Today’s Headlines: Tinubu’ll Work for North if Re-Elected – Shettima; El-Rufai Loses Bail Appeal

With less than three months to the 2027 presidential election, Vice President Kashim Shettima has rallied support in the North for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election.

Shettima assured the North that Tinubu would work for the region if re-elected in 2027.

The vice president urged Northerners not to be afraid of Tinubu’s re-election, saying the president loves the region.

Speaking on Monday in Abuja, Shettima said the president was committed to helping the North develop.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has dismissed the appeal filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, challenging the decision of the Kaduna State High Court refusing his bail application.

In its judgement delivered on Thursday, October 8, 2026, in Appeal No. CA/K/254C/2026, the appellate court affirmed that the trial court exercised its discretion judicially and judiciously, in refusing the former Governor’s bail application.

The court held that El-Rufai’s appeal lacked merit, and found no miscarriage of justice in the trial Judge’s decision.

𝗥𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝗴𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰’𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

The Rector of Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, Dr Mobolaji Onasanya, has appealed to the Ogun State Government to increase the institution’s monthly subvention.

He also called for equitable access to Tertiary Education Trust Fund interventions to address the institution’s infrastructure deficit.

Onasanya suggested that the state government should consider rotating TETFund support and interventions among its tertiary institutions so that each institution would know the exact year it would benefit from the federal government intervention.

The rector made this call on Monday during a press conference held at the polytechnic premises to herald the combined convocation ceremony and 20th anniversary celebration scheduled for Thursday.

𝗚𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲𝘀 119 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀

Ghanaian authorities have rescued 119 Nigerians in an operation targeting cybercrime syndicates, with 105 of them repatriated to Nigeria.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons disclosed this in a statement on Monday, adding that the remaining 14 Nigerians were still undergoing processing by the Ghanaian authorities.

According to the agency, the operation was coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser following a request for assistance from Ghana’s Cyber Security Authority.

NAPTIP said it led the Nigerian security and law enforcement agencies involved in the operation, including the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Department of State Services, the National Intelligence Agency and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons.

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