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October 6, 2026 PPunch Nigeria, Notes, Top Headlines

How NAF plane vanished from radar shortly after takeoff, then crashed in Ondo

A Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft carrying 32 people vanished from radar shortly after take-off on a routine flight from Benin to Lagos on Monday, before crashing into a swamp near the Naval Base…

October 5, 2026 SRSahara Reporters Notes, Top Headlines

Teachers’ Day: President who can’t name his teachers, classmates does not understand their struggles – Atiku

Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised President Bola Tinubu over his inability to name any former teacher or classmate, saying such a leader cannot understand the struggles…

October 5, 2026 PNPM NEWS Notes, Top Headlines

Tinubu declares three-day national mourning for Air Force crash victims

President Bola Tinubu has declared a three-day national mourning period for Nigerian Air Force personnel killed in Monday’s military aircraft crash in Ondo State.

October 5, 2026 VVanguard Notes, Top Headlines

No survivors found after Ondo military aircraft crash — Aiyedatiwa

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said no survivor has been found following Monday’s military aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area, with rescuers recovering only parts of the wreckage.

October 5, 2026 SRSahara Reporters Notes, Top Headlines

Driver killed as 18 Sokoto students abducted on way to Oyo

About 18 students of Gamji College of Health Technology, Sokoto State, have been abducted while travelling to their hometowns in Oyo State, with the driver of their bus reportedly killed.

October 5, 2026 TOTribune Online Nigeria, Notes, Top Headlines

Primate Ayodele: Tinubu is incompetent, Muslim-Muslim ticket a bondage

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday described President Bola Tinubu as an incompetent leader, stressing that Nigeria has yet to experience what it means to be an independent…

October 5, 2026 SRSahara Reporters Notes, Top Headlines

Tinubu’s lawyers admit errors in US court filing over drug probe, seek amendment

President Bola Tinubu’s lawyers have acknowledged errors in an earlier United States court filing and asked permission to replace it with an amended version.

October 5, 2026 PPunch Notes, Top Headlines

Kidnappers cut ransom for abducted NYSC members from N1bn to N100m

Kidnappers holding 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members abducted in Imo State have reduced their ransom demand from N50m to N5m per victim.

October 5, 2026 XX Nigeria, Notes, Top Headlines

Ohida, ISWAP’s Southern Nigeria Chief, killed in joint security raid in Owo, Ondo State

A joint operation by the Nigerian Army, DSS and Amotekun killed senior ISWAP leader Abdussamad Ohida in Owo forest, Ondo State, foiling his alleged plans to attack civilians during the Yuletide season and disrupt…

October 5, 2026 TCThe Cable Notes, Top Headlines

ISWAP leader Ohida killed in intelligence-led operation in Ondo

A senior leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, Abdussamad Ohida, has been killed in an intelligence-led operation by a joint team of the Nigerian Army, Department of State Services and Amotekun.…