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Newspaper Headlines: Persistent petrol scarcity cripples economic activities across the country

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March 1, 2022
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The planned evacuation of Nigerians arriving from Ukraine to Poland, Romania and Hungary owing to the ongoing war dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Nation reports that the worsened petrol scarcity across the country has crippled economic activities. The newspaper says the federal government has disclosed that Nigerians arriving from Ukraine to other countries will be evacuated on Wednesday.


The Punch reports that Adamu Adamu, minister of education, walked out on students who were protesting the ongoing warning strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) during a meeting. The newspaper says some senior advocates of Nigeria (SANs) have rejected the move of the national assembly to grant immunity to the office of the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN).


Daily Independent reports that governors and Abubakar Aliyu, minister of power, have opposed the electricity bill being considered by the senate. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to shame any lawmaker who will vote against the autonomy of the local government, the newspaper says.


Daily Trust says 52 days after President Muhammadu Buhari directed that the ministry of transportation to conclude the boat service agreement initiated by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to halt revenue loss, the contract is yet to be sealed. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said over 3,000 Nigerians were killed by COVID-19 infection in two years, the newspaper reports.


THISDAY reports that the US has cut off Russia’s central bank from dollar transactions over the invasion of Ukraine. The newspaper says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the notice of the 2023 elections.

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