Newspaper Headlines: Petrol scarcity worsens as marketers load at N780/litre
BY Ayodele Oluwafemi
August 22, 2024 7:00 AM
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Reports on the protracted crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the hike in passport fees perfuse the frontpages.
The Punch reports that Umar Damagum, acting national chairman of the PDP, and Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), have berated Edwin Clark after the elder statesman accused them of “colluding” to destroy the party. The newspaper says bilateral customers owe Nigeria $14.19 million for electricity. Vanguard reports that marketers have started lifting petrol from private depots at N780 per litre from N595 per litre — amid scarcity of the product. The newspaper says Kenya and Uganda have written to the federal government to verify records presented by Nigerian candidates seeking admissions into tertiary institutions in their respective countries.The Nation reports that the federal government has increased the price of obtaining the country’s passport. The newspaper reports that the plot to remove Damagum has deepened the crisis in the PDP.Daily Trust reports that the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) said it killed five Boko Haram commanders during air strikes in Borno. The newspaper says Isah Bawa, the Emir of Gobir in Gawata town of Sokoto state, has been killed by bandits, three weeks after he was kidnapped.The Guardian reports that many Nigerians are not impressed by the performances of the ministers inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu a year ago. The newspaper says senior lawyers and leaders of civil society organisations (CSOs) have asked Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to use her tenure as the incoming chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) to elevate the standards of Nigeria’s judiciary.