Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Saturday, 4th January 2025.
The PUNCH: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed the recent invitation the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited extended to him, describing it as disrespectful. The NNPCL had, through its spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, invited the former president for a tour of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries.
Guardian: Nigeria produces approximately 32 million tons of waste every year. This is why Yale Centre for Environmental Law and Policy regards the country as a leading producer of waste in Africa. Nigeria is also listed among the 30 countries with the worst waste management practice out of 180 countries in the world.
Vanguard: If the National Assembly approves President Bola Tinubu’s N49.74 trillion 2025 budget proposal, it means in 27 years Nigeria has budgeted N232.546 trillion. The figure is the summation of the various budgets and supplementary budgets passed by the National Assembly since 1999, according to Saturday Vanguard’s check.
ThisDay: The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike yesterday stressed that he would not tender an apology to former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili over recent negative remarks he made against the elder statesman. The FCT Minister said this at a luncheon he organised for his political associates and stakeholders at his residence in Port Harcourt.
The Nation: Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday attributed federal government’s cancellation of a Public, Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement for the management of the Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries approved by the Obasanjo government in 2007 to the questionable circumstances surrounding the deal.