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Tinubu doesn’t believe in one Nigeria but I do – Peter Obi

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4 weeks ago

September 10, 2026

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has insisted that President Bola Tinubu does not believe in one Nigeria despite occupying the highest political seat in the country.

Obi recalled how Tinubu once said that he doesn’t believe in the unity of the country.

Recall that Tinubu in an interview with ThisDay in April 1997, said, “I don’t believe in one Nigeria.”

During the military regime, Tinubu was an active member of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, a prominent pro-democracy group.

Speaking on Arise Television on Thursday, Obi said: “Today we have a President who said he doesn’t believe in one Nigeria but he is sitting as the President. I believe in Nigeria. Yes Tinubu said he doesn’t believe in one Nigeria but I believe in one Nigeria, I’m committed to it and I want that unity.

“This is him saying it, I didn’t say that but you can’t hold what happened when I was barely three or four years old against me, it’s in the past and there are other things that happened subsequently.”

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NPF Pensions Rolls Out Support Programmes for Retired Police Officers

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25 seconds ago

October 8, 2026

PlateauReports

NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR—Retirement should not mark the start of fresh hardship for police officers who devoted their working lives to safeguarding the public, yet questions about pension adequacy, gratuity payments and the general welfare of retirees continue to feature in conversations on police welfare.

With Police Pension Week underway, the Nigeria Police Force Pensions Board says it is working to strengthen its services and tackle some of the difficulties confronting both serving and retired officers.

The agency says that, in addition to routine pension payments, it runs a Retirement and Resettlement Support Programme designed to help retirees cope while their retirement benefits are being processed.

It also holds pre-retirement seminars that prepare officers for life after service, offering training in areas such as poultry farming and other small-scale ventures.

According to the agency, these efforts are intended to give retired personnel better financial footing and ease their transition from active duty to civilian life.

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Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia

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5 minutes ago

October 8, 2026

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Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other kinds of robots, announced it has raised a $60 million Series B round led by Sequoia, with participation from Nvidia, Microsoft’s venture fund M12, and others. TechCrunch had previously reported that the startup was nearing a new funding round at a $500 million valuation.

Founded in 2024, the startup intends to do for robotics what Scale AI, Mercor, Surge, and other data-labeling companies have done for LLMs. Those companies supply the human-generated data these systems learn from. Mecka pays people to record themselves doing everyday tasks, like making coffee or fixing cars, while wearing body sensors and using smartphones.

Other startups that collect real-world data for robot training include XDOF, which was in talks to raise a Series B round at a $1.2 billion valuation according to TechCrunch’s previous reporting. Human-data platforms that began with LLMs are also expanding into robotics, such as Scale AI and Micro1.