Today’s Headlines: Obasanjo Broke One-Term Presidency Agreement — Kalu; Tinubu Makes Fresh Promises

Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has disclosed how former President Olusegun Obasanjo allegedly failed to honour an agreement to serve only one term in office following his emergence as Nigeria’s president in 1999.

Kalu said the understanding was reached among himself, former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, and Obasanjo before the latter was supported to become president.

According to the former governor, the agreement was for Obasanjo to serve a single four-year term between 1999 and 2003 before handing over power to another individual from the North, precisely Babangida as part of an arrangement to sustain political power rotation in the country.

President Bola Tinubu has promised to lower food prices, reduce youth unemployment by half and recruit 78,000 additional security personnel if re-elected in 2027.

The pledges are contained in the All Progressives Congress (APC) 109-page presidential manifesto, titled *From Reform to Prosperity Agenda 2027–2031*, scheduled for official unveiling in Abuja on Tuesday.

According to the document, Tinubu is targeting six per cent annual economic growth, alongside improvements in household incomes and living standards by 2031.

On security, the President pledged to recruit and train 28,000 additional military personnel and deploy 50,000 police officers to strengthen the fight against terrorism, kidnapping and banditry.

Members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State on Monday staged a peaceful protest in Lafia against rising political violence, demanding a full-scale investigation into the attack allegedy targeted at Vice President Kashim Shettima during his recent visit to the state.

Led by the state chairman of the party, Dr Aliyu Bello, the protesters marched to the Nasarawa State Police Command and the state offce of the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Government House to register their grievances.

Addressing security officials, Bello said the protest was a call for peace, unity and decent politics, lamenting what he described as repeated and unprovoked attacks on APC supporters by members of the opposition.

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has vowed to end terrorism and banditry in Nigeria within six months of taking office if he wins the 2027 election.

Adebayo gave the assurance on Monday when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today to speak on insecurity.

He said the country has what it takes to defeat bandits, adding that the failure has been a lack of willpower from leaders and the absence of a workable plan.

According to him, a government that means business will not play politics with the lives of Nigerians but act and secure the country.

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