Suit against FRCN to Nov 19
~House Wants Pornographic Content Censored on Social Media
~Germany Offers to Support Nigerian Military in War against Terror
~Tribal Sentiment, Tax Evasion, Bane of Nigeria’s Growth, Says Ajimobi
~Economic Activities Resume in PH after Pro-Biafra Protest
~Oshiomhole Vows to Prosecute Lucky Igbinedion, Father
~Enugu Assembly Declares Emergency on S’East Roads

THE NATION
~Portfolios: How Buhari shocked some ministers
~Five ex-permanent secretaries to face trial for alleged corruption
~Ministers are round pegs in round holes, says President
~Fashola should complete Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, says Fasanmi
~Tinubu to ministers: be prepared to provide innovative solutions
~What Nigerians expect from Buhari’s ‘change agents’
~I ‘ll ginger up anti-corruption campaign, says Magu
~AGF, NDLEA urge court to dismiss Kashamu’s suit
~Lamorde: my exit an act of God
~APC senators walk out as Ekweremadu presides
~FRC seeks time to respond to KPMG’s suit
~Path to tackling poverty in Africa, by Mbeki, others
~Lagos: The Economist article reckless, slanderous
~Police re-arrest pardoned ex-convict
~School’s fate shaky over teachers’, Corps member’s abduction
~Don’t sign for Chelsea, Abuja fans tell Eaglets

THE GUARDIAN
~Driving national development through telecommunications
~Pfizer partners NAFDAC on anti-counterfeiting campaign
~Customs boss warns officers against misconduct
~Imperatives of competent, dedicated workforce in a mega city
~Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill 22, sack Kogi communities
~PDP urges new leaders to focus on economy
~Tinubu tasks northern govts on poverty eradication, insecurity
~Doregos rewards students for excelling in skills acquisition
~Local plant ‘cures’ kidney, breast, lung cancers
~Emaar Properties, Wrothams Windsor plan sales, investment events in Lagos,
Abuja
~Asian shares fall after China CPI rises less than expected
~Ondo ready with regional market to boost agriculture
~NEXIM, World Bank to collaborate on mining sector development

PUNCH
~Ekweremadu: Anti-Saraki senators stage a walk out
~FG should use land as alternative to oil – Idowu
~Be patient with Buhari, Alake pleads with Nigerians
~DPR warns P’Harcourt fuel dealers against sharp practices
~Bad roads: Enugu assembly declares state of emergency
~Unstable economy affecting rule of law, says expert
~33% of Nigerian vehicles drive on Lagos roads – FRSC
~LASG slams The Economist over anti-Ambode report
~Magu resumes at EFCC, promises to fight corruption
~No going back on committees – Reps
~We didn’t force people to support Jonathan – PDP
~‘El-Rufai, no longer an accidental civil servant’
~S’Court hears Saraki’s application to halt CCT trial today
~EU-Africa summit on migration crisis opens in Malta
~Australia accused of denying detainees medical care
~Netanyahu invokes memory of Nazi past over EU labelling
~We’ll reduce Nigeria’s $32bn food import bill – Ogbeh
~We’ll fight unemployment – Ngige
~Amaechi pledges to complete ongoing rail projects
~Osun shut NNPC, bank over failure to remit taxes
~INC suspends president over alleged gross misconduct

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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, November 11, 2015

VANGUARD
~Buhari fires 16 permsecs , opts for 25 ministries
~Blows, slap as Dogara, Gbajabiamila's supporters fight over House c'ttees
~Pro-Biafra Protests: Traders count losses as IPOB shut markets
~BIAFRA: Ohanaeze to meet with protesting youths
~I didn’t push my stepson down the storey building – Housewife begs
~The APC promise on N5,000 stipend
~Excuse me from your conference, IBB tells PDP
~Meningitis A elimination: WHO scores Nigeria, 15 others high
~I’m not yet 100% fit – Oliseh
~High liquidity brings down money rates to 5-year low
~Lagos Assembly speaker announces c’ttee chairs
~Policeman commits suicide for missing assessment exam
~Pro-Biafra Protests: Traders count losses as IPOB shut markets
~ ‘Yudala makes almost N500m in daily transactions’
~Buhari’s ministers without portfolios
~Man sets friend ablaze, injures another in Lagos
~Siasia vows to build prosperous future for Bayelsa

