Ondo State Government has declared Friday, January 2, work-free day to give workers adequate time to return from the new year holiday with the workers expected to resume work on Monday, January 5, 2026.

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Monday, signed the 2026 Appropriation Bill, tagged the “Budget of Economic Consolidation,” into law.

The Lagos State Government has announced the cancellation of the year 2025 Greater Lagos Fiesta, scheduled to be held on December 31, 2025.

A coalition of Nigerian civil society organisations has raised alarm over the recent United States air strike conducted on Nigerian territory on Christmas Day, questioning President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s silence and what it described as a grave breach of national sovereignty.

President Bola Tinubu says the new tax laws, including those that took effect on June 26, and others scheduled to commence on Jan. 1, 2026, will be implemented as planned.

World heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua, has been involved in a car crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Monday signed the 2026 N723.4bn appropriation bill into law with a vow to ensure full implementation and with highlights of the deliveries of the last three years budgets.

The Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde, on Media, Dr Suleimon Olanrewaju, says only N30 billion was released to his boss, as support package for the January 2024 Bodija explosion.