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The Nigerian Tribune leads with a comment by the Northern Elders Forum that Nigeria is falling apart under Buhari. The house of representatives will probe how $25 billion was spent on maintenance of refineries, the Nigerian Tribune reports.

The Punch says Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, petitioned Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police, over the attack on him last Saturday. The newspaper’s cover picture shows where residents of a community in the federal capital territory (FCT) are fetching water from a stream owing to water scarcity.

Daily Independent reports that Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic cleric, said bandits will not surrender their arms, if they do not feel safe. The newspaper says soldiers killed 11 gunmen in Abia state, and that gunmen kidnapped four persons in Abuja and demanded N200 million ransom.

The Nation says the federal government and Lagos state government are on collision course over the COVID-19 vaccination process. The newspaper reports that the federal government through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) accused the state of not following the vaccination process stated by the agency. The newspaper reports that the presidency said there is no rift between Buhari and Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Guardian reports that experts say COVID-19 third wave has hit many countries in Africa and Europe amid the vaccine rollout. The newspaper also reports that a federal high court in Lagos ordered a two-month extension of the deadline to link SIM with national identity number (NIN).

Daily Sun reports that northern elders expressed worry over the insecurity in the country. On Apapa ports gridlock, the newspaper says truck drivers have begun a three-day protest over extortion by ports officials.