Top 10 Saturday Headlines: Atiku Blasts Tinubu, ₦68.3tn Budget, Oil Thieves Foiled & More

Start your Saturday with the top developments shaping Nigeria today. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar accuses President Tinubu of hypocrisy over his U-turn on privatisation, calling it unaccountable rather than genuine reform. President Tinubu also signed the ₦68.32 trillion 2026 budget and extended the 2025 budget implementation to June. On the governance front, NITDA and the Corporate Affairs Commission are tightening cybersecurity controls after recent system concerns. The Lagos State Government will roll out its Local Government Development Plan across all 57 LGAs and LCDAs. Security forces arrested 15 suspected oil thieves in a foiled midnight operation near the Dangote Refinery supply lines in Ibeju-Lekki. Meanwhile, an Ikeja court adjourned the trial of former CBN governor Godwin Emefiele to consider a key statement’s admissibility. Other headlines include Rotimi Amaechi’s advice to Atiku on age and capacity for 2027, JAMB confirming UTME results by midnight, Pep Guardiola praising Arsenal’s style, and social influencers BLord and VDM ending their dispute after Omoyele Sowore’s intervention.

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