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Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Saturday 15th July, 2023
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Saturday 15th July 2023.
The PUNCH: The organised labour and some economists have faulted the plan by the Federal Government to transfer ₦8,000 into the accounts of 12 million vulnerable and poor Nigerians over the next six months to cushion the effects of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol.
The Guardian: Calls for auditing and legal action taken against defaulting electricity metre manufacturing firms in the country resonated yesterday as stakeholders queried the bid for a $155 million World Bank loan to import metres as the Federal Government continues in its efforts to bridge the over 8.1million metering gap.
ThisDay: President Bola Tinubu has pledged to firmly protect Benin artefacts returned to the country from different parts of the world as a way of archiving the history of the people in particular and Nigeria in general.
The Nation: The suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele is likely to face charges of illegal possession of gun and live ammunition, Channels Television reported last night. His trial is scheduled for Lagos next week.
Saturday Sun: The Senate and House of Representatives will soon expend over N40 billion to purchase vehicles for lawmakers in the Red and Green Chambers of the National Assembly, Saturday Sun has gathered. No fewer than 107 units of the 2023 model of the Toyota Landcruiser and 358 units of the 2023 model of Toyota Prado would be procured for the use of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives respectively, the newspaper learnt.
Thank you for reading, that is all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.
