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Newspaper Headlines: New national ID card to be issued through banks, says NIMC

byAyomikunle Daramola
April 13, 2024 7:00 am

The national dailies report Goldman Sachs’ prediction on the naira, and the trial of Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). 

The Nation reports that President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the economy would “roar back to glory” in the coming months. The newspaper says a federal high court in Abuja has fixed April 19 for the hearing of a suit filed by Philip Shaibu, the impeached deputy governor of Edo.
Punch says road accidents claimed 83 lives and injured 102 people in three months. The newspaper details the aftermath of the fire outbreak that razed 16 buildings in Dosunmu street in Lagos Island.
Daily Trust reports that Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, said the two commissions of inquiry set up by his administration were not meant to witch-hunt Abdullahi Ganduje, the immediate past governor of the state. The paper highlights the “unending militia war” which has led to the loss of lives and properties in Benue.
Guardian says a group known as Ondo Vanguards for Good Governance has accused Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of the state, of printing fake membership cards ahead of the party’s governorship primary. The newspaper reports that troops have arrested three community leaders in Delta over involvement in the death of military officers in Okuama community.
Tribune reports that the senate is set to commence investigation into the financial records of 774 federal agencies, based on queries raised against them in the 2019 report of the auditor general for the federation. The newspaper says gunmen killed Cajetan Nwokike, a former community leader, in Anambra.

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