The controversy trailing the plan to purchase new aircraft for President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima, dominates the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.
The Guardian reports that the National Economic Council was silent on the issue of minimum wage at the end of the NEC meeting on Thursday. The newspaper says the Crude Oil Refineries Association of Nigeria has backed Dangote Refinery on the allegation that the international oil companies are actively obstructing the refinery’s operations. The Guardian reports that the cholera outbreak in the country continues to spread.
The Punch reports that the federal government has announced a national construction and household support programme, which will see 100,000 families in each state get N50,000 grant for three months. The newspaper says the federal government may get emergency vaccines from Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation to contain the cholera outbreak in the country.
The Nation reports that President Bola Tinubu is mobilising governors for massive food production amid rising inflation in the country. The newspaper says the presidential initiative on compressed natural gas has announced a 50 percent cut on the cost of conversion of petrol-powered vehicles to gas.
THISDAY reports that Godswill Akpabio, senate president, said no amount of blackmail will stop the senate from approving new aircraft for the president. The newspaper says Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, said some private jet owners use their aircraft for money laundering and drug trafficking.
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