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The Punch reports that the federal government has been criticised over security operatives’ attack on those protesting against insecurity in the north. The newspaper says the Debt Management Office (DMO) said the federal government’s debt servicing gulped N2.49 trillion in nine months.

Daily Sun says the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked Ohanaeze Ndigbo to stop begging the north for power shift. The newspaper reports that gunmen killed a lawmaker and four others in Kaduna

The Nation reports that the federal government faulted the assessment of the Buhari administration by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The newspaper says Lagos government has commenced the prosecution of COVID-rule violators.

Daily Independent says the federal government will toll Lagos-Ibadan, Abuja-Kano roads and the second Niger bridge after completion. The newspaper says the federal government has arraigned 15 suspects linked to the invasion of the residence of Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court.

The Guardian reports that the federal executive council (FEC) has approved a 20 percent increase in the salaries of police officers. The newspaper says Lassa fever killed two doctors in Nasarawa specialist hospital.