Good morning, world. Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers. Things you need to know.
1. A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order for the temporary forfeiture of 57 properties suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities associated with the immediate past Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the order on Wednesday.
2. Players and coaches of the Super Eagles have reportedly refused to travel to Marrakech for their next Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, fixture, citing unpaid bonuses. The development was disclosed on X by BBC Africa journalist Oluwashina Okeleji, who is currently in Morocco.
3. Suspected bandits on Tuesday night attacked personnel of the National Park Service in Oloka village, Orire Local Government Area, Oyo State. It was learnt that the attack occurred around 9:00 pm on January 6, 2026, catching the NPS personnel by surprise. Several officers were reportedly killed or injured during the incident.
4. Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has boasted he will laugh at last in the ensuing defection crisis between him and Kano Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf. While urging supporters to go back to the grassroots and mobilise people, Kwankwaso noted: “This is the most important thing before you as some people are defecting.”
5. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has described Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State as “a bad child”. Speaking during a “thank you” visit to Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, as part of his ongoing visit across the 23 local government areas of Rivers, Wike accused Fubara of cancelling some of the projects he handed over to him.
6. The leadership of the organised labour has again asked the Federal Government to immediately halt the implementation of the new tax laws to avoid face-off with workers across the country. The movement, comprising both the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, said tax laws’ draft and implementation excluded inputs of workers in both private and public sector.
7. Gunmen on Tuesday night attacked herders, killing one and injuring another around Gero community in Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau state. Ibrahim Yusuf Babayo, state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), who confirmed the incident to journalists on Wednesday, described it as barbaric.
8. Residents of Meiran were thrown into panic on Wednesday after hoodlums reportedly chased one another with axes along parts of the area. It was gathered from multiple eyewitnesses that no life was lost during the fracas, which occurred at Kabowei Bus Stop in Meiran at about 1pm on Wednesday.
9. The Kogi State sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has attributed a motor accident on the Lokoja–Abuja road, which killed five people and injured seven others, to wrongful overtaking. The FRSC office in Lokoja disclosed that the accident occurred on Tuesday and involved three children—two girls and a boy.
10. A former Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Robinson Ewor, has accused the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, of illegally spending public funds. Ewor alleged that the state is currently running without a valid budget for the 2026 fiscal year.
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