1. The Federal Government is planning to identify and equip Ebola treatment centres in states with designated ports of entry as the number of identified contacts linked to Nigeria’s confirmed case rises to 53.
The measures are part of efforts to strengthen the country’s preparedness for a possible spread of the disease, with the government assessing isolation capacity at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and planning an infection prevention and control assessment at Karu General Hospital.
According to an Ebola situation report obtained by our correspondent on Sunday, the authorities are also working to establish referral mechanisms for suspected cases, strengthen surveillance at ports of entry and improve the capacity of healthcare facilities to manage possible infections.
2. Governorship candidates omitted from the final list published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will have to wait a little longer to know their fate. The electoral body excluded their names following the September 24 Supreme Court judgment, which upheld the provisions of the Electoral Act 2026.
It gave affected candidates until Saturday to submit their objections through their political parties.
3. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 34-year-old South African woman, Qhina Beauty, with 36.65 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The agency also arrested a 62-year-old Nigerian-American grandmother, Anetor Gloria Ubong, with 9.45kg of high-grade cannabis, known as loud, allegedly imported from the United States.
4. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has attributed the delay in opening the Opebi-Odo Iya Alaro Bridge to the installation of a 25-metre steel monument designed to reflect the cultural heritage of the area.
Sanwo-Olu spoke during an unscheduled inspection visit to the bridge to ascertain the progress of the installation being handled by Julius Berger Plc. The governor explained that the monument was not part of the original bridge design but was introduced towards the final stage of construction.
5. The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu has proposed a 200 per cent gratuity for retired police officers as part of efforts to address longstanding pension challenges in the Nigeria Police Force. The proposal is being considered by a presidential committee established to examine the concerns of police personnel and recommend sustainable solutions to the pension crisis.
6. A 28-year-old school bus driver, Onome Ughagha has been arrested by operatives of the Delta State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female student in Sapele. It was learnt that the suspect was arrested after reportedly demanding and collecting N503,000 in ransom from the student’s father. The spokesperson for the command, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
7. The death toll from an attack by gunmen in Taraba State has risen to at least 50, the Amnesty International said on Sunday, after more bodies were discovered. Gunmen on motorcycles from a suspected “bandit” gang swarmed Binnari, in eastern Taraba, killing dozens of people shortly after Friday prayers. Several people are still missing since the attack was carried out.
8. A mother and her child have been killed after two trucks, laden with 20ft containers, overturned at Mile 2, by Freeman Market, inward Apapa, Lagos State. The Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Taofiq said the victims were trapped beneath the overturned trucks and their containers, sustaining fatal injuries in the incident.
9. The Katsina state government says community hunters have killed 14 suspected bandits who planned a mass kidnapping in Gidan Wawo village, Bakori LGA. In a statement, Nasir Danmusa, commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said the bandits were killed following a foiled attack on the village.
10. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has alleged that 68 detained Biafrans were secretly transferred from Wawa Barracks to correctional facilities in Kuje, Keffi and Suleja, accusing the Federal Government of using the justice system to prolong the detention of its members. The group also alleged that the Court of Appeal had yet to list an appeal challenging the conviction of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, despite the compilation and transmission of the record of appeal.
