The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria's National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr Khalil Suleiman Halilu, has presented the top six winners of the maiden NASENI Innovation Assessment and Awards to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The winners emerged from the Inter-Agency and Intra-Agency categories of the competition and received grants totalling N162 million, according to the report. The awards aim to promote innovation and engineering development within Nigeria.

Vice President Kashim Shettima said on Monday that reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu's administration across various sectors of the Nigerian economy are helping transform indigenous companies into international brands. According to Shettima, the policy measures are designed to support local businesses in expanding their reach and competitiveness on the global stage. The remarks were reported by Vanguard News, highlighting the administration's emphasis on economic reforms aimed at strengthening homegrown enterprises.

Nigerian automotive designer and former Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Jelani Aliyu, has urged students of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, to become fearless innovators capable of driving Nigeria's industrial revolution. According to Daily Trust, Aliyu made the call while speaking as a guest speaker at the launch of the university's 'Create Before You' initiative, encouraging young people to embrace creativity and innovation as tools for national industrial development.

The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, has said Nigeria must transition from being a consumer of technology to a producer. Speaking at a pre-summit virtual dialogue ahead of the 32nd Nigerian Economic Summit, he said the country's digital transformation must go beyond technology adoption to fundamentally change how Nigeria creates value and improves productivity, according to the Daily Trust report.

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, has called for coordinated reforms, investment in digital infrastructure, and stronger technology talent development to accelerate Nigeria's economic transformation. According to Tribune Online, the call was made at a pre-summit dialogue held on 8 September 2026, ahead of the 32nd Nigerian Economic Summit, with NITDA and other stakeholders also involved in the discussions.

Prince Adewole Adebayo, presidential candidate of Nigeria's Social Democratic Party (SDP), has said that four years is enough for a determined government to transform the country, urging voters to reject what he described as the nation's prevailing politics. According to Vanguard, Adebayo blamed elites in the Presidential Villa and government houses for Nigeria's problems and challenged President Bola Tinubu to a public debate. He made the remarks in Abuja, as reported by Henry Umoru.