Newspaper Headlines: FG seeks WHO assistance for emergency deployment against diphtheria

The Punch reports that organised labour has insisted on the Wednesday nationwide protest despite the rollout of subsidy removal palliative plans by Tinubu, on Monday. The newspaper says the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transport Workers of Nigeria has said its members are planning to dump the top e-hailing firms in the country due to their refusal to allow collective bargaining by drivers.

The Nation says Tinubu has urged the armed forces to maintain teamwork to restore peace and stability across the country. The newspaper reports that the Lagos government has approved a 50 percent reduction in the fares of all state-owned transportation services.

Daily Independent reports that shareholders of manufac­turing giants have reasons to worry over the instability in the foreign exchange market. The newspaper says controversy is brewing in Kano over the reinstate­ment of Muhammad Sanusi II portrait at corona­tion arena, Kano government house.

Nigerian Tribune reports that Tinubu has assured workers that the federal government is collaborating with the labour unions to increase the national minimum wage. The newspaper says the senate has screened 14 ministerial nominees, including Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers.

THISDAY reports that the federal government has appealed to Femi Falana, the counsel to organised labour, to prevail on the unions to halt the proposed nationwide protest. The newspaper says the federal government has requested the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the deployment of 18 rapid response teams to support the management of diphtheria disease.