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The Punch reports that economists and civil society organisations have backed the appointment of a special investigator to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and other public entities. The newspaper says the NLC has commenced mass mobilisation ahead of its planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin on Wednesday.

The Guardian reports that economy, rule of law, foreign policy, and security, are the criteria to be used for the screening of ministerial nominees by the senate. The newspaper says the presidential election petition tribunal has directed all parties to appear before it on Tuesday to adopt their final written addresses on the cases challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February election.

Daily Independent reports that analysts believe that CBN has little to do to tame supply-induced inflation. The newspaper says the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Abdourahamane Tchiani, the mastermind of the coup in Niger Republic, to reinstate Mohamed Bazoum as president.

Daily Sun reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) has finally allowed Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), access to his personal doctors at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. The newspaper says the Arewa Citizens Watch for Good Governance (ACWGG) has threatened to embark on a massive protest over what it referred to as widespread hunger in the northern region of the country.

Daily Trust reports that the coupists in Niger Republic have sought Russia’s help amid threats of military intervention by ECOWAS. The newspaper says security operatives have been deployed to the warehouses of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) nationwide after the looting of the agency’s warehouse in Adamawa state.