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All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Kogi, led by former Governor Yahaya Bello, have endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for second terms, declaring that the president will not need to campaign in the state ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The endorsement rally, held at the Muhammadu Buhari Civic Centre in Lokoja, brought together top party leaders, local executives, women, and youth groups, all pledging total loyalty to Tinubu and Ododo.

Bello described Tinubu as a leader committed to Nigeria’s progress, noting that his economic reforms were stabilising the country.

He said, ‘Kogi is for President Bola Tinubu; nobody can unseat him. There is no vacancy in Aso Rock.’

He dismissed opposition mergers as ‘futile,’ urging Nigerians to rally behind the president and support Ododo’s administration in the state, which he said deserved a second term.

Governor Ododo, in his remarks, promised Tinubu 99 per cent of Kogi’s votes in 2027, assuring that the state remains firmly behind the president. He thanked Tinubu for federal appointments given to Kogi indigenes and praised the Renewed Hope Initiative for improving lives nationwide.

Ododo also appreciated his predecessor, Yahaya Bello, describing him as a mentor and ‘star leader’ of the APC.

Kogi APC Chairman, Abdullahi Bello, reaffirmed the party’s unity and support for both Tinubu and Ododo, commending the achievements of the past and current administrations.

Chairman of the Organising Committee, Senator Smart Adeyemi, lauded Tinubu as a true democrat with over three decades of consistent commitment to national development, calling on Kogi residents to sustain their support.

The event ended with a unanimous endorsement of Tinubu and Ododo for re-election by all APC stakeholders in the state.

There were indications on Sunday that the scheduled November 15 National Elective Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may hit the rocks as the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, has petitioned security agencies, alleging the forgery of his signature appended to communications relating to the Ibadan event.

Anyanwu, an ally of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Inspector-General of Police.

He also petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the same subject, calling for investigations into how his signature appeared on letters emanating from the PDP, since he didn’t sign them.

While Anyanwu’s petitions to the DSS and INEC were dated October 15, 2025, the one to the police was dated October 16, 2025.

In the separate petitions, the secretary claimed not to have co-authored the August 25, 2025 letter the PDP wrote to INEC to inform the electoral umpire about the Ibadan Convention fixed for November 15-16, 2025.

By existing regulations, both the National Chairman of the party (in this case, Ambassador Umar Damagum) and Anyanwu are to jointly sign such a communication. However, in the unfolding drama, the secretary claims that his signature on the letter to INEC was forged.

The petition to INEC was titled: ‘RE: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Year 2025 Elective National Convention: Petition Against Forgery and Cloning of My Signature.’

The secretary wrote: ‘Regrettably, the quoted letter was never signed, authorised, or known to me. It is shocking to have a forged/cloned version of my signature on the letter.

I therefore request that this criminal conduct by officers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their collaborators within INEC be investigated and the culprits prosecuted.

Attached herewith is an excerpt of the forged document for ease of reference.’

In the petition to the DSS, where he specifically demanded the arrest and prosecution of the alleged forgers, Anyanwu stated: ‘My attention has been drawn to the above-titled official letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with Ref. No. PDP/DOM/GF.2/Vol.1M/25-140 dated Monday, August 25, 2025, purportedly signed by me.

Regrettably, the quoted letter was never signed, authorised or known to me. It is shocking to have a forged/cloned version of my signature on the letter.

I therefore request that this criminal conduct by officers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their collaborators within INEC be investigated and the culprits prosecuted.’

In the IGP’s petition, Anyanwu also wrote: ‘My attention has been drawn to the above-titled official letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with Ref. No. PDP/DOM/GF.2/Vol.1M/25-140 dated Monday, August 25, 2025, purportedly signed by me.

Regrettably, the quoted letter was never signed, authorised or known to me. It is shocking to have a forged/cloned version of my signature on the letter.

I therefore request that this criminal conduct by officers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their collaborators within INEC be investigated and the culprits prosecuted.’

A 17-year-old Miss Kamardeen Aishat, said to have been sexually abused by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and 2024 chairmanship aspirant in the Ilorin West local government elections in Kwara state, Comrade Musbau Esinrogunjo, has refuted the claims.

Recall that the PDP chieftain was reported to have taken advantage of Aishat when she approached him for assistance.

However, Aishat, who will turn 18 years old in February 2026, described the report as false, politically motivated, and an attempt to tarnish her image and that of the PDP chieftain.

Answering questions from journalists in Ilorin alongside her parents, Mr. Kamardeen and Mrs. Tawakaltu Kamardeen, Aishat clarified that she met Comrade Esinrogunjo when she needed financial assistance.

She explained that Esinrogunjo is known as a generous man whom many people approach for help.

‘I was never raped by anyone. The rumours circulating online are false and politically driven’, she said, adding that, ‘People should disregard those publications’.

Her father, Mr. Kamardeen, also debunked the rape allegation, stressing that his daughter is religious, disciplined, and well-brought-up.

