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Newspaper Headlines: Court extends account freeze order to October 9 in Osun LG funds case

The incessant bandit attacks in Kwara dominate the cover pages of today’s newspapers. 

Daily Trust reports that a federal high court has halted police enforcement of its tinted glass permit policy. The newspaper says bridges and roads have been submerged by floods in Taraba and Kebbi states.

The Nation reports that President Bola Tinubu said he is committed to making the south-east great again. The newspaper says former president Goodluck Jonathan said Boko Haram once nominated late ex-president Muhammadu Buhari as negotiator — a claim Garba Shehu has rejected. 
The Guardian says the court has extended the freezing of Osun account order till October 9. The newspaper reports that Afenifere has been left fuming over incursion of terrorists into Kwara and Kogi states. 
Punch details the bloody bandit attack that emptied a Kwara community. The newspaper says police officers in Nasarawa have been freed after the murder of seven Lagos traders.
Sun says the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) shut two Chinese supermarkets and 8 cosmetic shops in Abuja. The newspaper reports that the federal government is under fire over its claim that N330 billion has been disbursed to eight million households under its social investment programme.
Tribune reports former president Olusegun Obasanjo as saying that Boko Haram, banditry, and kidnapping are now intertwined in Nigeria. The newspaper reports that nurses and midwives at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) teaching hospital have suspended their industrial action following the intervention of Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo.
New Telegraph reports that Yemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said the $7 billion forex backlog settlement contributed to external reserves growth. The newspaper says cardinal John Onaiyekan has told President Bola Tinubu that his reforms should end insecurity and corruption.

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