File: President Bola Tinubu
Top of the chart this evening are stories that centre around Nigeria’s path to achieving a $1 trillion economy by 2030, as President Bola Tinubu said his administration’s reforms had strengthened the foundation for economic stability, growth and prosperity.
In other news, the Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, Naziru Kankarofi, revealed how security operatives launched a search-and-rescue operation to secure the rescue of 15 National Youth Service Corps members and six other abducted persons from kidnappers in Egume Forest, Ofu Local Government Area of the state.
Also, the Indigenous People of Biafra has issued an ultimatum to the Federal Government, demanding the immediate listing and hearing of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s appeal or face a boycott of the 2027 general election across the South-East and other parts of “Biafraland.”
In the diaspora, a UK-based Nigerian taxi driver, Kolawole Erunkulu, has been jailed for six years after falling asleep at the wheel and fatally hitting a man who had stopped in a lay-by for a break.