‘When I first heard that one ‘Aishat Kamardeen’ had been raped, I didn’t even think it was my daughter. The publication mentioned a 15-year-old, but my daughter will be 18 in February next year’, he said. ‘The story was cooked up to tarnish the image of someone who has been helping the less privileged’.

Also speaking, Mrs. Tawakaltu Kamardeen, Aishat’s mother, affirmed that her daughter is morally upright, religious, and not involved in any relationship, let alone any sexual misconduct.

She added that the viral story was aimed at damaging both her daughter’s reputation and that of Comrade Esinrogujo.

‘We call on well-meaning Nigerians to disregard the false online publication’, she said. ‘My daughter is not 15 years old, and she has never been raped’.

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Policemen in Benue State have shot dead the suspected killer of the Benue Hunters’ Commander and his wife.

In a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, Udeme Edet, and made available to newsmen on Sunday night, she said, ‘The deceased was suspected to have been involved in the assassination of the Hunters’ Commander, Mr Aondoakaa Yayol, and his wife, Mrs Kashimana Yayol, in Wannune, headquarters of Tarka Local Government Area of the state, on June 20, 2025, and February 11, 2023, respectively.’

Edet said that the suspected assassin and armed robber, who had been on the Command’s wanted list, was killed on Saturday at the time he was planning another attack.

According to the statement, the suspect sneaked into Makurdi but was intercepted by a team of policemen acting on an intelligence report.

The statement read partly: ‘However, on 18 October 2025, credible intelligence revealed that the suspect had clandestinely returned to Makurdi with plans to carry out further attacks.

‘Acting swiftly on this information, a team of detectives was deployed to apprehend him around George Akume Way, Makurdi. Upon sighting the operatives, the suspect opened fire on them. The police responded appropriately and succeeded in subduing and arresting him.

‘During the encounter, the suspect sustained gunshot injuries and was immediately taken to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital for treatment, where he was later confirmed dead. His corpse has since been deposited at the hospital morgue.’

Edet said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ifeanyi Emenari, advised residents to desist from criminal activities and to promptly report any suspicious persons or movements to the nearest police station or any other security agency within their vicinity.

She further assured the Command’s commitment to ensuring the safety and security of all residents of the state.

Plans by the federal government to introduce and implement the tax stamp system or digital identifiers in the nation’s beer sector seem to be causing palpable fears among stakeholders, especially the three major brewing companies in the sector.

While the policy was designed primarily to ensure alcoholic drinks brewed in the country pay the required excise duties and that no foreign beer is smuggled in without payment of such duties, operators, however, fear the policy might have unintended consequences if eventually implemented.

Some of the operators, in separate chats with the Nigerian Tribune under anonymity, believed it might eventually raise the price of beer and other alcoholic beverages expected to pass through the system.

Explaining the workings of the system, one of the operators stated that it would require a tracking device to be installed by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in production plants where such products are being prepared.

He explained further that the device, to be installed by foreign engineers, would have to be monitored by men of the NCS in the plant.

‘One of the challenges here is the added operational costs likely to be incurred by the brewing companies, since the breweries are to see to the welfare of the men of the NCS expected to closely monitor the device at the plant.

‘Besides, they will also have to be responsible for the servicing of the device, which would require bringing the foreign engineers that installed the device into the country periodically. All these are extra costs likely to be passed down to the consumers at the end of the day,’ he stated.

The source also expressed the fear that production time may be disrupted whenever there are issues with the device, which the foreign engineers cannot promptly deal with.

‘It means everything would have to wait until such issue is sorted. You can imagine the impact of such delay on the production process of the company.

‘All of these are definitely coming at some costs likely to pass down to the final consumers, which simply means consumers in that market segment would have to pay more,’ he stated.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has, in collaboration with other agencies, deported another batch of 51 foreign nationals convicted of cyber-terrorism, internet fraud, and related financial crimes in Lagos.

EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Oyewale said the exercise was jointly carried out by the anti-graft agency with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).

According to him, the final batch of 51 convicts, including 50 Chinese nationals and one Tunisian, brings to 192 the number of foreigners convicted of financial crimes in Lagos State to a close.

He said that the last batch of deportees left Nigeria on October 16.

‘The deportation exercise followed the arrest and successful prosecution of 759 suspects during a major sting operation conducted by the EFCC on December 10, 2024, at Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.

‘The deportation exercise, which began on August 15, followed the conviction of the offenders by the Federal High Court in Lagos for offences bordering on cybercrime, money laundering, and ponzi scheme operations.

‘The first batch of 42 convicts, comprising Chinese and Filipino nationals, was deported on August 15; subsequent batches followed throughout August and September,’ he said.

According to him, the deported convicts include nationals of China, the Philippines, Tunisia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Timor-Leste.

They were deported in coordinated batches between August and mid-October 2025, in accordance with court directives and immigration procedures.

‘All the deported convicts bagged their imprisonment when they were arrested with their Nigerian accomplices believed to be members of a sophisticated cybercrime and ponzi scheme syndicate.

‘The syndicate was said to be operating under the cover of Genting International Co. Limited.’