The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that the 2026 budget proposal represents not reform or recovery but the institutionalisation of suffering under the guise of macroeconomic statistics, accusing President Bola Tinubu’s administration of deepening economic hardship and fiscal disorder. In a press statement released on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the opposition party dismissed the President’s “Budget of Consolidation, Renewed Resilience and Shared Prosperity” as a public relations exercise disconnected...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will travel to Borno, Bauchi, and Lagos States from Abuja this weekend. According to a statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said during a visit to Borno, President will commission several federal and state projects alongside Governor Babagana Zulum. The statement added that the President will also attend the wedding of Sadeeq Sheriff, son of former Borno Governor Senator Ali...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is scheduled to present the 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly on Friday, 19 December 2025. A formal communication from the Presidency is expected to be read on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday, officially notifying lawmakers and National Assembly staff of the President’s appearance. The planned budget presentation is contained in a letter dated December 17, 2025, signed by Admiral Essien Eyo...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engineer Farouk Ahmed, has resigned from office following a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Ahmed’s resignation came amid allegations of corruption and economic sabotage levelled against him by billionaire businessman and President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote. President Tinubu had, on Wednesday, summoned Ahmed over the allegations, which were published in a paid advertisement...

In a surprise move as the year comes to a close, and as part of measures to restructure governance in Niger State, Governor Mohammed Umaru-Bago has announced the sacking of all his special advisers. Bago announced their termination of appointments during the maiden State Executive Council meeting with the newly sworn-in Commissioners in Minna, the capital of Niger State, on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. He said the decision was aimed at rejigging the advisers’ portfolios...

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has denied claims that he said that the southern region of the country should produce the president in 2027. El-Rufai, in a statement posted on Monday on his X, formerly Twitter, noted that the widely circulated claim was false. He clarified that at no time did he make such remarks in any of his speeches, media interviews or on his verified social media platforms. He said, “My...