NEWS HEADLINES 01 OCT 26

🇳🇬 NATIONAL

• Tinubu dismisses health rumours, begins 2027 campaign.

• Independence Day: FG Declares Oct 1 Public Holiday.

• We won’t return fuel subsidy, FG declares at Independence lecture.

• 2027: If Tinubu Wins, We Are Retired From Politics, Amaechi Tells ADC Leaders.

• 2027: I’ll resign as minister if Tinubu loses FCT, Rivers – Wike.

• 2027: Makinde appoints ex-Minister Hyat campaign DG.

• Students won’t be used to undermine insurance sector reforms says NANS.

• Independence: Don’t lose hope, Labour Party tells Nigerians.

• Unfinished dams as missing link in FG’s food security agenda.

• Court dismisses suit seeking to void Donald Duke’s PRP presidential candidacy.

• NLC Holds Emergency Meeting Today As Teachers’ Strike Ultimatum Elapses.

• Public servants begin nationwide warning strike Oct 2, if….

• ‘Stop bringing cows, rams to judges,’ retiring Supreme Court justice tells politicians.

• EXPLAINER: What You Need To Know About 4th Extension Of 2025 Budget.

• DLA faults extension of 2025 capital budget implementation.

• Sultan urges religious leaders to prevent maternal, child deaths.

• Alleged Land Scam: Wike’s Son Submits American Passport To Court.

• Supreme Court Judgement: INEC To Move Against Erring Candidates Next Week.

• Forgery: Alleged ‘fake’ PFIPC DG Adeyemi docked, remanded in prison.

• After 68 Days Vacation, Lawmakers Embark On Another Recess.

• Reps Hail DHQ As Troops Rescue Many Abductees, Kill Terrorists’ Commanders.

• Army activates three new battalions to boost security in Zamfara.

• Drug, cybercrime proceeds now target elections — EFCC.

💼BUSINESS

• Obasanjo, Ruto, Others Present As Dangote Flags Off $16bn Refinery In Kenya.

• How Crude Oil Earnings Triggered $55bn FX Rebound.

• NIBSS National Payment Stack hits 100m transactions, deepens financial inclusion.

• ‘BoI Disbursed N645bn To MSMEs In 2025’.

• GTCO records N603bn profit, proposes N1 dividend.

🗺️ACROSS THE STATES

• Retired police officers protest in Ogun, urge Tinubu to sign pension bill.

• Osun Food Scam: Angry Customers Loot Warehouse As Operators Vanish.

• Commuters stranded as floods cut off Agbarho/Ughelli road.

• Flood displaces families, shuts schools, businesses across Rivers, Delta.

• Bayelsa Evacuates Lunatics From Streets.

• Cross River moves against illegal borehole operators, threatens sanctions.

• Otti to Ndigbo: Don’t fight Chinese traders; beat them with technology.

• FCTA Approves Completion Of Abandoned Utako General Hospital, Upgrade Of Others.

• Kaduna: Police Arrest 24 Suspected Kidnappers, Recover Firearms.

• Kano Cleric Seeks To Replace Amin Little As ADC Gov’ship Candidate.

• Kano anti-graft agency arrests suspect over N4.5m horse stable sale.

• Kano: How Sustained Investment Is Expanding Opportunity, Improving Learning Outcomes.

• Obi berates FG over deplorable conditions of Sokoto IDPs.

• Gombe: Court Nullifies APC Reps Primary, Disqualifies Winner.

• PRP Condemns Arrest Of Borno Youths Over #TinubuMustGo T-Shirts.

❤️ HUMAN ANGLE

• I couldn’t walk — Adekunle Gold recounts sickle cell crisis on flight to Tanzania.

• Building collapse kills one in Anambra.

• Fela Kuti inspired my moves in Spider-Man – Andrew Garfield.

• Marriage doesn’t make women desperate – Juliana Olayode.

• RMD urges citizens to stop condemning Nigeria.

• Carter Efe, Phyna fuel tension ahead of Chaos in the Ring bouts.

• BBNaija: Keivo missing from voting list after clash with Tram.

• Davido is most influential Nigerian under 40, Asa Asika claims.

🌍INTERNATIONAL

• Kenya launches new coastal cable system.

• Passenger describes grabbing attacker and taking plane controls after pilot stabbed on Israel flight.

• US death row inmate Christa Pike taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections, says lawyer.

• UK believes Iran involved in RAF Fairford incident, Burnham says.

• China funding UK research and sending it to Beijing's spies, MI5 warns.

⚽SPORTS

• Nigeria Open Returns After 28 Years As NGF Targets Global Golfers.

• Tunisia cancel Mali friendly over injuries, FIFA ranking concerns — Reports.

• UK PM Burnham fears Man City owners could sell club after rule breaches.

• CONFIRMED: Manchester City Guilty Of Breaching EPL Financial Regulations.

• Infantino suffers fresh blow as Swiss FA withdraws support.

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