Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday met with his military service chiefs and the Inspector General of Police at the State House in Abuja. The meeting is coming amid escalating security challenges in parts of the northern region of the country, especially Plateau, Benue and Borno states, where hundreds of lives have been lost in the last few weeks.
2. The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N1.681 trillion as revenue generated in April 2025 to the Federal Government, 36 States, and 774 Local Government Councils across the country. This figure, distributed at the FAAC meeting in Abuja on Friday, reflects an increase of N103 billion compared to the N1.578 trillion shared in March 2025.
3. Senate President Godswill Akpabio says there will be no political parties in Akwa Ibom state come the 2027 general election. He said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) umbrella had been severely damaged, hence it can no longer safeguard the populace.
4. President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, charged members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to intensify their efforts in tackling the country’s multifaceted security challenges. Tinubu stated that the stability of Nigeria’s democracy, regional peace and economic growth is closely tied to national security, ordering that all the enemies threatening Nigeria’s stability be dealt with decisively.
5. Chairperson of the Labour Party caretaker committee, Nenadi Usman, has dared Julius Abure to follow through on his threat to expose Peter Obi, Alex Otti and other key members. Speaking during a TV interview on Friday, Usman dismissed Abure’s threats as bluster, challenging him to bring forward any evidence he claims to have.
6. Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa. Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said in a statement that the alleged crimes had been committed in the city of Lahti between 2021 and 2024 and were related to the suspect’s efforts to establish Nigeria’s Biafra region as an independent state.
7. Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old woman identified as Gift for allegedly biting off the tip of her lover’s penis during a domestic dispute in the Mile 3 area of Diobu, Port Harcourt. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, sent shockwaves through the densely populated Bishop Okoye Street when news of the act emerged.
8. Two suspected armed hoodlums were killed on Thursday night when they attacked a police checkpoint in Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the attackers, believed to have laid siege in a nearby bush, engaged security operatives in a fierce gun battle that lasted for hours, plunging the community into panic.
9. Pat Utomi, 2007 African Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, and Professor of Political Economy, has tagged the Department of States Services lawsuit for his ‘Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government’, as an act of cowardice. The lawsuit filed by the DSS was brought by Senior Advocate of Nigeria Akinlolu Kehinde, alleging that Utomi’s actions are intended to create chaos and destabilize the country.
10. The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Ralph Nwosu, has announced ADC as Nigeria’s coalition party in preparation for the 2027 election. Nwosu also voiced his worries about the nation’s ongoing decline, highlighting the growing difficulties of daily life and stressing that good governance is crucial for enhancing citizens’ well-being.
