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The Punch reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and LP have faulted the telephone conversation between Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state, and Bola Tinubu, president-elect. The newspaper says Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to limit its corruption probe to officials of the presidency and members of the federal executive council.

The Nation says Tinubu has promised Nigerians institutional reforms. The newspaper reports that EFCC has written to some outgoing governors over probe of alleged corruption and abuse of office.

The Guardian reports that there is growing disquiet among politicians over moves by some members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet to be appointed as ministers by Tinubu. The newspaper says telecommunications firms have issued an ultimatum to banks over unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) debt.

Daily Trust reports that the federal government has threatened to hire ad-hoc doctors with salaries of the striking resident doctors. The newspaper says some pioneer corps members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said they got many job offers during their national service year.

THISDAY reports that Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has projected that Dangote refinery can create a $21 billion market for Nigeria’s crude oil. Blinken said the attack on US consulate officials in Anambra may not have been targeted at the US mission.