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The Punch reports that Amnesty International and other stakeholders have condemned the federal government’s rejection of the report of the Lagos judicial panel. The newspaper says governors said petrol subsidy will hamper payment of salaries in 2022.

The Guardian reports that the federal government’s plan to pay N5,000 to “poor” Nigerians after the removal of petrol subsidy has raised doubts. The newspaper says officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) are yet to release the passport of Peter Odili, former Rivers governor, despite court order.

The Nation says Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigerian Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said petrol may sell for N340 per litre in 2022. Clem Agba, minister of state for budget, said the federal government had spent N2.3 trillion as stimulus package to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the newspaper reports.

Daily Independent says the World Bank has listed measures that will put Nigeria on a growth path. The federal government said the hike in price of cooking gas is not under its control, the newspaper reports.

Daily Sun reports that the federal government rejected the report of the Lagos #EndSARS panel. The newspaper says the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has vowed to go after the sellers and distributors of methamphetamine, a hard drug popularly called “Mkpuru Mmiri” in the south-east.