The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has declared an end to temporary fixes on the Ibadan–Ijebu Ode Road as the Federal Government flagged off its dualisation in Oyo State on August 24, 2026. Speaking at the ceremony, Umahi said the 56.5km project marks a decisive shift toward durable infrastructure under President Bola Tinubu’s leadership. “Today marks the end of an era of temporary fixes on this vital corridor. We are building roads that will outlive generations.” The Minister described the project as a deliberate economic intervention that will unlock agricultural and commercial potential across the Lagos-Ogun-Oyo axis, reduce travel…
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President Bola Tinubu has bid a heartfelt farewell to veteran Nollywood actor Taiwo Hassan, better known as Ogogo, whose passing on Sunday, August 23, 2026, has plunged the creative industry into mourning. In an official statement issued on Monday by his spokesman Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu spoke not just as a leader, but as a father and cultural custodian, expressing profound grief over the loss of a man he called “a gifted artiste who used his talent to tell Nigerian stories.” The President praised Ogogo’s decades-long career, noting that his commanding screen presence and distinctive style were instrumental in preserving Yoruba…
For decades, Nigeria’s petrol subsidy regime was a fiscal vampire, draining billions of dollars annually from the public treasury while enriching a parasitic cabal of smugglers and rent-seekers. When President Bola Tinubu took the courageous decision to abolish this corrupt system on 29 May 2023, he did what previous administrations, including the one in which Atiku Abubakar served as Vice President, lacked the fortitude to do. Yet today, the same Atiku who once championed subsidy removal as the cornerstone of his economic manifesto now campaigns to restore it. This is not leadership; it is the desperate vituperation of a greedy…
…Olubadan calls for massive turnout President Bola Tinubu’s administration has once again demonstrated its insatiable appetite for infrastructure development as the Federal Government is set to flag off the dualisation of the Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Road on Monday, August 24, 2026. The ceremony, organised by the Federal Ministry of Works, will take place at the Open Field of Legacy Estate along Idi Ayunre on the Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Road by 11:00 a.m.. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) recently approved the award of the N295.9 billion contract for the 114.5-kilometre project to JRB Construction Limited. Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, disclosed this…
… President Tinubu, VP Shettima to Lead Council as Party Charts Re‑election Course Abuja, Nigeria The All Progressives Congress (APC) has formally constituted its Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 elections, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima serving as Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively. Former Zamfara State Governor Senator Abdulaziz Yari has been appointed Director‑General of the campaign, while Governor Hope Uzodimma will serve as Secretary. APC National Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda also takes on the role of Vice Chairman. The campaign structure includes Senator Ajibola Bashiru and Hadiza Bala‑Usman as Deputy and Assistant Secretaries. …
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has labelled former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, a “voodoo economist” over his changing position on fuel subsidy. Speaking on Thursday during an inspection of infrastructure projects in Abuja, Wike recalled that Atiku had pledged in 2022 to remove fuel subsidy within his first 100 days in office, describing the policy as fraudulent. “Now, in 2026, he says he was not going to remove the fuel subsidy. Is he going back to the fraud which he alleged that fuel subsidy was?” Wike queried.…
In a stunning dismissal of his former boss’s political clout, African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has declared that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo possesses no electoral value and cannot influence the 2027 presidential election outcome. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday after reports emerged that Obasanjo had declined to endorse his presidential ambition, Atiku fired back with a brutal reality check: “In 1999, he could not even win his own state or the Southwest; it was Arewa that made him President. He possesses no electoral value”. The war of words escalated after Obasanjo recently called choosing Atiku as his running…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate development of a comprehensive National Threat Assessment and five-year Strategic Defence Operations Plan to unify Nigeria’s security agencies. The President announced the directive during Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House, Abuja, emphasising the need for a coherent framework to address evolving security threats nationwide. Special Adviser on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka A. Famadewa, will coordinate the nine-member committee, which includes the National Security Adviser, Defence Minister, service chiefs, and intelligence agency directors. Tinubu cited recent successful operations—including the rescue of abducted pupils in Oyo State—as evidence that improved…
The Federal Government has revealed that President Bola Tinubu’s twin reforms fuel subsidy removal and foreign exchange market liberalisation generated N15.8 trillion in additional revenue for the federation between June 2023 and December 2025. Taiwo Oyedele, Minister of finance, disclosed this while presenting the Nigeria Reform Scorecard in Abuja. He stated that the savings accrued to the Federation Account and were distributed among the three tiers of government, with the Federal Government receiving N5.43 trillion. Oyedele explained that the savings came from higher revenue collections driven by both policy changes, noting that the government had previously been subsidising not just…
Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has praised President Bola Tinubu for his “magnanimous” conduct during the August 15 Osun State governorship election. Speaking on TVC News, Fayose noted that the Federal Government could have easily influenced the outcome if it had chosen to, but did not. Drawing a sharp contrast, Fayose alleged that the Federal Government used its influence to take Ekiti State from him during the 2018 governorship election. He detailed that three days before the 2018 poll, the Government House was “jammed,” communication was blocked, and his security details were withdrawn to the police headquarters, leaving him…