Nigeria news today: top stories and headlines

Today's top stories

1. 
   Politics

   Machete-wielding men attack Obi's convoy in Calabar, police arrest one suspect

   Windscreens were smashed as the NDC candidate headed to a town hall. Police fired tear gas to scatter the attackers.

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2. 
   Nigeria

   NJC suspends three judges for a year without pay, issues warnings to seven others

   One judge kept a litigant in custody for 58 days. Another granted bail to ex-AGF Malami despite a remand order.

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3. 
   Nigeria

   Kidnapped PLASU student Favour Ayuba regains freedom

   The university says her abductors fled as a joint security team closed in. It is not known if a ransom was paid.

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4. 
   Economy

   Nigeria eats 8.6m tonnes of rice a year but grows only 3.3m, governors' forum warns

   The NGF says poor data and policy flip-flops are behind a gap filled by $1.4bn of imports.

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5. 
   World

   Bomb threats force flights to divert across Europe for second time this week

   A Dublin–Rome plane was escorted by French fighter jets, and a Ryanair flight to Sofia was sent to Plovdiv.

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6. 
   World

   Reddit takes on Australia's social media ban for under-16s in top court

   Challengers say it limits political speech. The government says it protects children's mental health.

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7. 
   Politics

   In Sokoto, Atiku promises to reopen borders and bring back fuel subsidy

   The ADC flag-off went ahead despite his claims of a plot to disrupt it. He also pledged cheaper pilgrimage fares.

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8. 
   Politics

   Makinde unveils APM manifesto, promises targets in first 100 days and a unity government

   The Oyo governor says Nigeria lacks ideas, not resources, and wants presidents to need support from every part of the country.

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9. 
   Politics

   Shettima takes APC campaign to Nasarawa, says Tinubu is turning regions into economic hubs

   The Vice President pointed to new superhighways, a lithium plant and a planned mining university in Nasarawa.

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10. 
    Nigeria

    Police Service Commission sacks three senior officers, demotes 16 for misconduct

    Another 23 officers were reprimanded and three were cleared. The commission did not name them.

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11. 
    Nigeria

    Refuse an emergency patient and risk six months in jail, under new Senate bill

    The proposal would also force hospitals to start treatment within 15 minutes, with no demand for a police report.

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12. 
    Nigeria

    Lagos borehole crackdown: rights groups and unions threaten mass action

    They want the state to confirm that household boreholes and wells will not be sealed.

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13. 
    World

    Texas, Kansas, South Carolina: the biggest Democratic upsets of the US midterms

    Democrats look set for more than 230 House seats, one of their largest majorities in nearly 20 years.

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14. 
    World

    Israel certifies election result, rejecting Likud's claims that the vote was stolen

    Neither Netanyahu's bloc nor Eisenkot's has a majority, and President Herzog has begun talks on who should form a government.

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15. 
    World

    Iran's supreme leader: Trump's midterm defeat will not end US hostility

    Tehran marked the anniversary of the 1979 embassy seizure with rallies, as officials claimed US voters had rejected the war.

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16. 
    World

    Indonesia's Prabowo sacks chief of staff arrested for allegedly tapping his phone

    Former police chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo is accused of illegally listening in on the President and cabinet ministers.

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