1. The Federal Government has demanded justice for Nigerians killed in South Africa, adequate compensation for those whose properties were looted, businesses destroyed, and who were forced to return home empty-handed.
It also insisted that Nigeria was not helpless in responding to the attacks, saying diplomacy remained its preferred option, although “all options” were still open. The government said no fewer than 98 Nigerians were killed in xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks in South Africa within the last four years.
2. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday directed the Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies to intensify operations in Kaduna State to track down those responsible for the attack on Naridon Village in Kamaru Ward of Kauru Local Government Area, secure the release of abducted victims and restore peace and normalcy to the affected communities.
3. The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Olatunji Disu, on Tuesday ordered police formations nationwide to route all cases involving terrorism, banditry and crude oil theft to specialised units equipped to track illicit money flows. The directive marked a strategic shift towards resolving violent crimes and economic sabotage by tracing the cash flows.
4. Gunmen have killed a serving Nigerian military officer of the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corp, Colonel Abdussalam Ude at his residence in the Kurudu area of Abuja. Sources in Abuja, who confirmed the officer’s death, said the unidentified gunmen opened fire on him following his refusal to allow them abduct him or members of his family, resulting in a physical skirmish and the shooting of the officer and his wife.
5. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday declared that Nigeria’s 2027 general election must be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom, following the Court of Appeal’s decision overturning a Federal High Court judgment that sought to remove the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and other political parties from Nigeria’s democratic space.
6. The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum on Tuesday endorsed the proposed establishment of state police but insisted that governors must have full constitutional powers to appoint and remove state Commissioners of Police, just as the President exercises authority over the Inspector-General of Police.
7. Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, officially took delivery of its long-awaited two surveillance aircraft, one year after he announced plans to acquire the security asset to strengthen intelligence gathering and enhance the state’s security architecture. The governor, speaking shortly after the aircraft landed at the Ibadan airport in Ibadan, the state capital, described the development as the fulfilment of a strategic security initiative conceived to complement personnel on the ground across the state’s vast territory.
8. National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s suggestion that President Bola Tinubu is “tired” and should step aside ahead of the 2027 elections. The national chairman, who appeared on Channels Television’s Politics today on Tuesday, questioned the basis for describing the president as exhausted, insisting that Tinubu continues to work tirelessly while delivering key projects across the country.
9. Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has officially unveiled the Executive Chairman of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service, KADIRS, Mr. Jerry Adams, as his running mate for the 2027 governorship election. In a statement personally signed by him, Governor Sani said the nomination of Adams represents a decisive step in the administration’s vision of building a more united, peaceful and inclusive Kaduna State.
10. The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the June 15 judgment of Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to deregister the African Democratic Congress, ADC and four other political parties for allegedly failing to meet the 25 per cent constitutional threshold for continued existence as political parties.
