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The Punch reports that the national assembly has commenced the process to appeal the court judgment which ordered the removal of section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, 2022. The newspaper says family members of passengers abducted from the Abuja-Kaduna train staged a protest at the federal ministry of transportation in Abuja.

The Nation says state and local governments will earn more from the consolidated revenue fund should the national assembly ratify the proposed sharing formula. The newspaper reports that the deficit of the 2022 budget will hit N7.38 trillion.

The Guardian reports that Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, said he will be involved  in legal proceedings to unravel the killers of Bola Ige, former attorney-general of the federation. The newspaper says gunmen killed two persons and injured others during an attack on the internally-displaced persons (IDPs) camp in Rantis, Plateau state.

Daily Trust reports Amaju Pinnick, president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), is currently under pressure to resign over the failure of the country to qualify for the World cup. The newspaper says the court has refused to sack Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River, over his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Daily Sun reports that south-east leaders in the APC have demanded that the party’s presidential ticket be zoned to the region. The newspaper says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited said Nigeria lost $1.5 billion to oil theft in three months.