The Oyo State Government has formally handed over ninety hectares of land at Moniya, Ibadan, to the Federal Government for the proposed construction of an Inland Dry Port, after ‎Governor Seyi Makinde, presented the official documents to the ministry’s representatives.

‎Speaking Earlier at an event held in the conference room of the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, represented by his Deputy, Barrister Bayo Lawal, expressed optimism that the proposed Inland Dry Port project would soon become a reality and boost industrialization as well as the agricultural value chain in the state.

‎Earlier in his welcome address, the Oyo State Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development, Mr. Williams Akin-Funmilayo, lauded the partnership, adding that the state would  create an enabling environment for the successful implementation of the project.

‎In their remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Olufemi Oloruntola, and the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Barrister Akutar Ukiyama, who represented Alhaji Hamodu Yahaya commended Governor Seyi Makinde for what they described as a patriotic gesture.

The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has assured operators and stakeholders in Nigeria’s haulage and logistics sector that the ongoing fiscal reform would eliminate the burden of multiple taxation and illegal roadblocks that have burdened the transport industry for decades.

Speaking at the Eleventh edition of the Haulage & Logistics Magazine yearly conference in Lagos, Oyedele described the reforms as the most significant and consequential since independence, aimed at addressing systemic inefficiencies that have inflated transportation costs and worsened food inflation across the country.

Responding to public concern over a proposed five per cent fuel levy, Oyedele clarified that the surcharge will not take effect in January 2026, but only when certain economic conditions are met, such as naira appreciation or a five per cent drop in crude oil prices.

The head coach of Nigeria’s women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, Rena Wakama, has been appointed head coach of Hive BC in the Unrivaled Basketball League 2025–26 season.

Unrivaled is an eight-team women’s basketball league in the United States, co-founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier in 2023, and made its debut in January 2025 with six teams.

The league announced its head coaching lineup for the second season on its website, confirming Wakama’s appointment alongside seven others across the league’s eight clubs.

Wakama led D’Tigress to back-to-back FIBA Women’s AfroBasket titles in 2023 and 2025 and guided the team to a historic quarter-final berth at the Paris Olympic Games.

Protests have escalated in major cities across Tanzania as opposition supporters denounce the presidential and parliamentary elections as a sham.

Hundreds of demonstrators also crossed into Kenyan territory, barricading roads, lighting bonfires, and tearing down posters of President Samia Hassan along the way.

Two people died after fleeing running battles with Tanzanian police.

Protesters have accused the government of undermining democracy, as the main opposition leader is in jail and another opposition figure was disqualified from the election, bolstering Samia’s chances of winning.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has passed eight of the fourteen associations seeking registration as political parties.

The commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, announced this in a statement in Abuja.

The commission said they have met the criteria to proceed to the next stage of the registration.

They are: All Democratic Alliance, Citizens Democratic Alliance, Abundance Social Party, African Alliance Party, Democratic Leadership Alliance, Green Future Party, National Democratic Party, and Peoples Freedom Party.