Newsflash Nigeria looks at today’s front pages of Nigerian newspapers:
THE GUARDIAN:
The Guardian says local aviation risks collapse in the country as only 38 out of 90 aeroplanes are currently active.
Beyond the withdrawal of services by two scheduled carriers, the entire local aviation sector may be in for a shutdown of operations over a steady loss of fleet capacity that has made schedule reliability near impossible. Findings by The Guardian showed that the eight active airlines are operating a cumulative 38.77 per cent fleet capacity, with a total of 60 out of 98 listed aeroplanes grounded, pending the availability of foreign exchange earnings to defray maintenance costs.
The newspaper reports that 15 new cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in 10 states.
THE NATION:
The Nation reports that states are taking measures to prevent attacks, following the rising insecurity in Abuja and some parts of the north. Security is being beefed up in Lagos and around the Enugu metropolis.
The newspaper says Nigeria and other African countries have written a letter to the G-20 countries to extend their debt servicing timeline.
THE PUNCH:
The Punch says Nigerians, who could not participate in the continuous voter registration (CVR), which ended on July 31, have expressed frustration over the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the CVR.
The stranded applicants in interviews with The PUNCH thumbed down the decision of the commission to stop the CVR, describing it as a way to disenfranchise them.
The newspaper says electricity distribution companies (DisCos) said the federal government has failed to pay the N100bn subsidy on electricity since the privatisation of the sector.
THIS DAY:
This Day said Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said the work of Nigeria’s next president in 2023 was already cut out for him and it’s to unite the people.
Atiku, who claimed the hallmark of his aspiration was to unite Nigerians and the country that has been disunited by the All Progressives Congress (APC) due to its misrule, however, rallied the support of the youths and women ahead of next year’s election.
Relatedly, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and other stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), including governors of the party, yesterday, met in Abuja, with a view to reconciling Atiku and Wike.
DAILY TRUST:
Daily Trust says the Nigerian stock market rakes in N831 billion in six months despite global disruptions.
Despite the compounding damage from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has magnified the slowdown in the global economy, the country’s capital market activities remain positive in the first half of 2022 as both local and foreign investors on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) traded N831.83 billion worth of equities.
The newspaper says officials of the Department of State Services have arrested a suspected spy of Boko Haram, who took up a security job in Abeokuta, Ogun state.
DAILY INDEPENDENT:
Daily Independent says DisCos have cried out over what they described as the federal government’s attempt to renationalise electricity firms.
The newspaper reports that Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has asked the national assembly to tread softly on the impeachment threat to President Muhammadu Buhari.
