10 Top News Stories You Need to Know This Monday Morning in Nigeria

Good morning. Here is a quick roundup of the major stories making headlines in Nigeria this Monday morning.

1. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and leading Peoples Democratic Party figure, Nyesom Wike, has said the PDP will participate fully in the 2027 general election. He also declared that the party would work to recover mandates it believes were lost to other parties due to defections across different states.

2. Fear spread through the Agwan Rukuba community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State after gunmen reportedly attacked the area on Sunday evening. Witnesses said the assailants arrived on motorcycles around 7:30 p.m. and opened fire, leaving an unspecified number of people dead and throwing residents into panic.

3. Former Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has officially resigned from the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP. In a statement released on Sunday, Kwankwaso said his decision was part of a broader political realignment ahead of the next election cycle.

4. The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of showing signs of anxiety ahead of the 2027 elections. The opposition party said it was surprising that the APC appeared unsettled despite controlling 31 states and holding about 90 percent of members in the National Assembly.

5. The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has directed mobile network operators to compensate customers for service failures. The commission said operators whose services fall below approved standards in certain locations will now be required to provide direct compensation to affected subscribers instead of only paying fines.

6. The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, has entered the 2027 governorship race in the state. He was reportedly endorsed by PDP stakeholders in Ibarapaland, according to a statement issued by his media aide on Sunday.

7. President Bola Tinubu has announced that all salaries he has earned since taking office on May 29, 2023, will be donated to a welfare fund for wounded soldiers and the families of fallen military personnel. The President made the announcement on Sunday as part of activities marking his 74th birthday and directed the Accountant-General of the Federation to create a special account for the fund.

8. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has intercepted a large shipment of cocaine hidden inside imported dry stock fish, widely known as okporoko. The agency also said it arrested a suspected drug kingpin linked to the shipment, which was allegedly being moved to India.

9. Security authorities have arrested at least 2 community chiefs, the head of a hunters’ association, and 15 other residents over violence connected to the long-running land and boundary dispute involving Ilobu and Erin-Osun communities. The crisis, which also involved Ifon, reportedly led to attacks on 3 police officers during a fresh clash.

10. NNPP founder Boniface Aniebonam has said party members are not part of Rabiu Kwankwaso’s reported plan to defect to the African Democratic Congress. He made this clarification in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos.