Naijaonpoint looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Monday 9th September 2024.
The PUNCH: Oil marketers may begin the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, following the recent declaration by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited that it would only fully offtake the product from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery if the market prices of the commodity were higher than the pump prices in Nigeria.
Vanguard: The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, weekend, warned that the increase in petrol price by the federal government has put most Nigerians at a breaking point.
The Nation: Nigeria’s first domestic foreign currency-denominated bond recorded significant oversubscription, underlining investors’ confidence in the country’s economic outlook. It was learnt at the weekend that the medium-term $500 million bond witnessed overwhelming subscriptions from local and foreign investors.
Daily Trust: Forty-eight people have lost their lives as a result of a petrol tanker explosion that occurred along Bida-Agaie-Lapai- Road in Niger State. Alhaji Abdullah- Baba-Arah, Director-General, Niger Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Sunday. He said the agency received a report of a deadly tanker explosion that occurred on Sunday at about 12:30 am along Bida-Agaie-Lapai highway.
