{"id":122676,"date":"2025-10-01T03:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T02:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122676"},"modified":"2025-10-01T03:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T02:30:29","slug":"65th-independence-anniversary-tinubu-to-address-nigerians-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/65th-independence-anniversary-tinubu-to-address-nigerians-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"65th Independence Anniversary: Tinubu to address Nigerians Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Bola Tinubu will today (Wednesday) deliver a nationwide address to mark the country\u2019s 65th Independence Anniversary.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Tuesday, said that the broadcast will go live by 7:00 am on October 1, 2025.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that all television and radio stations as well as other electronic media platforms, have been directed to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) for the presidential address.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu will broadcast to the nation on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 7 a.m., in commemoration of Nigeria\u2019s 65th Independence anniversary.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAll television, radio stations, and other electronic media outlets are urged to join the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria for the broadcast,\u201d the statement reads.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa President Bola Tinubu will today (Wednesday) deliver a nationwide address to mark the country\u2019s 65th Independence Anniversary. 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