.1. The 36 state governors are facing growing pressure to account for how they have spent public funds disbursed as revenue by the Federation Account Allocation Committee in the last three years, The PUNCH reports.
This scrutiny follows the revelation that the Federation Account disbursed about N47tn to the three tiers of government in the three years since the removal of petrol subsidy.
This was as the Federal Government, 36 states and 774 local governments shared a cumulative N93.216tn as revenue from the Federation Account between 2017 and 2025, with more than half of the amount distributed in the three years following the economic reforms introduced by the Federal Government in 2023
2. The Dangote Petroleum Refinery says it has expanded its free petroleum products delivery initiative to Kano, Imo, Anambra and Nasarawa states, a move it says is expected to reduce distribution costs for independent petroleum marketers and create room for lower petrol prices.
According to a statement on Sunday, the initiative, which initially covered Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Kaduna, Abuja and Delta states, is designed to bring petroleum products closer to marketers and retailers while eliminating the cost of transporting products over long distances from the refinery to different parts of the country
3. The Ogun State Government and leading figures in Nigeria’s film industry yesterday mourned veteran Yoruba actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, describing him as a spectacular cultural icon whose legacy will outlive him. Hassan, 66, passed on yesterday after a battle with cancer. Earlier, his daughters, Lima and Kira Taiwo made public appeals to medical professionals and well-wishers for support after the hospital treating the actor reportedly indicated it could no longer continue his care. The family said doctors had told them chemotherapy was no longer viable, a development an independent medical expert explained was consistent with a shift to palliative care in advanced cancer cases
4. President Bola Tinubu is set to lead a fresh continental push to stop Africa’s mineral wealth from leaving the continent largely as raw materials, as he chairs a high-level summit on critical minerals in New York next month. The meeting, convened by the Africa Minerals Strategy Group on September 21, 2026, will be held in Manhattan on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
5. The All Progressives Congress has won all 13 chairmanship and 171 councillorship seats contested in the Ebonyi State local government elections. The results were announced on Sunday by the Chairman of the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission, Patrick Enyi, at the commission’s office on Onwe Road, Abakaliki.
6. A joint security team in Anambra State has raided suspected secessionist hideouts in Ogbaru Local Government Area, killing six suspected members of the group during a prolonged gun battle. One security operative was also killed in the operation, while another sustained injuries after an explosive device suspected to have been planted in the area detonated.
7. The Chairman of Izalatil Bid’a Wa’ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, has denied the claim that he does not like Christians, describing the reports as “mere allegations.” According to Sheikh Jingir, his remarks at a mass wedding ceremony organised by the Kano State Government for 1,500 couples were not meant to express dislike for Christians or non-Muslims.
8. The coordinator of the phantom National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, Prince George Buchi Nwabueze, has released an appointment letter purportedly issued by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF). Nwabueze shared his purported appointment letter in a post on his LinkedIn page on Saturday, with the document carrying the OSGF letterhead.
9. Seven travellers have died in a fatal road crash on the Bida-Kutigi road in Niger State. Corps Commander Aishatu Sa’adu of the the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Niger State, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. Sa’adu said the crash occurred on Sunday afternoon at Shebe village, a few kilometres from Kutigi town.
10. As the campaigns for the 2027 general elections begin following the signing of the Peace Accord last week by presidential candidates, there are fears over the likelihood of the exercise snowballing into brinkmanship. Specifically, there are concerns that the contest could descend into an increasingly bitter and divisive struggle, with hate speech, ethnic profiling, misinformation and political violence threatening to overshadow the issues that matter most to Nigerians