PUNCH
~Buhari slashes federal ministries to 25
~‘Umahi not the worst performing gov’
~Regard Bayelsa as home, Dickson tells non-indigenes
~Ojukwu’s son hails Buhari over reforms
~Ortom sacks 11 perm secs
~Deposed Akure monarch returns, challenges deposition
~Reps probe N52m fraud allegation against CCT chairman
~Fielding Jonathan for presidential poll an error – PDP
~Tension in House over move to remove Gbajabiamila
~Senate fixes Tuesday for Lamorde probe
~N84.8m scam: EFCC arraigns ex-CMD, four others
~Rivers: Two feared killed in pro-Biafra protest
~Anti-Saraki senators demand cancellation of Senate committees
~EFCC arraigns Suswam, ex-finance commissioner for N3.1bn fraud
~‘Expose Buhari’s ministers if they fly first-class’
~Fulfil N5,000 promise, Aisha Buhari begs APC

THISDAY
~Buhari Taps Private Sector for Appointment of New Perm Secs, Retires 17
Others
~Fielding Jonathan for Election was an Error, Says PDP
~Chevron: Investment in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry Drops by 20%
~20 Years After Execution, Supporters Call for Saro-Wiwa’s Pardon
~Judge Refuses to Hands off Case Filed by Kashamu
~Policeman Misses Assessment Exam, Commits Suicide in Lagos
~Ondo Assembly Approves N7bn for Projects
~Practice Licence Now a Prerequisite for Medical Graduates’ Participation
in NYSC Scheme
~Taraba: Women Protest Tribunal Judgement
~Environmental Rights Groups Demand $100bn Clean-up Fund for Niger Delta
~Boko Haram: NAF Assures Benue People of Adequate Protection
~Nigerian Contingent of AU Standby Force Returns from South Africa
~Buhari Approves Appointment of New Perm Secs, Deployment
~Buhari Retires Permanent Secretaries

THE GUARDIAN
~PDP apologises to Nigerians over ‘mistakes in governance’
~Three pro-Biafra protesters shot in Rivers
~MTN seeks extension of deadline to pay $5.2 billion fine
~Traditional council announces burial rites for Olu of Warri
~Court rejects NDLEA’s application, insists on adjudicating Kashamu’s case
~Federal govt forex policy creates new hurdles for local manufacturers
~Buhari overhauls civil service, inaugurates cabinet today
~Faulty Abuja Stadium floodlight stops Eagles’ training
~Buhari seeks interface with governors to reform SIECs
~Deutsche Bank, Ecobank sign MoU on trade financing
~Eaglets return tomorrow, NFF plans to retain Amuneke

THE NATION
~Earthquake hits civil service
~CBN gives customers BVN reprieve
~New MTN chief to seek reduction of $5.2b fine
~Alleged N3.1b money laundering: Suswam, ex-commissioner arraigned
~Tension in Akure as Adepoju challenges deposition in court
~House probes Conduct Tribunal Chairman Umar
~Lawmaker alleges plot to remove Gbajabiamila
~Nigeria’s oil industry investment dips 20%
~Customs generates N747b in 10 months
~How I approved contracts at NIMASA, by ex-DG
~Federal Govt, MOMAN disagree on N413b fuel subsidy
~Osinbajo: Nigeria’ll develop under Buhari
~Falana to Saraki: stop attending CCT with senators
~Oshiomhole to work for Sylva’s victory
~N10m alleged bribe: Group petitions Saraki, Dogara
~Omirin writes Ekiti Assembly to reverse ‘impeachment’
~2015 Bamako Biennale Again, Nigeria rules the continent
~Buhari, Obasanjo meet at Aso Rock

