Security Situations:
✔ The military has reportedly pushed the Lakurawa terror group into Niger Republic
✔ Concerning developments in Kaduna with 15 people, including a village head, kidnapped in Kauru LGA
✔ Customs operations in Borno are hampered by insecurity, affecting anti-smuggling efforts
✔ 31 transmission towers were vandalized, threatening national electricity supply
International/Diplomatic Issues:
✔ Government is monitoring Simon Ekpa’s legal proceedings in Finland
✔ Five Nigerian pastors detained in Cameroon following a kidnapping incident in former Bakassi Peninsula
Government/Policy Updates:
✔ Tinubu has requested confirmation for Lt. Gen. Oluyede as Chief of Army Staff
✔ President acknowledged hunger issues but promised agricultural reforms to address farmer-herder conflicts
✔ The six-year single tenure bill sponsor plans to reintroduce it despite initial rejection
Infrastructure/Energy:
✔ Dangote Refinery reports insufficient crude supply from NNPC under naira-for-crude program
✔ National power supply faces new threats from vandalism of transmission infrastructure
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