• The Nigeria Police Force has declared 48-year-old Abuja resident Bolaji Joseph Ojikutu wanted over alleged fraud, money laundering, criminal breach of trust and false pretence.
• The General Investigation Section of the Force Criminal Investigation Department in Garki, Abuja, is handling the case under a bulletin authorised by the Inspector-General of Police.
• Police have not announced Ojikutu’s arrest and have asked members of the public with information about his whereabouts to call 07085728532.

• Mohbad’s family has demanded the identity of the US laboratory proposed for Liam’s DNA test and requested postponement of Saturday’s sample collection in Yaba, Lagos.
• The family said a May 5, 2026, court order designated the Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre to conduct the test, questioning plans for analysis abroad.
• The family reaffirmed support for a credible paternity test but requested laboratory accreditation details, sample-handling safeguards and further court directions where necessary before proceeding.

• Remnant Christian Network founder Apostle Arome Osayi warned during a Wednesday sermon that people who publicly insult him and other ministers would face consequences.
• Osayi claimed that insulting anyone serving Jesus Christ would attract divine judgment, saying he had scripture to support his warning.
• Osayi predicted that people would die before another divine visitation to Nigeria, which he said would exclude noisemakers and empower true labourers.

At least 12 people, including a police inspector, have reportedly been killed in separate attacks on communities in Kebbi State

• A family representative has threatened that relatives will exhume late gospel singer Bayonile Bolaji, popularly known as Toluwanisings, if he is buried in a cemetery.
• The representative said the family agreed to bury Toluwanisings beside his late mother’s grave at their father’s compound in Oyo State.
• In a video circulating on social media, the representative asked those handling the burial to bring Toluwanisings home, regardless of concerns about burial at his own house.

Former Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has taken his social media presence to TikTok, asking Nigerians to follow him for updates about his activities and other information.

• FCT Police Commissioner Ahmed Mohammed Sanusi said police arrested NSCDC officer Onoja Samuel for allegedly firing shots during an argument with traders at Kubwa Market in Abuja.
• Sanusi said police recovered a CZ pistol and 17 rounds of live 9mm ammunition from Samuel after responding to a distress call.
• Sanusi said Samuel remained in police custody and would face charges in court after investigators completed their work on the case

• Four FUT Minna students and a Government House driver died on Monday in a crash involving a vehicle in Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago’s convoy at Gidan Mangoro.
• A Toyota Hilux carrying Government House Director-General Dauda Chikuba collided with the students’ car, injuring Chikuba, who was taken to hospital.
• Niger State police spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun confirmed that police had opened an investigation, while the crash’s cause and Chikuba’s health condition remained unclear.

• Benue police have arrested 34 foreigners in Otukpo and Orokam and are investigating their immigration status and presence in Nigeria.
• Commissioner Cletus Nwadiogbu said police arrested 16 Cameroonians in Otukpo on October 9 and intercepted 18 Nigeriens in Orokam on October 22.
• Police have disclosed no evidence linking the suspects to specific crimes and plan to hand them over to the Nigeria Immigration Service after investigations.