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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, TUESDAY, November 10, 2015

VANGUARD
Coffin maker dumps 14-yr-old son in well for casting evil spell on business
I can fix Kogi better than all — Audu
Show love, concern for fellow Nigerians, Ekwueme urges politicians
C’ttee of generals to probe role of Army in Ekiti, Osun, Rivers, A-Ibom
elections
‘Eaglets names written in gold in football history’
Ban Ki Moon congratulates Amina Mohammed on appointment as Minister
75% Nigerians lack access to regular power
I’ll soon become traffic offenders’ enemy – New LASTMA boss
Iwo stands still for new Oluwo
Land grabbers on rampage in Lagos, kill one
Alleged N70m bribe: I’m ready for trial, Orubebe tells FG
Dasuki drags FG to court, says his life is in danger
World champions, Eaglets storm Abuja

THISDAY
Magu Replaces Lamorde
Buhari: Beyond Poll Nullification, Electoral Offenders Should be Prosecuted
Barclays to Cut Nigeria from Emerging Markets Local Bond Index Feb 2016
With MTN CEO’s Resignation, Pressure Mounts on Nigerian Unit’s Head
Practice License Now a Prerequisite for Medical Graduates’ Participation
in NYSC Scheme
TSA: Skye Bank in Talks with CBN, Seeks Review of N4bn Fine
Military Nabs Another Wanted Boko Haram Terrorist
Okorocha to Meet South-east Govs, Others, over Pro-Biafra Protests
Standard Bank: We are Ready for Fair Resolution of Stanbic IBTC-FRCN Tussle
Oil, Gas Sector Facing Declining Revenues, Says Kachikwu
Saraki’s Trial: Senate to Ask EFCC to Prosecute CCT Chairman
Electrocution: NERC Fines Abuja Disco N18m for Negligence
I will Approach My Job with Courage, Say New INEC Boss
FG Charges Daniel-Nnah, Biowish for $712,000 Fraud

TRIBUNE
Another wanted Boko Haram suspect arrested in Adamawa, says Army
Buhari sacks Lamorde as EFCC boss, names Magu as replacement
Cocoa research workers protest half naked, insist on director’s removal
Ex-NSA Dasuki accuses FG of threatening his life
CBN fines Skye Bank N4bn over FG's TSA
Buhari hails Golden Eaglets indomitable spirit
Buhari, at swearing in of INEC boss, vows not to interfere with the
commission
MTN CEO quits over N1 trillion Nigeria fine, new CEO named
Senate postpones probe of EFCC boss over N1 trillion diversion indefinitely
Okorocha to meet with South-East govs
Osinbajo calls for vehicle purchase credit scheme
Scheming to influence posting won’t be tolerated any longer —Customs boss
IGP sets up unit to urgently address police brutality
UN Secretary General congratulates Amina Mohammed on appointment as minister
UPDATE: 2 female Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 3 Nigerian refugees in
Cameroon

THE NATION
Buhari sends EFCC chair Lamorde on terminal leave
House of Representatives sinks deeper into crisis
Military probes Ekiti, Osun polls
CRIN crisis intensifies as women protest naked
MTN CEO resigns over NCC’s N1.4tr fine
Orubebe arraigned at CCT
Troops arrest top Boko Haram suspect
NERC fines Abuja power firm N18m over kid’s electrocution
World Bank’s N100b erosion project cash for review
Cross River, Thai firm to build Rice City in Africa
Dogara defends creation of more committees at inauguration
You must face trial, court tells SCOAN engineers
Bayelsa APC youths defect to PDP
Fifty beams light on Lagos big babes
Dasuki asks court to compel DSS to vacate his residence

