Newspaper Headlines: N250,000 minimum wage demand not sacrosanct, says TUC

The PUNCH reports that the national assembly may consider inserting a clause which involves seizing the allocations of the defaulting states and LGAs in the proposed minimum wage bill. The newspaper says Nigeria has recorded 30 deaths from cholera infections and 1,141 suspected cases.

Daily Trust reports that shipping companies acting as collection agents for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) allegedly colluded with management staff of the agency to avoid paying over $79.9 million to the federal government. The newspaper says the house of representatives committee on national security and intelligence has asked the federal government to purchase new aircraft for President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima.