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The Guardian says the senate rejected the call for a new Nigerian constitution. The newspaper reports that 70 percent of government agencies host data with foreign countries — despite $200 million local infrastructure.

The Punch reports that Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), an international medical organisation, raised an alarm over the dominance of hunger and disease in the north-west.

The Nation says Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River, and Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, gave reasons why insecurity is rising. Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, said he did not tell President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the constitution, the Nation reports.

Ovie Omo-Agege, deputy senate president, said the national assembly is handicapped to give Nigeria a new constitution, the Nigerian Tribune says. The newspaper reports that Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, told President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerians are in pain.

Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, said the country is flowing with sadness and bitterness, Daily Independent reports. The defence headquarters said the army is not contemplating mass retirement over the appointment of a new chief of army staff, the newspaper says.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked Buhari to sit up and tackle the rising insecurity, Daily Sun reports. Ganduje raised the alarm over the gathering of bandits in Kano forests, the newspaper says.