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The Punch newspaper reports that Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is battling for survival as the plot for his removal is mounting. The court has stopped the federal government from arresting and freezing the accounts of Igboho.

Daily Independent says there is a lifeline for Secondus in the leadership crisis rocking PDP as the seven deputy national officers that resigned appeared to be sheathing their swords. The newspaper says flood wreaked havoc in Osogbo, Osun state, rendering many homeless.

The Guardian reports that the federal government and Twitter are silent as the ban on the microblogging platform in Nigeria clocks two months. The newspaper says it was an emotional atmosphere in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, when the bodies of the five prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, who died in a road accident, were brought for burial.

THISDAY says the federal executive council (FEC) has approved $11.174 billion for the construction of Lagos-Calabar coastal rail. The newspaper reports that a US court sought a 10-day pre-trial detention of Abba Kyari, deputy commissioner over his indictment in Hushpuppi’s fraud.

Daily Times reports that Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has denied the report that he is behind the plot to sack Secondus as PDP national chairman. The newspaper says the federal government has approved $1.4 billion for rehabilitation of Warri and Kaduna refineries.