THE PUNCH
INEC: Yakubu takes over, Buhari wants poll riggers punished
CCB arraigns Orubebe for N70m bribery, false asset declaration
Portfolios: Buhari warns ministers against friction
Mixed reactions as Buhari fires EFCC boss, Lamorde
Gbajabiamila, loyalists boycott House committees’ inauguration
Ambode lacks solution to Lagos gridlock, robberies – The Economist
Allow children talk about sex, group urges parents
Pastor rapes teenager during deliverance, blames devil
Senate Clerk dies, Saraki mourns
Assembly urges LASTMA to solve traffic congestion
Court rejects application to stop Synagogue engineers’ trial
Another victim accuses retired colonel of fraud
Thugs, policemen sack residents, mark 200 houses for demolition
Traders groan as fire razes Edo market
Six armed robbers arrested in Ogun

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Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets retain Under 17 World Cup title – in pictures November 9, 2015 Images of Nigeria’s Under 17 football team as they claimed their fith U17 World Cup title on Sunday in Chile.

Summaries

FIFA U-16 World Championship

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match				Number of teams
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1985	China		Nigeria	2–0	West Germany		Brazil	4–1	Guinea		16
1987	Canada		Soviet Union	1–1 a.e.t. (4–2 PSO)	Nigeria		Ivory Coast	2–1 a.e.t.	Italy		16
1989	Scotland		Saudi Arabia	2–2 a.e.t. (5–4 PSO)	Scotland		Portugal	3–0	Bahrain		16

FIFA U-17 World Championship

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match				Number of teams
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1991	Italy		Ghana	1–0	Spain		Argentina	1–1 a.e.t. (4–1 PSO)	Qatar		16
1993	Japan		Nigeria	2–1	Ghana		Chile	1–1 a.e.t. (4–2 PSO)	Poland		16
1995	Ecuador		Ghana	3–2	Brazil		Argentina	2–0	Oman		16
1997	Egypt		Brazil	2–1	Ghana		Spain	2–1	Germany		16
1999	New Zealand		Brazil	0–0 a.e.t. (8–7 PSO)	Australia		Ghana	2–0	United States		16
2001	Trinidad and Tobago		France	3–0	Nigeria		Burkina Faso	2–0	Argentina		16
2003	Finland		Brazil	1–0	Spain		Argentina	1–1 a.e.t. (5–4 PSO)	Colombia		16
2005	Peru		Mexico	3–0	Brazil		Netherlands	2–1	Turkey		16

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match				Number of teams
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2007	Korea Republic		Nigeria	0–0 a.e.t. (3–0 PSO)	Spain		Germany	2–1	Ghana		24
2009	Nigeria		Switzerland	1–0	Nigeria		Spain	1–0	Colombia		24
2011	Mexico		Mexico	2–0	Uruguay		Germany	4–3	Brazil		24
2013	UAE		Nigeria	3–0	Mexico		Sweden	4–1	Argentina		24
2015	Chile		Nigeria	2–0	Mali		Belgium	3–2	Mexico		24
2017	India										24

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Performances by countries

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Medals
Nigeria	5 (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015)	3 (1987, 2001, 2009)			8
Brazil	3 (1997, 1999, 2003)	2 (1995, 2005)	1 (1985)	1 (2011)	6
Ghana	2 (1991, 1995)	2 (1993, 1997)	1 (1999)	1 (2007)	5
Mexico	2 (2005, 2011)	1 (2013)		1 (2015)	3
Soviet Union	1 (1987)				1
Saudi Arabia	1 (1989)				1
France	1 (2001)				1
Switzerland	1 (2009)				1
Spain		3 (1991, 2003, 2007)	2 (1997, 2009)		5
West Germany		1 (1985)	2 (2007, 2011)	1 (1997)	3
Scotland		1 (1989)			1
Australia		1 (1999)			1
Uruguay		1 (2011)			1
Mali		1 (2015)			1
Argentina			3 (1991, 1995, 2003)	2 (2001, 2013)	3
Ivory Coast			1 (1987)		1
Portugal			1 (1989)		1
Chile			1 (1993)		1
Burkina Faso			1 (2001)		1
Netherlands			1 (2005)		1
Sweden			1 (2013)		1
Belgium			1 (2015)		1
Colombia				2 (2003, 2009)	–
Guinea				1 (1985)	–
Italy				1 (1987)	–
Bahrain				1 (1989)	–
Qatar				1 (1991)	–
Poland				1 (1993)	–
Oman				1 (1995)	–
United States				1 (1999)	–
Turkey				1 (2005)	–

