1. A military aircraft that crashed on Monday had disappeared from radar shortly after take-off, according to a senior Air Traffic Controller familiar with the aircraft’s final journey.
The aircraft, with tail number NGR 931, was travelling from Benin City, the Edo State capital, to Lagos when air traffic controllers lost contact with it at about 9:13am, before it crashed into a swamp in Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area in Ondo State.
2. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning for those who lost their lives in the air crash that occurred in Ondo State on Monday. The President also directed that flags be flown at half-mast throughout the country as a mark of respect for the victims. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
3. The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday said Nigeria’s national voters register had risen to over 103 million following the completion of the three-phase Continuous Voter Registration exercise and final biometric cleanup. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this in his keynote address at a one-day strategic workshop for editors, organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors in collaboration with the commission in Abuja
4. The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has finally stopped the sale of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to major marketers importing petroleum products into Nigeria. An official of the refinery confirmed this on Monday, saying the refinery would no longer sell petrol to those blending Dangote fuel with imported grades.
5. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Monday said Nigeria’s national voters’ register had risen to over 103 million following the completion of the three-phase Continuous Voter Registration exercise and final biometric cleanup. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this in his keynote address at a one-day strategic workshop for editors organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors in collaboration with the commission in Abuja.
6. Nine people were killed on Monday in a fatal crash that occurred at about 4:55 p.m. in the Bethel area along the Ijebu-Ode/Ore section of the Ijebu-Ode-Benin Expressway. The crash reportedly involved two vehicles: a white Toyota Hiace commercial bus, registration number 14B-299DT, belonging to Delta Line, and a white Sino Truck commercial vehicle, registration number AAB162XD, belonging to Bill Gas Solution Ltd.
7. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has acquired 57,000 new Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, devices to bolster its hardware and software infrastructure ahead of the 2027 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a strategic workshop organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, in collaboration with the commission.
8. The governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Dumo Lulu-Briggs, says he would donate his salary and allowances to widows across Rivers State if elected governor in the 2027 general elections. Lulu-Briggs made the pledge during a media chat in Buguma, his country home in the Asari-Toru Local Government Area of the state, on Monday, where he unveiled his blueprint, titled ‘Reset Rivers State.’
9. A 55-year-old mother, Janet Oladosu, has appealed to the Federal Government to intensify efforts to rescue her son, Greatness, and 19 other prospective National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members abducted while travelling to their orientation camps. Speaking with Vanguard yesterday, Oladosu urged the Federal Government, Oyo and Imo State governments and security agencies to make the rescue of the victims a priority
10. Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has acknowledged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s support for the state in tackling security challenges and improving healthcare. The governor said the President responded effectively when Bauchi State was facing a serious banditry threat.
