1. President Bola Tinubu has promised to recruit 28,000 additional military personnel and 50,000 police officers as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture and tackle terrorism, banditry and kidnapping.
According to the 109-page APC 2027 Presidential Election Manifesto, titled From Reform to Prosperity Agenda 2027–2031, obtained by The PUNCH, Tinubu plans to achieve six per cent annual economic growth, facilitate the construction of 200,000 affordable homes and sustain a downward trend in inflation and food prices by 2031
2. The Senator representing Abia North, Orji Kalu, has disclosed that he previously traded in heavy weapons internationally, saying he sold arms to buyers who could afford them before abandoning the business at his parents’ insistence. Kalu made the disclosure during an interview on Arise Television on Monday, while discussing his longstanding relationships with former and current South African leaders
3. Fifty-Four officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) linked to the manipulation of the voter registration are to face the law, Commission Chair Joash Amupitan has said. Prof. Amupitan announced yesterday that the electoral umpire uncovered “deliberate manipulation of the voter registration procedures”.
4. The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has vowed to prevent Peter Obi from repeating his 2023 presidential election victory in the state, declaring that the party has learnt from the defeat and is mobilising to secure President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The state APC Chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, said the outcome of the last presidential election had served as a wake-up call for the ruling party, which is intensifying its mobilisation across states and local government areas ahead of the January 16, 2027 poll.
5. The immediate past Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress in Kwara State, Abubakar Basambo, has defected to the All Progressives Congress. Basambo, who is a former governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, announced his defection in a statement made available to reporters in Ilorin.
6. Three Nigerians have been arrested in Delhi, India, for allegedly staying in the country without valid immigration documents. The Times of India reported on Sunday that the Delhi Police arrested the men for “allegedly staying in India without valid documents” and subsequently transferred them to a detention centre.
7. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has declined to endorse Senate President Godswill Akpabio for another term as head of the National Assembly ahead of the 2027 general elections. Yilwatda said he had no preferred candidate for the position, insisting that the decision would rest entirely with senators elected into the next National Assembly.
8. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Edo State Command, has arrested 75 suspected drug traffickers in connection with 16,818.17kg of illicit drugs in October 2026. The statistics were released in a statement on Monday by the Commander of Narcotics, Mitchell Ofoyeju, who described the visit of the chairman, Mohammed Buba Marwa, as a catalyst for the command’s fight against drug traffickers.
9. Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has yet to receive Certified True Copies, CTCs, of recent Federal High Court rulings concerning the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and the submission of President Bola Tinubu’s academic credentials. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this while speaking at a news conference on the voter register on Monday in Abuja.
10. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is secretly investigating the 774 local government chairmen across the country over their management and spending of public funds since the councils gained financial autonomy, sources said on Monday. The investigation, which is being handled by the commission’s zonal directorates, is aimed at determining whether the councils have been accountable in the management of their allocations.
