In The News: Top 10 Key Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers You Need to Know This Monday Morning

1. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to field candidates for the 2027 general election, with National Leader Nyesom Wike stating the party will recover mandates allegedly taken by defectors to other parties across Nigeria

2. Armed assailants attacked Agwan Rukuba community in Jos North Local Government Area, Plateau State, killing several residents and causing widespread panic

3. Former Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has officially resigned from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to pursue a broader political realignment

4. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticized the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the party of being nervous ahead of the 2027 elections despite controlling 31 states and holding most National Assembly seats

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5. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has instructed Mobile Network Operators to compensate customers for service disruptions, marking a shift to direct consumer restitution

6. Oyo State House of Assembly Speaker Adebo Ogundoyin has joined the 2027 governorship race in the state, with support from PDP stakeholders in Ibarapaland

7. President Bola Tinubu announced on his 74th birthday that he will donate all his salaries since taking office to establish a welfare fund for wounded soldiers and families of fallen military personnel

8. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency intercepted a large cocaine shipment concealed in imported dry fish heads, arresting a suspected trafficker linked to India-bound narcotics

9. Two community chiefs, a head of hunters’ association, and 15 others were arrested over violence related to a boundary dispute between Ilobu and Erin-Osun communities, which led to an attack on police officers

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10. Boniface Aniebonam, founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, stated that party members will not be part of Senator Kwankwaso’s planned defection to the African Democratic Congress.

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