Punch
AMCON set to sell Keystone Bank
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria on Monday said it was seeking prospective investors to buy Keystone Bank Limited, the last of the three nationalised banks yet to be sold.
Vanguard
Errors: FG fires Budget D-G, 26 others
Daily Times
Appeal Court deposes Iresa monarch after 20 years reign
The over twenty years reign of Oba Jimoh Oyeyemi Oloyede was recently brought to an end by the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division, Justice Mudashiru Nasiru Oniyangi, which nullified his emergence as the Aresaadu of Iresadu in Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo state.
Guardian
Buhari pledges to secure Niger Delta, rebuild N’East
Minister rallies support in war against terror
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said the Federal Government had begun mobilising the military and task forces to stop the sabotage of oil facilities and kidnapping of citizens for ransom in the coastal areas of the country.
Daily Trust
Supreme Court: Why I insist recent verdicts are disturbing—Sagay
Constitutional lawyer, Professor Itse Sagay SAN, said he remains firm in his opinion about recent Supreme Court judgments that upheld the governorship elections in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.
National Mirror
2016 budget contains N668.8bn frivolous expenditures, CSJ alleges
A non-governmental organisation, Centre for Social Justice, CSJ, has queried some items in the 2016 budget, adding that the fiscal document contained N668.8 billion expenditures that are “frivolous, inappropriate, unclear and wasteful.”
Leadership
Foreign Loan: Senator Shehu Sani Spoke Out Of Ignorance – NSGF
The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has described the recent remarks made by Kaduna State senator, Comrade Shehu Sani, about its trip to Saudi Arabia to obtain loans from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), as a demonstration of ignorance on how government works.
The Nation
Sacked DG in trouble for blowing N200b on poll
Of the 26 Directors-General and Heads of parastatals sacked yesterday, no fewer than 10 may be handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission(ICPC) for investigation, a source said last night.
Tribune
Alleged N3.1bn fraud: Suswam’s trial continues today
TRIAL continues today in the nine-count charge preferred against former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).