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The Nation reports that a meeting of the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to discuss zoning arrangements for the 2023 presidential ticket ended in a deadlock in Ghana. The Osun state government has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to disrupt APC governorship primary election, the newspaper says.

The Punch says the federal government and the PDP sparred over the report of a 3.4 percent growth in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2021. The newspaper reports that customers have rejected the “silent” hike in electricity tariff amid petrol scarcity.

The Nigerian Tribune says the Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended two police officers over alleged involvement in the drug deal linked to Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police. The newspaper says the problem of out-of-school children is not peculiar to the northern part of the country.

Daily Independent says the ruling APC may postpone its February 26 national convention by two weeks. The newspaper says governors have agreed to increase Nigeria’s aggregate tax revenue by 200 percent.

The Guardian says Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has denied the report that PDP governors travelled to Europe to determine the party’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates. The newspaper reports that Flutterwave has become Nigeria’s highest valued African startup, raising $250 million.