Today’s Headlines: Obi & I are friends despite political differences –Soludo, Shettima acknowledge hardship, urges Nigerians to re-elect Tinubu.

Obi and I are friends despite political differences – Soludo.

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has said he has no personal rift with former governor Peter Obi, describing their relationship as cordial despite disagreements over political and economic issues.

Soludo said this in an interview with BBC News Igbo, on Monday, explaining that both families maintained close relationships but had different political interests.

“Peter Obi and I are good friends. Our two families are on good terms. His wife gave birth to my child in the divine water, my wife gave birth to his child in the confirmation. But when it comes to politics, give me mine, give him his. It’s politics that is being done,” the governor said.

Shettima acknowledges hardship, urges Nigerians to re-elect Tinubu.

Kashim Shettima, the Vice President of Nigeria, has acknowledged the hardship Nigerians are facing as a result of the Federal Government’s economic reforms but appealed to voters to re-elect President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

He made the appeal at the APC presidential campaign rally in Calabar.

He defended the administration’s policies, arguing that their benefits were beginning to emerge despite the difficulties they had imposed on citizens.

Police arrest two suspects, discovered high-tech indoor cannabis farm in Lagos.

The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a suspected high-tech indoor cannabis farm at a residential property in Apapa, Lagos, arresting a 49-year-old Polish national and a 36-year-old Nigerian in connection with the discovery.

The suspects, identified as Thomas Razvickas, 49, and James Chisome, 36, were arrested on November 2, 2026, at about 8:15 am following intelligence received by police operatives.

The facility, according to the police, was equipped with sophisticated equipment for the cultivation, harvesting and processing of substances suspected to be cannabis.

The Command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, adding that both suspects were residents of the property searched by the operatives.

Sokoto govt shuts ADC office over disputed ownership.

The Sokoto State Government has shut down an office of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, following questions over the legal ownership of the property.

The state Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Barrister Nasiru Dantsoho, announced the development on Monday, explaining that the closure was also intended to prevent a recurrence of a recent confrontation involving party supporters and suspected troublemakers.

Dantsoho said an investigation into the property’s ownership revealed that it was registered under the defunct Savannah Bank, with no subsequent transfer of ownership documented in the records examined by the government.

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