1. Schools in some parts of the country closed early on Wednesday as fears of bandit attacks spread. The schools were hurriedly shut down following an attack by bandits on the UBE Secondary/Primary School, Iluke, Kogi State and a threat of possible invasion at learning centres in Edo and Niger States.
This is happening a few weeks after school pupils were abducted in Oyo, fuelling national and international condemnation of the worsening security situation in the country.
2. There was palpable fear in Osun State on Wednesday following the sudden collapse of a podium where guests, including Governor Ademola Adeleke, were seated at a rally held in Ijebu-Jesa. In a 30-second video obtained by The PUNCH showing the moment the podium caved in, Adeleke, Deputy Governor, Kola Adewusi, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, and the spokesperson of the Imole Campaign Council, Pelumi Olajengbesi, were among those on the platform when the incident occurred.
3. The Federal Government has ordered a probe into how an aircraft landed on a roadway, and also took off, in Ogwashi-Uku area, near Asaba, Delta State capital, on Wednesday. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN) said this in a post on X (Twitter).
4. The House of Representatives has said that it will vote on the constitutional amendment to allow for the creation of state and local police in the country as part of measure to address rising insecurity in the country. Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the House Committee on Constitution Review, Benjamin Kalu said at a media briefing shortly after the House plenary that the parliament has decided to prioritise the issue of state police ahead of other bills. operation that resulted in their deaths.
5. Residents of Iluke community in Bunu District of Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State have called for urgent government intervention following a deadly attack by armed assailants that left three people dead, including a vice principal. The attack, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, threw the community into mourning and heightened concerns over security in the area.
6. The Senate has ordered the arrest of former Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, over his alleged refusal to honour its invitation. The Senate Committee on Public Accounts issued the warrant on Wednesday.
7. Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has directed political office holders that refused to defect to the All Progressive Congress to resign or face sack. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Humwashi Wonosikou. Wonosikou stated “All political office holders serving in this administration who have publicly declared allegiance to, or defected to, other political parties to immediately resign their appointments.
8. Troops of the 82 Division Garrison operating under Sector 1 of Operation UDO KA, in collaboration with operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, Enugu State Command, said they have uncovered a suspected arms cache belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network, ESN, in Enugu State.
9. Aggrieved ex-employees of the defunct Arab Bank and Assurance Bank took to the streets of Lagos on Wednesday in a protest, accusing regulatory authorities of systemic neglect and pushing them into acute poverty. The protest was held at the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate office at the old Secretariat within the premises of Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island.
10. Schoolchildren in Minna, the Niger State capital, on Wednesday, hurriedly ended school sessions and fled to their homes over fears of a bandits’ invasion of the state capital. It was gathered that the pupils and students did not wait for closing time before taking to their heels over fears that bandits might have stormed their schools.
