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The Punch reports that the NNPC says the Port Harcourt refinery will deliver products in September 2022. The newspaper says the national assembly is not in a hurry to transmit the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Daily Independent reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Buhari’s comment on the 2023 presidential election smacks of self-succession plot. The newspaper says the PDP raised the alarm over an alleged plot to derail the course of justice on Anambra governorship election.

Daily Sun reports that monkeypox has hit Rivers state, Delta, and Lagos. The newspaper says the amnesty office has begun the training of ex-agitators on effective communication.

The Guardian reports that the Democracy Vanguard of Nigeria in Diaspora (DVND) called on the United States to impose a visa ban on senators that opposed electronic transmission of election results in Nigeria. The newspaper says the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) warned the federal government against criminalising opposing views.

The Nigerian Tribune reports that bandits freed 100 kidnap victims in Zamfara. The newspaper says two persons were killed in a clash between Amotekun and hoodlums in Ibadan.

The Nation reports that Buhari says only 2.5 percent of the nation’s land mass is being used for agriculture. The newspaper says the PDP in the house of representatives accused the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of lying under oath that results of elections cannot be transmitted electronically across Nigeria.