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Daily Trust reports that President Muhammadu Buhari said weapons from the raging war between Russia and Ukraine are now smuggled to the Lake Chad Basin region. The newspaper reports that outrage has trailed the arrest of Aminu Adamu Mohammed, a student of Federal University Dutse (FUD), over a Twitter post he made against Aisha, the wife of the president.

The Punch reports that owners of foreign-registered private jets have dragged the federal government to court seeking to prevent the government from grounding their planes over alleged refusal to pay import duty on their jets. The newspaper says Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank’s Country Director, said 87 percent of Nigeria’s rural roads are deplorable.

Nigerian Tribune says a joint security team established by the Ogun and Oyo state governments is set to deploy drones to tackle insecurity on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The newspaper reports that Festus Keyamo, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, has asked Peter Obi, flagbearer of the Labour Party (LP) to publish his manifesto before considering any debate with Bola Tinubu, APC candidate.

The Nation says Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has asked PDP supporters in his state to wait for his decision on the presidential candidate to adopt for the 2023 elections. The newspaper reports that the court has sentenced  inspector-general of police to three months in prison over refusal to obey court order.

THISDAY says the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) RT200 (Race to $200 billion forex inflows), which is an initiative that aims to boost non-oil exports has recorded $4.987 billion forex inflows in 2022. The newspaper reports that the Borno state government said 90 percent of die-hard Boko Haram insurgents were dead.