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The Punch says 14 candidates in 12 states were missing from the governorship candidates’ list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over litigations and controversies that trailed parties’ primary election. The newspaper reports that insurgents have released 23 remaining Kaduna train hostages.

The Nation says stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have resolved to work for the victory of Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate. The newspaper reports that the Lagos state government has alerted residents living on the banks of the Ogun river to protect themselves against flooding.

Daily Trust says President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is yet to implement the newly proposed teachers’ salary two years after it was announced in 2020 at an event to mark World Teachers Day. The newspaper reports that the senate has approved N3.6 trillion for petrol subsidy and N8.4 trillion borrowing plan for the 2023 budget.

Daily Sun says INEC will deploy undercover security agents at polling units during the 2023 elections. The newspaper reports that the meeting of APC governors and the party’s national working committee (NWC) over the composition of the campaign council ended in deadlock.

THISDAY reports that Buhari said Nigerians owe the military a debt of gratitude for securing the release of 23 remaining Kaduna train victims. The newspaper says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited said oil theft and vandalism massively impacted its capacity to make higher profits like other oil-producing countries.