Newspaper Headlines: Petrol subsidy removal not meant to punish Nigerians, says Ngige

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Newspaper Headlines: Petrol subsidy removal not meant to punish Nigerians, says Ngige

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November 26, 2021

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The directive issued by President Muhammadu Buhari to service chiefs on tackling insurgency and banditry in the country appeared on the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that the federal government may deduct the N5,000 palliative to be given to 40 million Nigerians from the federation account. The newspaper says the Lagos state government is planning 3,400 housing units for workers.

Daily Independent reports that Buhari has said the Anambra governorship election shows that the 2023 general election is not under threat. The newspaper says the federal government may apply stiffer sanctions against oil companies degrading the Niger Delta.

The Nation reports that Chris Ngige, minister of Labour, has assured Nigerians that the removal of petrol subsidy is not intended to punish them. The newspaper says a federal high court in Abuja has declared the activities of “Yan Bindiga group” and “Yan Ta’adda group” and other similar groups in the north as “acts of terrorism and illegality”.

The Guardian reports that Buhari has again ordered service chiefs to tackle banditry and insurgency in the country. The newspaper says Nigeria risks fourth wave as South Africa has detected a deadlier COVID-19 variant.

THISDAY reports that Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has inaugurated the N500 million youth entrepreneurs’ scheme. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said the malfunctioning of BVAS during the Anambra governorship election is due to human error, the newspaper says.

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