The PUNCH: The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has pledged 272,500 barrels per day of crude oil through a series of crude-for-loan deals totalling $8.86bn. By pledging 272,500 barrels daily, it means that about 8.17 million barrels of crude will be used for different loan deals by the national oil firm on a monthly basis.
Vanguard: There appears to be selective payment of the N70,000 new minimum wage by the Federal Government, which has triggered fresh tension among federal public workers, as most of those yet to be paid have decried the development.
The Nation: Surrender now of be neutralised, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu told bandits, terrorists and other criminal elements yesterday. He gave the warning in Abuja during a lecture organised by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “Enough is enough. This has to stop. And it will stop. This is a warning to them. They have limited time,” the President added.
Daily Trust: The federal government on Thursday initiated moves to reform the country’s tax reforms with new bills presented to the National Assembly. The four new bills sent to the two chambers of the National Assembly are aimed at giving legislative frameworks to some proposals of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee headed by Taiwo Oyedele.
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