October 16, 2025 – Page 3 – Standard Focus News

PDP Names Senator Ben Obi as Convention Secretary After Mbah’s Defection to APC

October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Senator Ben Ndi Obi as the new Secretary of its National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC), following the defection of former Secretary, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The party’s National Working Committee (NWC), acting on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), approved the appointment as... Read more

Police Arrest Two Kidnappers Who Lured 24-Year-Old Woman Through Dating Site in Rivers

October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The Rivers State Police Command has apprehended two suspected kidnappers accused of luring and abducting a 24-year-old woman they met on a dating site. In a statement on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said the suspects — Ifeanyi Chukwu Alozie, 25, from Okomoko in Etche Local Government Area, and Miracle Nwimene, 25, from Zakpo in Khana... Read more

Tinubu Plotting One-Party State Through Defections — ADC Alleges

October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

…Says Enugu, Bayelsa Governors Betrayed Democracy By James Abiodun The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused President Bola Tinubu of orchestrating a deliberate plan to turn Nigeria into a one-party state, following the recent defections of the governors of Enugu and Bayelsa States to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam... Read more

CISLAC Faults Tinubu’s Presidential Pardon for Corrupt, Drug, Illegal Mining Convicts

October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

….Demands Transparent Review of the Process The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has expressed deep concern over President Bola Tinubu’s recent decision to grant presidential pardons to individuals convicted of corruption, drug trafficking, illegal mining, and other serious offences. In a statement signed by its Executive Director and Head of Transparency International (TI) Nigeria, Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani, CISLAC... Read more

Gov. Idris Engages Chinese Security Firm to Combat Banditry in Kebbi State

October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

In a decisive move to curb the menace of armed banditry and the activities of the proscribed Lakurawa group, Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has engaged the services of an international security organization to strengthen the state’s security operations. The governor’s decision marks a new phase in Kebbi’s fight against insecurity, which has disrupted communities and livelihoods across parts of the state.... Read more

NERC Approves ₦28bn Second Phase of Meter Acquisition Fund, Free Meters for Band A Customers

October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved the release of ₦28 billion for the second phase (Tranche B) of the Meter Acquisition Fund (MAF), aimed at accelerating prepaid meter deployment nationwide. The approval, contained in a new regulatory order signed by NERC’s Vice Chairman, Musiliu Oseni, and Commissioner for Legal, Licensing and Compliance, Dafe Akpeneye, took effect on October... Read more

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