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Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Friday, 11 February, 2022
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Friday, February, 11th 2022.
Two policemen and a civilian have been confirmed dead after armed robbers attacked a bullion van conveying money from a bank on Iwo Road to the Idi-Ape area of Ibadan, Oyo State. PUNCH Metrogathered that one of the hoodlums was also killed during a shootout with the police.
Nearly a week after the country almost ran aground owing to the withdrawal of large amount of contaminated petrol across states, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, weighed in on the crisis by ordering that producers and providers of the dirty fuel be held accountable for substandard services and products sold by them, The Guardian reports.
According to The Nation, a major row broke out yesterday over the importation of adulterated petrol. Some of the firms accused by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited of importing the toxic petrol denied culpability.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced plans to stop selling foreign currency (forex) – US dollar, euro, pound sterling, among others – to banks, Daily Trust reports
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Daily Independent reports, has announced an initiative named, RT200 Programme, to stimulate nonoil exports, with a $200 billion FX income target in the next three to five years to address inadequate foreign exchange in the country.
Thank you for reading, that all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.
