1.President Bola Tinubu on Sunday announced the donation of all his salaries since assuming office on May 29, 2023, to establish a dedicated welfare fund for wounded soldiers and families of fallen military personnel.
The President made the announcement on Sunday while commemorating his 74th birthday, directing the Accountant-General of the Federation to immediately establish a special account for the initiative
2. Delegates from Kebbi, Ekiti, Bauchi nd several other states on Sunday led the charge at the 2026 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, which was backed by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The party unveiled 19 new members of its National Working Committee at the Velodrome of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja in a move aimed at repositioning the opposition platform.
3. At a time Nigeria is battling what global agencies describe as a full-blown education emergency, a staggering N97,881,553,326.94 earmarked for basic education is lying idle in government vaults across states, a Sunday PUNCH investigation has revealed. The funds, meant to support primary and junior secondary education through the Universal Basic Education Commission framework, remain unaccessed largely due to the failure of state governments to provide counterpart funding, a prerequisite for drawing down the grants
4. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over its alleged nervousness ahead of 2027. According to the opposition party, the ruling APC remains jittery despite controlling 31 states and commanding about 90 percent of members in the National Assembly.
5. The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has directed Mobile Network Operators, MNOs, to compensate subscribers for service disruptions, marking a shift from traditional fines to direct consumer restitution. In a statement issued on Sunday by its Head of Public Affairs, Nnenna Ukoha, the commission said the directive targets operators whose network performance falls below established standards in specific locations.
6. The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, has joined the 2027 governorship race in the state. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Media, Oyetunji Oyekunle, the speaker was endorsed by Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders in Ibarapaland.
7. As Nigeria’s political landscape gradually shifts ahead of the 2026/2027 electoral cycle, indications emerged yesterday that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, is taking the gauntlet ahead of other members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) nursing political ambition to step down in line with presidential directives on political participation.
8. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted a large consignment of cocaine concealed in the heads of imported dry stock fish, popularly known as “Okporoko,” and arrested a suspected kingpin involved in trafficking the illicit substance to India. In a statement on Sunday, the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said that during the operation, three jumbo bags were recovered from a 36-year-old suspect, Akputa Ejike.
9. No fewer than two community chiefs, one head of hunters’ association and 15 residents have been arrested over violence linked to a long-standing boundary and land ownership dispute between Ilobu and Erin-Osun communities, which allegedly led to attacks on three police officers. The arrests followed a fresh violent clash involving residents of Ifon, Ilobu and Erin-Osun, reportedly triggered by the lingering crisis.
10. The founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Mr Boniface Aniebonam, says members of the party are not part of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso’s planned defection to the African Democratic Congress. Aniebonam made this known in a statement on Sunday in Lagos.
