1. President Bola Tinubu yesterday directed the security agencies to deal decisively with political thugs and other individuals threatening public peace as the parties crisscross the country seeking support in next year’s elections.
He vowed that government would not tolerate violence, intimidation or any attempt to disrupt political activities ahead of the elections.
2. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday dispatched a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),demanding immediate compliance with a Federal High Court order directing the relisting of Mr. Oladipupo Adebutu as the party’s governorship candidate in Ogun State in next year’s elections.
3. The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced November 28, 2026, for a nationwide mock accreditation and voting exercise to test its upgraded electoral technology and electronic result transmission system ahead of the 2027 general elections. The commission also unveiled new technical safeguards to prevent inaccurate election results, including figures reflecting over-voting, from being uploaded to its Result Viewing Portal (IReV).
4. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Friday said the refusal of the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, to stand for the national anthem, while rising for a different anthem, shows he is lawless and out to divide Nigeria. Wike spoke at a stakeholders’ town hall in Ogu-Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State, organised under the Rainbow Coalition to mobilise support for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election and candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
5. Some traditional rulers in the South West have decried the government’s non-payment of their monthly salaries.
They lamented that the situation had made it difficult for them to run their palaces, discharge their traditional responsibilities and meet their daily needs. The village heads among them, who are low-ranking community chiefs, aka baales, said they received between N10,000 and N15,000 monthly.
6. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has disbanded its Anti-Vandalism Outpost in Gombe State following a shooting incident involving its personnel and a truck driver at New Mile 3. The State Commandant, Muhammed Usman, also summoned all officers-in-charge of the various formations and outposts in the state for an emergency meeting on Friday to address the incident and reinforce discipline among personnel.
7. The Oyo State Police Command has arraigned two men over the unauthorised recording and circulation of the corpse of late gospel singer Olayemi Bayonle Bolaji, popularly known as Toluanisings, and separate social media publications accusing members of his family of being responsible for his death. The command disclosed this in a statement signed by its Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, on Friday.
8. Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has declared his support for the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the 2027 general elections, distancing himself from the Rainbow Coalition being promoted by Nyesom Wike. Lamido, who said he is doing more for the PDP than Wike, also dismissed suggestions that he had endorsed Tinubu or agreed to work with the former Rivers State governor’s political arrangement ahead of the elections.
9. No fewer than 53 Nigerians were among 112 undocumented African nationals arrested by Malaysian immigration authorities during enforcement operations between January and October 31, a report by Malaysian newspaper Utusan Malaysia said. The Nigerians accounted for the highest number of arrests among the African nationals detained during the period, followed by Uganda with 13, Kenya with 10 and Ghana with eight.
10. The Katsina State Government has inaugurated 1,008 forest guards to strengthen security in forest reserves and tackle the activities of bandits, terrorists, cattle rustlers and illegal tree fellers. Governor Dikko Radda made this known on Friday during the graduation and passing-out ceremony of the forest guards in Katsina.
