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PUNCH<\/p>\n

*Buhari presents 2017 budget to N’Assembly today
\n*FG, South Africa to implement mining pact
\n*Ember months not for road accidents, says FRSC
\n*Pastry producer tackles company over N8.6m generator
\n*Panic as inmates escape from Owerri prison
\n*Biafra: By the time I finish testifying there will be no Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu tells Judge
\n**Rivers United hit Madrid for pre-season
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VANGUARD
\n*Alleged N1trn failed rail contracts: Amaechi, Adeosun, Waziri, others shun Reps c’ttee
\n*N3.2 bn fraud: Prosecutor’s lateness stalls Orji Kalu, others’ trial
\n*Buhari forwards Ayine to Senate for confirmation as AuGF
\n*Court orders EFCC to unfreeze Fayose’s account
\n*Police Recruitment: Bayelsa rejects list, alleges fraud
\n**Toure banned, to pay N33.2m for drink driving
\n*Ondo confirms receipt of N6.5bn Paris Club refund
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TRIBUNE
\n*BREAKING: Panic as MMM freezes accounts of 3 million Nigerians
\n*Reps okay MTEF document, as Buhari presents budget today
\n*Oil prices soar to $58 on global output cut deal
\n*Makarfi using impunity, blackmail to hold on to power ‘Sheriff
\n*2019 elections under threat ‘PDP
\n*Fleeing Boko Haram terrorists disguising as menial workers ‘DHQ
\n*Chevron announces $19.8bn capital budget for 2017
\n*Fire razes Kola Olootu’s house, newly equipped studio
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THE SUN
\n*FG unveils N7.02trn package to end recession
\n*Economic hardship to persist till mid 2017, says cleric
\n*Buhari should listen to critics, not loyalists ‘ Uwakwe
\n*Court orders EFCC to hands off gov’s accounts
\n*Lagos midwives protest non-payment of 11-month salaries
\n*Customs seals up rice warehouses in Lagos, collects N286.623m seized vehicles
\n*Senate probes NNPC, NPDC over unremmited $5.6bn crude oil sales
\n*Rivers-rerun: Police performed well ‘ IGP
\n*Customs seals up rice warehouses in Lagos, collects N286.623m seized vehicles
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