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Newspaper Headlines: Anxiety as 740 trucks of palliative rice fail to arrive most states

byKunle Daramola
July 21, 2024 7:00 am

The dailies fixate on the allegations and counter-allegations between the federal government and Peter Obi’s supporters over the planned nationwide protest.

There’s also plenty on Aliko Dangote’s response to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) over the quality of products from his refinery.

Punch reports that local refinery operators said the federal government is working against local refineries. The newspaper says a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala and parts of El Salvador and Nicaragua.
The Nation says the federal government is set to distribute 30,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion kits to commercial drivers within 90 days. The newspaper reports that 18 people were killed in a fresh attack on a Benue community.
Vanguard reports growing anxiety as trucks of rice promised by President Bola Tinubu fail to arrive in most states. The newspaper says Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Industries, has dismissed the claim that the quality of diesel produced by his refinery is inferior to imported ones.
Independent reports that Afam Chigwe has won the 2024 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) national officers election as the new national president. The newspaper says Wale Oladigbolu, national chairman of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has urged the federal government to probe the activities of the National Health Insurance Commission.

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