1. The lingering security crisis in the country may have been influenced by external forces, the Presidency said yesterday.
Making the assertion, the Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communications, Daniel Bwala, cited international claims and developments which he said indicate that foreign interests could be playing a role in the country’s terrorism challenge
2. Three siblings travelling from Abuja to Benue State with the corpse of their late mother have been reportedly abducted by suspected gunmen in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State. The victims were said to have been intercepted around rural communities along the Ogobia–Otukpo Road, between Omutele and Ankpechi villages in Oglewu District, where armed invaders reportedly attacked a few days earlier.
3. The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “abandon his neoliberal economic policies that has ruined the lives of almost the entire country or simply quit”. It said Nigerians cannot continue to continue on this same path. ADC, in a statement, on Saturday, said it is deeply concerned by recent reports by the World Bank indicating that 139 million Nigerians now live below the poverty line.
4. A suspected Boko Haram informant has allegedly confessed to spying on the movement of Nigerian troops and supplying logistics to terrorists operating in northern Borno State. This was contained in a post shared on X by security analyst, Zagazola Makama on Friday night. According to the post, the suspect, identified as 25-year-old Muhammad Mustapha from Monguno Local Government Area, was arrested on July 16 during a night patrol and identification exercise by troops of Operation HADIN KAI
5. A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered final forfeiture of 52 terrace and maisonette Lagos allegedly linked to unlawful activities of Fielddreams Limited, Ifeanyi Nweke and Amex Savings and Loans Limited.
Justice Alexandra Owoeye gave the order for the final forfeiture of the properties in a ruling delivered on Wednesday, July 15, 2026
6. The 47-year old woman accused of flogging 12-year-old student to death in a school in Adazi-Ani, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State has turned herself to the Police. Police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this on Saturday, said the suspect, Mrs. Dim Ebere voluntarily presented herself at the Neni Police Station.
7. Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, is ahead of other candidates in the Presidential election of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. Results released as of 7:30pm on Saturday showed that Badejo-Okusanya polled 10,554 votes of the 22,863 ballots cast as of the time.
8. The High Court of Anambra State, Ogidi Judicial Division, presided over by Justice U.I Ndigwe, has convicted and sentenced two men, Elochukwu Belonwu and Chukwuebuka Ofokwu, to death by hanging for conspiracy, rape and the murder of a 17-year-old girl, Jennifer Anene. In the charge sheet, Suit No. HID/23C/2021, obtained by our correspondent on Saturday, the two defendants were tried on a three-count charge, and the prosecution had proved the three counts against the defendants beyond reasonable doubt.
9. Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested three staff members of the state Ministry of Labour, Empowerment and Productivity over the alleged theft of government equipment valued at about N500 million. The suspects were alleged to have conspired to steal several government-owned assets, including a 110 KVA Perkins generator, a forklift, lathe machines, electric filling machines and other equipment kept in the ministry’s store.
10. Christian organisations have opposed the proposed amendment to the Federal Road Safety Corps Bill, which seeks to criminalise preaching in commercial vehicles. The Christian bodies, including the Christian Council of Nigeria and the Organisation of African Instituted Churches, warned that the proposed legislation could infringe on Nigerians’ constitutional rights and worsen the plight of vulnerable citizens.
