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Eke Orogwe Market seen across the Owerri–Onitsha Road in Imo State.

Gunmen reportedly kidnap bus passengers on Owerri-Onitsha Expressway

A source said two commercial buses were stopped near Umunoha in Mbaitoli LGA on Thursday; police had not commented at the time.

Imo#Imo#Kidnapping#Security
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