BY Ayodele Oluwafemi
Reports on the inauguration of the 10th national assembly, which takes place today, dominate the front pages of Nigerian newspapers.
The Punch reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) preferred candidates for the 10th national assembly leadership positions are ready to slug it out with their colleagues who rejected the zoning arrangement of the party. The newspaper says the family of MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, has asked the federal government to pay all the incentives due to the Abiola family.
The Guardian reports that about N500 billion was lost to the anchor borrowers’ programme (ABP) initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The newspaper says President Bola Tinubu has signed the student loan bill into law.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the federal government has alerted Nigerians about the outbreak of anthrax in neighbouring countries within the West African sub-region. The newspaper says Abdulhakeem Abdullateef, new board chairman of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has asked Tinubu to probe the passage of the NDIC Act, 2023.
Vanguard reports that the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has called on President Tinubu to put measures in place to mitigate the suffering of Nigerians over the removal of petrol subsidy. The newspaper reports that marketers are struggling to raise the required capital to purchase petrol at the depots.
Daily Sun reports that Air Peace has refuted claims made by Hadi Sirika, former minister of aviation, that it lost $19 million from parking two leased Boeing 777 aircraft for several months. The newspaper says the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has cautioned Vice President Kashim Shettima against the “imposition” of the senate president on the national assembly.
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