1. Suspected kidnappers have murdered a businessman, identified as Sunny Taxman, after reportedly collecting N10m ransom from his family. The deceased, said to hail from Alor Agu in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, who was based in Onitsha, Anambra State, was said to have been kidnapped three weeks ago.
2. Operatives of the Department of the State Services (DSS) on Monday laid siege to the office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in Abuja. According to a post via X, the legal and advocacy organisation said the operatives demanded to see its directors.
3. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday disclosed that they know the sponsors of the #EndBadGovernance protests that rocked the country in August. Debo Ologunagba, PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, while noting that hunger was the sponsor of the protest, urged the federal government to arrest hunger, not Nigerians.
4. The embattled national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure-led National Executive Committee (NEC), which rejected the caretaker committee constituted to organize congress, on Monday withdrew the 2027 automatic presidential ticket reserved for Mr. Peter Obi and the governorship ticket for Abia State Governor, Alex Otti. He said there would be no automatic ticket for any of them.
5. President Bola Tinubu has directed the exclusion of third-party research grant funds of federal universities and research institutions from the Treasury Single Account. The president’s directive was conveyed by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, to the Coordinating Minister of Finance and National Economy, Wale Edun, mandating the exemption.
6. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the meeting of the National Caucus billed for tomorrow and that of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Thursday in Abuja. No reason was given for the postponement.
7. A middle-aged man, simply identified as Alfa Ahmed, has reportedly slaughtered his grandfather and uncle in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for an alleged money ritual. Investigations revealed that the incident happened at the back of the popular Apete market, in the Ido Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday evening.
8. Oil marketers are concerned about the delay in announcing the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, being produced by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, as they noted that the landing cost of imported PMS is now about N1,120/litre.
9. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero has been released on bail around 11:25pm by the Department of State Services (DSS) a few minutes to the midnight ultimatum issued by the unionists. Ajaero was arrested on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his way to the United Kingdom for an official assignment.
10. Nigeria’s telecom sector risks shutdown as about 800 workers from the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association have embarked on strike, threatening to cripple services nationwide. The union, largely contract staff, warned of massive disruptions to telecom operations if its demands were not met, as this would leave millions of subscribers to face a potential communication blackout.
