Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Thursday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council has dissolved its previously announced spokespersons, restricting official communication on behalf of the campaign to three principal officials. The council said only its Director-General, Senator Abdulaziz Yari; Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake; and Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, are authorised to speak on its behalf.
2. President Bola Tinubu has rewarded the Flamingos, Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national football team, with Federal Government Savings Bonds worth N100m each, issued by GTBank. Coach Akeem Busari also received a cash gift of the same value, while each technical crew member received N50m in cash. The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, announced this while receiving the players and crew on behalf of the President at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday.
3. Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, on Wednesday visited Yelwata community in Benue State, where he laid a wreath in honour of 271 people killed by armed invaders in June 2025, following two unsuccessful attempts to reach the village.
In a solemn moment that indicated the human cost of insecurity in the state, Obi knelt before the cenotaph erected in memory of the victims and offered prayers for the departed.
4. Thugs suspected on Wednesday set up a bonfire along Jekadafari Road, near the family house of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya to prevent the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, from entering Gombe town. The incident took place when Pantami was on his way to the state capital for a political rally.
5. Vice-President Kashim Shettima has accused Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate Peter Obi of “clout chasing” after the former Anambra governor said he was prevented from welcoming Nigeria’s victorious U-17 women’s team, the Flamingos, at Abuja airport on Monday. Shettima referred to the incident while campaigning for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election at the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign rally in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Wednesday.
6. A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a resignation letter allegedly signed by Nafiu Bala, former Deputy National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, ruling that it was not genuine evidence that he voluntarily relinquished his position. In a judgment delivered on November 5, 2026, Justice Peter Lifu held that the signature on the disputed letter was materially different from Bala’s signatures on other documents submitted before the court.
7. The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has cancelled the leave of police personnel assigned to election security ahead of the 2027 general elections and ordered an intensified crackdown on bandits nationwide. Disu also directed the immediate deployment of additional personnel, mobility, and air support to communities affected by bandit attacks, and gave Commissioners of Police in affected states 72 hours to submit updated security threat assessments and operational requirements.
8. President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives, seeking approval to raise $7.71bn to finance part of the Federal Government’s budget deficit under the 2026 Appropriation Act. In the letter addressed to the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, and read during Wednesday’s plenary, Tinubu requested approval to implement the N10.79tn external borrowing component of the 2026 budget.
9. The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has warned that the Nigeria Police Force will track down and prosecute individuals involved in spreading fake news, fabricated videos and other misleading digital content capable of triggering public panic and insecurity. Disu said the police had strengthened their cybercrime monitoring and digital forensic capabilities to identify those behind the circulation of fake videos, notices and other misleading materials.
10. Gunmen have abducted five persons and injured two others during an attack on the Mista Ali community in the Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack occurred on Tuesday night when armed men invaded the community and opened fire, throwing residents into panic.
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Thursday morning