The three months ultimatum issued to electricity distribution companies to improve power supply, Africa’s request for debt relief and the crisis over slash in the price of petrol are some of the trending stories in the Nigerian press on Thursday.
This Day said the federal government has issued a three-month ultimatum to power Distribution Companies (Discos) to improve the quality of power supply to their customers or be sanctioned.
The Nation said that African Ministers of Finance have launched a coordinated attempt to secure $100 billion debt relief, following the economic impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the continent.
The Daily Trust said that the COVID-19 status of 20 out of the 36 states governors in Nigeria is not known.
The Punch reported that the Federal Government has relaxed total lockdown it imposed on the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states to curb the spread of COVID-19. It states that markets selling food would open from 10am to 2pm every other day.
Channels Television said that 23 new cases of the COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 174.
The Leadership newspaper said that fuel marketers have closed their filling stations and declined to sell petrol, which the federal government on Tuesday reduced the pump price from N125 to N123 per litre, the second slash within a month.
The Sun newspaper said the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has called on the Federal Government to stay action on the implementation of the new petrol pump price as announced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The Guardian also reported that IPMAN said its members would not comply with the new N123.50k per litre pump price of petrol until they exhausted their old stock.
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