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The Punch says the federal government has earmarked N1.35 trillion for the war against insurgency in the country. The newspaper reports that no fewer than 101 suspected Boko Haram terrorists have been allegedly released from the Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, Lagos state.

The Nation says aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who belong to the camp of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, will shun the launch of the party’s presidential campaign in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital, on Monday. The newspaper reports that over $15 million worth of rice has been washed away as flood submerged 4,500 hectares of Olam Rice farmland in Rukubi Doma LGA, Nasarawa state.

Daily Trust says 62 airlines that operated in the Nigerian aviation space have gone moribund since 1960. The newspaper reports that 3,000 people have been rendered homeless as flood sacked 17 communities in Imo state.

THISDAY reports that the federal government has waded into the dispute involving the Kogi government and Dangote Group on the ownership of the Obajana cement plant. The newspaper says President Muhammadu has expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the recent boat accident that claimed over 76 lives in Anambra state.

Daily Independent says analysts have predicted that the only way the federal government can fund the 2023 budget deficit is through the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) ways and means. The newspaper reports that gunmen set ablaze the Inyi police division in Oji-River LGA of Enugu state and killed two police officers on duty.