Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday blamed opposition politicians and previous administrations for the hunger and poverty facing Nigerians, saying his government is working to reverse years of economic mismanagement. Speaking at the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign in Kaduna, Tinubu said those criticising his administration over the country’s economic challenges were responsible for creating the problems.
2. The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has accused some applicants protesting their exclusion from its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise of attempting to secure employment through unofficial channels. The accusation is coming amid the allegations of irregularities that have continued to trail the selection process.
3. Gunmen swarmed a rural Nigerian village on motorcycles and killed at least 20 people, survivors told journalists on Saturday. It is the latest attack in the country’s northeast. The attackers opened fire just after Friday prayers in the rural village of Binnari, in Taraba state, residents said.
4. A 28-year-old woman identified as Safiya Tukur has been remanded in custody after allegedly using a sharp object to inflict a deep cut on her husband’s private part during a violent domestic fight in the Kpakungu area of Minna in Niger State. The incident occurred about 10 a.m. on 15 October 2026 at their residence in the Darusalam area of Kpakungu.
5. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume on Saturday branded any northerner contesting in the 2027 presidential election as an enemy of the region. The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is the only prominent politician from the north battling to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the next year’s presidential contest.
6. Bandits have killed seven members of a local vigilante group and abducted an unspecified number of residents during an attack on Kaura Namoda town in Zamfara State. It was gathered on Saturday that the attackers reportedly operated for more than three hours after entering the town through a riverine route at about midnight on Friday.
7. Shoprite Nigeria is planning to open standalone neighbourhood stores as part of efforts to revive its operations following financial difficulties that forced the retailer to restructure its business. Adekunle Adebiyi, an investor in Shoprite Nigeria, disclosed this during an interview on Nairametrics’ Drinks and Mics on Friday, where he discussed the supermarket chain’s financial challenges and recovery plans.
8. The Minister of Works, David Umahi has revealed that the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway still lacks a single comprehensive engineering design, more than two years after construction started in March 2024. During an interview, the Minister said the project is being designed and costed in separate sections rather than under one master design.
9. The Delta State Police Command has rescued a 23-year-old kidnap victim and arrested eight suspects as three firearms, 26 live cartridges and substances suspected to be Indian hemp were also recovered. The command’s spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, said in a statement on Saturday that operatives of the Owa-Oyibu Division, working with local volunteer groups, rescued the victim on October 20, 2026.
10. Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised 15 terrorists in a precision air strike north-west of Pulka in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. The Nigerian Army said the terrorists were neutralised during an operation conducted at about 11:50 pm on October 23, 2026. The Acting Military Information Officer of the Northeast Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Mohammed Goni disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Sunday morning