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The Punch says the defence headquarters has vowed to resist anything that would truncate Nigeria’s democracy ahead of the May 29 handover. The newspaper says the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has approved 173 digital lending applications to operate in the country.

Daily Trust reports that Nigeria imported N300 billion worth of palm oil in six years despite dollar restrictions. The newspaper says Nigeria is still struggling to find buyers for its oil as strikes at French refineries and seasonal maintenance at plants elsewhere in Europe affect demand.

Daily Independent reports that some members of the national working committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have accused Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman and Iyiola Omisore, national secretary, of reducing the party’s executive to rubber stamp. The newspaper says the Kaduna government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the Sabin Garin Nasarawa-Tirkaniya area of Chikun LGA of the state.

The Guardian reports that Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and Arewa youths have rejected the alleged plan to install an interim government ahead of the May 29 inauguration.

THISDAY reports that heavy gunshots and violence disrupted a visit by members of APC and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, to demand the certified true copies (CTC) of the March 18 election result sheets.