The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has appealed to voters in the South-East to support the re-election of her husband, President Bola Tinubu, in the 2027 presidential election.

Mrs Tinubu said she wanted to enjoy a better Nigeria in her old age, adding that she and the President were committed to working for the development of the country.

The First Lady made the appeal on Wednesday in Owerri, the Imo State capital, during an official visit to the South-East for the empowerment of women.

“Make una vote for Mr President, we go work for una and Nigeria go better.

“I want to enjoy Nigeria at old age, so I will work for Nigeria, for my old age,” she said.

Mrs Tinubu said the empowerment programme was being implemented through the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

According to her, the programme would benefit 18,500 women across the country upon completion.

She said 500 women from each of the five South-East states would receive items including generators, industrial grinding machines, gas cylinders and ovens to support their businesses.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former member of the House of Representatives, Elder Chidi Wihioka, has vowed that Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State would be delivered to the ruling party in the 2027 general elections, urging the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, not to worry.

DAILY POST reports that Ikwerre LGA is the hometown of the vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi.

Apparently making reference to Amaechi, Elder Chidi, in a viral video, said the former Minister of Transportation would be caged during the election.

According to him, the ADC presidential running mate would be pressured to announce his decision to boycott the election.

He said, “Our leader Nyesom Wike shouldn’t bother about the Ikwerre Local Government votes.

“The person that said he wants to do this and that, I know him. We grew up together, and we know how to cage him. At the appropriate time, we will cage him, and that will be the story.

“When he announces that he is boycotting the election, we shall escort him to the airport to fly back.”

The Federal Civil Service Commission, FCSC, has released the dates and designated centres for the 2026 Directorate-Level Promotion Examination.

The examination is scheduled in accordance with Circular Ref. No. FC.6243/GOV/2026/VOL.III/22, dated Sept. 8, 2026, and signed by the Chairman of the Commission, Prof Tunji Olaopa.

Ibraheem Zakariyya, Head of Press and Public Relations of the Commission, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.

Zakariyya quoted Olaopa to have informed all accredited candidates of the scheduled dates for the local and foreign legs of the examination.

Olaopa advised candidates to carefully note the examination date indicated on their examination cards and report at their designated venues by 7:00 a.m. prompt.

He said the local leg of the examination would hold from Monday, Sept. 21 to Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, for candidates across all applicable grade levels.

The examination, he said, would be conducted across the six geopolitical zones and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

He listed the designated centres as Lafia, Nasarawa State, for the North-Central zone; Kaduna, Kaduna State, for the North-West zone; and Bauchi, Bauchi State, for the North-East zone.

According to NAN, others are Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for the South-South; Ibadan, Oyo State, for the South-West; Enugu, Enugu State, for the South-East; and Abuja, FCT, for the FCT and Commission headquarters.

He urged candidates to sit for the examination only at the venue specifically indicated on their examination identity cards.

“The Commission therefore urges all accredited candidates to verify their examination details ahead of time and make adequate arrangements to arrive at their respective centres early to avoid any inconvenience,” he said.

The Yobe State House of Assembly has screened and confirmed Mallam Dauda Alhaji Idi and Dr. Abubakar Bukar Kagu as members of the State Executive Council.
The nominees appeared before the House on Wednesday and were confirmed after responding to questions from lawmakers on their qualifications, experience, competence, and readiness to serve the people of the state.

Speaking after the confirmation, Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Chiroma Buba Mashio, said the nominees were approved based on their professional competence, proven integrity, and extensive working experience.

He described the two new commissioners as individuals who have held various positions in public service and political appointments within the state.

Mashio commended Governor Mai Mala Buni, for nominating “deserving people” to fill vacant positions in the State Executive Council.

He urged the newly confirmed commissioners to work diligently and justify the confidence reposed in them by the state government and the people of Yobe.

In another development, a bill seeking to amend the law establishing the Yobe State Universal Basic Education Board has scaled through its second reading on the floor of the House.

The bill was subsequently referred to the House Committee on Basic and Secondary Education for further legislative action.

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Prof. Badejo Ayodeji Olawunmi as the new Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU).

The appointment was announced on Wednesday by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement.

Badejo, a professor of Guidance and Counselling, was born on August 4, 1962.

She holds a Ph.D. in Guidance and Counselling as well as a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in the same field, both obtained from the University of Lagos (UNILAG).

Her appointment follows the completion of the five-year tenure of the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, who is retiring from the university.

