1. Opposition political parties on Saturday raced against time to submit updated membership registers to the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of the midnight deadline for the 2027 general elections.
The rush followed INEC’s March 27 extension of the deadline for submission of membership registers for the 2027 general elections to May 10, 2026. “The register of party members must be submitted to INEC not later than 21 days before the holding of their respective primaries,” the commission had stated.
2. Troops of the Guards Brigade have foiled a potential security breach with the arrest of a suspected spy and four impostors during separate operations in the Federal Capital Territory. This is contained in an operational report published on Sunday in Abuja. The army said the operations were conducted on May 9 by troops of 176 Guards Battalion and Guards Brigade Garrison at different locations within the nation’s capital.
3. Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State says the crackdown on fake pastors targets social reformation and protecting vulnerable residents from religious exploitation. Soludo spoke on Sunday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral during the All Knights Day of the Catholic Diocese of Awka. He said several suspects had been arrested and were already in custody, assisting investigators with useful confessions.
4. Mohammed Sadis Buba, a 30-year-old aspirant from Kaduna State, has gone viral following his appearance at the All Progressives Congress screening for the Sabon Gari/Zaria Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives. In a video circulating on social media on Sunday, Buba appeared before members of the party’s screening committee dressed in traditional attire, drawing widespread reactions.
5. The ruling All Progressives Congress appears to have opened the political space in Rivers State, with indications that the party is positioning a leader of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to play a decisive role in producing the party’s governorship candidate ahead of the 2027 elections
6. No fewer than 11 people have lost their lives after a vehicle plunged off the Eruku Bridge along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun State. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Afolabi Odunsi. Odunsi said that the accident occurred earlier in the night. According to Odunsi, the crash involved a gold Toyota vehicle with registration number GGE722KJ, which reportedly somersaulted and plunged off the bridge
7. There were no civilian casualties in yesterday’s dawn strikes by troops on terrorists in Niger State, the military said yesterday. The aerial bombardment by the Nigerian Air Force on Guradnayi community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, killed about 70 terrorists, the military said. Guradnayi, a settlement near Kusasu, has frequently come under attacks by terrorists
8. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested three persons with disabilities for alleged drug trafficking during separate operations in Anambra and Kwara states. The agency also uncovered a Lekki mansion in Lagos allegedly used as a stash house for illicit drugs, where cannabis valued at over N5.8bn was recovered.
9. Troops of the 12 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have neutralised a suspected terrorist operating within Kogi State. This came following a coordinated ambush along bandit crossing points in the Adankolo Forest Reserve, Lokoja Local Government Area of the state.
10. The Federal Government has introduced stringent new measures to combat drug and substance abuse in secondary schools, including mandatory drug testing for students and temporary suspension for those who repeatedly test positive after undergoing treatment and rehabilitation procedures.
