Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Monday 19th December, 2022

Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Monday 19th December 2022.

The PUNCH: At least 172 companies may not benefit from about N2.4tn tax waivers under the Pioneer Status Incentive and other tax exemptions as the Federal Government moves to phase out some tax waivers effective 2022, findings by The PUNCH have shown. The Federal Government is phasing out the tax exemptions for mature industries with the 2022 Finance Bill, which President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has sent to the National Assembly

The Guardian: Economists are worried that key drivers of inflation are being sacrificed for penny-chasing and misplaced policies at a time the economy is tail spinning into chaos on the eve of another year. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has embarked on an aggressive interest rate regime to rein in stubbornly high inflation, raising the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 500 basis points since May to 16.5 per cent

Vanguard: AS Nigeria grapples with mass migration of medical personnel to Europe and North America, the same may soon be witnessed in the education sector as the United Kingdom begins employment of qualified Nigerian teachers from February next year. Currently, 350,000 Nigerian teachers are qualified for such employment from a pool of 1.5 million.

The Nation: The hope of a truce between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and the aggrieved five governors before next year’s poll has collapsed. A crucial meeting in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, between the two sides, which their representatives described as final, broke down following irreconcilable differences.

Daily Trust: Sixty-eight days to the presidential and National Assembly elections, multiple potential flashpoints for likely electoral violence have been identified, giving concerns to the country’s security and election stakeholders, Daily Trust reports.

Thank you for reading, that is all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.