Today’s Headlines: I May Live 20 More Years — Suswam; You’ve Impoverished Nigerians — OBJ

Former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, on Friday disclosed that he might live for only 20 years more on earth.

Suswam disclosed this while assuring that President Bola Tinubu is laying a future for the younger generation through his economic policies.

Speaking during the PBAT Door-to-Door rally in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, the former governor faulted those criticizing Tinubu’s economic policies.

According to Suswam: “A lot of people have been criticizing what is going on, an investment for the future. When you give birth to a child, that child does not start running from day one and so the economic policies that have been introduced to us in this country, as a student of contemporary economic, I know for a certain that the future belongs to the younger generation, and the future is being laid by this great Nigerian, Tinubu.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗢𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗯𝘂’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused President Bola Tinubu of making every Nigerian poor by 300 per cent through the devaluation of the naira, saying the policy has turned Nigeria into “the poverty capital of the world.”

Obasanjo spoke on Wednesday at the Financial Times Africa Summit 2026 in London, United Kingdom.

He said the naira lost its value overnight due to economic reforms undertaken by the Tinubu administration in 2023.

The statesman argued, “We do not live in isolation as a country. We interact with the rest of the world. And overnight, you devalue the currency by 300 per cent. The naira went from N500 to a dollar to N1,500 to a dollar. What that meant was that every Nigerian is made poor by 300 per cent.”

Niger State Government has identified the integration of mental healthcare into primary health centres as a priority, amid concerns that existing health facility records do not fully capture the scale of psychological distress across the state.

The state government also identified insecurity, displacement, family difficulties and substance-related problems as factors contributing to mental health challenges in communities.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Murtala Muhammad Bagana, disclosed this through the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Abdullahi Imam, during a briefing to mark the 2026 World Mental Health Day.

𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 16 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀

The Rivers State Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into reports that 16 female students of Government Comprehensive High School, Taabaa, in Khana Local Government Area, were selected for alleged forced virginity testing.

The ministry condemned the reported incident in a statement dated October 22, 2026, saying the alleged exercise involved members of a traditional institution in the community.

According to the statement published on its Facebook page on Thursday, the ministry said persons claiming to represent the institution visited the school under the guise of offering scholarships and exercise books before allegedly selecting the students for the testing.

The ministry said the selection, which reportedly took place on Thursday, September 17, 2026, prompted objections and a peaceful protest by students.

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