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Newspaper Headlines: Marketers worry as five-month fuel imports hit N6trn

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

The six-month suspension slammed on Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Kogi central senator, permeates the frontpages of all the dailies. 

The Punch reports that Akpoti-Uduaghan will challenge her six-month suspension from the senate in court. Major oil marketers have expressed concern that despite improved domestic refining capacity in Nigeria, they have continued to import refined petroleum products — translating to 6.38 billion litres of petrol  and diesel in five months.
The Nation says the supreme court held that there is no evidence that the 27 members of the Rivers state house of assembly defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The newspaper says President Bola Tinubu has offered automatic employment to the 774 youths trained under the newly launched National Health Fellows Programme (NHFP).
Daily Trust reports that the cost of transportation in the country remains high despite a reduction in the price of petrol. The newspaper says 12 operatives of the Zamfara state community protection guards and local vigilantes have reportedly been killed in a clash with bandits at Adabka village in Bukkiyum LGA of the state.
Vanguard reports that the federal government has designated Simon Ekpa, the controversial Biafra agitator, and 16 entities, as terrorism financiers in the country. The newspaper says the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has asked all council chairpersons across the country to approach the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to complete all outstanding documentation for direct allocations of LGA funds.

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