Nigeria’s GDP Expands By 4.07% in Q4 2025 on Strong Non-oil Performance Economy grew by 3.87% in full year 2025 Edun: Performance underscores strengthening macroeconomic stability
Ndubuisi Francis, James Emejo in Abuja, Nume Ekeghe
and Kayode Tokede in Lagos
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 4.07
per cent in real terms in the fourth quarter of last year (Q4
2025) compared to 3.98 per cent in the preceding quarter, the
National Bureau of Statistics Continued on page 5
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PDP Ranks Further Depletes as Fintiri, Officials, 14 LGAs Defect to APC We wish you good luck, former party tells governor 25 Osun PDP assembly members join Accord Party Chuks Okocha in Abuja, Daji Sani in Yola and Yinka
Kolawole in Osogbo
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, alongside his
cabinet, 39 Special Advisers, and political structures in
14 local Government Areas (LGAs) have officially defected
from the Peoples Democratic Continued on page 5
ADC Rejects INEC’s Revised Poll Schedule, Alleges Plot to Edge Out Opposition Bode George warns APC, electoral body against malpractices New timetable favours ruling party, Olawepo- Hashim insists CSOs express divergent views
Chuks Okocha in Abuja, Segun James and Sunday Ehighiator in Lagos
unopposed in 2027. Agreeing with the opposition coalition, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain who has The African Democratic Congress thrown his hat into the ring (ADC) yesterday rejected the to challenge Tinubu in 2027, Independent National Electoral Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, Commission’s (INEC) updated insisted that the revised timetable 2026–2027 electoral timetable, favours the ruling party. Lending his voice to the alleging that it contains boobytraps that could aid President Continued on page 5 Bola Tinubu’s plot to be returned
Stanbic IBTC, Standard Bank, Vetiva to Lead STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP... Charge d'Affaires ad interim to Nigeria, Keith Heffern (left), and Kwara State Governor/Nigeria Governors' Forum Chairman, AbdulRahman Dangote Refinery’s Historic NGX Listing... Page 5 US AbdulRazaq, during a strategic meeting focusing on security and economic development of the state in Abuja…Thursday