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Newspaper Headlines: FG deploys security agents as NLC insists on protest over telecoms tariff hike

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
February 17, 2025 7:00 am

The controversy trailing the hike in telecommunications tariff, and the planned deportation of some Nigerians from the US, suffuse the frontpages of the nation’s dailies.

The Punch reports that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against its planned March 1 shutdown of telecommunication services over the recent 50 percent tariff hike. The newspaper says Monday Okphebolo, governor of Edo, has threatened to petition the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged financial mismanagement during the administration of Godwin Obaseki, his predecessor.
Nigerian Tribune reports that Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, has asked President Bola Tinubu to warn Adegboyega Oyetola, a former governor of the state, over an alleged plot to cause mayhem in the state. The newspaper says the cost of obtaining cash in the country remains high despite recent measures from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Vanguard reports that the federal government is planning to engage 28,000 health workers who were on the payroll of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The newspaper says experts have expressed fears that the federal government’s N19.6 trillion revenue target may be negatively affected by US President Donald Trump’s energy policy.
The Nation reports that at least 201 Nigerians are in US camps awaiting deportation to their homeland as Trump enforces his immigration policies. The newspaper says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised Aminu Tambuwal, former governor of Sokoto, over his remarks against politicians who recently defected to the APC.

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