Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers:
1. The Federal Government has approved plans to build a new eastern-western electricity grid as part of efforts to address Nigeria’s recurring power grid collapses. The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this at the recent HBSAN energy conference in Lagos, where he outlined plans to address longstanding weaknesses in the country’s electricity transmission infrastructure.
2. The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Wednesday inaugurated its Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, for the 2027 election, expressing confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s record and reforms. It rallied party leaders and politicians from other political parties to secure his re-election. The inauguration, held at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja, drew opposition figures who pledged to support his re-election bid.
3. Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked a military formation in Mairari community, Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State, with some soldiers feared dead. It was gathered that the terrorists attacked the military post around midnight on Tuesday. Local sources said on Wednesday that the attack lasted for more than two hours, with casualties feared on both sides.
4. Two leaders of the Accord Party in Lagos State have urged Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to clarify his political allegiance following reports of his appointment as coordinator of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 presidential campaign in Osun State. The leaders, Oke Sewedo, a party leader in Lagos West Senatorial District, and Oladeji Oluwatosin, the Lagos State Accord chairman, made the call in an open letter addressed to Adeleke and the party’s national leadership.
5. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said algorithms will not determine the outcome of the 2027 general elections, insisting that the decision on who governs Nigeria rests solely with voters. He warned that although artificial intelligence could influence electoral administration and the information available to voters, the technology must remain subordinate to human judgment and democratic institutions.
6. President Bola Tinubu has said he will not accompany the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council to every campaign event ahead of the 2027 general election, citing the need to prioritise governance, economic obligations and efforts to attract investors. Tinubu made the declaration on Wednesday in Abuja while inaugurating the APC PCC, urging its members to lead the party’s mobilisation efforts across the country while he continued to attend to matters of state.
7. A suspected ritualist, Saheed Babalola, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly exhuming a corpse and severing its head and wrist in Feesu community, near Iwo, Osun State. The deceased, an 18-year-old girl who lived in the same compound as Babalola, reportedly died under suspicious circumstances on Sunday and was buried later that day within the premises where she lived.
8. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has urged All Progressives Congress, APC, governors to work hard in their respective states to ensure President Bola Tinubu wins next year’s election. Speaking at the inauguration of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike said any governor who failed to deliver his state for the President should not join others in claiming victory if Tinubu is re-elected in 2027.
9. The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four men in connection with two separate incidents involving the alleged removal of human heads from exhumed graves and the possession of suspected human hands allegedly intended for money-making rituals. The Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, disclosed the arrests on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Ilorin, where he provided details of the investigations into the two cases.
10. The Police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State has arraigned a banker and seven other defendants before the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged N710 million proof-of-funds fraud. The defendants — Elvis Osazee Eghile, Egharevba MaryJane Osarieyekemwen, Precious Omonigho Irbhogbe, Aghatise Kelvin Uhuenkpoewen, Nweke Nnamdi Emmanuel, Obinyan Esther, Egharevba Emmanuel Osagioduwa and Emmanuel Obinyan Osenonome — were arraigned on a 12-count charge.
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Thursday morning