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The Punch reports that the President Bola Tinubu administration is planning to spend N6.75 trillion of its projected N27.5 trillion budget on defence and security, education, and infrastructure in 2024. The newspaper says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cancelled the deadline of old naira notes.

The Nation reports that Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Ondo deputy governor, will today preside over the state executive council meeting — three months after the last one was held. The newspaper says the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced dates for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The Guardian reports that Nigeria and other African countries have gathered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28). The newspaper says teaching hospitals might shut down due to shortage of nurses and doctors, worsened by the trend of relocation abroad.

Daily Trust reports that the controversy on the diversion of an Abuja-bound United Nigeria Airlines flight to Asaba has deepened with the flight dispatchers and air traffic controllers disagreeing over the incident. The newspaper says bandits have killed 18 hunters in Taraba.

THISDAY reports that Wale Edun, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, said the 2024 budget is based on realistic assumptions. The newspaper says the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) has unveiled plans to re-introduce a corporate governance code for not-for-profit organisations and the public sector.