Today’s Headlines: Tinubu deserves northern support for backing Buhari’s presidency – Okorocha; Abdulsalami Panel Flags 109 Breaches

Former Imo State Governor and Senator, Rochas Okorocha, has called on Nigerians in the North to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, saying the President deserves political reciprocity for the support he gave former President Muhammadu Buhari to emerge and remain in office.

Rochas Okorocha, who spoke yesterday in Abuja during his inauguration as National Grand Patron of Grassroots Advocacy for Tinubu (GAT), said Tinubu subordinated his presidential ambition to support Buhari’s emergence in 2015 and remained a committed political ally throughout his eight-year administration.

𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀 109 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

The National Peace Committee said 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory recorded 109 breaches of the National Peace Accord over 10 weeks of monitoring, raising concerns about potential threats to peaceful campaigns and the 2027 general elections.

The centre, in its monitoring report covering the period between August 19 and October 27, obtained by The PUNCH on Tuesday, identified political violence and thuggery, as well as misinformation and disinformation, as the leading violations, accounting for 33 and 29 incidents, respectively.

It identified Kaduna, Edo and Enugu as election flashpoints, citing recurring political violence, armed disruptions and other security concerns, revealing that the Federal Capital Territory also recorded seven incidents, while Kaduna had the highest number, with nine.

𝗙𝗚 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗼𝗴, 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 2029

The National Pension Commission has disclosed that the Federal Government has funded the accrued pension rights of enrolled federal workers ahead of retirement until December 2029, reversing a previous 21-month funding backlog.

The Director-General of PenCom, Omolola Oloworaran, disclosed this on Wednesday in her keynote address at the 2026 Pension Correspondents Association of Nigeria Conference in Abuja.

Oloworaran, represented by PenCom’s Head of Corporate Communications, Ibrahim Buwai, said the government had moved from owing accrued pension rights for 21 months to maintaining a 41-month funding surplus.

President Bola Tinubu has announced a ₦100 million Federal Government Savings Bond for each member of Nigeria’s victorious U-17 women’s national team, the Flamingos, in recognition of their historic triumph at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.

The reward was unveiled by First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, who represented the President at a special reception held in honour of the team following their remarkable achievement on the global stage.

Under the reward package, every member of the Flamingos squad will receive a ₦100 million Federal Government Savings Bond not to be cashed till they turn 18, while head coach Busari Hakeem Ishola is to be rewarded with ₦100 million in cash.

Members of the team’s technical crew will also receive ₦50 million each in cash for their contributions to Nigeria’s successful campaign.

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