Traditional rulers across the South-West have endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The endorsement was announced in Ibadan through a communiqué read by the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Aremu Gbadebo, at the end of a meeting held at the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadanland. The monarchs also urged traditional rulers across the region to mobilise their subjects and encourage […]

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has presented a proposed N1.12 trillion budget for the 2027 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly, describing it as the “Budget of Sustained Progress”. The proposed budget, valued at N1,115,341,378,359.94, was presented on Tuesday at the Parliament Building, Secretariat, Ibadan. It is the final appropriation bill of Makinde’s administration, which is expected to end its second term in 2027. Under the proposal, N670.03 […]

Seventeen passengers have been rescued after a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered commercial bus caught fire following a reported gas explosion at Berger Bus Stop along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. One other passenger sustained severe burn injuries in the incident, which involved a bus conveying 18 occupants, including the driver, from the Mowe-Ibafo axis towards Lagos. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority disclosed that its operatives swiftly responded to the incident and […]

President Bola Tinubu has sought the approval of the House of Representatives to implement the Federal Government’s N10.79tn external borrowing plan contained in the 2026 Appropriation Act. The request, contained in a letter read during Wednesday’s plenary by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, seeks authorisation for the government to raise $7.71bn at the budget exchange rate of N1,400 to a dollar to finance part of the 2026 budget deficit. Tinubu explained that […]