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Newspaper Headlines: Dangote, NNPC refineries not supplying 50% local fuel demand, says FG

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
February 20, 2025 7:00 am

Issues bordering on security, the LG crisis in Osun, and domestic production of fuel, dominate the frontpages of Nigeria’s newspapers. 

The Punch reports that Nigeria’s access to a $602.95 million grant for 2025 from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is now uncertain, following a 90-day suspension of all agency programmes by President Donald Trump. The newspaper says the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has disclosed that the nation’s three operational refineries contribute less than 50 percent of daily domestic fuel consumption.
Daily Trust says the federal government has banned 60,000-litre fuel tankers from plying Nigerian roads beginning March 1, 2025. The newspaper says the senate has invited security intelligence chiefs over claims that USAID provided funding to Boko Haram.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the federal government is seeking $81 billion in compensation from Binance Holdings Limited over alleged economic losses linked to its operations in Nigeria. The newspaper says the Osun house of assembly has condemned the “takeover” of local government secretariats in the state by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Guardian reports that in response to the denial of visa to Nigerian military leaders by Canadian authorities, Christopher Musa, chief of defence staff (CDS), said Nigeria will not tolerate any form of disrespect from other nations. The Lagos house of assembly has denied the mass defection rumour, the newspaper says.

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