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The Punch reports that at least 24 states of the federation will not be able to pay workers salaries this year without having to wait for federal allocations. The newspaper says the federal government has threatened to revoke the licences of electricity distribution companies over the prolonged blackout in the country.

Daily Trust reports that the United Nations (UN) has confirmed the abduction of female internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno state. The newspaper says Wale Edun, minister of finance, said eight years of printing money under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari caused the current inflation in the country.

The Nation reports that 21 out of 24 lawmakers of the Edo assembly signed impeachment notice against Philip Shaibu, deputy governor of the state. The newspaper says crisis is brewing between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Caleb Muftwang, governor of Plateau, over the refusal of Gabriel Dewan, speaker of the state house of assembly, to inaugurate 16 members elected on the platform of the APC.

The Guardian reports that many state governors may face huge challenge of funding if the national assembly passes the bill for the establishment of state police. The newspaper says an appellate court in Abuja has struck out the appeal filed by the federal government seeking to reopen the criminal trial of Orji Kalu, former Abia state governor.