Newspaper Headlines: Southern governors to discuss Buhari’s grazing routes recovery

Daily Independent reports that the aggressive digital drive of banks in Nigeria may spur massive job cuts. The newspaper says the Lagos state police command paraded 49 suspects for participating in ‘Yoruba Nation’ rally on Saturday.

The Nation says the senate constitution review committee has ratified a proposal that will compel the president to form his cabinet within 30 days of assumption of office. The newspaper reports the devaluation of the naira from N379/$ to N411/$ will push daily subsidy on petrol to N7.1 billion as it will raise the product’s landing cost.

The Punch reports that 17 governors of the southern region are to meet to discuss the planned recovery of grazing routes by President Muhammadu Buhari. The newspaper says telecommunications companies lost 20.83 million subscribers and N29.58 billion in revenue over the federal government NIN-SIM linkage policy.

The Guardian reports that debt service burden and petrol subsidy may push budget deficit to N7 trillion in 2021. The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, did not authorise any form of ritual killings, the newspaper says.

The Nigerian Tribune says the northern part of the country secured funding for frontier basins in the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The newspaper reports that some youths were arrested in a church on Sunday for wearing T-shirts with the inscription ‘Buhari must go’.