THE CABLE
Reports on the crash of a private aircraft on a test flight, in the Ikeja area of Lagos, dominate the front pages of Nigerian dailies today.
Punch reports that the federal government has ordered a probe into the plane crash where two people were rescued in Lagos. The newspaper says President Bola Tinubu will send the second ministerial list to the national assembly today.
Daily Trust reports that the UK has announced a £10 million package to support food security in Nigeria. The newspaper says the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has stated that some of its members are putting their businesses up for sale due to economic pressure caused by the removal of petrol subsidy.
The Nation say Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, has revealed that President Bola Tinubu’s vision is to achieve constant power supply in the country in the next seven years. The newspaper reports that Godswill Akpabio, president of the senate, says the house will review the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act to address governance gaps in its structure.
Daily Independent reports that Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), says Tinubu’s national broadcast failed to explain government’s plans to revitalise petroleum refineries. The newspaper says the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has lamented the activities of recalcitrant debtors that mask assets traced to them by presenting third parties as the owners.
The Guardian reports that the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has claimed that sit-at-home enforcers have killed over 250 people in the south-east since August 2021. The newspaper says Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to impose more stringent sanctions on the Niger Republic, particularly given the intransigence of the coup plotters.
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