BREAKING: October 1: Tinubu to address nation Thursday

President Bola Tinubu will address Nigerians on Thursday, October 1, 2026, as the country marks its 66th Independence anniversary.

The President’s national broadcast is scheduled for 7am, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

Onanuga urged television and radio stations, as well as other electronic media outlets, to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) for the broadcast.

Nigeria gained independence from British colonial rule on October 1, 1960.