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For today, July 13 2016:

THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER

Uproar in Senate over alleged forgery trial

It was a rowdy session at the Senate yesterday as it became a theatre of the absurd. At a closed-door session, Senators who could not agree on how to resolve image problems confronting the upper legislative chamber on grounds of the trial of Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, resorted to insults and use of obscene language. READ MORE

MRS slams AMCON’s N81b debt claim as frivolous

The aggressive debt recovery drive of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) will be meeting stiff resistance soon as allegations of harassment and frivolous claims are building up against the agency.

Osinbajo canvasses state police, true federalism

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday made a case for state police in the country. But he, however, advocated a “deep understanding” of the current restructuring agitation, according to a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, in Abuja.

THE VANGUARD NEWSPAPER

Stormy sessions in Senate, House of Reps as Senators threaten Buhari with impeachmentABUJA — STRONG indications emerged, yesterday, that the alleged forgery case of 2015 Standing Order involving the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, has taken a different dimension as the Senate reportedly threatened President Muhammadu Buhari with impeachment. READ MORE $179m debt: Nigeria’s investment in WAGPCo threatenedABUJA— Unless something urgent is done, Nigeria’s multi-billion dollar investment in the West African Gas Pipeline Company, WAGPCo, is set to go down the drain as management of the company, yesterday, raised an alarm that it was in a precarious financial situation that is threatening its existence and which had put the commercial viability of the West African Gas Pipeline, WAGP, project in jeopardy.Avengers blows up another pipeline as FG considers action against militantsWARRI—THE Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which vowed on Monday to continue to obstruct all avenues by President Muhammadu Buhari to export crude oil because of his refusal to address its demands, blew up the Qua Iboe 48-inch oil crude oil export line belonging to Exxon Mobil in Akwa Ibom State in defiance of him.

THE NATION NEWSPAPER

Pro-Saraki senators threaten Buhari with impeachment

SOME senators are threatening to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. In the plot, The Nation learnt, are senators loyal to Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu. READ MORE

Reps urge IG to probe Abuja preacher’s murder

The House of Representatives yesterday directed Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris to ensure a thorough investigation of the killing of a preacher, Mrs. Eunice Elisha Olawale. READ MORE

Police recover N60m stolen bank money in Rivers

The Police in Rivers State have recovered N60,250,000 cash belonging to a bank in Port Harcourt. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration) Uche Anozia broke the news at a briefing in Port Harcourt, Monday night.

THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER

Senate on collision course with Executive

The intervention of the immediate past Senate President, David Mark, stopped the impeachment plot being hatched in the upper chamber against President Muhammadu Buhari by lawmakers loyal to Senate President Bukola Saraki.

EFCC chair, Magu, evades questions on Buratai’s Dubai houses

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday evaded questions on the recent calls for the probe of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, for purchasing properties worth $1.5m in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. READ MORE

We have no fraud information on Buhari’s wife – US

The United States government says it has no information on the alleged crimes committed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha. READ MORE

BUSINESS DAY NEWSPAPER

Growth lies in 5 building blocks, low income earners - Ojomo, Lesser

Efosa Ojomo, a senior research fellow at the Harvard Business School alongside Richard Lesser, the global CEO of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), an American management consulting firm, chartered a path for firms in Africa's largest economy that will lead to sustainability, amid a rapidly changing business landscape.

Cameroon Reopens North Nigeria border as Boko haram retreat

Nigeria's trading business with Central and West African markets will soon resume as normal, as Cameroon reopens its borders in the far North region, following the depletion of Boko Haram attacks in the area. READ MORE