1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the Federal Government and the 36 states are targeting October 1 for Nigerians to begin enjoying lower transport fares arising from the cost savings offered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and electric vehicles.
The President said cheaper alternative fuel must translate into reduced transportation costs for Nigerians.
He stressed that the benefits of the ongoing energy transition should be felt directly by commuters.
2. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday ordered a comprehensive reform of Nigerian football, following a string of disappointing outings that have seen the country’s senior men’s and women’s national teams fail to qualify for major international tournaments. The President said the overhaul had become necessary to address persistent structural weaknesses blamed for Nigeria’s inability to translate its abundance of football talent, huge public investment and passionate following into consistent results.
3. The former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Ondo State, Barrister Eyitayo Jegede, has resigned from the crisis-ridden party. Jegede, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, tendered his resignation in a letter dated August 7, 2026.
4. The Federal Government and state governors have agreed to jointly leverage cheaper Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, and electric vehicles to reduce the cost of intra-state transport from October 1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disclosed this after his meeting with APC governors on Thursday.
5. President Bola Tinubu on Thursday held closed door talks with governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, otherwise known as the Progressives Governors‘ Forum, at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. Thursday’s meeting is the latest in a back-to-back series of engagements with governors and top chieftains of the party at Aso Rock to resolve the crisis trailing the controversial Presidential Campaign Council list released by the party last Saturday, August 23, 2026.
6. Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi on Wednesday ordered the arrest of the Managing Director of Hartland Nigeria Ltd over the alleged non-performance of an 11-kilometre road contract for which the company reportedly received about N14 billion. Umahi gave the directive during an inspection of road infrastructure along the Agbor-Asaba-Onitsha corridor in Delta State, expressing anger that the contractor had completed only about 40 per cent of the work despite receiving the funds.
7. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HoCSF, formally ushering in a new leadership for the federal bureaucracy. The President administered the oath of office to Enitan at the State House, Abuja, a week after announcing his appointment as the successor to Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack.
8. To rescue the worshippers abducted at a mosque in Dekara community of Borgu Local Council Area of Niger State during prayers last Friday, the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has deployed Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 7, Victor Olaya, to Niger State. In the meantime, the Niger State Commissioner for Information, Obed Nuhu, said the government has yet to receive any communication from the terrorists who abducted worshippers at a mosque in Borgu Local Council Area last Friday.
9. Justice Friday Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to produce Lagos social media influencer and businessman, Kazeem Afolabi, popularly known as “KC Luxury” before the court following his alleged 14-day detention without a formal charge. The order was made on Thursday in an ex parte application filed by Afolabi through his counsel, A. Labi-Lawal, SAN, pursuant to the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009.
10. Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, says his administration pays N6.7bn monthly from the state’s Federation Account Allocation Committee revenue to service loans inherited from the previous administration. Sani disclosed this on Channels Television’s Politics today on Thursday, saying the payments would continue until 2048.
