1. A student of Obada Idi-Emi High School in the Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, identified simply as Ariyo, has died after a teacher allegedly beat him with 162 strokes of the cane for breaking a dustbin. An activist identified as Adetoun shared the incident on Instagram on Friday.
2. The Benue State Government has officially withdrawn its challenge to the legitimacy of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) at the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, it says Barr. Fidelis Mnyim, its Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, remains suspended.
3. Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, relived the experience of losing the 2015 presidential election, which he described as a tough moment in his political life.
Jonathan also expressed gratitude for the fatherly role played by Raymond Dokpesi, the chairman of Daar Communications, before he officially handed over to former President Muhammadu Buhari.
4. The Defense Headquarters says a naval personnel deployed at FOB Dansadua for Operation FANSAN YAMMA, in questionable circumstances, opened fire sporadically, killing a colleague.
The Director, Defense Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement on Friday, said the incident happened on Friday at about 0312 hours in the Dansadau area of Katsina State.
5. An Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court has ordered the remand of a man, Sunday Emmanuel, in custody for allegedly killing his wife, Linda.
It was gathered that the defendant was arrested by the men of the state police command for allegedly committing the crime at Ogbeni Camp in Ofosu, Idanre Local Government Area of the state in October.
6. The Anambra State Police Command has insisted that the killings that occurred at Ifite-Awka, near the Nnamdi Azikiwe University school gate on Thursday, were not targeted at any ethnic or religious groups.
The killings, perpetrated by some yet-to-be-identified assailants suspected to be cultists, left no fewer than nine persons dead and several others injured.
7. Governor Dikko Umar Radda of Katsina says many communities in the state are no longer accessible to bandits because the locals are taking measures to defend themselves against attacks.
Radda, who maintained his stance that the number of security operatives in Nigeria is not enough to tackle insecurity in the country, noted that there is a need for people to defend themselves and augment the efforts of the conventional security agencies.
8. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has denied being behind the removal of the fuel subsidy in Nigeria.
Speaking on Friday at a press briefing on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C., United States, Abebe Selassie, IMF’s African Region Director, described the decision to remove the fuel subsidy.
9. The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has charged the Nigerian Air Force to intensify efforts to dominate the airspace and end insecurity in Nigeria, particularly in the North-West region, saying, “Please, end insecurity now.”
10. A Federal High Court sitting in Kano and presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda has again sacked all the 44 local government chairmanship and councillorship candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party submitted to the state independent electoral commission for the Saturday election.
Justice Amobeda gave the order following an originating summon filed on the 8th of October, 2024, by a faction of the party and one Engr Muhammad Babayo.
