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Sunday Punch reports that the offices of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will spend N11.92 billion on food, local foreign trips and other items. The newspaper says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that multiple voting and rigging are no longer possible in the country’s elections.

The Nation says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) have exchanged words over comments challenging the legality of the latter’s presidential candidate. The newspaper reports that the federal government will settle debts for local contractors with N25 billion, as earmarked in the 2023 budget.

Daily Trust says the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that flooding has killed 79 people in Anambra and Enugu states. The newspaper reports that Abuja residents groan under worsening gridlock and commuting difficulties.

Sunday Sun reports that 76 people lost their lives when a boat carrying passengers from Onukwu to Nkwo Ogbakuba in Anambra capsized. The newspaper also reports that two ex-governors are under investigation in connection with the attack on a Kaduna train.

Sunday Independent reports that analysts have said the support base of Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and the crisis in the PDP are the biggest threats to the chances of Atiku Abubakar, PDP presidential candidate, in the 2023 polls. The newspaper says the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the federal government of planning to recruit thugs to disrupt elections in the south-east.