INEC reviews 2027 candidate omissions Thursday; Ebola contacts hit 53; Taraba attack toll passes 50
INEC will address candidate petitions over omitted names from 2027 election lists at its meeting this Thursday, October 29. Aggrieved candidates flooded the commission with challenges after political parties submitted final lists.
NCDC Director-General Dr Jide Idris confirmed 53 primary contacts are being monitored for Ebola exposure—44 linked to the health facility that treated the index case, nine identified in the community. The agency also announced ₦100,000 weekly support for contacts in isolation.
Nigeria Democratic Congress unveiled its 2027 National Campaign Council: Senator Henry Dickson as chairman, Peter Obi as co-chairman, signaling opposition regrouping ahead of the general elections.
In Taraba, Amnesty International puts the death toll at 50+ after gunmen on motorcycles attacked Binnari village in eastern Taraba shortly after Friday prayers. Bodies are still being recovered; several residents remain missing.
IGP Olatunji Disu proposed a 200% gratuity increase for retired police officers, now under review by a presidential committee tackling the force's pension crisis.
Delta Police arrested school bus driver Onome Ughagha, 28, for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student in Sapele, collecting ₦503,000 ransom from the father.
NDLEA intercepted two major drug hauls at Murtala Muhammed Airport: South African national Qhina Beauty with 36.65kg cocaine, and Nigerian-American Anetor Gloria Ubong, 62, with 9.45kg high-grade cannabis ("loud") from the US.
A mother and child died after two container-laden trucks overturned at Mile 2 by Freeman Market, inward Apapa, Lagos. LASTMA confirmed victims were trapped beneath the trucks.
Seven bodies have now been recovered from Tuesday's boat accident at Robertkiri on the Kula waterways, Akuku-Toru LGA—five recovered earlier, two on Saturday.
IPOB alleges 68 detained members were secretly transferred from Wawa Barracks to correctional centres in Kuje, Keffi, and Suleja, and that the Court of Appeal has not listed Nnamdi Kanu's appeal despite transmitted records.
With Ebola contacts expanding and 2027 election machinery moving, will INEC's Thursday meeting restore candidate confidence, and can NCDC contain community spread before it widens?