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Newspaper Headlines: Fuel scarcity looms as ban on 60,000-litre trucks takes effect today

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
March 1, 2025 8:10 am

The supreme court’s judgments on the political crisis in Rivers state and the leadership crisis in the Lagos house of assembly dominated the front pages of Nigerian dailies on Saturday.

The Punch reports that the leadership crisis rocking the Lagos legislature has shifted from the assembly complex to the court. The 35 lawmakers who removed Mudashiru Obasa as speaker insist that the embattled lawmaker would not be reinstated. The newspaper says President Bola Tinubu has signed the N54.99 trillion 2025 appropriation bill into law.
The Nation reports that supporters of Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory, are jubilant over the supreme court judgement barring the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the accountant-general of the federation from releasing statutory monthly allocations to Rivers state. The newspaper says Ekaette Akpabio, wife of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed the sexual advances claim made against her husband by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi central.
Daily Trust reports that Maharazu Tsiga, the former director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has been in captivity since he was kidnapped by bandits in Katsina state on February 5. The newspaper says the crisis in the Lagos house of assembly could pose some threats to the second term bid of President Bola Tinubu.
THISDAY reports that Muhammad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, has announced that Saturday marks the beginning of Ramadan fasting for Muslims in the country. The newspaper says the supreme court has nullified the local government elections held in Rivers state on October 5, 2024.

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