Newspaper Headlines: Families paid N800m to secure release of 7 Kaduna train captives

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Newspaper Headlines: Families paid N800m to secure release of 7 Kaduna train captives

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July 11, 2022

The selection of Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno, as the running mate of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), dominated the front pages of Nigerian dailies.

The Punch reports that petrol price has hit N250 per litre in Abuja and some other states as queues spread. The newspaper says manufacturers in Nigeria have threatened to shut down over the soaring diesel prices.

The Nation reports that Tinubu has credited competence for choosing Shettima as his running mate on the APC ticket for the 2023 elections. The newspaper says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has tightened e-payment rules for commercial banks.

TheGuardian reports that the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has hit APC over the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket. The newspaper says textile workers have announced their readiness to join the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Daily Trust reports that families paid N800m to secure the release of seven Kaduna train captives. The newspaper says two pupils died of suffocation on a school bus in Lagos.

Daily Sun reports that the death toll in the Lagos boat mishap has risen to 17 as more bodies have been discovered. The newspaper says the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) alleged that there is a plot to attack Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).

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