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Abuja seen from Katampe Hill, with trees in the foreground and the city in haze.

FCTA approves completion of Utako General Hospital and upgrade of 14 others

The FCT Executive Council also approved digitising about 67 High Court courtrooms and a N5.703bn power line for Bwari communities.

FCT#FCT#Health#AreaCouncils
BDBecoming Desk1 Oct 2026
The white Abuja City Gate arch, flying the Nigerian flag, beside the road into the capital.

Wike urges FCT residents to elect leaders who will sustain infrastructure

In his Independence Day message, the FCT minister said bus terminals built in AMAC will be extended to Kuje, Bwari and Gwagwalada.

FCT#FCT#Election2027#Infrastructure
BDBecoming Desk1 Oct 2026
President Bola Tinubu's official portrait: a maroon cap and round glasses, with the Nigerian flag behind him.

Tinubu says reform era is over, promises focus on jobs and industry

In his 66th Independence Day broadcast, the President said economic policy will now centre on jobs, enterprise and local production.

National#Independence#Economy#Tinubu
BDBecoming Desk1 Oct 2026
Two well-worn Central Bank of Nigeria five hundred naira notes, front and back.

Tinubu signs fourth extension of 2025 capital budget to December 31

The capital part of the 2025 budget will now run to the end of 2026, the fourth time its implementation period has been extended.

National#Budget#NationalAssembly#Economy
BDBecoming Desk1 Oct 2026
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Anambra State marching along a road behind a banner reading Protest Rally 2024.

Public sector unions order three-day warning strike from Friday

Federal, state and local government workers are told to stay off work from 2 to 4 October over petrol prices, a wage award and wage talks.

National#Labour#Strike#MinimumWage
BDBecoming Desk1 Oct 2026
An NYSC polling official holding up a ballot during the count in Gombe, watched by party agents and observers.

Atiku pledges to prosecute vote buyers and publish polling unit results promptly

The ADC presidential candidate used an Independence Day address to set out election, fuel subsidy and cost-of-living pledges for 2027.

National#Election2027#ADC#INEC
BDBecoming Desk1 Oct 2026
A Nigerian flag on a pole inside a hall at the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Centre, Abuja.

Obi calls Nigeria 'the worst place to be born' in Independence message

The NDC presidential candidate cited poverty, out-of-school and youth unemployment figures in a critique of the APC government.

National#Election2027#NDC#Poverty
BDBecoming Desk1 Oct 2026
Eagle Square, Abuja, seen from a high floor across the city's office blocks.

No military parade for second year as FG keeps Independence Day low-key

The official programme for the 66th anniversary had no parade, and the government has not said whether the coup case is a factor.

National#Independence#Security#Military
BDBecoming Desk1 Oct 2026
Wooden canoes moored at the muddy bank of a wide creek in the Niger Delta.

Only 3 of 180 FOI requests answered across Niger Delta states, group says

A Policy Alert baseline found a 1.7 per cent response rate to information requests in nine Niger Delta states, and only Imo has an FOI law.

National#FOI#NigerDelta#Transparency
BDBecoming Desk1 Oct 2026