The continuing reprisal against attacks on Nigerians in South Africa and the deployment of a commercial aircraft to evacuate Nigerians willing to return home are some of the trending stories on Thursday.
The Punch said that protests against xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa continued on Wednesday with the Federal Government declaring that Nigeria would boycott the World Economic Forum on Africa, which began in South Africa on Wednesday.
The Guardian said the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, has expressed shock over the raid on Shoprite plazas across the territory by protesters over recent Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
He, however, urged residents of the territory, especially students and youths, not to carry out retaliatory attacks on any South African national and business interests in the FCT.
Channels Television reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Air Peace Airlines has volunteered to send an aircraft to South Africa from Friday, September 6, to evacuate Nigerians, who wish to return to the country, free of charge.
The Sun said the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) have disclosed that over 81 percent of taxable adults and businesses in Nigeria do not pay their taxes.
The Tribune said the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has disclosed that the 2020 Appropriation Bill will be presented to the National Assembly by the end of this month.
ThisDay said that bandits in Katsina State on Wednesday gave Governor Aminu Bello Masari conditions for dialogue, insisting that the state government should release their members arrested and detained in various prisons across the country before they would accept to discuss with the government.
The Daily Trust said the Police Service Commission (PSC) has warned applicants of its ongoing recruitment of 10,000 police constables to disregard a list of some candidates circulating on social media.
The Nation reported that special force will be deployed in the Southwest to battle the escalated insecurity in the region.
The forces, to be commanded by a commissioner of police, will be supported with technology, better equipment and Community Police Officers (CPOs).
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