Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, says President Bola Tinubu is addressing the numerous security challenges facing the country.

The traditional ruler stated this on Friday after meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

“The major problem that we really have now is the problem of insecurity. Farmers find it difficult to go to their farms. It is already coming to the South also,” Ladoja stated.

“Everybody is apprehensive of going to the farm; everybody is apprehensive of going about their daily businesses. I don’t think it is insurmountable; we believe that the President is tackling it currently,” he added.

When asked about his mission to Aso Rock, the ex-Oyo State governor said he came to thank the President for his support.

He explained that since his coronation as Olubadan of Ibadan in September 2025, he had been looking for an opportunity to visit Tinubu in Abuja.

Weighing in on Tinubu’s style of governance, Ladoja said the President had a record of turning around the economic fortunes of Lagos while as governor.

Describing Nigeria as a complex country, he expressed confidence that Tinubu would transform the country like he did in Lagos.

He particularly stressed that before Tinubu leaves office in 2031, Nigeria would be better placed than it is currently.

“If you know from where he (Tinubu) is coming, you will know that he knows what he is doing. He was able to get Lagos from where it was to where he left it.

“I am sure that the situation in Nigeria might not have been as bad as it was. The problem is that Nigeria is more complex than a state because of the fact that not all of us have the same notion about what we want in Nigeria.

“The states have more money than we had when we were governors. They are able to meet their commitments more than what we had when we were governors. The economy is being fixed, we hope that when he is leaving in 2031, he will have put Nigeria where all of us would be proud of,” he stated.

Electricity supply restoration has begun across electricity distribution companies after the national grid collapsed for the first time in 2026.

Eko DisCo, in a notice on Friday, confirmed that power restoration from the grid has resumed.

The DisCo said bulk electricity supply is being progressively restored as of the time of filing this report.

The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) said Friday’s collapse was linked to the simultaneous tripping of multiple 330kV transmission lines, alongside the disconnection of some grid-connected generating units, events that collectively triggered the system failure.

As of 6:21 pm on Friday, data from the Nigerian Independent System Operator showed that electricity allocation to DisCos stood at 235 megawatts.

“Electricity supply has been successfully restored to Abuja, Osogbo, Benin, Onitsha, Sakete, Jebba, Kainji, Shiroro, and parts of Lagos, while restoration efforts are continuing progressively in other parts of the country,” NISO stated.

Earlier, Abuja DisCo confirmed that a system disturbance occurred on Friday, January 23, 2026, around 12:40 pm, after the national grid recorded zero power allocation to DisCos.

The development threw Africa’s most populous country into total darkness.

The Federal Government has declared that any violence framed along religious lines will be treated as a direct attack on the Nigerian state.

Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, made the remark while reaffirming that the protection of all citizens, Christians, Muslims, and adherents of other faiths is non-negotiable.

Ribadu made the statement at the conclusion of the first session of the U.S.–Nigeria Joint Working Group held in Abuja to address concerns around religious freedom and insecurity.


“Nigeria is a deeply plural society, and the protection of all citizens—Christians, Muslims, and those of other beliefs—is non-negotiable.

“Violence framed along religious lines is treated as an attack on the Nigerian state itself,” Ribadu said.

He said the government’s response to insecurity goes beyond military action, combining security operations with the rule of law, humanitarian safeguards, and strategic communication to ensure that operational successes translate into public confidence and stronger social cohesion.

“Our response integrates security operations, rule of law, humanitarian safeguards, and strategic communication, ensuring that operational successes translate into public confidence and strengthened social cohesion,” he added.