1. The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill on Tuesday said it had submitted the draft National Policing Bill, 2026, and 29 consequential amendment bills to the Ministry of Justice for legislative drafting review and validation.
This comes as Ogun, Delta, Plateau, Kwara and Adamawa state assemblies approved the police bill alongside Edo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers and Zamfara, which had earlier endorsed the constitutional amendments required to institute state policing.
2. The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council has denied that there is a plot to assassinate former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Congress, ADC, in the 2027 elections. Dele Alake, spokesman of the APC Campaign, said this while reacting to an allegation made by Timi Frank, a member of the ADC.
3. The United States has warned that Mexican drug cartels are increasingly looking to Africa as an alternative route for trafficking synthetic drugs, after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency dismantled four methamphetamine laboratories in Nigeria this year. The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs for Africa and the Middle East, Michael Gonzales, said the operations demonstrated the importance of Nigeria’s counter-narcotics campaign to both countries, as Washington intensifies pressure on cartels operating in the Western Hemisphere
4. A chapter closed in the life of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, yesterday.
Its leader, Chief Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, passed away in his sleep at the age of 100. The eminent politician, Awoist and close associate of Second Republic Ondo State Governor Adekunle Ajasin, was a centenarian
5. The Federal Government has confirmed one imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and has activated public health response measures to prevent further spread. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, disclosed this at a media conference in Abuja on Tuesday, following laboratory confirmation of the infection on October 20.
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6. Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have rescued 27 kidnapped victims in Katsina State after engaging terrorists in a gun battle in Sabuwa Local Government Area. It was learnt that the victims, comprising 15 males and 12 females, were abducted from Gamji community before troops responded to a distress call on October 16, 2026.
7. The Ogun State Police Command has rescued 11 Ghanaian nationals allegedly held hostage in Sagamu after being lured to Nigeria with promises of Canadian and Spanish visas, with each victim reportedly paying GHC40,000 for the arrangement. The victims, comprising seven males and four females, were rescued by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit following actionable intelligence received on October 19, 2026.
8. Reno Omokri has announced that Mexico has approved his appointment as Nigeria’s ambassador to the country. Omokri disclosed this in a post shared on X on Tuesday, saying the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Mexico in Abuja, José Manuel Briseño Flores, delivered the agrément confirming the Mexican government’s acceptance of his appointment.
9. The national leadership of Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has described the defection of some of its members to the All Progressives Congress, APC, as good riddance to bad rubbish. In a statement yesterday by the National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, they alleged that some of its candidates had been bribed by APC to defect to the ruling party.
10. The Executive Assistant to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Security Coordination, Kabiru Salami, has resigned with immediate effect.
Salami announced his resignation in a letter dated October 20, 2026, addressed to the governor through the Chief of Staff. In the letter, Salami thanked Makinde for the opportunity to serve, describing his time in the administration as an honour and a humbling experience
