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Newspaper Headlines: Queues persist as petrol hits N1,000 per litre

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
August 27, 2024 7:00 am

Reports on the hike in petrol price and the warning strike called by resident doctors perfuse the frontpages today. 

The Punch reports that many filling stations run by independent oil marketers have now fixed the pump prices of petrol between N900 and N1,000/litre. The newspaper says the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has condemned the federal government’s decision to ban under-18 candidates from sitting for the senior school certificate examination (SSCE).
Daily Trust reports that 21 states of the federation are seeking loans amounting to N1.65 trillion to fund their 2024 budget deficits, despite the increase in the allocations they have received from the federation account allocation committee (FAAC) in the last one year. The newspaper says the inspector-general of police has ordered the arrest of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), better known as Shi’ites.
The Guardian reports that Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has asked the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to help end illegal arrest and detention of innocent citizens by law enforcement agencies in the country. The newspaper says the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has commenced a seven-day warning strike over the abduction of their colleague, Ganiyat Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology, National Eye Centre, Kaduna.
THISDAY reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Adeola Ajayi as director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS) and
Ahmed Abubakar as director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The newspaper reports that the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) said the approval of the divestment deal between Oando and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) followed due process and was done in compliance with existing regulations.

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