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Some of the aspirants are already serving lawmakers seeking re-election, while others are attempting to revive political careers interrupted by previous electoral defeats. A number are also making their first major attempt at elective office.

Undiandeye gave the assurance in Abuja while addressing foreign Defence Advisers and Defence Attaches at their third-quarter operational briefing, where he also warned against what he described as the dangerous spread of misinformation and disinformation about Nigeria's security situation and preparations for the elections.

Okonjo-Iweala, a former Minister of Finance, gave the message on Thursday as Nigeria marked its 66th Independence Anniversary.

The disclosure highlights the substantial financial obligations associated with protecting oil and gas infrastructure against crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism and other disruptions, even as NNPC reported higher production and a 33 percent increase in profit after tax.

The warning strike is scheduled to run from Friday, October 2, to Sunday, October 4, 2026.strike

President Bola Tinubu has declared that the era of economic stabilisation is over and promised a new phase of cheaper food, jobs, industrial growth and wider opportunities, saying his administration must now turn economic reforms into tangible improvements in the lives of Nigerians.

When this Administration assumed office, we resolved to do things differently. We chose to excise the cancer. The reforms that followed were difficult. The side effects were real. Yet, we must never confuse the medicine with the disease.

President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria has crossed its own “Red Sea” after three years of painful economic reforms, ruling out a return to petrol subsidy and announcing what he described as the beginning of an “age of prosperity” for the country.

Nigerian billionaire and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has blamed local petroleum marketers and international oil companies (IOCs) for protests surrounding his proposed $16 billion refinery in Lamu, Kenya.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rattled the Federal Government over what it described as a worsening survival crisis in the country, demanding an immediate reduction in petrol prices, a nationwide wage award and the commencement of negotiations for a new national minimum wage.