*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR FRIDAY 1ST JULY 2022* *PUNCH* Kaduna community pays bandits N400m to stop attacks Abuja court orders police commission to pay ex-workers salaries NLC plans one-day protest over ASUU strike, others Running mate: Lagos PDP optimistic of victory with Okowa Ekiti vote-buying saga a national disgrace Activist lauds Reps over electoral offences commission Firm conducts free medical checks for Lagos residents Sanwo-Olu approves increase in BRT fares 4,770 terrorists surrendered in two weeks, says DHQ Proposed amendment to teaching hospital law dangerous Doctors Private sector CEOs grill Sanwo-Olu on ease of doing business Families of abducted train passengers plan protest Defected APC senators stake political future on PDP, others Atiku battles to avert PDPs collapse, Wikes loyalists threaten defection Delta APC hails lawmakers emergence as Omo-Agege running mate Wike visited Tinubu in France, says APC chieftain, Joe Igbokwe Marketers deny FGs N74bn payment, warn of 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