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Newspaper Headlines: FG targets wealthy Nigerians in new tax drive

BY Idris Shehu

September 29, 2023 7:30 AM
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Reports and pictures from the protest of some ministry of works and housing staff, after they were locked out of their offices over lateness by David Umahi, the minister, suffuse the front pages of Nigerian newspapers.  

The Punch reports that the national economic council (NEC) says the $3bn emergency loan-for-crude oil the federal government secured in August would be deployed to stabilise the naira. The newspaper says five students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology have died in a road accident in Osun.
The Nation reports that Olayemi Cardoso, the new governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says financial reforms are ready to be unveiled. The newspaper says Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, has accepted the apology of Philip Shaibu, his deputy, after a lengthy rift between the duo.
ThisDay says Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, has asked the US court for the Northern District of Illinois, to overrule President Bola Tinubu‘s objections on the release of his academic records. The newspaper reports that the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says it will join the indefinite strike announced by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC).
Daily Trust says the Kaduna governorship election tribunal has affirmed Sani Uba as the governor of the state based on a technicality. The newspaper reports that John Enoh, minister of sports development, says the federal government is employing diplomatic avenues with Italy over the controversy between Victor Osimhen and SSC Napoli, his football club.
The Guardian reports that the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops have killed 191 terrorists and arrested 184 criminals, including oil thieves, in the past two weeks. The newspaper says telecommunication operators have threatened varying tariffs to curb the burden of taxation.

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