The Punch said indications have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari might clash with governors if he presented a bill to the National Assembly, proposing N30,000 as the national minimum wage without considering the states’ ability to pay.
The Sun said President Buhari has named Bismarck Rewane, financial and economic expert, as head of the newly inaugurated Presidential Advisory Committee on New National Minimum Wage at the Council Chambers, at the State House, Abuja.
The Leadership newspaper reported that for Nigerians, who may be expecting to witness another naira rain in the ongoing electioneering process, it will no longer be business as usual, as President Muhammadu Buhari warned his ministers that he would not authorise the use of any money from the nation’s treasury to fund campaigns for the 2019 general elections.
The newspaper also reported that the federal government has approved the establishment of four new private universities.
The Vanguard said that the oil price rebound reached a significant point, selling at $60 per barrel, as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), continue to withdraw excess oil from the international market.
The Guardian said that members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also called Shiites, have staged protests to the consulates of the United States of America and the British High Commission in Abuja
The Nation newspaper said Dangote Group President Aliko Dangote has retained his Africa’s richest man position for the eighth consecutive time despite the fact that his wealth dipped by $2 billion.
Dangote’s net worth value, which stood at $12.2 billion in January, last year, is down to $10 billion a year after, the Forbes’ Africa Billionaires List released yesterday showed.
ThisDay newspaper reported that former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to invite legal giants to seek their views on the implications of his continued detention by the federal government.