Newspaper Headlines: EFCC to move against schools charging dollars
BY Ayodele Oluwafemi
May 3, 2024 7:00 AM
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Reports on the lingering petrol scarcity in many cities across the country, and issues surrounding a new minimum wage, permeate the frontpages of Nigerian newspapers.
The Punch reports that over 9,000 oil marketers are on the verge of losing their operating licences. The newspaper says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed international schools charging tuition in foreign currencies under surveillance, as part of measures to reduce the pressure on the naira.The Guardian’s cover story focuses on how dodgy officiating ruins games in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). The newspaper says the long queues for petrol have remained in filling stations across the country.The Nation reports that governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) said they will pay only sustainable minimum wages to workers in their respective states. The newspaper says the army has taken a significant step to prevent the killing of its troops by terrorists through ambushes. Daily Trust reports that some repentant Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday night invaded a police station in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, in an attempt to set their colleagues free. The newspaper says Vice-President Kashim Shettima said the federal government will not blame former President Muhammadu Buhari for the current challenges of the country.THISDAY reports that the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) is set to speed up the conclusion of regulatory oversight on the ongoing oil assets divestment by international oil companies (IOCs). The newspaper says the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has increased deposit insurance coverage for all licensed deposit-taking financial institutions.