Today’s Headlines: Makinde Will Reset Nigeria-Hyat, Adeleke Heads To Abuja For Inauguration Of APC

The Director-General of the Allied Peoples Movement Campaign Organisation, Felix Hyat, has urged Nigerians not to fear a presidency led by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, saying the presidential candidate has what it takes to reset the country and address its numerous challenges.

Hyat, who stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing participants at the inauguration of the North-Central zonal state coordinators of the Makinde/Daura Campaign Organisation, expressed confidence in the ticket’s capacity to provide the leadership needed to change Nigeria’s fortunes.

He said Nigeria could no longer afford to continue on its current path, citing insecurity and economic hardship among the challenges confronting the country.

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Wednesday, departed for Abuja ahead of the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress 2027 Presidential Campaign Council.

In a now-trending video on X, the governor was seen walking with his protocol team toward a private jet expected to take him to the Federal Capital Territory for the event.

The inauguration is scheduled to hold at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Adeleke was recently appointed Osun State coordinator of the campaign council for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid.His appointment places him among the party’s coordinators expected to mobilise support for the APC ahead of the next presidential election.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has opposed the bail application filed by Jimi Lawal, the second defendant in the alleged financial misconduct case involving former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, before the Federal High Court in Kaduna.

The court, presided over by Justice Hauwa’u Buhari, adjourned the hearing of Lawal’s bail application to Friday, October 16, 2026, while the substantive case was adjourned to December 8.

ICPC prosecution counsel, Ibrahim Mukhtar, disclosed this after the proceedings, saying the commission had filed a counter-affidavit opposing the application.We have already filed a counter-affidavit to it. So, we are opposing the application,” Mukhtar said.

He, however, declined to disclose the grounds for opposing the bail request, explaining that the prosecution was yet to present its arguments before the court.

A major disaster was averted after a truck conveying 33,000 litres of ethanol fell at the Second Rainbow Bridge in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency disclosed this in a statement released by its Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, on Wednesday, adding that no casualties were recorded in the incident.

According to the PS, the tanker, a FOTON truck with registration number APP 346 YC, fell while its driver was attempting to negotiate a turn on the bridge.

Oke-Osanyintolu stated that preliminary investigation attributed the incident to speeding, which caused the truck’s turntable to detach and fall on the roundabout, blocking the entire stretch.

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