Today’s Headlines: ‘Tinubu Must Go’ Campaign: APC reveals why it is not worried; US Indicts Nigeria Over Complicity

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed the growing “Tinubu Must Go” campaign, insisting that the movement is being driven by opposition politicians and does not reflect the views of Nigerians.

Yilwatda said the ruling party was confident that President Bola Tinubu would secure a second term in 2027, citing internal opinion polls which he claimed showed the president leading his potential challengers across the country.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, the APC chairman maintained that the party had conducted surveys across several states and obtained statistics supporting its confidence ahead of the presidential election.

United States government has indicted Nigeria for failing to meet minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, citing corruption, official complicity, and government failure to prosecute complicit officials.

It also listed Nigeria among 14 countries recruiting and using child soldiers.

This is contained in the 2026 Trafficking in Persons, TIP, Report, which covers April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026.

The report retained Nigeria on Tier 2, a category defined as countries whose governments do not fully meet the Trafficking Victims Protection Act minimum standards but were making significant efforts to meet the requirements.

It equally placed Nigeria on the Child Soldiers Prevention Act, CSPA, list alongside Afghanistan, Burma, Central African Republic, DRC, Ethiopia, Iran, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Venezuela and Yemen.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗤3 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵

Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Plc says it will meet the recapitalisation requirement of the insurance sector’s regulator, and ensure improved customers’ service.

The Executive Director, Operations, CHI, Mrs Mary Adeyanju, said this when the company hosted the brokers’ evening event of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers in Lagos.

“CHI assures NCRIB that it is committed to meeting the new capital requirement and plans to continually deliver value throughtechnology, improvement in customer satisfaction and product diversification to further deepen insurance penetration,” she said.

𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗪’𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 – 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁

Nigeria imported an average of 78,000 barrels per day of petrol between April and August, even as the Dangote Petroleum Refinery exported some of its gasoline output to other markets when favourable trading opportunities emerged, a report by Argus Media has shown.

The development comes as the refinery increases its supply of petroleum products to West African countries, with deliveries reaching a record 172,000 barrels per day in September, according to George Mayer-Bonnett, Deputy Editor, Oil Products at Argus Media.

The report said Nigeria’s average petrol consumption stood at 279,000 barrels per day during the five-month period, exceeding the Dangote refinery’s average output of 258,000 barrels per day.

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