Independence: Nigeria Hasn’t Made Any Progress Despite 27 Years, Sagay, Folarin Say

…Say Nation’s Prosperity Is Threatened By Hunger, Insecurity Assessing Nigeria at 66, Prof. Itse Sagay, former chairman Presidential Adversary Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) and Comrade Yinka Folarin, national president Committee for Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), have said that the country hasn’t made any progress, despite 27 years of uninterrupted democracy. The duo in separate interviews, urged the government of the day to ensure that there’s improvement in the areas of food security and general...

Our Reforms Enabled Us Build Foundations For Nigeria’s Prosperity – Tinubu

Nigerians have been assured by President Bola Tinubu that his government has built the foundations for prosperity with the reforms that his administration adopted. Tinubu, who stated this in his independence anniversary broadcast, however, noted that the reforms didn’t create the weaknesses in the economy but confronted them. According to him, for the first time in decades, his government embarked on the task from a position of strength; with an economy whose fundamental direction has...

Gov. Mbah Swears In LGA Chairmen, Urges Zero Out-of-School-Children Rate

Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has charged the newly elected Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen of the 17 Local Government Areas in the state to take his administration’s development agenda to the grassroot. Governor Mbah made this charge on Wednesday during the swearing in of the 17 Chairmen and their Deputies at the Government House Enugu. Recall that at the just concluded Council election in the state, the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC,...

Governor Fintiri pardons 9 inmates, commutes death sentence to life imprisonment

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has pardoned nine inmates serving various terms in correctional facilities across the state in commemoration of 66th Nigeria’s independence day celebration. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Humwashi Wonosikou, in a statement said the Governor ordered with immediate release of those pardons and commutation as all legal formalities have been concluded with the Nigerian Correctional Service. “The Governor acted on the advice of the Advisory Committee on the...

Independence Anniversary: FG Declares Thursday, October 1 Public Holiday

…Tinubu  Set To Attend Premiere Of Movie On Abiola’s Life, Legacy The Federal Government through the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, declared Thursday, October 1, 2026, a public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary.  Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Magdalene Ajani, on Wednesday. The minister congratulated Nigerians at home and abroad on the 66th anniversary and called on citizens to use the occasion...

Kaduna State Government To Recruit 20,000 People For BRT Jobs

Kaduna State Transport Regulatory Authority (KADSTRA) is expected to create between 10,000 and 20,000 jobs under the proposed Kaduna Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project when fully operational. The Managing Director of Kaduna Line and acting director-general of KADSTRA, Engr. Inuwa Ibrahim, who revealed this during a roundtable discussion with journalists on the project in Kaduna, said the project would have a fleet of 120 articulated buses operating along the BRT corridor, in addition to stations,...

Prof. Pantami Wins PDP Governorship Ticket in Gombe 

The former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has won the PDP repeat Governorship primary election for Gombe State held on Tuesday. The repeat of the governorship primary followed nullification of the early election held on May 26 by the Supreme Court that produce Pantami and fixed Tuesday, September 29, 2026, for the fresh Gombe governorship primary and cleared Pantami, Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki and Usman Aliyu Garry to participate. Professor...

UBRBDA Celebrates World Rivers Day With Pupils, Students

… Donates 6000 Tree Seedlings To Schools As part of efforts to preserve the environment and in commemoration of 2026 World Rivers Day, the Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Yola (UBRBDA) has donated 6000 tree seedlings to selected schools within the catchment areas of the authority. The Managing Director of the authority, Doctor Mahmud Sanusi Mohammed, announced the donation on Monday in his speech on the occasion of World Rivers Day held at the...

AAC Presidential Candidate, Sowore Claims Tinubu Is Hospitalized In France

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, while featuring on Monday on Arise Television’s Prime Time during an interview alleged that President Bola Tinubu is hospitalized in France. Sowore’s remark was due to prolonged absence of President Tinubu from Nigeria after spending the official three weeks abroad. “Some of President Tinubu’s public appearances were staged to conceal a serious medical condition, drawing parallels with the administrations of former Presidents Muhammadu Buhari...

Education Commissioner, Four Others Arrested In Delta State

The Commissioner for Secondary Education in Delta State, Kingsley Ashibogwu, and four others have been arrested over the death of a deputy director in the ministry, Unity Adeda. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, in a statement on Monday, said the command had launched a manhunt for two other persons described as key suspects in the investigation. The statement reads in parts: “The Delta State Police Command, in continuation of the...

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