NIGERIAN PAPERS
1.THISDAY front page headline leads with Dangote releasing a sample of refined petrol and says local production will stabilise the Naira. This as the Dangote refinery began production on Tuesday. In reaction, Femi Otedola has hailed President Tinubu’s support which he has called unwavering. He also says that with the coming of this refinery, Nigerians will now know what the national daily consumption of fuel is.
- NEW TELEGRAPH is reporting a further price hike is imminent as fuel reaches between N855-N940 per litre. The FG is also under fire says the paper as the NLC accuses President Tinubu of betrayal, demands a reversal of this latest fuel hike. The front page also shows pictures of NNPC pump prices in Abuja and Lagos – highlighting the disparity there.
- PUNCH also leads with Labour’s demanding a reversal and some insight from oil marketers who say they are awaiting the price of PMS produced at the Dangote Refinery especially since the NNPC will be using the products from the refinery.
- THE GUARDIAN pictures the dominant faces in Nigeria’s oil industry with a headline looking at the confusion over the new pump price as Dangote petrol sets for market. The Guardian also reports that Nigeria is now the world’s third-most indebted nation to the International Development Association which is an arm of the World Bank. Its financial statements show Nigeria’s exposure to the IDA rose nearly 14.5% from $14.3B in 2023 to $16.5B this year which means the current administration must have accessed $2.2B from the World Bank during the aforementioned period.
- DAILY TRUST in addition to NLC calling for a reversal on the price hike, the paper also reports on a court warrant being issued for the Briton among others over their alleged illegal involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protests last month
AFRICAN PAPERS
DAILY NATION KENYA is reporting on the rejection of the Teacher’s back-to-work deal. There had been accusations of intimidation, threats and denial of cash as some of the tactics the government and the Teachers Service Commission have employed to persuade the Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers to call off their strike.
2.DAILY MONITOR UGANDA is reporting that the country’s main opposition leader Bobi Wine, who has emerged as the most formidable opponent of veteran President Yoweri Museveni, has been shot in the leg by security agents in a northern suburb of the capital, Kampala, his party said. The police said officers had attempted to block Bobi Wine and his team from marching down a road, resulting in an altercation in which he was injured. An investigation would be conducted to clarify the facts, the police said in a statement on X. There’s also mention of Ugandan long distance athlete Rebecca Cheptegei who ran in the paris Olympics is fighting for her life in hospital after she was allegedly doused in petrol and set alight in Kenya.
DAILY GRAPHIC GHANA is reporting that Speaker of the House Alban Bagbin has expressed concerns that the frequent invocation of Article 112 (3) to recall Parliament within a session of the current Parliament could disrupt planned legislative annual budget and workflow, drain national resources, and affect the overall productivity of Parliament and therefore described it as an “abuse”
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
MIRROR UK 14-year-old boy is held over the killing of a frail 80-year-old grandfather – just 30 seconds away from home after he had been out walking a dog.
