By Bode Opeseitan Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is a master of political manoeuvre who understands that, in Nigerian politics, doubt is a weapon. With the January 2027 contest against President Bola Tinubu looking uphill, he has opened a front against the one institution every candidate must trust: INEC. The question is whether he is pressing for transparency or pre-emptively discrediting an umpire before the whistle blows for the race. The arithmetic is unkind. Eight years as Vice President under Olusegun Obasanjo left him with a title and a permanent shadow, because Obasanjo, his former principal, has publicly pressed weighty charges of…
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The Federal Government digital initiative is scheduled to deploy and deliver over 90,000 kilometres of open-access fibre across the 36 states of the federation by 2028. When completed, the project is expected to take Nigeria’s combined backbone from about 35,000 kilometres to around 125,000 kilometres and connect more than 200,000 schools, health facilities and other public institutions in the country. This was disclosed by the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, during a virtual executive session with the Chief Executive Officers of the information technology industry on Wednesday, 7 October, 2026. Professor Yilwatda, in…
The Ogun State Government has allocated ₦987.185 million for palliative support for public servants between April and December 2026, including ₦327.31 million earmarked for the fourth quarter. Disclosing this in a statement on Friday, 9 October, 2026 the Head of Service, Alhaji Olanrewaju Iskeel Saka, said the sustained intervention reflected the administration’s commitment to workers’ welfare and its efforts to cushion the effects of prevailing economic challenges. The latest allocation of ₦327,310,000 covers October to December 2026, following ₦330,630,000 allocated for April to June and ₦329,245,000 for July to September, bringing the total provision for the three quarters to ₦987,185,000.…
By Kayode Akinmade For many of the former political office-holders who gathered at the Oba’s Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the cheques handed to them were worth much more than the figures written on them. They represented something that money alone cannot adequately measure: relief after years of waiting, recognition after service and, perhaps most importantly, the restoration of hope. The Ogun State Government’s payment of ₦3.503 billion in outstanding severance allowances to former political office-holders across the state’s 20 local government councils and Local Council Development Areas is therefore more than another government expenditure. It is a revealing moment in the…
By Seye Oladejo The 2027 elections will require Lagosians to look beyond political noise and social-media popularity and ask a more important question: Who has the experience, competence and capacity to represent Lagos effectively? The All Progressives Congress has answered that question with three tested candidates: Senator Tokunbo Abiru for Lagos East, Senator Wasiu Sanni Eshinlokun for Lagos Central and Senator Idiat Oluranti Adebule for Lagos West. All three were affirmed as the party’s candidates in the 2026 primaries.Leading the team is Senator Tokunbo Abiru, the most senior of the three in Senate experience and the APC candidate for a…
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has released a timeline for elections into its Executive Board. Following approval of the electoral process by the Extraordinary Congress held September 26, 2026 in Yola, Adamawa State, the Electoral Committee, has now released guidelines, timelines and modalities for the elections, scheduled to hold October 15, 2026, in Abuja. The Extraordinary Congress approved and set up a seven-man Electoral Committee led by Dr. Lanre Glover, and a three-man Appeals Committee. The Elections into the new Executive Board of the NBBF, shall be witnessed by a Representative of FIBA, Representative of NOC and a Representative of NSC.…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a three-day national mourning for Air Force personnel who died in the crash of a military plane today. He also directed that flags should be flown at half-mast throughout the country as a mark of respect to the officers. President Tinubu had earlier expressed profound sadness over the crash of the Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 jet. The accident occurred near a naval base in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State. The aircraft, carrying 25 passengers and seven crew members, was on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos when it crashed. “This is a…
By Kayode Akinmade For more than three decades, the Olokola Liquefied Natural Gas project remained largely a promise on paper. Now, renewed discussions between the Ogun State Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) are placing the stalled project at the centre of a broader plan to transform the state’s coastline into an energy, maritime and industrial hub. The talks on the development of the OGLNG project in Ogun Waterside come barely a week after the state government signed Memoranda of Understanding with global ports and logistics operator DP World for the development of the Gateway Deep Sea…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to choose love over division, peace over conflict and hope over despair as the country marks its 66th Independence Anniversary. In her Independence Day message issued ahead of the Thursday, 1 October, 2026 celebration, Tinubu called on Nigerians to nurture the country’s diversity through peace, tolerance, dialogue, unity and love for the nation. She said Nigeria’s journey since independence in 1960 had been marked by resilience, sacrifices, challenges and continued efforts to build a stronger and more prosperous nation. “Since gaining independence in 1960, we have…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Nigerian engineers have been urged to step out of boardrooms and construction sites and face the people directly, as the Renewed Hope Engineers announced plans to deploy its professional network across the country’s 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) ahead of the 2027 general elections. The National Coordinator of the group, Engr. (Dr.) Atinuke Wuraola Owolabi, made the call in an Independence Day statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday, 30 September, 2026. She said the aim is to deepen grassroots engagement and communicate the achievements of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Owolabi said the group would take an…