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Post-Harvest Losses in Nigeria Exceed N5 Trillion Annually

23.02.2026

The Organisation for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West Africa (OTACCWA) has disclosed that Nigeria recorded between N3.5 trillion and N5 trillion in post-harvest losses in 2025. The President of OTACCWA, Mr Alexander Isong, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. Isong also said the country lost an...

REAN Probes Solar Battery Explosion Link

23.02.2026

The recent fire incident at the Singer Market in Kano has triggered fresh concerns over safety standards in Nigeria’s fast-growing renewable energy sector, with the Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria cautioning against premature conclusions and announcing a detailed industry-led investigation. The association said it was aware of reports linking the inferno to a possible explosion...

Ex-Anambra Lawmaker Empowers Over 3,800 With Interest-Free Loans, Medicals

23.02.2026

Over 3,800 Anambra State residents have been empowered with interest-free loans to assist them in their small-scale businesses. The former House of Representatives member, who represented Idemili North and South Federal Constituency in Anambra State, Chief Ifeanyi Ibezi, made this empowerment programme A breakdown of this figure indicates that over 2,000 of them would benefit...

FG & Japan unveil $50m fund for Nigerian startups

23.02.2026

The Federal Government has formalised the launch of a $50 million Impact Innovation Fund to support Nigerian startups tackling critical social challenges, following agreements signed between the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and the Japan International Cooperation Agency . The signing ceremony, held at the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in Abuja on Friday, covered...

Kano Govt Creates Tollgates To Enhance Security, Economy

23.02.2026

The Kano State Government on Monday disclosed plans to mount tollgates across all major roads leading into the state with the aim of enhancing security and socio-economic standard of the state. The State Commissioner for Housing Development, Arc Ibrahim Yakubu Adamu, made this disclosure while performing the official handing over of the 7 project sites...

Nigeria’s Capital Importation Rebound Vulnerable, CPPE Warns

23.02.2026

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise has warned that Nigeria’s $6.01bn capital importation rebound in the third quarter of 2025, though impressive, remains largely short-term and vulnerable, urging the Federal Government to drive investment into the real economy. Nigeria’s capital importation in the third quarter of 2025 recorded total inflows that rose to...

Tonto Dikeh praises Ex-Husband In Child’s Birthday Party

23.02.2026

Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has heaped praises on her ex-husband, Olakunle Churchill, at their son’s 10th birthday party in Abuja. The event, attended by several Nigerian celebrities, featured a football theme and a short clip showing the actress praying for his family, business, and children. In the viral video, Dikeh expressed gratitude to Churchill for being...

Engineers & NISO Partner to Boost Nigeria Power Sector

23.02.2026

The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers last week paid a courtesy visit to the Nigerian Independent System Operator to establish a strategic partnership aimed at boosting engineering excellence and capacity building in the power sector. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Executive Secretary of NIEE, Kazeem Lawal, obtained by...

AfDB-backed artisan training kicks off in Katsina

23.02.2026

Training has formally commenced at the Family Homes Funds Limited African Development Bank-funded artisan skill training programme at the training site in Katsina State. According to a Wednesday statement, this milestone follows a successful screening and selection process earlier in the month, marking Katsina as the first of 12 states to begin the Nigerian Skills...

NIEEE Revenue Growth Sees Finances Double to N100m

23.02.2026

The immediate past President of the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Felix Olu, has stated that his administration raised the financial standing of the association from N50m to N100m during his 32 months in office. Olu disclosed this on Saturday in Lagos during his handover speech at the investiture of the 22nd President...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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