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The Punch reports that President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to leave the country for medical check-up in the United Kingdom amid the threat of another strike by resident doctors. The newspaper says Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has criticised the controversial media bills in the national assembly.

Daily Independent says Folasade Yemi-Esan, head of civil service, said the Oronsaye report on civil service reform is now outdated. The newspaper reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the alarm over rising COVID-19 cases in Africa.

The Nation reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to approve restructuring, if the national assembly passes the bill. The newspaper says one Chidinma Ojukwu, a 21-year-old student of the University of Lagos, has been arrested over the murder of Usifo Agata, CEO of SuperTV.

The Guardian reports that 324,000 children and $27.8 billion have been lost to insurgency in the north-eastern part of the country. The newspaper says WHO has warned that Africa is facing a third wave of COVID-19.

Ahmad Lawan, senate president, said the country is poor and the only option to fund infrastructure is to borrow, the Nigerian Tribune reports. The newspaper says the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said they are not after northerners but terrorists.

Daily Sun reports that gunmen invaded a hotel in the federal capital territory (FCT) and abducted six guests and the owner. The newspaper says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has admitted that there are security threats to its forthcoming continuous voter registration exercise in certain troubled areas.