Newspaper Headlines: FG enlists eight judges to try 2,000 Boko Haram suspects

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Newspaper Headlines: FG enlists eight judges to try 2,000 Boko Haram suspects

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July 8, 2023

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Reports on tax reforms and the sit-at-home situation in the south-east dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that the federal government is set to commence the trial of about 2,000 Boko Haram members and has lined up eight judges to handle the special trial. The newspaper says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it received no fewer than 35,453 complaints from bank customers relating to failed transactions in the last 10 years.

The Nation says the federal government has launched an ambitious tax drive aimed at doubling revenue over the next three years. The newspaper reports that the sit-at-home protest called by the Simon Ekpa faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was largely ignored by residents of Ebonyi and Abia states on Friday.

Vanguard reports that northern leaders have warned President Bola Tinubu not to negotiate with bandits. The newspaper says the supreme court has overturned the conviction of Peter Nwaoboshi, a former senator who represented Delta north.

Daily Trust reports that Nigerians are expressing mixed feelings over the failure of the federal government to provide palliatives to cushion the effects of removal of petrol subsidy. The newspaper says Tinubu has approved the establishment of a presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms.

The Guardian reports that residents of the south-east are calling on Tinubu and state governors to halt the sit-at-home orders issued by a faction of IPOB.

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