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ThisDay reports that President Tinubu charged the media to step up its constitutional responsibility of holding government accountable. The newspaper says the federal government may dissolve the boards of federal agencies and parastatals.

Sunday Sun reports that Dele Momodu, the publisher and politician, said the 2023 election is the worst Nigeria has ever had. The newspaper highlights that Apapa port berthed the largest container carrier in its history on Saturday.

Guardian reports that stakeholders in the private sector want the federal government to provide palliatives for all categories of workers, not just civil servants. The newspaper said the Department of State Services (DSS) identified persons planning to stage campaigns of calumny against it and the federal government over the ongoing investigation of Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The Nation reports that Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, said some Nigerians schemed to have an interim government imposed on the country during the last electioneering process. The newspaper says there is outrage in Kano as the new governor demolishes N126bn structures in two weeks.

Punch reveals that lawmakers in the national assembly have started jostling for the chairmanship and membership of key committees in the senate and house of representatives. The newspaper reports that the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is planning to write state governors to remind them of the likelihood of serious flooding this year so that they can speed up the provision of mitigating factors.