1. Nine days after a Nigerian Air Force aircraft crashed in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, the wreckage and bodies of the 25 victims remain unrecovered, raising fears of a public health crisis as residents complain of an increasingly offensive stench from the crash site.
The development has heightened pressure on the military to accelerate recovery operations and address concerns over possible environmental contamination, with the community’s monarch and residents calling for urgent intervention by the federal and state governments.
2. The revised All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council list for the 2027 general election has named the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola and the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, among its members. This was contained in the revised list made available to journalists on Tuesday.
3. The North is not marginalised under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, prominent leaders from the region said yesterday.
They cited ongoing road construction, energy infrastructure and educational interventions as evidence of the administration’s impact on the region.
The leaders, under the aegis of Arewa for Asiwaju (A4A), said Tinubu’s performance in the last three years would earn him massive votes in the North in the 2027 general election
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4. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has faulted the high cost of borrowing by developing economies. He said they pay an estimated $500 billion more than they should compared with developed countries. Oyedele urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group to make concessional financing more affordable
5. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has uncovered underground tunnels at a heavily fortified suspected drug hideout in Asaba, Delta State, amid investigations into whether the facility was used for other criminal activities. The NSCDC said its Commandant’s Patrol Team discovered the tunnels during an operation on Monday, October 12, at Fallingwater Colehouse, Yahweh Close, off Akara Junction, along the 74 Junction–Asaba Specialist Hospital axis.
6. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered an alleged large-scale counterfeit alcoholic beverage operation at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, seizing products valued at more than N2 billion. The agency said its Investigation and Enforcement Directorate carried out the raid on Tuesday following credible intelligence, uncovering more than 20 illegal stores allegedly used for illicit activities within the complex.
7. The Catholic Diocese of Gboko, Benue State, has ordered the suspension of activities at its institutions, including schools and hospitals, in Ihugh, Vandeikya Local Government Area (LGA), over repeated attacks, arson, burglary and alleged harassment of its personnel. The affected institutions are St. Winifred Secondary School, St. Winifred Nursery and Primary School, St. Thomas Hospital, Salus Mind Care Center and its chaplaincy, and St. Winifred Parish.
8. The All Progressives Congress, APC, spokesperson, Felix Morka has dismissed reports of a rift between the party’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, saying there was no real tension between them. Morka said the perceived disagreement was a “false battle” because both the APC governors and Wike were committed to President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid ahead of the 2027 general elections.
9. A forensic investigator with the Department of State Services, Segun Kayode on Tuesday alleged that former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai and some of his associates earmarked $600,000 to settle officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and intermediaries. Kayode, the first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial, made the allegation while testifying before the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kawo, Kaduna, presided over by Justice Darius Khobo.
10. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre have warned that terrorist groups are increasingly exploiting social media, cryptocurrencies and emerging technologies to recruit members, conceal funds and coordinate attacks across West Africa and the Sahel.
They raised the alarm in Abuja on Tuesday at a three-day regional training conference on detecting and disrupting terrorists’ exploitation of information and communication technologies and emerging technologies.
