1. The proposed constitutional amendment to establish State Police has suffered a setback, with only five of the 36 State Houses of Assembly having approved the bill as of Thursday, October 15, despite a 30-day deadline set by the National Assembly for the state legislatures to communicate their positions.
The Assemblies of Edo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers and Zamfara have passed the proposed amendment, which seeks to decentralise Nigeria’s policing system and provides a constitutional framework for the establishment and operation of state police services.
2. The Independent National Electoral Commission has inaugurated a multi-agency electoral logistics committee for the 2027 general elections, warning that no Nigerian should be disenfranchised because of delays in the arrival of election materials. The commission also charged the National Orientation Agency to intensify grassroots mobilisation against voter apathy, vote buying and electoral violence ahead of the elections scheduled for January 16 and February 6, 2027.
3. Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma have neutralised several Lakurawa terrorists and destroyed their camps during a clearance operation in Waria Forest, Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The operation, conducted on Thursday, October 15, also led to the recovery of weapons and five motorcycles from the terrorists’ enclave.
4. President Bola Tinubu met with heads of security agencies in the country on Thursday, charging them to demolish all bandits’ camps and rescue abducted victims across the country. The meeting, which lasted for hours, also centred on how to provide an enabling environment for the conduct of the 2027 general elections.
5. A car dealer, Chima Edmund, has accused the Lagos State Police Command of releasing a man suspected of attempting to steal a 2025 Toyota Tundra pickup worth about N130m from his showroom in the Victoria Garden City area of Lekki, Lagos State. Edmund, founder of Mayor and Sheiks Autos, said the suspect allegedly drove the vehicle away from his showroom on Monday after posing as a prospective buyer but crashed it into a canal in the Ajiran area while attempting to escape
6. The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), at its October 2025 meeting chaired by the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Shamsudeen Ogunjimi, shared a total sum of N2.428 trillion to the three tiers of government as federation allocation for the month of September 2026 from a gross total of N3.913 trillion. From the stated amount, inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue and Value Added Tax (VAT), the Federal Government received N832.242 billion, the states received N799.872 billion, the Local Government Councils got N560.660 billion, while the Oil Producing States received N236.049 billion as Derivation (13% of Mineral Revenue).
7. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has seized counterfeit packaging materials worth more than N200 million from five shops at Old Court Road Market in Aba, Abia State. The agency said the materials, allegedly intended for the production and supply of counterfeit alcoholic beverages and other products, included labels, corks, packs and outer packaging bearing the names of popular brands.
8. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nentawe Yilwatda, has assured party members that the ruling party will translate its numerical strength and organisational capacity into victory in the 2027 general elections. Yilwatda gave the assurance on Thursday in Abuja, disclosing that the APC had more than 261,000 executive committee members nationwide, as well as more governors, ministers, local government chairmen and councillors than other political parties.
9. The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, said on Thursday that the Federal Government had no plan to increase electricity tariffs. Tegbe made this known in Ibadan while flagging off the 17.7MW hybrid solar mini-grid project, which includes a 17.74MW battery energy storage system for communities in Oyo State. The minister described reports of a planned tariff hike circulating on social media as misinformation and urged Nigerians to disregard them.
10. The Federal Government on Thursday reopened the First Niger Bridge linking Asaba and Onitsha after extensive rehabilitation works. Speaking at the reopening, the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, said the intervention reflected President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to maintaining critical infrastructure. He said the rehabilitation was aimed at improving structural safety, strengthening security and restoring seamless vehicular movement between the South-South and South-East regions.
