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Newspaper Headlines: Petrol queues resurface as thieves vandalise oil pipelines

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August 30, 2023

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Reports on the crisis rocking the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and planned inauguration of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, dominate the front pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that long queues for petrol are beginning to resurface at filling stations in Lagos and Ogun states. The newspaper says over three million Nigerian farmers may struggle to repay over N700bn anchor borrowers’ programme loan of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) owing to flooding.

The Nation says the federal government has saved N1.83 trillion in less than three months after it stopped the payment of subsidy on petrol. The newspaper reports that the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RAMFAC) said the chief justice of Nigeria earns more than the vice-president and senate president.

Nigerian Tribune reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised the rumoured talks of a possible merger of major opposition parties in the country. The newspaper says the national working committee of the APC has distanced itself from a campaign list containing the name of Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT).

Daily Independent says the crisis in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has worsened as the party’s board of trustees (BoT) has suspended Rabiu Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential candidate. The newspaper reports that President Bola Tinubu has appointed board members and management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

THISDAY says Lagos has been ranked as the fifth best African city to live, work, and invest in, according to a report by Brand Finance City index 2023. The newspaper reports that Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation, has asked lawyers in the country to support him in his new task.

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