Good morning. Here is today’s summary from TheMatrix Newspapers:
1. INEC Suspends Osun PVC Collection, Extends 2027 Candidate List Deadline
- Osun Voters Awaiting Replacement Cards Have Till Midnight Sunday To Print Copies
- Cards Stolen In Odo-Otin, Ife Central Attacks Declared Useless For Voting
- Commission Shifts 2027 Candidate List Deadline From Aug 8 To Aug 11
- Parties Won Extra Time After Appeals To Finish Online Submissions
- INEC Vows Free, Fair, Credible Poll On August 15
With the Osun governorship election just a week away, the Independent National Electoral Commission has drawn a firm line under Permanent Voter Card collection in the state — and made it clear that cards stolen in attacks on two collection centres will count for nothing when voting begins. READ MORE
2. Sell Your Candidate, Don’t Discredit Others, Adegbite Tells Onaiyekan
- Adegbite Recalls Cardinal’s Refusal To Recognise Tinubu Until 2023 Supreme Court Verdict
- Insists President Be Judged By His Record, Not By Opponents’ Criticism
- Faults Onaiyekan For Taking A State House Meeting Public, Says Such Talks Are Confidential
A quarrel between two of Nigeria’s best-known clergymen has burst into the open, with Methodist bishop Stephen Adegbite telling Cardinal John Onaiyekan that backing a favoured presidential candidate is no excuse to run down everyone else in the race. READ MORE
3. FMBN Launches Diaspora Mortgage Scheme Offering Up To ₦100m At 9% Interest
- Launched in London under Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Housing Agenda
Nigerians living abroad can now borrow up to ₦100 million to buy a home back home at nine per cent interest — and they won’t need to board a plane to sort out the paperwork. READ MORE
4. Power Outages Making Nigerians Have More Children — Fayose
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has attributed the rising population in some rural communities to prolonged power outages, saying darkness after 7pm leaves residents with limited options for nighttime recreation. READ MORE
5. Ondo Lawmaker Ojogo Escapes Death In Ore–Ondo Road Crash
A member of the House of Representatives, Donald Ojogo, on Saturday escaped a potentially fatal road crash along the Ore–Ondo Road in Ondo State. READ MORE
6. Northern Youth Leaders Demand Intervention Over Alleged Exclusion Ahead Of 2027
- Groups demand independent northern platform to rally support for Tinubu, Shettima
A coalition of northern youth groups wants Arewa elders and senior northern figures in President Bola Tinubu’s government to step in — and quickly. Their grievance is blunt: they accuse the President’s son, Seyi Tinubu, of deliberately locking young people from the region out of leadership roles and political mobilisation structures as the countdown to the 2027 general election begins. READ MORE
7. FCT Can’t Operate State Police Without Governor, Assembly – Senate
The Senate has explained why the Federal Capital Territory will not be included in the planned state police system, saying Abuja lacks the constitutional structures required to operate its own police force. READ MORE
8. Duke-Abiola Begins Consultations After UN Secretary-General Nomination
Nigerian lawyer and diplomat, Akasoba Duke-Abiola, has formally accepted her nomination and endorsement by the African Policy and Research Consortium for the position of Secretary-General of the United Nations. READ MORE
9. ‘Don’t Give My Wife Kissing Roles’ — Peller Warns Nollywood Producers
Nigerian TikTok star, Hamzat Habeeb Adelaja, popularly known as Peller, has drawn the line over the kind of roles he wants his newly married wife, content creator Jarvis, to accept from Nollywood producers and skitmakers. READ MORE
10. WAFCON 2026: Super Falcons Ready For Cameroon Battle — Madugu
Super Falcons head coach, Justine Madugu, says his players are prepared to give everything when they face Cameroon in their crucial 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final on Sunday. READ MORE
