BY Ayodele Oluwafemi
Reports on the planned hike in electricity tariff, and supply of diesel to marketers by Dangote refinery, dominate the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.
The Punch reports that the pump price of diesel has dropped from about N1,700/litre to around N1,350/litre in some locations across the country following the sale of the commodity by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The newspaper says the federal government and the International Criminal Police Organisation have commenced the process of extraditing Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance regional manager for Africa, who escaped from detention in Nigeria.
The Guardian reports that President Bola Tinubu may soon direct the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to implement 2024 multi-year tariff order, which could raise the current tariffs by close to 200 percent. The newspaper says the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has uncovered at least 1,665 fake A-level results during the 2023 Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise.
Daily Trust reports that the killing of key bandit leaders had led to realignment within the ranks of the non-state actor, which has fuelled recent abductions of school children. Olugbemi Gbolahan, a deputy commissioner of police, has been found dead in his apartment in Oyo state, the newspaper says.
THISDAY reports that Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), said he has parted ways with Peter Odili, former governor of Rivers, over political differences. The newspaper says Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Abdulsamad Rabiu and Femi Otedola are the only Nigerians on Forbes 2024 billionaires list.
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