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Newspaper Headlines: Dangote, IPMAN sign 240m litres monthly petrol supply deal

idris.shehu@thecable.ng'byIdris Shehu
November 18, 2024 7:00 am

The visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the outcome of the Ondo governorship poll suffuse the cover pages of the dailies. 

The Punch says members of the Lakurawa terrorist group operate in 10 LGAs in Sokoto and Bauchi. The newspaper reports that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has offered to supply 60 million litres of petrol to the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) weekly, which translates to 240 million litres monthly.
The Nation reports that APC has won all LGA chairmanship elections in Ogun and Zamfara. The newspaper says the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will pump N1.9 trillion into 1006 legacy projects in the region.
Daily Trust says former President Olusegun Obasanjo has claimed that Nigeria is currently under state capture. The newspaper reports that the United Nations special committee, that investigated Israeli practices against the rights of Palestinians and other Arabs of occupied territories, found Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide. 
Vanguard reports that President Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for the G20 summit in Brazil. The newspaper says Nigeria and India have committed to boosting economic, defence, health, and food security ties.
The Guardian says a federal high court in Lagos has ordered the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to stop using the NBC Act and the Nigeria broadcasting code to impose fines, threaten to impose sanctions, and harass and intimidate broadcast stations and other independent media houses in the country. The newspaper reports that Islamic scholars have decried the rise of sexual and gender-based violence in the north of Nigeria. 

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