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The Punch reports that only six states and the federal capital territory (FCT) have fully implemented the contributory pension scheme as of the end of June 2023. The Ondo state house of assembly has asked Lucky Aiyedatiwa, deputy governor of the state, to withdraw all the court cases filed against the impeachment process as part of the conditions for settling the matter.

The Nation reports that China has promised to fund more rail and power projects in Nigeria. The newspaper reports that Godswill Akpabio, senate president, said there is no breakdown of decorum in the upper chamber of the national assembly.

Daily Independent says Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last poll, has asked the supreme court to reject technicality and admit fresh evidence in the appeal of the verdict of the presidential election tribunal. The newspaper reports that Nigeria lost N2.9 trillion to contract fraud from 2018 to 2020.

The Guardian reports that inadequacies of the Electoral Act 2022 have emerged with the leeway for political aspirants to submit unverified credentials to contest for elections. The newspaper says seven million customers in Nigeria are unmetered as power generation drops to 4,387 megawatts.

Daily Trust reports that the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has blamed the scarcity of petrol in Lagos, Abuja and across states on the unstable value of the foreign exchange. The newspaper says Borno has recorded 481 cases of diphtheria and 59 deaths in 14 LGAs.