Find out what is making headlines all over the country from the covers of The Guardian, Vanguard, The Nation and The Punch.
For today, Monday, March 27, 2016:
For today, Monday, March 27, 2016:
THE GUARDIAN
Banks get dollar surplus as CBN offers $100 million
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ended the week with a fresh dollar intervention at the interbank market worth $100 million, while banks were unable to pick them all. The development showed a surplus dollar position in the banks, particularly for the retail segment- personal business travel allowance, medical tourism and school fees, among others.
Senate probes alleged N4tr revenue leakage in Customs
The Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff has begun an investigation into how over N4 trillion was lost at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) between 2006 and 2016. It decried the inability of the Technical Committee on the Implementation of Comprehensive Import Supervision Scheme to ensure compliance with its provisions .
PDP ceasefire collapses as Sheriff, Markarfi trade counter-accusations
National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, yesterday warned and threatened legal action against those referring to Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee, as a faction of the party
THE NATION NEWSPAPER
EFCC probes Saraki, aides over N3.5bn Paris Club cash
National chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has threatened to arrest old staff of the party secretariat, if they failed to return property in their possession in seven days.
Bureaux de Change at risk as Naira gains more muscle
Business seems bad for Bureaux De Change (BDCs) — no thanks to the naira’s new strength that has hit them with heavy losses.
Senate probes N4trn revenue leakage in Customs
Business seems bad for Bureaux De Change (BDCs) — no thanks to the naira’s new strength that has hit them with heavy losses.
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
Banks lose N1trn current account deposits in February
The Federal Government has said that it has so for released N1tn to its Ministries, Department and Agencies for the implementation of the capital component of the 2016 budget.
EFCC Chair: Osinbajo, Malami to decide Magu’s fate
President Muhammadu Buhari is weighing two options on the fate of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presidency sources have confirmed to Vanguard.
Sheriff, Markarfi PDP at war again
National chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has threatened to arrest old staff of the party secretariat, if they failed to return property in their possession in seven days.
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THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER
Ile-Ife Riot: One-sided arrests wrong, says Bakare
The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday, condemned the mode of arrests in the aftermath of the clash between the indigenes and the Hausa community in the ancient town
N19b Paris Club scam: EFCC report indicts Saraki, aides, ex-bank MD
National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, yesterday warned and threatened legal action against those referring to Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee, as a faction of the party.
2016 budget: Capital releases to MDAs hit 1tn
The Federal Government has said that it has so for released N1tn to its Ministries, Department and Agencies for the implementation of the capital component of the 2016 budget.
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