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Newspaper Headlines: 30 still trapped in Niger mining pit — 3 weeks after collapse

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
June 27, 2024 7:00 am

Reports on the resumption of the national assembly to debate the 2023 supplementary budget suffuse the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has warned that the domestic crude oil supply crisis may threaten investments in the oil sector. The newspaper says the federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) held a meeting to avert an industrial action by the union.

 

The Guardian reports that uninsured patients are currently battling high cost of medical care at public hospitals. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says there are about two million uneducated children in the north-east zone of the country.

 

Daily Trust reports that more than three weeks after a mining pit collapsed in Galkogo, Shiroro LGA of Niger state, over 30 miners are still trapped. The newspaper says six teenagers who were returning from their West African Junior School Examinations, drowned in Mbang river at Ribang village, Kauru LGA of Kaduna state.

 

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THISDAY reports that Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said the country does not need any concessionary funding intervention from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to close its liquidity gap. The newspaper says Kenyan President William Ruto has declined assent to the controversial finance bill that sparked protests in the East African country.

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