Reports on pensions for outgoing governors, rising inflation of prices of goods, and controversy on the leadership positions in the 10th national assembly dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers
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The Punch reports that at least 18 outgoing governors will retire into lives of luxury with generous pension benefits despite mounting debts and unpaid workers’ salaries. The newspaper says state governments have faulted the plan by the federal government to cede the feeding of inmates in correctional centres to states.
Daily Trust reports that a basket of tomato now costs N70,000 in the southern part of Nigeria as many households and restaurants resort to tomato pastes as alternatives for cooking. The newspaper says at least 38 persons, including children and women, have been reportedly killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in Takalafiya, Karu LGA of Nasarawa state.
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