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The Punch reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is planning to extend the massive raid on forex dealers to other parts of the country. The newspaper says Kwankwaso said he will recruit 1.5 million soldiers and police officers to tackle insecurity.

The Nation says Tinubu said he would decentralise the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to ensure improvement in the power supply. The newspaper reports that the federal government said the recent terror alerts by the United States and the United Kingdom would have long-term negative effects on Nigeria’s economy.

Daily Trust reports that bandits have abducted 39 children working on a farm in Faskari LGA of Katsina state. Abubakar Aliyu, minister of power, said EFCC is probing the execution of the Mambilla hydropower project, the newspaper says.

THISDAY reports that Tinubu said he would end the payment of petrol subsidy if elected president. The newspaper says Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has dared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ignore the five aggrieved governors in the party or lose the 2023 presidential election.

Daily Sun reports that Edwin Clark, leader of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), said Buhari breached the constitution by not formally transmitting power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo before leaving for medical checkup in London. The newspaper says one person was feared dead in a fire incident at a four-storey building at Adeola Odeku in Victoria Island, Lagos.