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President Bola Tinubu on Friday used Nigeria’s Democracy Day address to deliver a stark ultimatum to armed groups operating across the country, saying those who do not surrender will face “the full force of the Nigerian State.” Speaking as the nation marked 27 years of uninterrupted civilian rule since 1999, President Tinubu in a nationwide address, described the security warning as part of a broader appeal for national unity and democratic resilience. “To bandits, kidnappers, and sponsors of terror: surrender or face the full force of the Nigerian State,” he said, according to a text of the speech released by…

The House of Representatives on Thursday advanced a constitutional amendment to create state police across Nigeria, a move that could reshape the country’s security architecture for the first time since the return to civilian rule in 1999. The measure, formally titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Provide for the Establishment of State Police and for Related Matters (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026,” passed the Committee of the Whole after wide support from lawmakers. A manual headcount recorded 289 votes in favour, one abstention and no votes against. Deputy Speaker…

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday commissioned a six‑lane, 9‑kilometer stretch of the FCT Highway 105 (Kuje Road), a project his administration says will ease traffic into Abuja’s downtown and open up surrounding satellite towns to commerce and development. Speaking at the ribbon‑cutting for the dualized highway — which includes two river bridges and links the Airport Expressway with Kuje town junction — Vice President Kashim Shettima represented Tinubu. The President called the completed section a fulfillment of a campaign promise and described it as a direct response to long-standing bottlenecks that he said cost commuters, traders and civil servants hours…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday urged residents and businesses in the Federal Capital Territory to settle taxes, ground rents and other statutory charges, linking higher compliance to continued infrastructure investment by the government in Abuja. Speaking at the inauguration of a completed section of Arterial Road N5—connecting Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III in Abuja’s Dape district— President Tinubu, represented at the ceremony by Vice President Kashim Shettima, said government revenue is essential to sustaining projects that expand access to growing residential areas and to the Idu Industrial District. He said “To the residents and business owners enjoying this…

The House of Representatives said Wednesday it will vote Thursday on a constitutional amendment to allow State Police, intensifying a long-running national debate over how to respond to rising violence across the country. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, speaking on behalf of 37 caucus leaders, told reporters in Abuja that the measure was necessary to address “growing incidents of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes.” He described the amendment as a legislative step beyond oversight hearings—arguing lawmakers must rewrite parts of the constitution to improve security response times. “We have discovered that leaving the law as it is will not…

Governor of Imo State Hope Uzodimma said Wednesday that President Bola Tinubu’s performance in office will translate into victory in next year’s presidential election. Speaking at the Renewed Hope Ambassadors’ National Mobilisation Retreat in Abuja, Governor Uzodimma—who also chairs the Progressives Governors’ Forum—called on members to ramp up grassroots efforts to publicize the administration’s accomplishments. The Governor who also serves as Director-General of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, urged organizers to carry the message of what he described as the Tinubu government’s achievements into communities across the country. His remarks come as the ruling party begins to marshal support ahead of…

Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu has made measurable gains in macroeconomic stability but poverty has surged to an estimated 63 percent of the population, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its 2026 Article IV consultation report released this week. The IMF praised a string of market-oriented reforms undertaken since 2023—most notably the removal of fuel subsidies, liberalization of the foreign-exchange market and an end to deficit monetization—which it said have strengthened resilience and restored investor confidence. At the same time the Fund warned that those gains have not translated into broad-based improvements in living standards, and…

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the completed main carriageways of the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX), a strategic artery intended to link Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway’s Ring Road I to Ring Road II and the capital’s outer districts, saying his administration will not abandon projects. Speaking at the commissioning, where he was represented by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu described the opening as a concrete deliverable of his “Renewed Hope” agenda and sought to draw a sharp contrast with what he called a legacy of stalled projects. “We don’t start projects to abandon them,” he said. The era of uncompleted…

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday approved N10billion as emergency fund for a Presidential Task Force to shore up Nigeria’s defenses against the haemorrhagic virus, Ebola. The President’s action is a response to recent outbreaks in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Special Adviser on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga in a statement said the funding, earmarked to boost the operational readiness of the National Centre for Disease Control (NDCD), and Prevention and to underwrite national emergency-response activities, was released immediately. The move signals an urgent federal government’s drive to strengthen surveillance, isolation and rapid-response capacity at points of entry…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday pressed President Bola Tinubu to mount an aggressive military campaign to crush the criminal networks behind a surge of banditry, mass kidnappings and attacks on schools and houses of worship. Lawmakers raised concerns that rising insecurity has fractured daily life in many parts of the country. In a motion brought to the floor by Representative Ibe Okwara Osonwa, the House of Representatives urged President Tinubu, in his role as commander in chief, to “immediately deploy a comprehensive security strategy” to flush bandits from their strongholds and secure vulnerable communities. Lawmakers warned that incremental measures…