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The Punch reports that the threats of a clampdown on bandits did not deter terrorists from kidnapping 15 pupils of an Islamiya school in Sokoto state in the early hours of Saturday. Adewale Adeniyi, comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said only President Bola Tinubu has the prerogative to reopen the country’s borders.

The Nation reports that the police in Lagos state have arrested a mother for attempting to kill her sick baby by using a poisonous insecticide. The newspaper said a crisis is brewing in the senate after the Northern Senators Forum accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and his associates of padding the 2024 budget to the tune of N3 trillion.

The Guardian reports that Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, said the presidential system of government is an accidental experiment in the country. The newspaper said there is controversy in the national assembly over the rejection of a bill mandating presidential and governorship candidates to secure 50 percent of the total votes cast.

Daily Trust reports that Tinubu has directed the NCS to return all seized grains to their owners. The National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) said over 6.1 million Nigerians were displaced by insecurity and natural disasters, the newspaper says.

THISDAY reports that governors in the north-west zone said they have ignored political differences to unite against terrorism. The newspaper says the Ooni of Ife and John Onaiyekan, a cardinal and former Catholic archbishop of Abuja, have expressed support for the return of the country to a parliamentary system of government.