Following the kidnapping of schoolgirls in Kebbi State, the Senate requested a thorough probe of the Safe School Fund, raising new concerns about why billions of dollars allocated to safeguard learning settings have not been able to stop recurring attacks. To bolster the countrywide battle against insurgency, banditry, and school-targeted violence, MPs also requested President Bola Tinubu to authorize the recruitment of at least 100,000 extra military soldiers during Tuesday's plenary.

On Monday in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu reassured Siemens Energy, the technical contractor in charge of the Presidential Power Initiative, that the government is fully committed to boosting the nation's energy supply and raising the standard of living for its people. Tinubu stated that the power industry is still essential to boosting the economy, especially in the industrial, educational, and healthcare sectors, during a meeting at the State House with a team from Siemens Energy led by Dietmar Siersdorfer, Managing Director for Middle East and Africa.

After its new ultimatum to the Federal Government on unpaid allowances, pay arrears, and unsolved welfare issues expired, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors began a five-day warning strike today. Following what it saw as government procrastination on long-standing requests, the group declared the industrial action.

After its 10-day deadline expired on September 10, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has given the Federal Government another 24-hour ultimatum to fulfill its unfulfilled requests. The National Executive Council met for six hours on Wednesday before making the decision. NARD President Dr. Tope Osundara stated that although the group accepted the government's pledge to address their issues, they demanded prompt action.

President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his administration's resolve to transform Nigeria's healthcare system, with a particular focus on addressing the ongoing power outage that is seriously impairing the country's hospitals. At the National Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Power in the Health Sector in Abuja on Tuesday, the President, accompanied by Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, stated that no Nigerian should die as a result of power outages in hospitals.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, led by Bayo Ojulari, has the confidence of Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, to carry out the ongoing reforms and establish new standards for corporate governance in Africa's extractive sector.