Performances by continental zones

Africa is the most successful continental zone with 7 tournament wins (5 for Nigeria, 2 for Ghana) and 6 times as runner up. Notably the 1993 final was contested by two African teams, when the final has been contested by two teams from the same confederation. The African teams repeated the 1993 final with Mali replacing Ghana (Disqualified for age violation) in 2015 when Nigeria and Mali made it to the last two standing and Nigeria got their fifth win.

South America has 3 tournament wins and has been runner up three times. Additionally Argentina has finished in third place on 3 occasions, Chile has done so on one occasion and Colombia has finished in fourth place twice, but neither of the latter two have ever appeared in the final.
Europe has 3 tournaments wins (1 each for France, USSR and Switzerland) and has been runner up 5 times. Spain has been runner up on 3 occasions. Additionally Portugal and Netherlands have won third-place medals in 1989 and 2005 respectively.

The CONCACAF zone has 2 tournament wins (for Mexico in 2005 and 2011), this confederation has reached the final three times(with Mexico).
Asia has 1 tournament win (for Saudi Arabia in 1989), the only time that a team from this confederation has reached the final and the only time an Asian team won a FIFA tournament in male category. (Australia was runner up in 1999 but at that time was in the Oceania Football Confederation).

Oceania has no tournament wins and 1 occasion as runner up (for Australia in 1999). Australia has since moved to the Asian confederation.
This tournament is peculiar in that the majority of titles have gone to teams from outside the strongest regional confederations (CONMEBOL and UEFA). Of the fifteen editions held so far, nine (60 percent of the total) have been won by teams from North and Central America, Africa and Asia.

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Awards

At every tournament three awards are presented:

• The Golden Shoe is awarded to the top goalscorer of tournament.
• The Golden Ball is awarded to the most valuable player of the tournament.
• The Fair Play Award is presented to the team with the best disciplinary record in the tournament.

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Tournament	Golden Ball	Golden Shoe Award	Goals	Golden Glove	Fair Play Award
1985 China	William	Marcel Witeczek	8	Not Award	West Germany
1987 Canada	Philip Osundu	Moussa Traoré	5		Soviet Union
1989 Scotland	James Will	Fode Camara	3		Bahrain
1991 Italy	Nii Lamptey	Adriano	4		Argentina
1993 Japan	Daniel Addo	Wilson Oruma	6		Nigeria
1995 Ecuador	Mohamed Kathiri	Daniel Allsopp	5		Brazil
1997 Egypt	Sergio Santamaría	David	7		Argentina
1999 New Zealand	Landon Donovan	Ishmael Addo	7		Mexico
2001 Trinidad and Tobago	Florent Sinama Pongolle	Florent Sinama Pongolle	9		Nigeria
2003 Finland	Cesc Fàbregas	Cesc Fàbregas	5		Costa Rica
2005 Peru	Anderson	Carlos Vela	5		North Korea
2007 South Korea	Toni Kroos	Macauley Chrisantus	7		Costa Rica
2009 Nigeria	Sani Emmanuel	Borja González	5	Benjamin Siegrist	Nigeria
2011 Mexico	Julio Gómez	Souleymane Coulibaly	9	Jonathan Cubero	Japan
2013 United Arab Emirates	Kelechi Iheanacho	Valmir Berisha	7	Dele Alampasu	Nigeria
2015 Chile	Kelechi Nwakali	Victor Osimhen	10	Samuel Diarra	Ecuador
2017 India

PHOTOS: Nigeria win Fifa U17 World Cup title for record fifth time

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