The directive by President Muhammadu Buhari for the stoppage of foreign exchange for the importation of food is one of the trending stories in the Nigerian press on Wednesday.
Many newspapers and ChannelsTV reported that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop providing foreign exchange for the importation of food into the country.
Buhari disclosed this when he hosted the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors to Eid-el-Kabir lunch at his country home in Daura, Katsina State.
The Punch is irked by the unceasing traffic congestion in Apapa ports. It reported that despite efforts by a Presidential panel headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to clear roads leading in and out of the Apapa ports in Lagos of gridlock, soldiers and touts have continued to frustrate the project.
The extortionists are said to be making about N1 million everyday from desperate truckers trying to use a section of the road not meant for them.
The Guardian said that the Nigeria Police Force has denied knowledge of the arrest of any of its personnel over the killing of three policemen in Taraba State by soldiers.
The police stated this in response to reports that two policemen working at the Ibi Division in Taraba State were arrested by the panel set up by the Defence Headquarters to investigate the killings, for allegedly leaking information to the suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume, of plans to arrest him.
The Sun said that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has transmitted the second list of his cabinet nominees to the Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) for confirmation.
The Nation reported that the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Walid Jibrin, has thrown his weight behind the controversial Rural Grazing Areas (RUGA) programme.
He urged Nigerians to embrace the establishment of cattle settlement as proposed by the Federal Government.
ThisDay said the increase in passenger and aircraft movements to international destinations has triggered a higher demand for Nigeria’s passport booklets.
The Tribune said that Ebola may soon be a “preventable and treatable” disease after the trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survival rates, scientists have said.
Four drugs were trialed on patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is a major outbreak of the virus.
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