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Newspaper Headlines: Currency traders petition IGP over EFCC’s clampdown

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November 6, 2022

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The controversy trailing the payment of half salary to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members by the federal government dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

Sunday Punch says foreign currency dealers have petitioned Usman Baba, inspector-general of police, over the clampdown on them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an attempt to save the naira. The newspaper reports that the United Nations says the flood disaster in Bayelsa state is a crisis of significant proportion that deserves attention.

The Nation says Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has perfected plans to win elections in states where five aggrieved PDP governors are chief executives. The newspaper reports that the federal government has said that ASUU members were paid the October salary based on the number of days they work.

Sunday Independent says the federal government has bowed to pressure and rescinded its plans to stop the ongoing presidential amnesty programme for former agitators in the Niger Delta. The newspaper reports Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned the court order authorising interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties linked to Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president.

The Guardian says stakeholders have raised concerns over exploration activities in northern Nigeria as well as the purported discovery of one billion barrels of crude oil in the region. The newspaper reports that Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-cultural group, has bemoaned the spike in cases of terrorism and kidnapping in the country.

Daily Trust says commercial bus drivers in Lagos state have lamented what they described as extortion in the collection of transport levy in the state. The newspaper reports that ASUU national executive meeting (NEC) will hold a meeting on Monday over the payment of half salary to their members

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