Tribune:
*Cynthia’s murder: Taxi driver, 2 others arraigned by police
*Flooding: 8 die, 40 villages sacked •3,200 hectares of rice farm destroyed •Food crisis immin
ent, FG raises alarm
*Appeal Bakassi judgment, Senate tells FG
*Why Nigerian leaders refuse to leave office -Jonathan •As Blair, Rice counsel him

Punch:
*Detained Pilgrims: Nigeria gives Saudi Arabia 24-hour ultimatum …suspends hajj flights for 48 hours
*Food crisis imminent –FG
*Jonathan has declared assets secretly – Conduct Bureau
*FG orders opening of bye-pass in Lokoja-Abuja road

Vanguard:
*Detained pilgrims: FG to send delegation to Saudi Arabia
*CJN to S-Court justices: Discharge your duties without fear or favour
*Jonathan has declared assets - CCB chairman
*Naira to exchange for N160 to Dollar by 2013

Guardian:
*Senate asks govt to appeal ceding of Bakassi peninsula
*Nigeria rushes to avert sanction over money laundering law
*Scientists fault govt on climate change, Lokoja flood disaster
*Jonathan in U.S., pledges better clime for investors