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The Punch reports that the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says its opposition to the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) remains unchanged. The newspaper says the federal government has suspended the five percent telecommunications tax on calls and data.

The Nation says Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has vowed to crush his detractors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The newspaper reports that the federal government said the worst of insecurity is over in the country.

Daily Independent says the federal government has been criticised over the comment that the worst of insecurity is over in the country. The newspaper reports that Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police, has denied ownership of the assets linked to him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Daily Sun reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) said the party’s presidential candidate will not distance himself from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The newspaper says Idris Salako, Lagos commissioner of physical planning, has resigned as the death toll in the collapsed seven-storey building in Lekki rose to six.

THISDAY says Buhari has ordered the armed forces to crush all terrorists and bandits before the end of the year. Liz Truss has become the third female prime minister of the United Kingdom, the newspaper reports.