The approval of N4 trillion for petrol subsidy by the national assembly dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.
The Punch reports that the United States government approved the sale of 12 AH-1Z cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria. The newspaper says the federal government has fixed April 2023 for the first national census in 17 years.
The Nation says experts have warned that the country’s economy will be negatively impacted by the budget of N4 trillion for petrol subsidy. The newspaper says the national executive committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may meet after the Easter celebrations to discuss plans for the party’s primaries.
Daily Independent reports that some APC stakeholders are considering a northern presidential candidate to checkmate the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The newspaper says the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said 11,536 schools have been closed in Nigeria since December 2020.
The Guardian reports that there is uncertainty over the education of Nigerian students who returned from Ukraine owing to the war in the European country. The newspaper says kidnappers of Hassan Shamidozhi, the traditional ruler of Bukpe, Abuja, have asked the monarch’s family to raise N6 million as ransom within 24 hours or risk losing him.
The Nigerian Tribune says gunmen killed an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during voter registration in Ihitte-Uboma LGA, Imo state. The newspaper reports that Dayabu Garga, chairman of Kanam LGA, Plateau, said 106 people have been buried following violent attacks in some communities.
By Ayodele Oluwafemi/TheCable
