Nigeria, June 12 -- President Bola Tinubu will address a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives today to mark the nation's Democracy Day.

The session begins at noon and will be held in the House chamber.

On Wednesday, President Tinubu cancelled his plan to make a nationwide broadcast commemorating the anniversary of Democracy Day.

A statement by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) attributed the change to the president's scheduled attendance of the joint session of the National Assembly.

The SGF's Director of Information and Public Relations, Segun Imohiosen, said President Tinubu would instead deliver his Democracy Day address directly from the federal legislature.

"Due to Pres...