Newspaper Headline: Marketers warn of looming petrol scarcity, demand working refineries
BY Kunle Daramola
October 12, 2024 7:00 AM
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Amid the recent hike in the price of fuel, the national dailies report worsening hunger and soaring transport fares across the country.
The Punch reports that Nigerians are lamenting worsening hunger and soaring transport fares after the recent hike in fuel prices. The newspaper says the conflict between Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT); and Bala Mohammed, Bauchi governor, has factionalised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Tribune reports that a federal high court in Abuja issued a restraining order preventing the National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP from removing Umar Damagum as acting national chairman. The newspaper says the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) said the current price that the NNPC is imposing on marketers is too high and may cause another round of fuel scarcity.
Daily Trust says Murtala Aliyu, secretary-general of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), said regionalism will not solve the problems facing minorities but open doors for more agitations. The newspaper reports that over 60 communities in Ibaji LGA of Kogi state were submerged by flood.The Nation says some Nigerian teenagers trafficked to Ghana for jobs end up as prostitutes and gangsters. The newspaper reports that suspected herdsmen killed three persons in Logo LGA.Guardian reports that Ali Ndume, former chief whip of the senate, said fifth columnists are working hard to sabotage the government of President Tinubu. The newspaper says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lambasted Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers, over a call on Nigerians to protest against economic hardship.