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Newspaper Headlines: Security agencies begin massive deployment over planned protest

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
July 30, 2024 7:00 am

Reports on the enactment of the N70,000 minimum wage bill, and the order to sell crude oil to Dangote Refinery in naira, permeate the frontpages.

The Punch reports that the military and police have commenced a massive nationwide deployment of soldiers and police officers ahead of the August 1 protest. The newspaper says President Bola Tinubu has signed the minimum wage bill into law.
Daily Trust reports that the federal government has urged youths and other aggrieved Nigerians to shelve their planned protest. The newspaper says subscribers besieged MTN offices in some parts of the country on Monday over barred telephone lines.
THISDAY reports that President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to sell crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other local refineries in naira. The newspaper says the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered telecommunication operators to immediately reconnect all phone lines that were blocked as part of the NIN-SIM verification exercise.
The Nation reports that the Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the training of successful candidates of the police constable recruitment exercise to August 10. The newspaper says the supreme court has announced that Olukayode Ariwoola will retire as chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) on August 22.

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