Today in Nigeria
Today in Nigeria did not open quietly. It opened with enforcement, defections, foreign trips, security shocks, and political earthquakes that cut across every layer of the republic.
From Lagos reaching into bank accounts to Kano collapsing into one political camp, from explosives moving through Oyo to heroin at Abuja airport, this was not a slow news day. This was a pressure day.
Here is what Today in Nigeria really means.
- Today in Nigeria: Lagos Moves to Freeze Tax Defaulters’ Accounts
For the first time in Nigeria’s modern tax history, Lagos State has announced it will deduct unpaid taxes directly from bank accounts of defaulting companies and employers.
This is not theory.
This is execution.
For decades, Nigeria’s biggest businesses have treated tax notices as suggestions. Lagos just turned them into commands.
The move signals a new phase of governance where technology, banking data and court-backed mandates merge into one system of control. If you owe, Lagos will no longer ask. It will collect.
In Today in Nigeria, this is one of the clearest signs that subnational governments are becoming more powerful than federal institutions in revenue enforcement.
- Today in Nigeria: Tinubu Leaves Again for Türkiye
President Bola Tinubu has barely returned to Nigeria before flying out again, this time to Türkiye.
Officially, it is about investment, defence cooperation, and trade.
Politically, it is about power projection.
But the timing is delicate. Labour tensions are rising. Kano has imploded politically. Security remains fragile.
When a president travels at moments like this, he is either securing something urgent or signaling that domestic unrest will not control his schedule.
In Today in Nigeria, Tinubu governs like a global negotiator, not a local fireman.
- Today in Nigeria: The Kanu Judge Heads to the Appeal Court
Justice Omotosho, the judge who sentenced Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment, has now been nominated to the Court of Appeal.
In Nigeria, symbols matter.
To many in the Southeast, this looks like reward.
To the establishment, it looks like normal judicial promotion.
But in Today in Nigeria, this nomination pours salt into one of the deepest political wounds in the country.
- Today in Nigeria: Explosives Caught in Oyo
A truck carrying 40 bags of explosives was intercepted in Oyo State.
Forty bags.
That is not for mining.
That is not for road construction.
That is not normal.
In Today in Nigeria, the movement of explosives outside formal control means someone, somewhere, was preparing for something that could have killed hundreds.
- Customs Breaks ₦7.28 Trillion Record
Nigeria Customs made ₦7.28 trillion in 2025.
That number changes the political math.
Oil is no longer the only cash engine. Customs is now a pillar of state power. It also means more scrutiny is coming for importers, smugglers, and political middlemen.
In Today in Nigeria, money is being dragged out of hiding.
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- Today in Nigeria: Soludo Shuts Down Onitsha
Onitsha market is closed for one week.
That is not small.
It disrupts food supply, spare parts, electronics, and cash flow across multiple states.
Soludo is choosing order over sympathy. Whether it works or not, Today in Nigeria shows that governors are no longer afraid to impose economic pain for political control.
- Today in Nigeria: Opposition Is Collapsing Into APC
The Labour Party is panicking.
Politicians are defecting.
APC is absorbing.
Nigeria is drifting toward a one-party superstructure.
In Today in Nigeria, power is consolidating so fast that even long-time opposition strongholds are folding.
- : Makinde Misses Osinbajo
Makinde saying “I miss Osinbajo” is not nostalgia. It is coded criticism.
It suggests dissatisfaction with how Tinubu is running the presidency.
In Today in Nigeria, even governors are choosing their words carefully as political alliances quietly shift.
- Shell Eyes $20bn Investment
Shell is ready to spend $20 billion in Nigeria.
That means the global oil giants believe Tinubu’s reforms, security framework, or deal-making capacity is real.
In Today in Nigeria, foreign money is watching closely.
- ₦3bn Heroin at Abuja Airport
A Brazilian woman arrested with ₦3bn worth of heroin tells a darker story.
Nigeria is now a drug transit hub.
This is not about addicts. It is about global criminal finance moving through Nigerian airports.
- Police Can’t Recruit Enough Youths
The police extended recruitment deadlines because young Nigerians are not applying.
That is a crisis.
When young people don’t want to protect the state, it means the state has failed to protect them.
- Today in Nigeria: Kano Joins APC En Masse
Abba Yusuf.
All 44 LG chairmen.
All APC.
Kano has flipped.
This single move reshapes 2027 more than any rally or speech ever could.
- Today in Nigeria: Bauchi Fires Kill Two, Destroy ₦1.5bn
Fire is now one of Nigeria’s deadliest silent killers.
And there is no emergency system strong enough to stop it.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS
This is not just news.
This is a reconfiguration of power.
Money is being seized.
Opposition is shrinking.
Security threats are mutating.
Foreign investors are circling.
States are becoming more aggressive.
Nigeria is not breaking.
It is hardening.
And in Today in Nigeria, only those who adapt will survive.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigeria
