Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Oil marketers, on Thursday, insisted on a possible hike in the pump price of Premium
1. Oil marketers, on Thursday, insisted on a possible hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, following a further plunge in the value of the naira against the United States dollar. The local currency weakened against the greenback at the black market from 900/dollar on Wednesday to 920/dollar on Thursday.
3. The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said that his administration will work to complete the construction of B6 and B12 roads linking Constitution Avenue to the Abuja City Gate, within the next seven months. Wike, who gave the assurance following a tour of some abandoned projects in Abuja on Thursday, added that the renovation of the Federal Secretariat buildings would also be completed within the next seven to eight months.
5. President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians to vote out governors who are not performing up to expectation. The President made the appeal on Thursday while responding to the request of some Islamic scholars that the Federal Government should monitor the distribution of palliatives given to states to cushion the effects of removal of fuel subsidy.
7. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, said he is under pressure to deploy forces in Niger Republic. Tinubu stated this while hosting top Islamic clerics led by Sheikh Bala Lau at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He okayed the Ulama’s request to continue the talks with the coup leaders. He requested them to expedite action because time is of essence.
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