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In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the Federal Government saying it would offer a discount on petrol dispensed at the filling stations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited for the next 30 days.
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In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the Nigerian Army, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Police combing Imo forest in search of kidnapped members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
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In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with public sector unions under the aegis of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, directing all federal, state and local government employees, including staff of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) nationwide, to begin a three-day warning strike from midnight Friday over the failure of government to address their demands.
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In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with public servants under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council reaffirming that they would carry out a warning strike on October 2 over the rising cost of petrol, the demand for a wage award and the commencement of negotiations for a new national minimum wage.
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In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) looking into restrictions imposed by some banks on customers in order to compel banks to honour all legitimate withdrawal requests from domiciliary accounts and dispense foreign currencies as requested by account holders.
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In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan; former Nigerian Bar Association President, Mazi Afam Osigwe (SAN) and political economist, Prof. Patrick Utomi, warning that democracy is weakened when the courts become the arena in which electoral victories are finally decided.
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In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with mixed reactions to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s three per cent interest rate cut, as the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) was reduced from 26.5 per cent to 23 per cent.
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In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with about 22 companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) carrying varying levels of debt, totalling N21.3 trillion in the second quarter of 2026, as they seek to finance their operations and generate profits.
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In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with a report that there are indications that the Federal Government’s capital budget for 2026 may record zero implementation at the end of the fiscal year, forcing further extensions across multiple fiscal years.
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In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the feud between the All Progressives Congress governors and Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike, deepening, with APC leadership in the South-East throwing its weight behind the Progressive Governors’ Forum, demanding full party support for all APC candidates in the 2027 general elections.
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