Newspaper Headlines: Nigeria loses N576bn to medical tourism annually, and Nigerians struggling to feed
The order issued by President Muhammadu Buhari to service chiefs that sponsors of Boko Haram and bandits should be dealt with dominated the headlines of Nigerian newspapers. The medical trip of the president to London, United Kingdom also made the headlines.
Business Day says Nigerians are struggling to feed as prices of major food items have doubled. The newspaper reports that oil companies in Nigeria have deferred the production of $1.6 billion worth of crude oil from January 2020 to January 2021 over above-the-ground challenges.
The presidency said findings on Boko Haram sponsors are shocking, The Nation reports. The newspaper says the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) listed conditions to suspend its planned strike slated for Thursday.
Daily Independent reports that the devaluation of the naira offers Nigerians in diaspora the opportunity to acquire cheap assets in the country. Buhari ordered service chiefs to crush bandits and their collaborators, the newspaper says.
The Punch says the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said 100 persons kidnapped in Kaduna state are currently in bandits’ den. 13 outstanding teachers in Lagos state have been given 13 cars by the state government, the newspaper reports.
The Guardian reports that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) demanded that Nigeria and other low-income countries present accurate and transparent debt data. Nigeria loses over N586 billion annually to medical tourism, the newspaper says.
The Nigerian Tribune reports that there is fresh controversy over the membership registration exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The newspaper says gunmen killed a reverend father and three parishioners in Benue state.
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