Today’s Headlines:Kanu’s detention has caused more damage to Govt-Brother;Abia debt stock drops–Otti

Nnamdi Kanu’s continued detention has caused more damage to the Nigerian government than to Kanu himself, the IPOB leader’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, has said.

Prince Emmanuel, who made the assertion in a post on his Facebook page on Sunday, said Kanu’s incarceration has become a self-inflicted wound for the Nigerian government.

He listed the problems the IPOB leader’s detention created for Nigeria to include loss of international credibility, insecurity and economic collapse in the South-East and emergence of more radical splinter groups. He also said the prolonged detention has made Kanu more powerful.

Prince Emmanuel wrote: “The continued detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has done more damage to the Nigerian government than to Kanu himself. It has become a self-inflicted wound.

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said the state’s debt stock has declined from N147.2bn in the second quarter of 2023 to N48.6bn in the corresponding period of 2026, representing a reduction of N98.6bn.

Otti disclosed during the October edition of his monthly media chat with journalists, where he provided an update on the state’s debt profile, foreign loan obligations, and his administration’s borrowing policy.

He also expressed satisfaction that the state emerged second in the 2025/2026 climate governance ranking.

According to the governor, the debt inherited by his administration was significantly higher than the amount officially captured by the Debt Management Office, as outstanding pension obligations and salary arrears were not included in the reported figure.

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will perfect rigging plans as soon as possible towards the 2027 general elections.

In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele warned the opposition parties to do the needful as soon as possible because a high level of rigging has been put in place to take them out of the race.

The prophet explained that the kind of rigging hasn’t happened before, and if the opposition doesn’t wake up, it will happen and they will not be able to do anything about it.

He said: “If the opposition doesn’t do the needful now, they will rig them out with a kind of high-level technique.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has ruled out Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in two individuals suspected of having the infection in Yola, Adamawa State, after two rounds of laboratory testing returned negative results.

Jide Idris, NCDC Director-General, who disclosed this in a statement, added that there is currently no laboratory-confirmed Ebola case in Adamawa.

The suspected cases were reported to the Adamawa State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre in the early hours of October 30, 2026, after two individuals presented with symptoms requiring further investigation.

According to Idris, the individuals were isolated and appropriate public health measures initiated while samples were collected for laboratory analysis.