Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Tuesday morning

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is secretly investigating the 774 local government chairmen across the country over their management and spending of public funds since the councils gained financial autonomy, sources said on Monday. The investigation, which is being handled by the commission’s zonal directorates, is aimed at determining whether the councils have been accountable in the management of their allocations.

2. The Edo State Police Command on Monday confirmed the killing of an All Progressives Congress chieftain, Julius Bello, by his son, Irobudo. The state police spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, who confirmed the killing in a statement, said the suspect was still at large, adding that an investigation had commenced into the incident.

3. The Independent National Electoral Commission said it has removed a total of 1,609,553 records from the preliminary voters’ register. This followed a nationwide clean-up which uncovered more than 1.6 million invalid registrations and 873 verified deceased voters ahead of the 2027 general elections.

4. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has promised N10m to every councillor who successfully delivers their political ward to President Bola Tinubu and other All Progressives Congress candidates in the 2027 general elections. Wike made the promise during a Rainbow Coalition stakeholders’ meeting attended by traditional rulers, political stakeholders and residents in Kwali Area Council on Monday.

5. The immediate past Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress in Kwara State, Abubakar Basambo, has defected to the All Progressives Congress. Basambo, who is a former governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, announced his defection in a statement made available to reporters in Ilorin.

6. Three Nigerians have been arrested in Delhi, India, for allegedly staying in the country without valid immigration documents. The Times of India reported on Sunday that the Delhi Police arrested the men for “allegedly staying in India without valid documents” and subsequently transferred them to a detention centre.

7. The Nigeria Police Force recorded 168 banditry incidents and 51 acts of terrorism across the country within two months, according to its performance report released in November 2026. The report also documented 418 homicide incidents, 227 kidnapping cases, 165 armed robberies, 73 cultism clashes and 49 gender-based violence cases during the two months.

8. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Edo State Command, has arrested 75 suspected drug traffickers in connection with 16,818.17kg of illicit drugs in October 2026. The statistics were released in a statement on Monday by the Commander of Narcotics, Mitchell Ofoyeju, who described the visit of the chairman, Mohammed Buba Marwa, as a catalyst for the command’s fight against drug traffickers.

9. Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has yet to receive Certified True Copies, CTCs, of recent Federal High Court rulings concerning the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and the submission of President Bola Tinubu’s academic credentials. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this while speaking at a news conference on the voter register on Monday in Abuja.

10. The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, says power supply has been restored to many of the areas earlier affected by power disruptions. Tegbe, while giving an update on the power situation in a statement in Abuja on Monday, listed the areas to include Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Kwara states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Tuesday morning