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The Punch reports that economists and opposition parties have criticised President Muhammadu Buhari and the senate over the decision of the upper chamber to approve the N22.7 trillion extra-budgetary spending of the federal government. The newspaper says the national working committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed to take a decision on zoning the 10th national assembly leadership positions.

Daily Trust says the opposition parties have intensified their plot to upstage the APC in the contest for the speaker of the 10th national assembly. The newspaper reports that the first batch of Nigerians stranded in Sudan returned to the country yesterday night from Egypt.

THISDAY reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have asked the court to dismiss the suit of Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour, against Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Daily Independent reports that Bola Tinubu, president-elect, said his administration will not marginalise any region of the country. The newspaper reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled a new national development plan.

The Nation reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress(TUC) disrupted Owerri-bound flights at Lagos and Abuja airports. The newspaper reports that the APC NWC may have agreed to adopt consensus in the contest for the 10th national assembly leadership positions.