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  1. City Boy Movement State House

    “That is not noise. That is organisation”: Tinubu hails City Boy Movement at State House

    The President tells youth groups he is “very proud” of them, says the movement now counts more than 4.8 million verifiable members, and urges peaceful, lawful campaigning before 16 January.

    3 min read

    File photo. Photo: Nosa Asemota / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Official portrait of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
  2. Economy Subsidy

    “Nigeria will go bankrupt”: Tinubu rules out any return to petrol subsidy

    Responding to Atiku Abubakar’s proposed “production subsidy”, the President says the country has nothing left to pay for it and that the economy is “on the right trajectory”.

    2 min read

    File photo. Photo: Yemi festus / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

    A petrol filling station beside the Lekki–Epe Expressway in Lagos
  3. Policy Diplomacy

    A first in 66 years: Tinubu receives UN’s proposed 2027 budget

    Nigeria’s UN envoy, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, who chairs the General Assembly’s budget committee, presents the seven-volume proposal from Secretary-General António Guterres.

    2 min read

    File photo. Photo: Jakub Hałun / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

    The United Nations Headquarters building on the shore of the East River in New York
  4. Policy Student loans

    NELFUND passes ₦355bn in student loans as 1.66 million apply

    More than ₦192bn has gone directly to 319 institutions as fees, and the first graduates in work have begun repaying, according to figures to 3 September.

    2 min read

    File photo. Photo: Michael Sean Gallagher from London, United Kingdom / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

    The Kenneth Dike Library building at the University of Ibadan
  5. Policy Infrastructure

    Coastal highway: Section One complete, Section Two due by mid-November, says Umahi

    The Works Minister rejects claims the Lagos–Calabar project has been abandoned, saying surveying is under way along the Edo, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers axis.

    2 min read

    File photo. Photo: Qasamaan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Newly built toll gates and road surface on the Lekki–Epe Expressway in Lagos
  6. Campaign On the trail

    Kaduna to Lagos: APC unveils 37-stop rally timetable, flag-off on 24 October

    The campaign council’s schedule takes the Tinubu/Shettima ticket to every state capital and the FCT, with the President expected to attend rallies in about 12 states.

    2 min read

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    Senator Ocheja speaking with party faithful at a 2023 APC presidential campaign rally
  7. City Boy Movement Grassroots

    City Boy Movement builds from the ward up in Oyo and Ondo

    The movement pledges one million votes in Oyo, inaugurates its Ondo executives in Akure, and says it is targeting 10 million youth votes nationwide.

    2 min read

    File photo. Photo: Nkoro, N. E. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Aerial view of rooftops across Ibadan, the Oyo State capital
  8. Campaign Campaign Council

    Tinubu inaugurates campaign council, tells APC to deliver every polling unit

    Governors from across party lines, the FCT Minister and the leadership of the National Assembly line up behind a second term as the party pledges a contest of “ideas, records, and policies”.

    2 min read

    File photo. Photo: Uzoma Ozurumba / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Aso Rock, the granite outcrop that overlooks Abuja, seen from a bridge approach
  9. Economy Prices

    Inflation falls to 15.39% as CBN cuts policy rate to 23%

    Headline inflation is down from 23.14 per cent a year earlier. The government says its reforms are aimed at bringing it to single digits.

    2 min read

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    The Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters tower in Abuja, seen from a nearby building
  10. Economy World Bank

    World Bank: Nigeria grew 4.2% in first half of 2026 as reserves climb to $53.8bn

    The Bank raises its 2026 forecast to 4.3 per cent and reports a 69 per cent real rise in federation revenues. The President says the findings show reform is on track.

    2 min read

    File photo. Photo: Jamie Tubers / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

    The skyline of Lagos Island seen from the City Hall building
  11. Campaign Analysis

    The big tent: how a wave of governors crossed over to the APC

    From Bayelsa to Kano, five governors have joined the ruling party since mid-2025. The party says it now controls 31 states.

    2 min read

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    The green-white-green Nigerian flag flying at the Abuja City Gate
  12. Economy Explainer

    Explainer: what the new tax laws mean for small businesses and low earners

    Four laws in force since 1 January 2026 exempt small companies from company income tax and take minimum-wage earners out of personal income tax.

    2 min read

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    Traders and shoppers among stalls on Iworo market day in Ikorodu, Lagos
  13. Policy Independence @66

    At 66, Tinubu pledges stronger primary healthcare and basic education for poor Nigerians

    In his Independence Day address, the President says the economy has grown by over 4 per cent this year and promises to widen direct support to poor households.

    2 min read

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    The Kagarawal Primary Health Care centre building in Gombe State