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The Punch reports that the menace of abduction in the north-west zone of the country has spread nationwide as bandits and other criminal elements have moved their operations into major cities across the country. The newspaper says Nyesom Wike, minister of the FCT, is busy with the politics of Rivers state while residents of the capital city live in fear of kidnappers and robbers.

The Nation reports that President Bola Tinubu said Nigeria is on the verge of economic recovery and prosperity. The newspaper says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has opened a bid to privatise the operation of its Port Harcourt refinery.

Daily Trust reports that Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, will today appear before the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) over the involvement of a company he co-founded in a N438 million contract by the ministry of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation. The newspaper says residents have fled their houses after bandits attacked a military camp in Nahuta village, Batsari LGA of Katsina.

The Guardian reports that Nigeria may fail to produce about 138 million barrels of crude oil worth $10.73 billion in 2024. The newspaper says Nigeria’s inflation rate ended 2023 at 28.9 percent.

THISDAY reports that Tinubu and other Nigerian leaders have honoured the nation’s living and fallen heroes by laying wreaths at the tomb of the unknown soldier, at the National Arcade, Abuja. The newspaper says kidnappers who abducted 10 people from Sagwari estate, Bwari area council of the federal capital territory (FCT) on January 7, 2024, have killed two more of the abductees.