Index to Nigerian Newspapers

Nigerian feature film, Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), has been nominated for the 2022 NAACP Image Award, a yearly awards ceremony organised by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The nomination comes weeks after the film was listed by The Guardian UK among best films of 2021. It will battle 7 Prisoners, African America, Flee and The Gravedigger's Wife in the Outstanding International Motion Picture category. The NAACP Image Awards was first organised and presented on August 13, 1967 by activists Maggie Hathaway, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Willis Edwards. It was first taped for television by NBC in 1987 and broadcast in Primetime beginning in 1996. The first live broadcast of the awards occurred in 2007. This year's class is a star-studded list with nominations for everyone from Megan Thee Stallion to Jonathan Majors, Ariana DeBose, Marsai Martin, Denzel Washington and more. Winners will be revealed during a two-hour special on BET on February 26, 2022.

The Organised Private Sector (OPS) and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) have warned of dire consequences of the Federal Government's suspension of the planned withdrawal of the subsidy regime announced on Monday. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the removal of fuel subsidy until further notice and proposed an 18 months extension to the National Assembly for the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has stated that government is working to ensure proper structures are in place before such a decision becomes inevitable. CEO of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), Dr Muda Yusuf, warned that the cost of funding the subsidy will be much higher this year due to the surge in crude oil price, and that some states may have to lay off some of their workforce.