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The Nation says the key leaders of the PDP in the north have proposed that the next national chairman of the party should come from the south. The newspaper reports that the controversy on value-added tax (VAT) threatens the federal government’s N8.36 trillion revenue target in 2022.

The Punch reports that some prominent figures like Attahiru Jega and Pat Utomi have teamed up to form a new political party to dislodge the two major political parties in the country. The newspaper says the PDP may zone its national chairmanship to the south-west.

Daily Independent says Uche Secondus, suspended national chairman of the PDP, has refused to withdraw his court case. The newspaper reports that the senate has approved N13.98 trillion as the 2022 budget.

Daily Sun reports that Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ekiti, tackled Nasir el-Rufai, his Kaduna counterpart, saying his comments on the move of southern governors to ban open grazing is devious. The newspaper says Yoruba nation agitators protested in New York for a separate state.

The Guardian reports that foreign cargo airlines are departing the country empty, abandoning agro products over extortion and multiple charges. IPOB is threatening a one-month lockdown in the south-east, if the federal government refuses to take Nnamdi Kanu to court, the newspaper reports.