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The Punch reports that states have run out of vaccines amid the third wave of COVID-19. The newspaper says the senate has approved a N4.87bn budget for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to track, intercept and monitor calls and messages on mobile devices.

The Nation says the Lagos government has alerted its residents that the state is currently experiencing COVID-19 third wave. The newspaper reports that the courts would be barred from declaring winners of elections if the recommendations of the senate committee on electoral act amendment scale through.

The Daily Independent says airline operators are lamenting as aviation fuel rose to N315 per litre, which may affect fares. Afenifere said President Muhammadu Buhari wants to provoke Nigerians to go to war, the newspaper reports.

The Guardian reports that the dreaded Delta variant of COVID-19 has been discovered in Oyo state as Lagos slips into COVID-19 third wave. The newspaper says bandits have abducted the Emir of Kajuru and 13 others in Kaduna.

Daily Trust reports that Nigeria faces a third wave of COVID-19 pandemic as Lagos state government issued a red alert to its citizens.

Daily Sun reports that coalition of Yoruba groups in the diaspora has told the federal government that intimidation and harassment won’t stop agitation for Oduduwa Republic. The newspaper says Afenifere has told the federal government that state policing would make governors true chief security officers of their states.