The development marks a transition in the leadership of the institution following the expiration of Olatunji-Bello’s tenure.

According to the state government, Governor Sanwo-Olu approved Badejo’s appointment on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has urged Nigerians to vote out President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections.

Adebayo said Nigerians have endured hardship, poverty and insecurity under the current administration and cannot afford another four years of the APC government.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, the SDP chieftain dismissed claims that Tinubu and the APC are unbeatable, insisting that the power to determine the outcome of elections rests with Nigerian voters.

According to him, if citizens unite and vote based on their interests rather than inducements, the APC could suffer a major defeat at the polls.

He said, “Those people are insulting Nigerians. You cannot be in government if Nigerians vote against you. My job is to talk to Nigerian people. We say enough is enough to poverty and insecurity. We believe in it, we vote for it. APC will come last because we will have to count how many thumbprints you get.

“If people are not collecting rice and money from them, if you focus on what you need to save this generation from perpetual poverty and insecurity, realising that we cannot afford four more years of this same thing because our generation has been stressed to the eyeballs, we will win by God’s grace.”

Adebayo also outlined his vision for Nigeria, promising massive investment in agriculture if elected president.

According to him, Nigeria has the potential to not only feed itself but become a major food supplier across Africa within a few years.

“We are a nation that has the capacity to feed the whole of Africa within a period of three years. There is no investment in agriculture,” he stated.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, and some key stakeholders of the Rainbow Coalition in Rivers State have reportedly held a strategic meeting in Spain ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The incumbent governor, Siminalayi Fubara, who recently identified with the coalition, is conspicuously absent from the meeting.

It was gathered that the Executive Director, Projects and Infrastructural Development, South South Development Commission (SSDC), Chief Marcus Nle Ejii, Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Senator Mao Ohabunwa, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state, Kingsley Ogundu Chinda, participated in the strategic meeting.

Although the purpose of the meeting was not made public, it may not be unconnected to the January and February 2027 general elections.

Wike had recently declared Chinda, a member of the House of Representatives, as his preferred candidate to succeed Fubara.

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), campaign for the February 6, 2027 gubernatorial elections kicked off on Tuesday, September 8.

The Military Widows Association of Nigeria (MIWA), Kebbi State chapter, is divided over its leadership following the emergence of a new executive.

The former State Coordinator of MIWA, Hajiya Asma’u Kanoma, rejected the new leadership, alleging that the Nigerian Legion dissolved the existing executive and conducted an election without constitutional authority.

However, the Nigerian Legion, Kebbi State Council, dismissed the allegation, saying the election was conducted in line with a directive from its national leadership and supervised by relevant authorities.

The State Chairman of the Legion, Alhaji Ahmed Shehu-Matawalle, made this known on Tuesday at a press briefing in Birnin Kebbi.

Shehu-Matawalle said the national leadership of the Nigerian Legion had summoned MIWA and Legion executives from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to Abuja to discuss the restructuring of the associations.

He said the meeting resulted in a directive to dissolve the existing MIWA state executives and conduct fresh elections across the states.

“The leadership of the Nigerian Legion summoned all 36 state executives and the FCT representatives of MIWA and the Nigerian Legion to converge in Abuja for a meeting to restructure the associations,” he said.

Shehu-Matawalle said the Kebbi election was held on June 18, 2026, under the supervision of the Nigerian Legion and the Kebbi State Government.

According to him, the former MIWA leadership participated in the election but failed to win, leading to the emergence of Hajiya Maryam Garba as the new State Coordinator.

Other officials elected were Aisha Sani-Ibrahim as Assistant Coordinator and Jummai Bango as Secretary.

The Legion chairman said there was no imposition of leadership, urging MIWA members and other stakeholders to accept the outcome of the election.

“There was no imposition of leadership. The new executives emerged through an election conducted at the state level in accordance with the directive of the national leadership,” he said.

Kanoma, however, maintained that MIWA was an independent national association with its own constitution and leadership structure.

“The Nigerian Legion has no constitutional power to dissolve our executive or conduct elections for us,” Kanoma had said.

She said the national leadership of MIWA had written to the Chairman of the Nigerian Legion, seeking the cancellation of the election and recognition of the existing executive.

Kanoma also appealed to the Kebbi State Government and relevant authorities to intervene in the dispute.

The disagreement has left the former leadership rejecting the June 18 election, while the newly elected executive has the backing of the Kebbi State Council of the Nigerian Legion.