1. The growing rivalry among political actors ahead of the 2027 general elections, coupled with emerging ambitions for the 2031 presidency, has highlighted tensions between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and governors of the All Progressives Congress, with the development threatening to complicate President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid.
Wike, who is serving in the APC-led Federal Government, has been promoting a Rainbow Coalition in Rivers State to support President Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
In the late hours of Monday night, the Chairman of the APC’s Progressive Governors’ Forum and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, in an indirect attack at Wike said the ruling party governors would not support any alliance or political arrangement capable of undermining the re-election of President Tinubu or weakening the party ahead of the 2027 elections.
2. Motorists and commuters on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were trapped in gridlock for over 14 hours on Tuesday after a multiple-vehicle crash at the Kara Bridge compounded ongoing repair works on the bridge.
The crash, which occurred in the early hours of the day, involved seven vehicles and initially disrupted movement towards Ogun State, with the resulting gridlock later stretching beyond the Long Bridge towards Magboro and into Lagos.
3. Suspected armed herders on Monday ambushed the entourage of the Divisional Police Officer of Ayilamo in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, killing two police officers. Sources in the community told journalists on Tuesday that the DPO, who had travelled to Makurdi on official assignment, was returning to Ayilamo when his entourage ran into the armed herders.
4. President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has attributed the high price of petrol in Nigeria partly to the continued smuggling of the commodity to neighbouring countries, where it sells for significantly more. Dangote said petrol prices in neighbouring countries were between 30 and 50 per cent higher than in Nigeria, arguing that the price difference creates a strong financial incentive for traders to move petrol out of the country.
5. Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has asked the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to release his academic records following reports of legal action seeking Certified True Copies of his university certificates and other admission records. Obi, in a statement on X, said he had no objection to the release of his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, which he said was awarded by the university in 1984, as well as other academic records..
6. Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said it is now difficult to rig an election. Speaking on Channels Television, Fayose also said that politics is not a tea party, stating that Tinubu will have 12 million votes.
7. The African Democratic Congress has accused President Bola Tinubu of pushing Nigerians dangerously close to the limits of human endurance. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said that with petrol now selling for as much as N1,470 per litre, every journey had become more expensive, while food and even basic education were being priced out of the reach of citizens.
8. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a Mexican drug kingpin allegedly linked to a transnational methamphetamine cartel and dismantled another industrial-scale laboratory in Ebonyi State. The suspect, identified as Arturo Carrera Loaiza, was arrested on August 19, 2026, while attempting to flee Nigeria through Lagos airport, the agency disclosed on Tuesday.
9. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has challenged opposition parties to present credible alternatives to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), rather than seeking change for the sake of it. Sanwo-Olu spoke while delivering a lecture as part of the centenary anniversary of the Yoruba Tennis Club in Onikan, Lagos.
Some weeks ago, Akwa Ibom State Governor Umoh Eno delivered another lecture in the series
10. The naira on Tuesday appreciated to N1,380 per dollar from N1,390 in the parallel market on Monday. However, the naira depreciated to N1,329.5 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM.
