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Newspaper Headlines: Workers in Nigerian embassies groan over six-month unpaid salaries

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
February 19, 2025 7:00 am

Reactions continue to trail the death of Edwin Clark, the elder statesman, and the rebasing of Nigeria’s inflation rate.

The crisis in the Lagos house of assembly also permeates the frontpages today.

 

Nigerian Tribune reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed bank directors with non-performing insider-related loans to step down immediately. The newspaper says former President Goodluck Jonathan has kicked against the deployment of military personnel for election duties, saying the military has its primary responsibility of protecting the nation’s territorial integrity.
The Punch reports that at least 450 foreign service officers in 109 Nigerian missions abroad have yet to receive their salaries for the past five to six months. The Lagos state house of assembly said Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s first lady, has no hand in the leadership crisis rocking the legislature, according to the newspaper. 
Daily Trust reports that the United States government is set to investigate how past aid allocated to Nigeria and other countries were utilised.
The Guardian’s cover story is a tribute to Clark, the prominent Ijaw leader, who died on Monday. The newspaper says the house of representatives has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct by-elections to fill vacant seats in national and state assemblies.
THISDAY says the Netherlands is set to return 119 Benin bronzes to Nigeria, following a request from the federal government. The newspaper reports that Adeyemi Adeniran, statistician-general of the federation and chief executive of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has announced improvements to the reporting of the consumer price index (CPI) with the rebasing exercise.

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