1. To a crucial meeting, the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress has invited the incoming president, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his running mate, senator Kashim Shettima, as well as senators and members of the House of Representatives who are candidates on its platform. On Monday, the private meeting is set to take place at the State House in Abuja.
2. According to the Central Bank of Nigeria, the cash swap program no longer allows residents of rural and unbanked areas to exchange old notes for new ones. Isa Abdulmumin, the CBN's acting spokesperson, revealed this to our correspondent over the phone and noted that the program has completed its task.
3. In accordance with the Supreme Court's ruling, the Ekiti State Government has warned residents against refusing to use the old naira notes as payment methods; if they do, they risk being arrested and prosecuted. Anybody found rejecting the old notes would face sanctions, according to the Abia State Government.
4. After 68 days of captivity, 14 kidnapping victims were freed by the Zamfara State Police Command. The victims were recovered by police tactical operatives working with a vigilance group during a mop-up in Munhaye Forest in the state's Tsafe Local Government Area, according to the command's spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu.
5. It has been reported that the body of late Sen. Joseph Wayas, who presided over the Senate of Nigeria during the Second Republic (1979–1983), has been left behind in a London hospital. Yesterday, family sources claimed that financial assistance had stopped flowing and that the survivors could hardly manage to keep the body alive on their own.
6. The driver of the Lagos State staff bus that was struck by a train on Thursday at the PWD/Shogunle railway line on Agege Motor Road in Lagos revealed the cause of the collision, which resulted in six fatalities and 84 injuries. Oluwaseun Osinbajo claimed that the accident was not his responsibility and claimed that a mechanical issue with the vehicle occurred on the train track.
7. Joking about his native South East, Joe Igbokwe, the governor of Babajide Sanwo-special Olu's adviser on drainage and water resources, boasted that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the incoming president, would rule Nigeria for eight years before handing it over to a northerner.
8. The opposition parties protesting Bola Tinubu's election as president have been advised by the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Renewal Group to give up on the idea of overturning his victory. The group referred to Tinubu's election as president-elect as the best thing that had ever occurred to Nigeria in recent memory in a statement released on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti.
9. A five-month-old baby and mother were reportedly killed by generator smoke they inhaled overnight when tragedy struck Owo, Ondo State, over the weekend. According to reports, the family bought the generator on Monday, and it was the generator that led to their demise on Friday night. Tawa, who has been identified as the deceased, and her husband worked at the Federal Medical Center, or FMC, in Owo.
10. Costa Titch, a South African entertainer, reportedly passed away. Just before midnight, commentator Phil Mphela on Twitter announced his passing. This was followed by a number of somber responses from colleagues in the industry.
Costa, whose successes include Active and Nkalakatha, was born in 1995 in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga.