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Newspaper Headlines: US promises timely delivery of attack helicopters to Nigeria

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
July 17, 2024 7:00 am

Reports on the race to conduct LGA elections by state governments after the supreme court’s judgment on council autonomy, dominate the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

Daily Trust reports that the cost of domestic air fares within Nigeria is now higher than regional tickets within neighbouring African countries. The newspaper says governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will meet in Enugu today to discuss issues affecting the party, especially the political situation in Rivers state.
The Punch reports that the US has promised timely delivery of attack helicopters to Nigeria. The newspaper says the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to shut down the country for a month in protest against plans by the national assembly to deregulate the national minimum wage.
The Guardian says 11 Nigerian universities are struggling with the payment of N2.92 billion electricity bill monthly. The newspaper says the federal high court in Abuja has issued an arrest warrant against Abraham Ehizojie, a medical doctor at the health facility in Kuje correctional centre, over his failure to produce the medical report of Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance Holdings Ltd.
Vanguard reports that the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) have blamed the current state of the country’s economy on the policies of the federal government.
THISDAY reports that the military, in collaboration with the Nigeria Police, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), and other security agencies, has again declared war on oil thieves in the Niger Delta area. The newspaper says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded Nigeria’s 2024 economic growth forecast to 3.1 percent, from the 3.3 percent it had previously estimated.

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